USAID Taken Off the Lease

[Carl in Michigan]

Says the building will be "repurposed"
A president who actually looks out for the Taxpayer.

 

[sealybobo]

Says the building will be "repurposed"
A president who actually looks out for the Taxpayer.

And tomorrow the world will be fine. The workers will go file for unemployment insurance, just like the rest of us do when we lose our jobs.

We don't need to be giving Africa, Israel or any other country billions of dollars every year.

The United States has provisionally agreed via a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide Israel with $3.8 billion per year through 2028.

 

[TimFitz]

And tomorrow the world will be fine. The workers will go file for unemployment insurance, just like the rest of us do when we lose our jobs.

We don't need to be giving Africa, Israel or any other country billions of dollars every year.

The United States has provisionally agreed via a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide Israel with $3.8 billion per year through 2028.

We spend less than 1% of our Federal spending on foreign aid.

But foreign aid has alway been one of those knee jerk complaints from xenophobes and isolationists.

What you are saying came out of the mouths of flat earth Americans 80 years ago.

We spend less on foreign aid per capita than just about every first world country.

But in the minds of no nothings, it’s an imaginary giant number.

 

[j-mac]

We spend less than 1% of our Federal spending on foreign aid.

But foreign aid has alway been one of those knee jerk complaints from xenophobes and isolationists.

What you are saying came out of the mouths of flat earth Americans 80 years ago.

We spend less on foreign aid per capita than just about every first world country.

But in the minds of no nothings, it’s an imaginary giant number.

You do realize we are trillions in debt, right?

No wonder libs are largely losers looking for handouts. Y’all don’t know how to budget…

 

[sealybobo]

We spend less than 1% of our Federal spending on foreign aid.

But foreign aid has alway been one of those knee jerk complaints from xenophobes and isolationists.

What you are saying came out of the mouths of flat earth Americans 80 years ago.

We spend less on foreign aid per capita than just about every first world country.

But in the minds of no nothings, it’s an imaginary giant number.

Really? And when social security runs out in 6 years and they have to cut your payments 20% in order to "save" the program, remember you said that.

1%? Shit adds up. Let me give you a personal example. Big time wrestling moved to Netflix. My friends say I'm cheap for not paying the $6 a month. And of course Netflix raised their price. So that 1% never goes down. It only goes up. And how many years have we given Africa 1%? 50 years? Shit adds up.

Ok so foreign aid is only 1%. Is the money we give to Israel considered foreign aid? Because we give them $4 billion a year, every year. Shit adds up. Does the 1% include USAid workers salaries? Probably not.

Republicans don't even want our government helping poor Americans. They say they don't want their tax dollars going to things like this. If they want to give charity, they'll give it themselves. They don't want the government giving their tax dollars away to charity. That's not being generous. That's giving our money away. Why don't the politicians who give our money away give more to Africa and Israel.

I am still a liberal but we lost and I've got to start seeing things their way. YOU lost. Your way of running the country is over. I see every day Elon is finding ways to save us money. Shit adds up.

And if you want to say percentage wise it's not that much money then you could also say it's only $489 million dollars in food that's going to go bad because of Trump. Percentage wise, that's not a big deal. Right?

$489 Million In Food Could Spoil Thanks To Trump: Report

A new watchdog report offers a scathing look at what has happened in the weeks since Trump froze most foreign aid.

www.huffpost.com

Up to half a billion dollars’ worth of food aid may not be getting to the people who are supposed to receive it, even though the Trump administration said it would, according to a report from a key government watchdog.
The report, which the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development published late Monday afternoon, offers a narrow but scathing look at what has happened in the weeks since the Trump administration froze most foreign aid and — in a related, overlapping move — put most of the USAID staff on administrative leave.

 

[justoffal]

Really? And when social security runs out in 6 years and they have to cut your payments 20% in order to "save" the program, remember you said that.

1%? Shit adds up. Let me give you a personal example. Big time wrestling moved to Netflix. My friends say I'm cheap for not paying the $6 a month. And of course Netflix raised their price. So that 1% never goes down. It only goes up. And how many years have we given Africa 1%? 50 years? Shit adds up.

Ok so foreign aid is only 1%. Is the money we give to Israel considered foreign aid? Because we give them $4 billion a year, every year. Shit adds up. Does the 1% include USAid workers salaries? Probably not.

