USAID....WTF????

[TornadoHawk93]

Now, I said this in another thread a few days ago. I TOTALLY understand the Dems freaking out about Musk auditing USAID. If that had been Soros, I would have lost it!!!

That being said, what they are uncovering is unreal. This is beyond the scale of anything I ever thought they would find. WOW!!!

 

[Colonoscopy]

Link? I would expect lots of stupid spending of (relatively) small amounts.

(which is what I've seen so far)

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Link? I would expect lots of stupid spending of (relatively) small amounts.

(which is what I've seen so far)

Some of these "small anounts" you refer to exceed the annual income of many Americans.

 

[Moral]

The Republicans own all three branches so if they wanted to go about this a traditional way I wouldn't be alarmed. I might say something if they cut something I disagree with.

However, the way this is going down sets off alarms. The executive branch is clearly too powerful and the legislative branch seems okay with that.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Some of these "small anounts" you refer to exceed the annual income of many Americans.

That's why I used the word "relatively"... as in relative to something else.

Say 10 percent of the USAID budget was total waste. Something like 5 billion dollars.

That'd be like 25 bucks back to each tax payer.

Relatively meaningless.

It's more principal than anything.

 

[95Hawk]

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Remember how the Dems freaked out at Paul Ryan and his “Draconian Budgets” and lost their shit about all the “cuts”? It kinda makes sense now that they suddenly didn’t care about pork in bills knowing that this was happening the whole time.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Let us know when DOGE gets serious and starts looking at defense spending.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Now, I said this in another thread a few days ago. I TOTALLY understand the Dems freaking out about Musk auditing USAID. If that had been Soros, I would have lost it!!!

That being said, what they are uncovering is unreal. This is beyond the scale of anything I ever thought they would find. WOW!!!

I can't wait until they tell us all the waste and corruption sent Tesla and Starlinks way. Wtf indeed!!!!

 

[mnole03]

$11k to record an Ivanka speech? Do they not have iPhones?

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Now, I said this in another thread a few days ago. I TOTALLY understand the Dems freaking out about Musk auditing USAID. If that had been Soros, I would have lost it!!!

That being said, what they are uncovering is unreal. This is beyond the scale of anything I ever thought they would find. WOW!!!

It’s worse than you can imagine.

 

[Champ_Kind_whammy]

Now, I said this in another thread a few days ago. I TOTALLY understand the Dems freaking out about Musk auditing USAID. If that had been Soros, I would have lost it!!!

That being said, what they are uncovering is unreal. This is beyond the scale of anything I ever thought they would find. WOW!!!

The problem is Soros is trying to destroy civilization and Musk is trying to save it. One freak out is justified, the other isn't.

 

[Huey Grey]

I posted about this in another thread. $47k sounds like a lot. But just one of Trump's golf trips costs millions. Or what about Trump overcharging his own secret service detail for his hotel rooms by millions, too?

If DOGE was serious, which it isn't, it would be demanding cuts in this.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Now, I said this in another thread a few days ago. I TOTALLY understand the Dems freaking out about Musk auditing USAID. If that had been Soros, I would have lost it!!!

That being said, what they are uncovering is unreal. This is beyond the scale of anything I ever thought they would find. WOW!!!

You realize, of course, that they pulled all access to USAID actual data and you’re getting their “interpretation” of the spending…right?

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

The Republicans own all three branches so if they wanted to go about this a traditional way I wouldn't be alarmed. I might say something if they cut something I disagree with.

However, the way this is going down sets off alarms. The executive branch is clearly too powerful and the legislative branch seems okay with that.

Yeah! Next you’re going to tell me Trump is going to cancel everyone’s student loan debt!!

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

 

[95Hawk]

You realize, of course, that they pulled all access to USAID actual data and you’re getting their “interpretation” of the spending…right?

No. No, he doesn’t realize this.

Nor the fact that this was Congressional approved spending. Right. Wrong. Indifferent.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

You realize, of course, that they pulled all access to USAID actual data and you’re getting their “interpretation” of the spending…right?

We’re going to see cherry-picked releases for the next month or so.

All ignorantly retweeted by PF and others without further thought.

 

[Champ_Kind_whammy]

Yeah! Next you’re going to tell me Trump is going to cancel everyone’s student loan debt!!

It's so easy to dunk on them because they are operating with the PRAVDA talking points rather than reality.

 

[Huey Grey]

Trump overcharged his service by over 300% at his hotels breaking federal limits.

Seriously, MAGA, why is this okay?

