USAID....WTF????
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Well it all adds up and it’ll get interesting as to how much is wasted.
However, how many other gov’t agencies will have similar waste? Soon it will be “real” money. 😜
Raise your hand if you are seriously going to stand on "politicians haven't done shady shit"
There is 1 career you can earn 200k for 30 years and die worth 50m+... politics.
There is 1 career you can earn 200k for 30 years and die worth 50m+... politics.
Eh, I always thought that was due to business connections and lobbyists and whatnot, the "connections" you make in office.
But for maybe some stuff like nepotism perhaps I don't expect to see a lot of actual big time fraud in something like the USAID.
"You don't actually think they spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?”
The above quote is from the movie Independence Day, in 1996. All of you acting astounded that the government spends money cryptically, isn't efficient, and/or spends on some things an individual taxpayer doesn't agree with, are just cute.
The Trump administration is committing serious crimes daily and compromising US national security and the ability for the government to even operate and these idiots are freaking about magazine subscriptions.
I live in the absolute dumbest timeline.
The bullshit is projection vomiting out of all their orifices.
Again the government is in debt 34 Trillion and people don’t think they waste money. Now that’s cute.
How about money paid to TRUMP international for jacked up hotel prices for secret servicemen?
You want the nation defenseless so America-haters can suck up all the dollars. Sounds like a plan. One that Hitler would approve of.
Doge isn't allowed into the finances of intelligence or pentagon budgets.
On brand for this admin
www.themoscowtimes.com
Russia Welcomes USAID Cuts, Calls Agency ‘Machine for Interfering’ - The Moscow Times
Russia on Thursday welcomed the new U.S. administration's decision to shutter USAID as an independent agency, calling the humanitarian body a "machine for interfering" in global affairs.
When is Doge going to get around to what we pay to Mar-A-Lago and other Trump properties?
Can they reduce our government golfing budget? It’s more than the annual earnings of some families.
Can they reduce our government golfing budget? It’s more than the annual earnings of some families.
Have those families tried selling crack paintings to foreign oligarchs? That worked pretty well for the last first family
So did Ivanka’s Chinese patents, and Kushner’s middle eastern properties.Have those families tried selling crack paintings to foreign oligarchs? That worked pretty well for the last first family
I’m sure you’ll welcome scrutiny of Trump’s children’s business activities these next four years.
I think the average american family could more easily swing getting high and painting vs becoming an international real estate mogul but maybe that's just me
Agreed, but still doesn’t mean the American taxpayer should be happy with it.
So now $5 billion dollars is meaningless???
Meaningless to an individual tax payer, even if a figure that big.
But no, you wouldn't want to waste 5B
And Colonoscopy thinks $5 billion in waste from one tiny agency is insignificant....can't make this shit up..
Outlays in fiscal year 2024 were $6.8 trillion—$617 billion (or 10 percent) more than in 2023.
So a blip where total spending is concerned.
Translation = I'll just keep my head in the sand
With you monkeys everything is a little blip.
These numbers are so astronomical to begin with just because no one cares about a billion here a billion there....and haven't cared for decades...
I already said I'd like to clean up dumb spending and I think some of the stuff they've pointed out is dumb.
It just wouldn't add up to much, a billion here or there.
You realize a trillion is 1000 billions. We're talking about 6,800 billion. So you'd have to find 68B to get to one percent.
Point being... it'll be tough to put much of a dent in that figure.
Which is why I mentioned it as more of a principal thing.
There really is a lot coming out. Now, it (of course) doesn't mean that Republicns aren't doing the same thing through USAID......but this is bad any way you look at it.
LINK - Soros causes got millions from USAID
LINK - Soros causes got millions from USAID
And that is the problem Colonoscopy. The debt is so out of hand $5B “seems” insignificant. This is cost reduction activity at every major corporation. $1,000s of wasteful spending adds up to $B’s if it goes unchecked even for a year or two and government has gone unchecked since WW2’s onset.
I am interested to see what they find when/if they review Medicaid and Medicare....those would be HUGE numbers if any fraud is found.
Balderdash. The USAID was an opaque agency. The DOS couldn’t find out what was going on. USAID told them to pound sand.
I'm all for cleaning up what you can... but it's going to be a rather giant spending number regardless, was my main point. (part of this is inflation and population + the fact that we provide a robust social safety net and a robust military -- neither of which seem likely to change)
But yeah, get debt under control.
Breakdown of 2023
The Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2023: An Infographic | Congressional Budget Office
The federal deficit in 2023 was $1.7 trillion, equal to 6.3 percent of gross domestic product.
www.cbo.gov
I would think defrauding the gov over Medicaid or Medicare is something pretty closely monitored. Doubt you get any big wins there.
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