Closing USAID

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

If these dead are not American citizens it is not a problem. Let the taxpayers of these other countries take care of their own people.

That is your view but it is not the view of the majority of Americans or of Congress, who is in charge of directive and funding and staffing the federal government. Rubio is not in charge of that, nor is Vought or Musk. Or Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How has shutting down USAID and getting rid of all this government waste helped average American citizens?

Is the money saved being used to help our feed children at risk or veterans?

What is being done to help our citizens?

This was a democrat by the way....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

If these dead are not American citizens it is not a problem. Let the taxpayers of these other countries take care of their own people.

I hope you don't call yourself a Christian.

Yes, I can only be a Christian if I send all my money and resources to 8 Billion people on the planet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

If these dead are not American citizens it is not a problem. Let the taxpayers of these other countries take care of their own people.

I hope you don't call yourself a Christian.

My duty as a Christian is first and foremost to my people:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 1Timothy 5:8

Taking money from me and my fellow Americans, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, to give away to people of other countries so some politician can pontificate, and some Democrat can feel like being a Christian without being Holy, is obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

I know a lot of retirees who worked for USAID. They lived with the rest of us would call luxury lives. They had staff in their homes to cook and clean for them. They went to a lot of cocktail. The job seemed be a lot about the lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html
While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development had not cost any lives.

“No children are dying on my watch,” he asserted. At another point in the hearing, he broadened his statement to include adults as well: “No one has died because of U.S.A.I.D.”

This is ludicrous: The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

So let me help Rubio with the truth. Meet Evan Anzoo, a 5-year-old boy who was born with H.I.V. in South Sudan:

I mentioned Evan in a column in March from South Sudan. This was a child as precious as yours or mine. Evan’s life was in our hands, and for five years America kept him alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. This was a program started by President George W. Bush that has saved more than 26 million lives so far, and it turned the tide of AIDS around the world and built enormous good will toward the United States.

Then along came President Trump and his freeze on most humanitarian aid in January. How could a 5-year-old orphan possibly obtain medicine on his own? Evan weakened and soon died of an opportunistic infection.

If Rubio needs further reminder of the human toll, this little girl is Achol Deng, 8, who likewise died when she lost access to antiretrovirals because of the U.S.A.I.D. freeze.

I share these photos of Evan and Achol because it strikes me as doubly offensive not only to cause unnecessary deaths of such children but also to deny these deaths and call them lies. The denials erase these children and dodge all responsibility.

It was Elon Musk who first insisted that “no one has died.” Now Rubio has doubled down.

When I reached out to Rubio to ask about the “lies” comment and the suggestion that no one had died, he declined to be interviewed.

We are not responsible for basic medical healthcare in foreign countries. However, your admission that the medicine costs 0.12 cents, Sudan can afford that.

The US taxpayer cannot afford to keep shoveling money into NGOs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

If these dead are not American citizens it is not a problem. Let the taxpayers of these other countries take care of their own people.

I hope you don't call yourself a Christian.

My duty as a Christian is first and foremost to my people:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 1Timothy 5:8

Taking money from me and my fellow Americans, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, to give away to people of other countries so some politician can pontificate, and some Democrat can feel like being a Christian without being Holy, is obnoxious.

If I ask myself what would Jesus do, in his own words, (if you are a Christian and believe), are that you should help everyone, even strangers, if you want to be welcome in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 25:35 ESV

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

If these dead are not American citizens it is not a problem. Let the taxpayers of these other countries take care of their own people.

I hope you don't call yourself a Christian.

My duty as a Christian is first and foremost to my people:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 1Timothy 5:8

Taking money from me and my fellow Americans, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, to give away to people of other countries so some politician can pontificate, and some Democrat can feel like being a Christian without being Holy, is obnoxious.

If I ask myself what would Jesus do, in his own words, (if you are a Christian and believe), are that you should help everyone, even strangers, if you want to be welcome in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 25:35 ESV

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

Then you who have food better STEP IT UP, and STOP STEALING from Americans who can’t feed their children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html
While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development had not cost any lives.

“No children are dying on my watch,” he asserted. At another point in the hearing, he broadened his statement to include adults as well: “No one has died because of U.S.A.I.D.”

