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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so illegal and unconstitutional

I'm sorry USAID-- I'm sure you are just the first in a wave of illegal actions but it hurts my heart to see you and your work treated this way.[/quote]

Same here. I am so, so sorry that this is happening to you.[/quote]

NP. Also sorry to see this happen .  I worked for a USAID contractor decades ago.  Everyone I worked with was dedicated and passionate about their work.  No one should be treated this way.  Elon Musk is so callous that he can’t begin to  fathom what humanitarian work is or means.[/quote]

USAID lost its way and the baby is being thrown out with the bathwater. Their careless spending, arrogance and bloated bureaucracy got them in this position and now they'll suffer the consequences.[/quote]

Agree. A lot of good things happened under USAID. But a lot of wasteful spending also happened under USAID. The independent presses are having a field day reporting on the obscure spending like funding for a transgender opera and parties for LGBTQ kids in Serbia. and USAID funding more often than not ended up in pockets of local corrupt politicians who owned the companies that won the USAID contracts to build water pipes or whatever. And often did a terrible job. And, of course, USAID was working hand in hand with CIA for certain operations, funneling money for certain schemes that may have been dubious. As a long time expat in developing/adjacent developing countries I heard plenty of wild stories about USAID and clandestine operations - from seasoned NGO veterans. I don't doubt most people at USAID were committed to their missions but I can see that in recent years some of those missions were getting ridiculous. Funding identity politics in countries, including Ireland, makes no sense. [/quote]

I feel horrible for USAID employees who were working to support the agency’s mission.  However, it also makes me sick to see how much of tax dollars were wasted when we have a homeless crisis, crumbling infrastructure, and a host of other needs in our own country.  I’m glad something is being done, but wish it were more measured.  Throwing the baby out with the bath water is exactly what’s happening. [/quote]

Isn’t USAID funding like 1% of the total federal budget?

Not saying all that money was well spent but isn’t it Congress’s job to take a hard look at programs and figure out what to keep funding?[/quote]

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