US is never going to go insolvent as long as dollar is the world's main currency and as long as US has the strongest army in the world.
USAID was not causing US to go insolvent, it was promoting US soft power in the world. Soft power saves money, for relevant cases it's cheaper than deploying troops.
Sort of irrelevant, right? Even if it was all grift, nothing is being saved if those resources are just stolen.
> I fear they will not reach the trillion etc they need in savings to stop the US going insolvent
Trump’s draft budget blows the deficit by $4 trillion to fund tax cuts for wealthy people. (I’d see my taxes go down under his plan, for what it’s worth. My mom, a bank teller, would not.)
Every time DOGE reports were checked, they contained glaring massive mistakes ... which is still giving them massive benefit of doubt as it is equally likely they just lied.
So, no. No scary waste, squandering or laundering was found by them. However, they themselves are breaking the law, lying and trying to defraud.
A global organisation helping people in countries where Americans aren't really popular? Literally the perfect way of getting agents a legitimate reason to be in the country.
JohnFen|11 months ago
DOGE reports are too unreliable to be worth paying attention to.
cynicalsecurity|11 months ago
USAID was not causing US to go insolvent, it was promoting US soft power in the world. Soft power saves money, for relevant cases it's cheaper than deploying troops.
cholantesh|11 months ago
Fixed.
JumpCrisscross|11 months ago
Sort of irrelevant, right? Even if it was all grift, nothing is being saved if those resources are just stolen.
> I fear they will not reach the trillion etc they need in savings to stop the US going insolvent
Trump’s draft budget blows the deficit by $4 trillion to fund tax cuts for wealthy people. (I’d see my taxes go down under his plan, for what it’s worth. My mom, a bank teller, would not.)
watwut|11 months ago
So, no. No scary waste, squandering or laundering was found by them. However, they themselves are breaking the law, lying and trying to defraud.
spiderfarmer|11 months ago
theshrike79|11 months ago
A global organisation helping people in countries where Americans aren't really popular? Literally the perfect way of getting agents a legitimate reason to be in the country.