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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the Joe Rogan episode with Bono - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe64ayAbDjM&t=2495s
I would like to hear more about why people think 1) cutting foreign aid will make a difference in the US budget (all of it, including US AID and other parts that could be considered global aid, is about 1% of the budget) 
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/06/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid/sr_25-02-06_foreign-aid_2/
     and 2) why people believe there was some kind of massive fraud happening with USAID. Where is the evidence of that? There are lots of examples of the good it did and the lives America saved around the world through USAID. And when the rest of the world sees us as heroic, our influence and power grows. We should be proud of all the lives that were saved - and how that helped save US lives by bolstering our reputation -- with a tiny percentage of our budget.[/quote]

I still think most of the alleged USAID fraud was either grossly misrepresented and/or generated from a right wing outrage buzzword algorithm

<press button and read algorithm breathlessly> - "THeY SpENt FiFTy TwO BaJiLLioN DoLLaRs oN DrAg ShOWs FoR EpILEpTIc DwaRVes In TurKMEnIStan!!!!"

<press button and read algorithm breathlessly> - "THeY SpENt A HUnDrED ScAdILLioN DoLLaRs oN SeX CHanGE OpERaTioNS FoR YaK HerDeRS iN UrUGuaY!!!!"

And most MAGAs will just swallow it hook, line and sinker.[/quote]

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