@krypdough@Atul_Gawande@USAID 68b of foreign aid is not a huge driver of our budget woes. I agree we need to better manage that outflow so it gets into the right hands and not making middle men / women rich.
@Onkeystime2023@Atul_Gawande@USAID Karma: there is also a strategic reason we provide aid to other countries. It provides influence which we are currently losing to China through their belt and road initiatives. We are paying for access as much as giving aid. I have no opinion on the pause.
@AndrewYang Andrew: in your view, what is “unconditional” mean? Do you mean, not associating it with unrelated conditions I.e. voting ID OR any condition. My view is there are always some conditions like a rebuilding plan, etc. that makes sense but agree unrelated conditions are nonsensical.
@WalshFreedom there is a difference between federal relief and a federal agency managing local crisis so you may be misinterpreting. Let’s see the recommendation before we claim “the sky is falling”. If it does mean what you say, we the citizens can push back
@esjesjesj A refresher course in free speech could be helpful for all of you. Private business can restrict your speech as a condition of employment. I don’t know the case but this is not a free speech issue unless the government intervened.
@JoJoFromJerz A quick PSA. Everyone (now including me) is feeding into this persons grift. She gets paid to post because she gets engagement on X. She has never had an original thought or position. It is best to ignore her rather than help her grift. It’s all negativity.
@DrKidNurse @jopa325 @KamalaDreams So Russia has control over the US secret service that left an area insecure so trump could stage an assassination attempt?
@AJ18018@SwannMarcus89 AJ - outside of this election where Trump is divisive, why do you vote Democrat - Really trying to understand since black women are by far the most supportive of a single party.