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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Gutting USAID
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 06:19:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On Feb 3, 2025 at 9:57:31 PM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

> On 2/3/2025 9:35 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>  BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>  
>>>  The press is running for the fainting couch over Trump setting DOGE loose on
>>>  USAID with plans to gut the entire organization.
>>  
>>  I don't care. Elon Musk isn't fucking president of the United States;
>>  Trump needs to reign this guy in.
>>  
>>>  Here's a small taste of what USAID has been doing with your tax money:
>>  
>>  I'm sure every single government agency, including Library of Congress,
>>  has absurd spending on pointless projects. But true government reform
>>  takes real work, not just these power trips locking all the employees
>>  out. Or lobby Congress to sunset the agency. Anything is better than
>>  these stupid games.
>>  
> I had a thought tonight.. .If we don't fund these programs what if China 
> steps in to do so? Then what happens?

If China wants to fund a DEI musical in Ireland, let them.

If China wants to throw its money away paying for transgender operas in
Colombia, who cares?