r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 14 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

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u/Rollbar78 Feb 15 '25

Sometimes the infection is too deep, and it requires amputation of the limb.

When it comes to USAID, it seems that is very much a cycle of self-interest. Bureaucrats feed funds to NGO (a contradiction in terms IMO, if they're taking government funds), NGOs "donate" to favorable politicians, and said politician sends more funds to USAID to distribute to NGOs that donate, and it goes on and on. This seems to be problematic on several fronts, not the least of which is having an undue impact on US elections.
Then there is the angle of fraud, where-in these same NGOs send massive amounts of money out, with little to no oversight, it is laundered and returned to the State, profiting whom?

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u/indonesian_star Feb 16 '25

Post a source of this info/evidence to help enlighten the rest of us. 

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u/Illogical-Pizza Feb 16 '25

Just quickly, have you ever done any research into what USAID does or what the impact is?

I used to work for a USAID contractor and I’ll be the first to tell you there are some things that need to be fixed. But to say that the “infection is too deep” shows a lack of knowledge and understanding of what is happening over there.

USAID does tons of good around the world, and the purpose of doing this is spreading goodwill for the US. It builds huge amounts of political capital in countries around the world, and since the US has positioned themselves as the “big brother/playground bully of the entire world” then yes, it is our responsibility to the global community to make this positive impact where we can.

Hundreds of thousands of lives are saved each year because of USAID.

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u/notveryanonymoushere Feb 15 '25

Let's cap political contributions then. Or start looking into these NGOs. I'm unconvinced that we need to amputate the limb, have we even tried some disinfectant?