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.
@interfluidity I am feeding 2 families right now, besides my own. I can afford it, but if another comes along and needs me to feed them, the answer will have to be no, because I don't have the resources. If they were then to starve to death, I would not be guilty of murder, as IT WAS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY.
The US is Broke and we are stealing from future generations and most of it is is ludicrus bullshit.
So the murders are the democrats that funded all the bullshit and took us to the brink.
@Phil if you suddenly stopped feeding one of the families you feed, without any notice at all, when you were perfectly capable of continuing for some time, so that other arrangements could be made, and people starved, yeah, that'd be something like murder. if you did it while committing some other crime — like taking a Congressional mandated agency to the woodchipper — it would be felony murder.
@Phil@freeatlantis.comNo, it wouldn't be murder, I was never obligated to feed them. Every meal they eat that I pay for is a gift and has allowed them to live longer than they otherwise would have. If I have to stop suddenly, they should be thankful for the extra time they had.
@Phil would you feel the same if a hospital you relied upon for dialysis suddenly shut down while no alternative was available? no one owes anything to anyone in your view, i guess. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/along-thai-myanmar-border-trumps-decision-to-suspend-foreign-aid-is-deadly-ntwnfb