A passing thought on the USAID thing.
The idea behind that department was to share America’s wealth with the downtrodden of the world who are in dire straits fulfilling the threefold wish of saving lives, projecting the good name of the country and creating grateful allies.
After six decades or so, none has been accomplished long term or even medium term. Please explain why should we keep subscribing to the Feeding-A-Terrorist of the Month Club?
Thank you.
I once saw a claim that leftists are more charitable. That wasn't true, because the left's notion of charity is to give away someone else's money. It isn't charity unless it involves your own money.
That, in spades, is the issue with USAID: it lets politicians, or worse yet, unaccountable bureaucrats, pretend to be benevolent at our expense.
Because it helps those poor, downtrodden, and disgustingly wealthy and well-connected elites fund their pet projects and take 6- or 7-figure salaries for doing nothing?
Because every dollar of your tax money that USAID contributes to Leftist causes is a dollar George Soros and Mike Bloomberg don't have to donate?
Because every dollar that USAID contributes to pro-freedom and pro-Constitution causes is a dollar that ... um ... wait ... has USAID ever knowingly contributed to real pro-freedom causes?
Yeah, I got nothin'.