Anonymous wrote:I think people eligible for retirement at UDSAID should retire and make some breathing room for younger folks. I am seeing the same at EPA and other people appreciate that

Anonymous wrote:In theory, the President is supposed to follow the law even if he gets 95% of the vote.

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Anonymous wrote:USAID has something like $1 billion in contracts with US farmers. The farmers voted for Trump, right? Oh well!

Really? Oh this will be good when those get halted.

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

Subsume, not dissolve. You aren’t from around here, eh?

Still not something that can be done without congressional approval.

Not true. Nothing in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 mandates that an independent agency take on foreign assistance. USAID was created by an executive order as the mode to implement the requirements of the act/law. But the Executive has immense discretion under the law to determine mode.

The agency was codified in statute afterward, moron. Go read 22 USC 6563.

Be nice, they're "doing their own research."

More like repeating the talking points right wing media gives them.

You think they ever question why their talking points are so consistently false? Or are they in on the grift?

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Anonymous wrote:I retired early from the government about 18 months ago to pursue independent consulting. I know this sounds nuts, but I wish I were there right now to be with all of you. I'm so sorry this is happening.

Same. Wish I would do this now and also get paid for 8 months before retiring.

Anonymous wrote:I am sympathetic to the poster that keeps telling everyone to talk to their Congressman. Congress has to act. I hope that the poster similarly understands that many many of us do not have a Congressman bc we live in DC.

Anonymous wrote:I always thought USAID was a front for the CIA. CIA combining with State? Sounds like the USSR.

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

And now USAID is under Marco Rubio

Who also can’t dissolve an agency on his own.

Nope, but he can downsize it after the figure out where all the money has been flowing.

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

And now USAID is under Marco Rubio

Who also can’t dissolve an agency on his own.

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Anonymous wrote:The midnight emails are a Musk thing. He did the same at Twitter. For practical reasons, it's smart to check for overnight drama before heading into work when Musk is at the helm.

What authority does Musk have to "take the helm"?

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

Subsume, not dissolve. You aren’t from around here, eh?

Still not something that can be done without congressional approval.

Not true. Nothing in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 mandates that an independent agency take on foreign assistance. USAID was created by an executive order as the mode to implement the requirements of the act/law. But the Executive has immense discretion under the law to determine mode.

The agency was codified in statute afterward, moron. Go read 22 USC 6563.

Be nice, they're "doing their own research."

More like repeating the talking points right wing media gives them.

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

Subsume, not dissolve. You aren’t from around here, eh?

Still not something that can be done without congressional approval.

Not true. Nothing in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 mandates that an independent agency take on foreign assistance. USAID was created by an executive order as the mode to implement the requirements of the act/law. But the Executive has immense discretion under the law to determine mode.

The agency was codified in statute afterward, moron. Go read 22 USC 6563.

Be nice, they're "doing their own research."

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

Subsume, not dissolve. You aren’t from around here, eh?

Still not something that can be done without congressional approval.

Not true. Nothing in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 mandates that an independent agency take on foreign assistance. USAID was created by an executive order as the mode to implement the requirements of the act/law. But the Executive has immense discretion under the law to determine mode.

Nope. The president has zero legal authority to "shut down," defund, or otherwise cripple a $50 billion agency.

Audit it, identify unnecessary expenditures, draft reform or rescission proposals, and then go to Congress to PASS A LAW.

You would be right if the agency was created by law. USAID was not created by statute. In other words it was created under executive authority not legislative.

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Kerr, Co-Executive Director, Unlock Aid:

“It's actually less than 10 percent of our foreign assistance dollars flowing through USAID is actually reaching those communities.“

That’s a nice he has an opinion. It doesn’t change the fact that the president cannot dissolve the agency without proceeding through Congress. Maybe Walter Kerr should call his congressman.

Subsume, not dissolve. You aren’t from around here, eh?

Still not something that can be done without congressional approval.

Not true. Nothing in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 mandates that an independent agency take on foreign assistance. USAID was created by an executive order as the mode to implement the requirements of the act/law. But the Executive has immense discretion under the law to determine mode.

The agency was codified in statute afterward, moron. Go read 22 USC 6563.