DOGE is murder.
@interfluidity I sure wish it was.
@Phil it is. it's probably not murdering the people you mean it to, though (which would include me, i guess). i don't think you have any particular animus against the kids who are dying in Burundi for lack of high nutrient peanut butter manufactured only in the USA, distributed by USAID. https://time.com/7258248/us-foreign-aid-burundi-patients-essay/
well that isn't murder, its also probably bullshit. USAID mostly distributes aid thru NGO's that have other sources of funding and shame on us if we have fostered this kind of depedency.
Lastly there is an exception process for anything that may result in the loss of life.
Whats happening is the NGO's are letting people die to make political points
I am unmoved. We can't feed the whole world and if people can't feed their kids they shouldnt have them.
@Phil you are living in denial. USAID works via NGOs and also directly. the US distributes food, operates, funds hospitals, does myriad things. there was a humanitarian waiver by Rubio, but logistics is disrupted because providers who think the waiver applies to them can't get resources via more intermediate workers.
there is a lot of dependency. if we were going to break it, we could have planned a transition, made space for other providers.
these people are murderers of absolute innocents.
@Phil lots of lying by that account. remember those condoms? $8B that was really $8M.
when you add the shit you don't like up, it's a tiny fraction of a big number.