Trump overcharged Secret Service by 300% for accommodations at his hotels

House oversight committee’s report further called the ex-president’s term ‘world’s greatest get-rich-quick scheme’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Champ_Kind_whammy]

Trump overcharged his service by over 300% at his hotels breaking federal limits.

Seriously, MAGA, why is this okay?

Trump overcharged Secret Service by 300% for accommodations at his hotels

House oversight committee’s report further called the ex-president’s term ‘world’s greatest get-rich-quick scheme’

www.theguardian.com

Hey, a news outlet for morons. Feel free to link CNN in your next post.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Link? I would expect lots of stupid spending of (relatively) small amounts.

(which is what I've seen so far)

If I were going to commit fraud, I don't think I would do it 10 million dollars at a time.

 

[mnole03]

Hey, a news outlet for morons. Feel free to link CNN in your next post.

When you can’t attack the claim.

 

[Colonoscopy]

If I were going to commit fraud, I don't think I would do it 10 million dollars at a time.

Why do we need fraud? I'd imagine enough discretion is given to spend stupidly. Nobody has delineated anything that is actual fraud from what I've seen.

I'm sure you could find it somewhere, but we've got plenty of idiots (in the MAGA twittersphere) going haywire with accusations for fraud or this or that aren't actually backed by evidence.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Where are the reports on Tesla and Starlink?!?!??!?! OP is such an embarrassment

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Why do we need fraud? I'd imagine enough discretion is given to spend stupidly.

"We" don't, people who work a job with a salary of 200k, that die worth 120 million, while raising children and living in a million dollar home "need" fraud.

 

[Huey Grey]

New post the posters who only trust Fox.

Trump’s Bedminster golf club charged taxpayers $1.1M for Secret Service even while closed during pandemic: report​

Redirect Notice

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Where are the reports on Tesla and Starlink?!?!??!?! OP is such an embarrassment

I'm listening.. where are they?

 

[Colonoscopy]

"We" don't, people who work a job with a salary of 200k, that die worth 120 million, while raising children and living in a million dollar home "need" fraud.

You seemed to be implying that some of the USAID spending is fraud. Nobody has turned anything up but stupid spending that I've seen.

 

[Chishawk1425]

You seemed to be implying that some of the USAID spending is fraud. Nobody has turned anything up but stupid spending that I've seen.

There's no reasoning with that dunce. All in. Proud Iowa MAGAt meeting attender even. The state has been run into the ground by those Idiots.

 

[ZumaHawk]

Link? I would expect lots of stupid spending of (relatively) small amounts.

(which is what I've seen so far)

The government is 34 Trillion in debt and you say relatively small amounts. Hmm

 

[Huey Grey]

There's no reasoning with that dunce. All in. Proud Iowa MAGAt meeting attender even. The state has been run into the ground by those Idiots.

What Trump did was fraud. He charged taxpayers millions for rooms nobody even stayed at.

 

[Chishawk1425]

The government is 34 Trillion in debt and you say relatively small amounts. Hmm

Thanks to the GOP. 😆

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

You seemed to be implying that some of the USAID spending is fraud. Nobody has turned anything up but stupid spending that I've seen.

We are days in.

"4.5" million to Gambia for a white male's gambling addictions impact on climate change.


I send Gambia "2" I take "2" Micheal published study for half a million and nobody gives AF.

 

[Chishawk1425]

What Trump did was fraud. He charged taxpayers millions for rooms nobody even stayed at.

He wouldn't have time to golf?!??!! Did every day and charged the taxpayers.

 

[seminole97]

 

[Colonoscopy]

The government is 34 Trillion in debt and you say relatively small amounts. Hmm

I'm talking about 40k for DEI coloring book in Peru sort of stupid.

Obviously our biggest expenditures, and the reason we're in the hole so far, is not this stuff.

 

[Colonoscopy]

We are days in.

"4.5" million to Gambia for a white males gambling addiction's impact on climate change.


I send Gambia "2" I take "2" Micheal published study for half a million and nobody gives AF.

So you're saying they're just pocketing millions of dollars? I'll believe that when I see it.

Please let me know when we find evidence of this at scale.

I think what you're more likely to find is nepotism and favoritism in whose org or study effort is routed the money. But all of that has a nice paper trail.

 

[Hans81]

Link? I would expect lots of stupid spending of (relatively) small amounts.

(which is what I've seen so far)

Just turn on the news…there are stories of millions of $ spent on frivolous crap.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

There's no reasoning with that dunce. All in. Proud Iowa MAGAt meeting attender even. The state has been run into the ground by those Idiots.

Attender, I'm on the committee.