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Anonymous wrote:It will go to litigation and be overturned. Blatantly unconstitutional.

+1000

In your dreams.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting though that Chemonics website has been ... edited. People must be really scared.

Also scared enough to report the posts on here calling them out as a grifting, for-profit company exploiting US taxpayers.

These companies responded to funding calls from the US government. There is nothing grifting about that.

Well, they did over bill. And have insiders at USAID to know about contracts.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chemonics-international-inc-pay-31m-resolve-allegations-fraudulent-billing-under-global

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.

Oh shut up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting though that Chemonics website has been ... edited. People must be really scared.

Also scared enough to report the posts on here calling them out as a grifting, for-profit company exploiting US taxpayers.

Lol okay. Is chemonics in the room with us now?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting though that Chemonics website has been ... edited. People must be really scared.

Also scared enough to report the posts on here calling them out as a grifting, for-profit company exploiting US taxpayers.

These companies responded to funding calls from the US government. There is nothing grifting about that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Cut down all foreign aid. if actual aid is 10X of USAID's budget then imagine the wastage.

Ask your congressmen to change the law if you want that.

Or president can continue to not disburse the funding, issue a lot of stop work orders, no authority for travel for employees, etc and then it would go back to Treasury.

Doing that would violate the law and the constitution. Do you not like the constitution? It’s very clear about the separation of powers.

Anonymous wrote:USAID employees overseas have been locked out of everything, including the US government security app which warns them of threats, etc.

How will they get home? Is the government going to fly them back? What about paying rent for apartments etc?

Anonymous wrote:Interesting though that Chemonics website has been ... edited. People must be really scared.

Also scared enough to report the posts on here calling them out as a grifting, for-profit company exploiting US taxpayers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Cut down all foreign aid. if actual aid is 10X of USAID's budget then imagine the wastage.

Ask your congressmen to change the law if you want that.

Or president can continue to not disburse the funding, issue a lot of stop work orders, no authority for travel for employees, etc and then it would go back to Treasury.

Anonymous wrote:USAID employees overseas have been locked out of everything, including the US government security app which warns them of threats, etc.

This is very scary. I hope those employees are able to get to a safe place while they figure all of this out. Everything about how this is being handled is absurd.

Interesting though that Chemonics website has been ... edited. People must be really scared.

USAID employees overseas have been locked out of everything, including the US government security app which warns them of threats, etc.

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:It will go to litigation and be overturned. Blatantly unconstitutional.

+1000

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.