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re: USAID only makes up .7% of our budget. This is chess move…
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:15 am to MrXYZ
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:15 am to MrXYZ
Trying to downplay the significance of uncovering the USAID money laundering while parading the relatively small percentage it is of the federal budget total only underscores how terminally-bloated our government is in the first place.
Folks love to REEEEEEEEEE over the prospect of the income tax system being ditched for a combo of tariffs & a consumption tax that replaced embedded corporate income taxes because they cry that there's no way those can fund the entire federal government.
That premise is faulty AF when because it assumes that the current size of gov't has any business being that big in the first place.
Folks love to REEEEEEEEEE over the prospect of the income tax system being ditched for a combo of tariffs & a consumption tax that replaced embedded corporate income taxes because they cry that there's no way those can fund the entire federal government.
That premise is faulty AF when because it assumes that the current size of gov't has any business being that big in the first place.
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:17 am to MrXYZ
It’s brilliant. Nothing gets the point about government waste across any faster than some of the examples being brought up.
x amount for DEI initiatives in Serbia.
x amount for Transgender opera in Columbia
Wherever… the point is the money is not for any kind of aid. Even the dumbest among us think that shite is a waste of money. Perfect one line examples of waste at the federal level.
x amount for DEI initiatives in Serbia.
x amount for Transgender opera in Columbia
Wherever… the point is the money is not for any kind of aid. Even the dumbest among us think that shite is a waste of money. Perfect one line examples of waste at the federal level.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:17 am to madmaxvol
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Department of Energy?
Dept of Education. DoEd, i guess
Too many govt agencies for me to know every acronym
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:18 am to CAD703X
0.7% of the federal budget is $46,900,000,000.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:18 am to Vacherie Saint
quote:Yep. What percentage of campaign "warchests" do those laundered dollars total?
.7% of our budget is a shite pile of money
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:18 am to Vacherie Saint
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.7% of our budget is a shite pile of money
No shite. I'll take it and no one will hear from me again.
Just kidding, I'd be shitposting all over the internetz daily.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:21 am to MrXYZ
it certainly is, but the dynamics of government waste is an important concept to consider. The current status quo is to pass a bill or initiate a program that costs billions of dollars and encompasses thousands of convoluted elements. In all the confusion and complexity, bureaucrats grift away "small" proportions over and over again, creating generational private wealth through an intermediary.
In short, they are willing to throw away a billion of your dollars to net a million for themselves, their friends, their donors, etc. Attacking USAID is smart because its one of the key vehicles for this type of patronage.
In short, they are willing to throw away a billion of your dollars to net a million for themselves, their friends, their donors, etc. Attacking USAID is smart because its one of the key vehicles for this type of patronage.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:22 am to Vacherie Saint
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In all the confusion and complexity, bureaucrats grift away "small" proportions over and over again, creating generational private wealth through an intermediary.
That’s a bingo.
When the budget is $6.7T, it’s easy to sneak in a road driving through mom and pop’s property where they net $5M. One of our Republican reps did that.
Or your son gets put in charge of a couple hundred million dollar wind farm outfit. With no experience. Our dead MO Governor’s son got that appointment.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:24 am to Vacherie Saint
quote:$45.5 billion.
.7% of our budget is a shite pile of money
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:24 am to MrXYZ
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USAID only makes up .7% of our budget.
That's still $47.6B of the 2024 budget (or ~3.1% of discretionary spending).
It's important to understand the percentages, but that can quickly gloss over how much of a mind-staggering amount of money that small percentage is. By comparison, FEMA's funding last year was "only" ~$33B.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:25 am to HubbaBubba
If you type out the zeros, it drives home the point.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:25 am to the808bass
Yep. Find out what caterer was collecting 600 million per year to serve sushi at the Pentagon. Wanna guess what you will find?
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:26 am to MrXYZ
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USAID only makes up .7% of our budget.
1. You have to start cutting somewhere.
2. 0.7% of the federal budget is still a lot.
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This isn’t the head of the snake,
No shite Sherlock.
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They are generating American support with these audacious spending programs.
Get the low hanging fruit and build credibility with the American people for when they have to go after the real problems (i.e. defense and entitlements).
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They are setting traps to weed out bad actors.
This is a very very very important side benefit.
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Now the dems will try to stop cabinet appointments, and Trump will he justified doing recess appointments.
Thune ain't gonna let recess appointments happen.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:26 am to MrXYZ
I’ll keep saying it. I’m tired of hearing about rounding errors.
It’s our fricking money.
It’s our fricking money.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:09 am to the808bass
quote:$45,500,000,000.00
If you type out the zeros, it drives home the point.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:27 am to MrXYZ
Got to start somewhere. I laugh when people say that it's only a drop in the bucket. Do you know what happens when enough drops are put into the bucket.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:39 am to MrXYZ
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USAID only makes up .7% of our budget.
That just tells me the work has only begun. Many more 0.7%s to find.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:39 am to BHS78
A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. At least that is what some Chink said a long time ago.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:40 am to Vacherie Saint
A billion here, a billion there.
Pretty soon you're talking real money.
Pretty soon you're talking real money.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 9:41 am to MrXYZ
That’s a massive amount of cash for a single bite.
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