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Click bait headlines allowed on here now? It clearly states they are giving it to the GSA which is the government - where the funds originally came from. Can't hand these people money without them complaining ..
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Both are wrong. The "real question" just isn't about this specific case on its own. In a vacuum, this wouldn't really be news in the first place. The problem is the pattern that this is an example of, and together with all the other cases, it starts to reveal an image of the USA turning into a cleptocracy.
A Kleptocracy is when the government takes its own buildings from one department and transfers them to another department?
Have some patience, sheesh. Rome wasn't razed in day.
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It is not an executive building, and they have not claim to it. They will take credit for the cost savings, hence "gift". This is not clickbait and can't be overstated, there is no precedent for this sort of action in recent history in the US. Your normalcy bias is the problem.
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Hard to know if this is April Fools. United States Institute of Peace doesn't have a funny acronym.
So, the government funds them, the President issued an order to dismantle them, and now another government agency wants the building? That last part seems reasonable. Whether dismantling them is right or wrong seems to be the real question here.
They invaded the premises.
Click bait headlines allowed on here now? It clearly states they are giving it to the GSA which is the government - where the funds originally came from. Can't hand these people money without them complaining ..
The US government was intentionally split into 3 parts. This "Institute of Peace" was established and funded by the US Congress. The Executive should be pursuing the intent of the legislation. In general they've been failing to faithfully execute the law. I'd be totally fine with Congress cancelling the whole thing, but it hasn't happened. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/4604
So, the government funds them, the President issued an order to dismantle them, and now another government agency wants the building? That last part seems reasonable. Whether dismantling them is right or wrong seems to be the real question here.
In what f'ng way does it seem reasonable. That is almost colonialist logic. They invaded the premises.
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Name a single major accomplishment of the USIP. That's the grift.
Whatever education system you went through and came out saying shit like that is the real grift. Think about it for a second. The USIP is a think tank. Think tanks don't accomplish things, that's not their purpose. Their stated mission is "education and training" ffs. Next time at least read the opening paragraph of the wikipedia article of an org you call a "grift" on the public internet, you'll look a lot smarter t…