cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51070777
“Yet, they never have the funds for healthcare coverage for all,” said Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.
$40 billion was the entire annual budget of USAID. No matter what you think of them, they did provided essential aid to dozens of nations, and DOGE destroyed them under the pretense of lowering the deficit. Now we’re spending that much money just to prop up one countries economy.
(Yes, I know they USAID is a soft-power tool of American imperialism, and is rumored to have been used as cover for CIA operations, but they also did a shit-load of global AIDs prevention work, and I’d rather have spent the $40 billion on that than bailing out a libertarian freak so Rob Citrone can get rich.)
I mean the entire doge “savings” were instantly wiped out by the $200 billion increase in military spending. And I say savings incredibly generously because there are a ton of studies that say the agencies and people they cut will leave a hole in federal capabilities that will end up costing the American people way more than all of the money they claim to have saved (Some speculate the massive cuts to the IRS alone will end up costing about $1 trillion in lost tax collections).
But this combined with the cost of the shutdown and the farmer bailout and so much more is just icing on the cake I guess.
Oh yeah, for sure. Everything DOGE did was a farce, and it almost certainly lost more money than it saved. Even en if it didn’t, they blew any savings up on their first budget legislation. I just find it particularly hypocritical to cut $40 billion in global aid because, “we don’t have the money,” then turn around and spend $40 billion on global aid to a single country
Argentina, Israel and Qatar first.
Thats 2.6 million dollars for every school district in the United States.
So how much would it cost to give American’s healthcare?
What a fucking dumb asshole
Argentina is kicking back to the Trumps.
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I guess I know where his next villa will be once his term is over
He’ll fit right in.
Someone has to pay for the upkeep of all those Nazi summer homes.
Out of curiosity, what does this do to the USD? I know it is a “small” amount relative to our country, but if they are swapping $40b in U.S. Dollars for a currency of high volatility, isnt it a guaranteed loss of believed stability in those USD up to that amount?
Making Argentina Great Again
Condor screeching
So that’s what the A stood for!
Americans get the government they deserve (and voted for) 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🖕🇺🇸
For 40B, I could probably build a big enough carbon sink to fix global warming.
I was more under the opinion that he was setting up an escape plan just like the Nazis.
This will fail. Argentina is a habitual financial crisis center. And they will spend only more money to prop them up.
Maybe Trump should buy Islas Malvinas from Argentina.
Maybe trump should lock himself in a shipping container and drop it into the Marianas Trench.
