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[quote=Anonymous]I had a discussion recently with a very good and intelligent friend who was happy about the elimination of USAID funding for medical care. He said that we should be taking care of our own people and let non profits take care of others. I said we do take care of our own people and as the wealthiest country in the world we should be helping the poorest to some extent. He continued to disagree until I actually presented him with some facts. First, the US government spends almost $2 trillion a year on Medicare, Medicaid etc. USAID medical care was about $7 billion or less than 1/2 of one percent on what the US government spends on its own people. He thought I was full of BS so he pulled up his IPad and went to ChatGPT and my numbers were very close. Then he switched gears to corruption with USAID and I said you don’t think corruption exists in US health care? It’s sad when very intelligent people have very strong beliefs but no facts. I doubt if I changed his mind but my guess is that most members of congress who voted down USAID don’t know the numbers either. [/quote]

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