Anonymous
02/06/2025 09:27
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
I’m disgusted by the level of grift. Who is the auditor of USAID?
Anonymous
02/06/2025 09:22
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Anonymous wrote:Agree-I am not as upset at USAID losing some funding and going under state department. I’m not upset at Education, losing money, federally, and going to the states. I’m also not upset that it will go back under HHS.
I do feel that it could have rolled out in a far better way.
This is Trumps' way. Shock and Awe. Any good benefits are lost in translation.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 09:18
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Agree-I am not as upset at USAID losing some funding and going under state department. I’m not upset at Education, losing money, federally, and going to the states. I’m also not upset that it will go back under HHS.
I do feel that it could have rolled out in a far better way.
I do feel that it could have rolled out in a far better way.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 09:11
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Putting USAID under state has been thrown around by lots of administrations. Congress has always wanted to keep it separate so they can have more budget oversight. There are pros and cons. Moving USAID under State is not the worst idea. The problem is the way it is being done.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 08:46
Subject: Re:Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Someone will eventually recreate it but the mindset of this administration is that diplomacy is for the weak. You don't need to feed the poor when you can use AI to determine who is a threat. Keep that in mind for when there is hunger here in America - they expect the weak to die off.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 08:24
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Anonymous wrote:It will be permanently subsumed by State and no longer a separate agency. This was the goal by budget cutters 25 or 30 years ago too, but it never happened.
What will happen to all of those on administrative leave?
Anonymous
02/06/2025 08:19
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Anonymous wrote:It seems hard to fathom that an entire foreign policy wing of the U.S. government could just vanish overnight. As the days pass it seems more and more surreal and strange. Is it really possible that this is the end of USAID, at least for the foreseeable future? Or another quick stunt that will go away in a couple of months?
At least until Democrat reverses the Trump EO
Anonymous
02/06/2025 08:19
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
It will depend on Congress.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 08:17
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
No, in four years these programs will be restarted, and the new president seen as a savior. Until then, buckle down and survive. It’s tough out there.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 08:12
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
It will be permanently subsumed by State and no longer a separate agency. This was the goal by budget cutters 25 or 30 years ago too, but it never happened.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 06:20
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Anonymous wrote:https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1254239.page
To clarify since there appears to be some confusion: this is not a general thread about venting about USAID being shut down, but rather a specific question about the legality of Trump's shut down, and the long term feasibility of the removal being permanent.
Anonymous
02/06/2025 06:13
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Anonymous
02/06/2025 05:52
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
This is not the same at all?
Anonymous
02/06/2025 05:45
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
Anonymous
02/06/2025 05:42
Subject: Will USAID really be permanently shut down?
It seems hard to fathom that an entire foreign policy wing of the U.S. government could just vanish overnight. As the days pass it seems more and more surreal and strange. Is it really possible that this is the end of USAID, at least for the foreseeable future? Or another quick stunt that will go away in a couple of months?