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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

It was GROSSLY misrepresented and outright lies. I hope Trump, Musk et al are sued for their lies!

-Former USAID contractor who left before Trump took office.[/quote]

Are you as upset over the claim of 300,000 dead--when the woman who came up with the number admitted that it was a "projection?"[/quote]

Of course it was a projection.  How on earth could it not be?[/quote]

And it's not even that wild of a projection, when you consider everything USAID helped with around the globe -

For example, HIV programs halted, with South Africa losing an estimated $350 million in funding, threatening treatment and prevention efforts for 7.7 million people living with HIV - many of them are at risk

For example, humanitarian aid cuts in Myanmar and Bangladesh, with USAID obligations reduced by 98% in Myanmar and 84% in Bangladesh, endangering over 20 million people in Myanmar and one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

And many many more.  Programs that were helping millions of people now gone which will lead to many many deaths, many widespread issues, like disease resurgence, food insecurity, and economic instability in affected regions.

And it's not just "one person" saying it.  It's countless experts saying this.  Examples:

https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/sudden-impact-when-health-programs-end

https://cpintl.org/type/impact-story/the-usaid-shutdown-implications-for-global-health-and-humanitarian-aid[/quote]

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