DOGE Spending Cuts

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Originally Posted by Back

300,000 dead, and we're four months in

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A) Stop falling for literal fake news.
B) If this were true, why aren't you calling on the rest of the nations of the world to step up and save those lives?
C) If the US spending a few billion dollars a year saves 300,000 people in four months, why isn't the rest of the world coughing up tens of billions of dollars a year to save 1+ million people every four months?

See how your argument and hysterics falls apart immediately when you actually sit down and think about it for more than 10 seconds?

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

See how your argument and hysterics falls apart immediately when you actually sit down and think about it for more than 10 seconds?

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Flag on the play.

Unsportsmanlike conduct.

You know he can't do that.

Apologize.

My bad, Back. I didn't mean to imply you were capable of critical thought. I meant when other people sit down and think about it for 10 seconds.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

A) Stop falling for literal fake news.
B) If this were true, why aren't you calling on the rest of the nations of the world to step up and save those lives?
C) If the US spending a few billion dollars a year saves 300,000 people in four months, why isn't the rest of the world coughing up tens of billions of dollars a year to save 1+ million people every four months?

See how your argument and hysterics falls apart immediately when you actually sit down and think about it for more than 10 seconds?

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This is way beyond Back's thinking capabilities.

March 17, 2025

6 min read

USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy

USAID investments significantly reduced deaths among children under age five and women of reproductive age, studies show

By Tanya Lewis edited by Dean Visser

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The cuts have been fast and sweeping. “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” Musk posted on February 3 on X (formerly Twitter), the social media site he owns.

The effects of these actions immediately ricocheted around the world, and they will continue to be felt for years to come. They will especially threaten young children and women, for whom USAID funding has been providing lifesaving basic medical services that have ranged from vaccines to treatments for diarrheal diseases to maternal health care. Studies show this funding has helped save the lives of nearly three million children under age five and at least one million women of reproductive age in recent decades, experts say.

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...uts-put-it-in/

Innocent women and children, gentlemen. Is all this talk about saving lives just virtue signaling?

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Originally Posted by Back

March 17, 2025

6 min read

USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy

USAID investments significantly reduced deaths among children under age five and women of reproductive age, studies show

By Tanya Lewis edited by Dean Visser



https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...uts-put-it-in/

Innocent women and children, gentlemen. Is all this talk about saving lives just virtue signaling?

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You should be pissed that China and Europe haven’t stepped up to fill in the void. Why do you think it is always the responsibility of the US to save the world?

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

You should be pissed that China and Europe haven’t stepped up to fill in the void. Why do you think it is always the responsibility of the US to save the world?

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You don't get to decide what I should or should not be pissed about.

United States did it because we are a force for good in the world.

Edited to say that the United States did past tense. It doesn't matter who does it it's a good thing to save lives. It's disappointing that we are not anymore.

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Originally Posted by Back

March 17, 2025

6 min read

USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy

USAID investments significantly reduced deaths among children under age five and women of reproductive age, studies show

By Tanya Lewis edited by Dean Visser



https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...uts-put-it-in/

Innocent women and children, gentlemen. Is all this talk about saving lives just virtue signaling?

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It’s an opinion article and you can follow the author on bluesky.

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Originally Posted by Back

You don't get to decide what I should or should not be pissed about.

United States did it because we are a force for good in the world.

Edited to say that the United States did past tense. It doesn't matter who does it it's a good thing to save lives. It's disappointing that we are not anymore.

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America voted to focus on domestic issues.

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Originally Posted by Back

You don't get to decide what I should or should not be pissed about.

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Whoa whoa! Don't get so angry now. No need to get violent.

The big question is why aren't you mad at China and Europe for not stepping up to fill in the supposed void left by the US? According to the fake news you consume literally millions of lives a year are at stake and the rest of the world together is way richer than the US is alone. Shame on those countries for not doing more to help.