Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300k deaths – most of them children
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Even if we ignore the fact that the rest of the world could have easily rustled up the money, surely you have the basic intelligence to understand why that would be extremely difficult within a couple of months?
It would be one thing if DOGE had said that a year from now US funding would dry up and for recipients to find alternatives.
Instead DOGE, almost certainly illegally, cut funding that had already been allocated by Congress overnight.
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As a percentage of GNI, many nations give more development aid than the US. Norway gives 5x more, Germany 3x, France 2x, UK 2x.
The US is on par with Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania, and Spain.
You can see for yourself here: https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/official-development-assistan...
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#7First to get this out of the way, I do not support the destruction of USAID and I definitely do not support the death of 300,000 people.
This study brings to light a hidden problem of countries and individuals dependent on foreign aid. There should’ve been plans in place to reduce foreign aid dependency over time. Yes provide aid as needed & appropriate, but work out what it’ll take for the country to not need it and try to get there.. Otherwise a sudden halt of aid can lead to, well, exactly this.
It seems from the outside there was just “money from the sky” from USAID. Without strings attached you’d expect systems to organize to grab free money and countries become dependent..
Is there something I don’t know?
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#8>The numbers are not recorded deaths, but rather predictions. “They’re modelled numbers and I recognise the limitations that that comes with,” she said. “We don’t have routine data sets that we can measure someone as ‘killed by the US lack of funding’.”
Why are journos so dishonest?
Re: Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300k deaths – most of them children
#9First to get this out of the way, I do not support the destruction of USAID and I definitely do not support the death of 300,000 people. This study brings to light a hidden problem of countries and individuals dependent on foreign aid. There should’ve been plans in place to reduce foreign aid dependency over time. Yes provide aid as needed & appropriate, but work out what it’ll take for the country to not need it and…
I assume that providing countries generally enjoy the influence they get in return.
Re: Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300k deaths – most of them children
#10First to get this out of the way, I do not support the destruction of USAID and I definitely do not support the death of 300,000 people. This study brings to light a hidden problem of countries and individuals dependent on foreign aid. There should’ve been plans in place to reduce foreign aid dependency over time. Yes provide aid as needed & appropriate, but work out what it’ll take for the country to not need it and…
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