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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No sympathy here. USAID was a major grift joke and most of the aid money ended up in pockets of local corrupt leaders and tribal chiefs. Add to that a very ideological bureaucracy.

I think foreign aid is important but it's worthwhile disbanding and rebuilding a donor agency from scratch. Not sure if the existing model can survive. [/quote]

Not you again. Don't you have a dog to kick or kid to yell at?[/quote]

I’m not the PP but our acquaintance lost their job as a contractor from the EO.

They bragged for years about their travel all over the world to “educate” the locals on support distribution.  But they openly joked by the time they “trained” someone in country and aid arrived (if ever) whomever they “trained” was long gone - so they got to go back 2-3 times to train (or not) to the same country and typically they planned stops on their way of places to visit.

I am not saying there was not some good being done; but maybe 1 out 20 dollars spent was of value from what I heard.[/quote]

Then Congress should shut it down. This is about more than just the agency, it's about the U.S. straying from being a country of laws and separation of powers and moving to banana republic status.[/quote]

We have a constitution, laws, and checks and balances. DT is operating as if none of those matter. Get rid of waste, but within the bounds of the law of our country. [/quote]

All of this.  Reasonable minds have always disagreed about the role of government, but NEVER until now has there been any question about following the rule of law.[/quote]

I agree with you but these posters will keep moving the goalposts to explain why instances of autocracy they agree with are fine. Illegal firings, civil service purges, unconstitutional impoundment, return to the spoils system, etc— the hallmarks of an unstable and autocratic country are completely fine with them. The joke will be on them when they are personally affected, but that may not be for awhile. I think it’s hard to overstate how serious the situation is and what we’re slouching into. [/quote]

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