Republicans don't even want our government helping poor Americans. They say they don't want their tax dollars going to things like this. If they want to give charity, they'll give it themselves. They don't want the government giving their tax dollars away to charity. That's not being generous. That's giving our money away. Why don't the politicians who give our money away give more to Africa and Israel.

I am still a liberal but we lost and I've got to start seeing things their way. YOU lost. Your way of running the country is over. I see every day Elon is finding ways to save us money. Shit adds up.

And if you want to say percentage wise it's not that much money then you could also say it's only $489 million dollars in food that's going to go bad because of Trump. Percentage wise, that's not a big deal. Right?

$489 Million In Food Could Spoil Thanks To Trump: Report

A new watchdog report offers a scathing look at what has happened in the weeks since Trump froze most foreign aid.

www.huffpost.com

Up to half a billion dollars’ worth of food aid may not be getting to the people who are supposed to receive it, even though the Trump administration said it would, according to a report from a key government watchdog.
The report, which the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development published late Monday afternoon, offers a narrow but scathing look at what has happened in the weeks since the Trump administration froze most foreign aid and — in a related, overlapping move — put most of the USAID staff on administrative leave.

Dry goods do not "go bad".... If they are concerned about anything it might be a rodent infestation where the food is stored.... Other than that there is absolutely no danger of the food expiring.

Secondly.... The entire load could easily be repurposed to North Carolina and maybe to Palisades. After that there are thousands of veterans shelters who always have room in their store for more food supplies.

 

[DGS49]

It would be interesting (for me) to follow the USAID and other employees who appear to be receiving their "walking papers" from the Trump Administration.

When I worked for the Feds, we had a couple rounds of "layoffs" where people were told that they were terminated, but it never seemed to work out that way. When you were terminated at that time, you were granted priority in filling any other Federal government position in the area for which you were even arguably qualified. If there was a hiring freeze in effect, that didn't affect you because you were just transferring from one job to another.

Many, if not most of the people who are accepting Trump's buyout offer are within a few years of retirement anyway, so it will cost them nothing.

The Media want their readers to believe that these people are literally losing their jobs and will be facing financial disaster, but I wonder if that's true.

 

[sealybobo]

Dry goods do not "go bad".... If they are concerned about anything it might be a rodent infestation where the food is stored.... Other than that there is absolutely no danger of the food expiring.

Secondly.... The entire load could easily be repurposed to North Carolina and maybe to Palisades. After that there are thousands of veterans shelters who always have room in their store for more food supplies.

You guys know I'm a big time liberal here. But honestly, listening to liberals argue with me makes me sick. I see why Republicans won this past election. It was AMERICA vs Liberal woke bitches. I admit, I really am a liberal woke *****. I get all of it. But Republicans flipped that shit. Said WOKE is shoving WOKE in our faces. And they are. All the gay tv shows. People want to be tolerant of others but they want acceptance. Sorry, you can't make people who can barely tolerate you be accepting of something they are uncomfortable with.

I can go on and on. Affirmative action? Even people who benefit from it don't agree with it.

And maybe the next president will end some of the waste, fraud, abuse that Trump didn't end. It could lead to us actually paying off our debt. We all say that's impossible but I don't think it is. Trump can also renegotiate with the bankers what we owe them. Right now we pay them what percent? Let's cut that in half. If they don't want to manage our finances (Federal Reserve) they can take a hike too. They can be replaced too.

 

[justoffal]

You guys know I'm a big time liberal here. But honestly, listening to liberals argue with me makes me sick. I see why Republicans won this past election. It was AMERICA vs Liberal woke bitches. I admit, I really am a liberal woke *****. I get all of it. But Republicans flipped that shit. Said WOKE is shoving WOKE in our faces. And they are. All the gay tv shows. People want to be tolerant of others but they want acceptance. Sorry, you can't make people who can barely tolerate you be accepting of something they are uncomfortable with.

I can go on and on. Affirmative action? Even people who benefit from it don't agree with it.

And maybe the next president will end some of the waste, fraud, abuse that Trump didn't end. It could lead to us actually paying off our debt. We all say that's impossible but I don't think it is. Trump can also renegotiate with the bankers what we owe them. Right now we pay them what percent? Let's cut that in half. If they don't want to manage our finances (Federal Reserve) they can take a hike too. They can be replaced too.

