Rant Why are they killing USAID?

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FelixDeCat

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Aug 4, 2000
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The purge is happening in real time. Looks like Musk’s goons got access to USAID’s systems and are locking people out of their access & files one by one. Keeping tabs via Signal.

Good! We are going get to the bottom of corruption in government. Squandering money left and right on junk.
 
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ivwshane

Lifer
May 15, 2000
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Does the general public know or care. We're fucked until they do. So we're fucked and there is nothing I can do. Everything will just happen by chance. If there is nothing you can do, why worry or waste time complaining. When you're fucked you're fucked. Have a beer.

And that is the rub! Not only is Trump throwing out so much stuff that’s it’s nearly impossible for even someone well informed about politics to keep up. Do we honestly believe that your average American will be able to understand or follow even a fraction of what’s going on? Considering most Americans get their news from social media and 30 sound bites, none of this will matter. If the economy keeps humming along the public wont be stopping him or even raising an eyebrow.
 

GodisanAtheist

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My money is this is a trial run (literally). They (Musk/Trump) want to start with something small and generally unrecognizable and see how things look: will Congress push back, will the SCOTUS uphold, etc.

If it looks like eliminating agencies that were established by law is on the table, then it's open season on EVERYTHING.
 

UNCjigga

Lifer
Dec 12, 2000
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My money is this is a trial run (literally). They (Musk/Trump) want to start with something small and generally unrecognizable and see how things look: will Congress push back, will the SCOTUS uphold, etc.

If it looks like eliminating agencies that were established by law is on the table, then it's open season on EVERYTHING.
We could be at Department of Education within a month.
 

FelixDeCat

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Aug 4, 2000
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sandorski

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I am not a Trump supporter but they are hitting a long time pet peeve of mine - wasteful government spending. Here is the WH take:

Please post a reliable source. Something that Musk or Trump pushes out isn't fit to wipe someone's ass with, let alone give you some idea of the truth.


Also, if you're against wasteful government spending, however you want to define wasteful, there is a process to change that: pass a new appropriations bill. The president and his lackey have no unilateral authority to impound funds.
 

Jaskalas

Lifer
Jun 23, 2004
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Really, that's your Source?
Surely we were not stupid enough to expect anything less than MAGA propaganda. It is all they will ever have. It is all they will ever need.

This is not a contest of ideals, nor of reason or logic. America is divided like the Islamic schism of Shia and Sunni. This is blood. And our differences will not be settled by word. Faith has decreed it so. Human behavior is ever the same. Throughout the world, throughout history. Ever will sanity and stability be fleeting. America had its moment of respite, now our people return naked unto the storm.
 

[DHT]Osiris

Lifer
Dec 15, 2015
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UNCjigga

Lifer
Dec 12, 2000
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I am not a Trump supporter but they are hitting a long time pet peeve of mine - wasteful government spending. Here is the WH take:

If you think that’s wasteful spending, wait till you see what the Pentagon spends on some of their pet projects. Should we shut them down too?
 

FelixDeCat

Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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If you think that’s wasteful spending, wait till you see what the Pentagon spends on some of their pet projects. Should we shut them down too?
I know it would never happen, but cutting defense spending would be awesome.

It's overpriced junk sold to taxpayers for outrageous prices.
 

Moonbeam

Elite Member
Nov 24, 1999
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And that is the rub! Not only is Trump throwing out so much stuff that’s it’s nearly impossible for even someone well informed about politics to keep up. Do we honestly believe that your average American will be able to understand or follow even a fraction of what’s going on? Considering most Americans get their news from social media and 30 sound bites, none of this will matter. If the economy keeps humming along the public wont be stopping him or even raising an eyebrow.
If you believe as I do that we are impelled at an unconscious level to repeat out childhood trauma which was a kind of death, a psychic death as it is some times referred to, there is always the hope that Trump won't stop until he destroys himself. I can not really know for sure or what form that might take. Meanwhile I try to avoid worrying about what I can't change.
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
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FDC supports trump for 10 years now isn’t a trump supporter, lol ok champ

The mental deficiency to claim you’re against wasteful spending then continually support the GOPs massive unfunded spending every time they get a chance is just amazing. A feat to behold. Olympic gold mental gymnastics
 
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But that would hurt investors like BlackRock and Vanguard that is actively developing your 401k's. Just saying.
But he can short some random stock so he ends up with a net profit of only -$10k when accounting for his yearly stock market gambling. He calls that winning.
 
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