Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

Safe sex with goats is a thing now.

 

[pknopp]

No one spent this on condems. It was a pay off for something or another. We have seen it many times.

$25 million for woman's rights in Pakistan? LOL, right.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

How many condoms were actually sent there? Maybe a case of them? It’s money laundering.

 

[Foxfyre]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

Well it sort of goes with the millions the Biden administration gave to Pakistan for gender studies. I do wonder how many Pakistanis are confused about their gender?

But every one of these stories only underscores why DOGE, if it is allowed to do its job and a fiscally responsible Congress acts on its recommendations, was a really really good idea.

Edit: I was reminded it was the last spending bill signed off by Trump in 2020 that contained that money for Pakistani gender studies. The Democrat controlled Congress tucked that $10 million and lot of other little trivial items into a $2.3 trillion bill constituting more than 5,000 pages which nobody had read. Trump had no choice but to sign it or else bring a lot of grief down on a lot of people.

I imagine DOGE will look at that kind of fiasco along with many other ways that the government can save millions, billions, trillions by simply being fiscally responsible.

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

The new administration needs to STOP giving our tax dollars to foreign nations for frivolous nonsense. They also need to stop giving out large sums of money for idiotic research studies. It's our hard-earned money and its time they stopped thinking that it was their personal piggy bank.

 

[Luckyone]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

From your link:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) earmarked the cash infusion, which has not been previously reported, last July. It transmitted the funds to Afghanistan in August, according to the funding notice and congressional sources familiar with the matter.

Where is the "FUNDING NOTICE" and what congressional sources with the matter were involved.

There is nothing that corroborates this statement

One thing for sure, Just the News is an extremely bias-to-the-right news source

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[pknopp]

Well it sort of goes with the millions the Biden administration gave to Pakistan for gender studies. I do wonder how many Pakistanis are confused about their gender?

But every one of these stories only underscores why DOGE, if it is allowed to do its job and a fiscally responsible Congress acts on its recommendations, was a really really good idea.

https://www.business-standard.com/a...er-programmes-in-pakistan-120122201575_1.html

Just to note, that happened under Trump.

 

[martybegan]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

I wonder what happens to those women and girls if they are caught with American provided condoms?

Or any condoms.

 

[Crepitus]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

Almost certainly a lie.

 

[wamose]

The study said that condoms are more cost effective than goat cleanup.

 

[westwall]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Biden admin spent $15 million in taxpayer funds to distribute condoms in Afghanistan: Report

The money was part of a larger $100 million package for the Middle Eastern country that was meant to support the "basic rights and freedoms" of women and girls who were living under Taliban rule.

justthenews.com

Sounds like graft and corruption to me.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

From your link:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) earmarked the cash infusion, which has not been previously reported, last July. It transmitted the funds to Afghanistan in August, according to the funding notice and congressional sources familiar with the matter.

Where is the "FUNDING NOTICE" and what congressional sources with the matter were involved.

There is nothing that corroborates this statement

One thing for sure, Just the News is an extremely bias-to-the-right news source

---

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A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a per-article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.

• Overall, we rate Just the News Questionable and Right Biased based on story selection that mostly favors a conservative perspective. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to numerous failed fact checks and the promotion of conspiracy theories and right-wing propaganda.

Your left wing “fact checkers” are dead. Nobody is believing your bullshit.

 

[Foxfyre]

https://www.business-standard.com/a...er-programmes-in-pakistan-120122201575_1.html

Just to note, that happened under Trump.

You're right. It was tucked into the $2.3 Trillion bill the Democrat controlled Congress put together, all 5,593 pages of it that NOBODY had read before voting on it. And the bill was liberally peppered with little gifts to this or that such as the $10 million to the Pakistanis.

Trump was in the last 30 days of his presidency and had no choice but to sign the bill or else bring deep suffering down on a lot of people.

But for sure that is something Elon and his team will be looking at with changes in rules, procedures, processes to make sure it doesn't happen again in the future.

How $10 Million for Gender Programs in Pakistan Got Tied to a COVID Relief Bill

If you’re wondering how a vote for COVID relief for Americans becomes tied to $10 million for gender programs in Pakistan, we got it covered.

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[pknopp]

You're right. It was tucked into the $2.3 Trillion bill the Democrat controlled Congress put together, all 5,593 pages of it that NOBODY had read before voting on it. And the bill was liberally peppered with little gifts to this or that such as the $10 million to the Pakistanis.

Trump was in the last 30 days of his presidency and had no choice but to sign the bill or else bring deep suffering down on a lot of people.

But for sure that is something Elon and his team will be looking at with changes in rules, procedures, processes to make sure it doesn't happen again in the future.

How $10 Million for Gender Programs in Pakistan Got Tied to a COVID Relief Bill

If you’re wondering how a vote for COVID relief for Americans becomes tied to $10 million for gender programs in Pakistan, we got it covered.

fee.org

Musks days are numbered.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Musks days are numbered.

Two years I believe. Plenty of time.

 

[pknopp]

Two years I believe. Plenty of time.

April.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

April.

Of 2027. That’s the DOGE timeline. And based on how fast Trump is moving, that’s plenty of time.

 

[Luckyone]

Your left wing “fact checkers” are dead. Nobody is believing your bullshit.

Then you should have NO PROBLEM producing the notice and the sources, no? I only put that media bias to show supporting evidence for the REASON that the statement was made and they were not provided. Nonetheless, no matter the bias, I only listen to actual data, statistics and facts and those are not there.

Produce them.

 

[toobfreak]

We keep being told that a balanced budget and decreased federal spending are not possible without touching social safety nets like Medicare, Social Security, etc. Yet, day after day we keep finding examples like this. Imagine if the government ended all of this frivolous spending today and rooted out all the waste in what was left over.

Oh for God's sake, 15 million dollars for condoms for girls in Afghanistan living under the Taliban? Do you think a single girl ever got a single condom much less used it? We left these people an air base and something like 80 billion dollars in free military gear all brand new-- let them buy their own condoms.