I'm not a strict conservative....I have lots of centrist views...I find Trump personally obnoxious but given our choices and his direction I felt there was no other REAL choice. I also believe there are many more dirty players on the GOP side.... difference? They stay in the shadows.

I have never had a problem with people's personal choices. I just don't want to hear every detail constantly.... That simple. Don't jump up and down in my face telling me your gay, trans, lesbian or whatever the hell else...I don't care.

Gay marriage? Abortion? I don't see the sense of fighting the issues. Wasted energy. I have my viewpoint for myself and I don't need to make other people bend to it. Not important to me as long as they feel the same way.

It would seem we are in debt by design. If that's the case we need to get out of it ASAP. If we can do that we will be far more helpful to the rest of the World in every way imaginable....if we don't we won't even be a nation in less than 20 years and we will help no one with anything.

None of this is hard...

 

[justoffal]

It would be interesting (for me) to follow the USAID and other employees who appear to be receiving their "walking papers" from the Trump Administration.

When I worked for the Feds, we had a couple rounds of "layoffs" where people were told that they were terminated, but it never seemed to work out that way. When you were terminated at that time, you were granted priority in filling any other Federal government position in the area for which you were even arguably qualified. If there was a hiring freeze in effect, that didn't affect you because you were just transferring from one job to another.

Many, if not most of the people who are accepting Trump's buyout offer are within a few years of retirement anyway, so it will cost them nothing.

The Media want their readers to believe that these people are literally losing their jobs and will be facing financial disaster, but I wonder if that's true.

The media benefits from our ignorance. They don't want that to change.

 

[M14 Shooter]

We spend less than 1% of our Federal spending on foreign aid.
But foreign aid has alway been one of those knee jerk complaints from xenophobes and isolationists.
We spend less on foreign aid per capita than just about every first world country.
But in the minds of no nothings, it’s an imaginary giant number.

And...?

What you are saying came out of the mouths of flat earth Americans 80 years ago.

80 years ago was January 1945, ace.

 

[justoffal]

We spend less than 1% of our Federal spending on foreign aid.

But foreign aid has alway been one of those knee jerk complaints from xenophobes and isolationists.

What you are saying came out of the mouths of flat earth Americans 80 years ago.

We spend less on foreign aid per capita than just about every first world country.

But in the minds of no nothings, it’s an imaginary giant number.

Yeah? I think that 1% would go farther at home than it would abroad. Of that 1%, I'm guessing less than a 10th of it actually gets where it's going. That's what we keep hearing anyway from the people who was supposed to be getting it.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Says the building will be "repurposed"
A president who actually looks out for the Taxpayer.

Buttercup the scoffer has made herself irrelevant in political discussions

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Holding government employees accountable to the Taxpayer

 

[Rogue AI]

We spend less than 1% of our Federal spending on foreign aid.

But foreign aid has alway been one of those knee jerk complaints from xenophobes and isolationists.

What you are saying came out of the mouths of flat earth Americans 80 years ago.

We spend less on foreign aid per capita than just about every first world country.

But in the minds of no nothings, it’s an imaginary giant number.

We don't need to spend any. Pretty simple. All this welfare to lesser nations has shown no benefit, otherwise feel free to demonstrate how this money has done anything other than line the pockets of grifters and dictators.

 

[westwall]

And tomorrow the world will be fine. The workers will go file for unemployment insurance, just like the rest of us do when we lose our jobs.

We don't need to be giving Africa, Israel or any other country billions of dollars every year.

The United States has provisionally agreed via a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide Israel with $3.8 billion per year through 2028.

No, it's going to take years to expose all of the government corruption the political class has been engaged in.

 

[sealybobo]

No, it's going to take years to expose all of the government corruption the political class has been engaged in.

And even if there are good reasons to give Israel billions of dollars every year. Is there no end to it? What if Trump solves the ME problem? Can we stop giving them billions then?

 

[westwall]

And even if there are good reasons to give Israel billions of dollars every year. Is there no end to it? What if Trump solves the ME problem? Can we stop giving them billions then?

Sure. We stop giving the terrorists their billions and we won't need to give Israel their billions.

See how that works.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

We subside Egypt and Gaza to "be nice" to Israel. Gaza is a money pit. They use the money to hoard weapons

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Sure. We stop giving the terrorists their billions and we won't need to give Israel their billions.

See how that works.

Legit foreign aid is ok, millions for Iraqi Sesame Street or millions for condoms isn't legit