And you nailed it. The taxpayers are getting "fleeced" by the swamp in DC. This is all a result of pork in bills, no oversight and accountability. Pet projects of no use to anyone in the USA. The federal government has gone beyond what is was intended. It is fiscally out of control. All have been busy looking the other way. Now someone is effectively looking. What has been found in just two weeks is astonishing.

:sign_yeah: Stay tuned, Chris. I'm sure we AIN'T see nothing yet. Initially, President Trump had said he wanted to find a trillion dollars in waste. I think they will find considerably more. I think the procurement program at the Pentagon is also out of control. I think Musk and company will find more waste as well.

My biggest concern is for their safety ( this Administration ) and well being as more waste is uncovered. People ( Democrats ) want to shut them down and shut them up.

It will be interesting to watch. It will be even more interesting what may or may not be felt in our wallets.

And, local governments are now checking their backyards for frivolous spending and waste. Just last week a whistle blower advised of a supervisor spending hours at a residence. Not only during working hours but using the county car. This person was looking after a family member who eventually died. I'm sorry to hear that but take the family medical leave. Personal days or vacation time. Don't pretend to be on the job when they are not.

With the termination of worthless " programs " we can make use of the cost savings. I'm not sure if we will see a reduction in taxes. However, I think if common sense prevails and I think it will, we can start paying down our debt which should have an impact on inflation. I don't believe things will get better overnight but I do believe we are on the right track.

Perhaps even better is that other leaders in Europe are watching the U.S and deciding they need to clean house as well. They have similar Issues as the U.S. Maybe, just maybe, the leaders there can get on track and deliver prosperity for their people. God knows they deserve it too.

They created the debt. They need to figure out how to pay it. The entire group just finds it easier to increase spending and taxes to cover it but never took the real time to reduce spending. They got away with it for decades. It was the path of least resistance between them and the evening cocktails at Fiola Mare(DC). The general public just went along with it. Very disappointing it came to head like this. No one should be surprised. I hope the world is watching.

I presume that the steps taken against USAID spending are not quiet popular in certain groups of Politicians and authorities.

However from what I have read here-It was needed.

Markus

Your presumption is correct, Markus. As Otto, AVGWarhawk and others have alluded to, These " programs " may well be just fronts. You may not understand the lingo. Fronts are nothing more than a way to legitimize spending which may just be a way to launder money through " legitimate " enterprises and disguise it's tracks.

AVGWarhawk has said that USAID is little more than a slush fund. I believe that is a very accurate characterization. The democrats are livid they have been found out and that their radical BS policies have come to a grinding halt. I think if more people, Republican, Democrats, Libertarians and independents know they are being taken, then we have a common cause. Democrats are afraid this will galvanize the general public against them. The Democrats know this will have a detrimental impact on them in the Midterm elections in two years.

Long term, this could effectively be the end of the Democrat party which has let themselves be taken over by radical leftists. The Democrats are still at it with their BS over getting kids sex change operations and lunacy like that. The Democrats will pay for their positions in two years with the Midterm Elections. Common sense is back in town. Many years ago, the Democrat party stood for the working man. The democrats have destroyed that premise and themselves as American politics have never been as polarized as they are now. That polarization is overwhelmingly against the Democratic agenda and is likely to increase as more information becomes available.

These are not steps "against" USAID. These are steps to get it back to what it was meant to be. Instill fiscal responsibility. Stop the nonsense spending on "programs" that have nothing to do with providing aid.

Of course certain groups of politicians are unhappy with this. The checkbook for their pet projects of DEI plays, Trans studies abroad and other useless crap is now gone.

At the end of the day Trump is doing the job he said he would. The Democrats have spent 4 years focusing on the 1 percent(LGTBQ++ alphabet people) and it got them soundly beaten at the poles.

The is most definitely needed. When does draining middle class America stop and politician get fiscally responsible? This is long overdue.

We'll see how the special election for Matt Gaetz' House seat in April works out.

Yes we will. To be honest, I was never a fan of Matt Gaetz, least of all, for U.S Attorney General. Neither was the Republican assembly. I think they exercised excellent judgment in moving on from Gaetz for AG. I think Pam Bondi will be an excellent Attorney General. However, My thoughts are that for every seat the Republicans lose, they will gain two more. I can't be certain of that, of course. We will just have to see how it all plays out.

My question to you is this. Are you defending the outlandishly stupid spending the Democrats have engaged in that was detailed by AVGWarhawk ?

And the she-ite gets deeper. Kevin Steele:

YOU PAID FOR IT... BUT NOT ANYMORE! Breaking This Morning, the White House releases more projects that you paid for with USAID, the wasteful unaccountable government agency that has been dismantled by DOGE and Elon Musk! Here is a look at where your tax dollars went (including terror groups!): I hope you're proud! ⤵️
— $7.9 million to teach Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid “binary-gendered language”
— $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq
— $4.5+ million to “combat disinformation” in Kazakhstan
— $1.5 million for “art for inclusion of people with disabilities”
— $2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
— $6 million to “transform digital spaces to reflect feminist democratic principles”
— $2.1 million to help the BBC “value the diversity of Libyan society”
— $10 million worth of USAID-funded meals, which went to an al Qaeda-linked terrorgroup
— $25 million for Deloitte to promote “green transportation” in the country of Georgia
— $2.5 million to promote “inclusion” in Vietnam
— $16.8 million for a SEPARATE “inclusion” group in Vietnam
— ~$5 million to EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs funding bat virus research at the Wuhan lab
— $20 million for a group related to a key player in the Russiagate impeachment hoax
— $1.1 million to an Armenian “LGBT group”
— $1.2 million to help the African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency in Washington, D.C., build “a state-of-the-art 440 seat auditorium”
— $1.5 million to promote “LGBT advocacy” in Jamaica
— $2 million to promote “LGBT equality through entrepreneurship” in Latin America
— $500K to solve sectarian violence in Israel (just ten days before the Hamas October 7 attack)
— $2.3 million for “artisanal and small scale gold mining” in the Amazon
— $3.9 million for “LGBT causes” in the western Balkans
— $5.5 million for LGBT activism in Uganda
— $6 million for advancing LGBT issues in “priority countries around the world”
— $6.3 million for men who have s*x with men in South Africa
— $8.3 million for “USAID Education: Equity and Inclusion”
For decades, USAID bureaucrats believed they were accountable to no one — but that era is over. President Trump is STOPPING the waste, fraud, and abuse.

I’m defending money that was already appropriated by congress should be left alone and cuts addressed by the new congressional budget.

I don't. The pork in the last funding....lets take a look. Do a handful hope we don't? The uncovering has only begun. The money already appropriated should have been the first audited IMO.

For those that are harping Elon was not elected, I don't recall a vote for Fauci.

This is a rather stupid and incomprehensible position. Am I to infer that our, I repeat, our money is to be spent on $5.5 million for LGBT activism in Uganda? $2.5 million to promote “inclusion” in Vietnam? $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq? $10 million worth of USAID-funded meals, which went to an al Qaeda-linked terror group? this is just the tip of the iceberg. By the way, the last Item I listed is treason. Giving aid and comfort to a hostile Government or entity is Treason. You advocate for that ?

Fortunately, the vast majority of us in the U.S aren't interested in your leftist and liberal positions and and decided with our votes that we aren't interested in your position. You are in the minority and I am so thankful for that. If you like those other Countries and hate ours so much, I have a suggestion. Pack up and move there. I will even help you pack. :yep:

I don't even want the Tax Dollars I pay used for LGBT+ activism in this Country!
Don't give a rats arse if Congress approved it or not!