This is ludicrous: The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

So let me help Rubio with the truth. Meet Evan Anzoo, a 5-year-old boy who was born with H.I.V. in South Sudan:

I mentioned Evan in a column in March from South Sudan. This was a child as precious as yours or mine. Evan’s life was in our hands, and for five years America kept him alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. This was a program started by President George W. Bush that has saved more than 26 million lives so far, and it turned the tide of AIDS around the world and built enormous good will toward the United States.

Then along came President Trump and his freeze on most humanitarian aid in January. How could a 5-year-old orphan possibly obtain medicine on his own? Evan weakened and soon died of an opportunistic infection.

If Rubio needs further reminder of the human toll, this little girl is Achol Deng, 8, who likewise died when she lost access to antiretrovirals because of the U.S.A.I.D. freeze.

I share these photos of Evan and Achol because it strikes me as doubly offensive not only to cause unnecessary deaths of such children but also to deny these deaths and call them lies. The denials erase these children and dodge all responsibility.

It was Elon Musk who first insisted that “no one has died.” Now Rubio has doubled down.

When I reached out to Rubio to ask about the “lies” comment and the suggestion that no one had died, he declined to be interviewed.

We are not responsible for basic medical healthcare in foreign countries. However, your admission that the medicine costs 0.12 cents, Sudan can afford that.

The US taxpayer cannot afford to keep shoveling money into NGOs.

That’s your opinion. US Congress felt differently and gave money to USAID every year. And now children are dead because Trump and Rubio decided to cut off aid overnight to starving sick children. While continuing to spend hundreds of billions of American military aid for Israel to fight Gaza.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only debate is whether to measure the dead due to the loss of USAID in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html
While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development had not cost any lives.

“No children are dying on my watch,” he asserted. At another point in the hearing, he broadened his statement to include adults as well: “No one has died because of U.S.A.I.D.”

This is ludicrous: The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

So let me help Rubio with the truth. Meet Evan Anzoo, a 5-year-old boy who was born with H.I.V. in South Sudan:

I mentioned Evan in a column in March from South Sudan. This was a child as precious as yours or mine. Evan’s life was in our hands, and for five years America kept him alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. This was a program started by President George W. Bush that has saved more than 26 million lives so far, and it turned the tide of AIDS around the world and built enormous good will toward the United States.

Then along came President Trump and his freeze on most humanitarian aid in January. How could a 5-year-old orphan possibly obtain medicine on his own? Evan weakened and soon died of an opportunistic infection.

If Rubio needs further reminder of the human toll, this little girl is Achol Deng, 8, who likewise died when she lost access to antiretrovirals because of the U.S.A.I.D. freeze.

I share these photos of Evan and Achol because it strikes me as doubly offensive not only to cause unnecessary deaths of such children but also to deny these deaths and call them lies. The denials erase these children and dodge all responsibility.

It was Elon Musk who first insisted that “no one has died.” Now Rubio has doubled down.

When I reached out to Rubio to ask about the “lies” comment and the suggestion that no one had died, he declined to be interviewed.

We are not responsible for basic medical healthcare in foreign countries. However, your admission that the medicine costs 0.12 cents, Sudan can afford that.

The US taxpayer cannot afford to keep shoveling money into NGOs.

DP - Anti-terrorism and soft power, both at a very low cost.

Why do you refuse to understand that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How has shutting down USAID and getting rid of all this government waste helped average American citizens?

Is the money saved being used to help our feed children at risk or veterans?

What is being done to help our citizens?

How about minimize the tax burden on middle class Americans?

[Anonymous]

Big lies for morons to believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How has shutting down USAID and getting rid of all this government waste helped average American citizens?

Is the money saved being used to help our feed children at risk or veterans?

What is being done to help our citizens?

How about minimize the tax burden on middle class Americans?

How quixotic.
Taxes are going up under Trump’s budget bill. Plus there are the additional taxes from the tariffs. Plus the implied tax of inflation.

[Anonymous]

15:47 = liar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
What kind of money are we talking, OP?

Which countries no longer have starving children as a result of all this funneled cash?

Zero?