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Something like USAID is established by statute (The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961). It cannot be eliminated or gutted by executive order. Sidestepping this,

Something like USAID is established by statute (The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961). It cannot be eliminated or gutted by executive order. Sidestepping this, which is happening left and right currently, is democracy failing.

meowkit 2y ago
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- tomrod 2y ago
  No, they are laying off all staff and shutting down established programs.
- unsnap_biceps 2y ago
  Shutting down everything isn't an audit. Looking at some top level line items is not an audit. An audit takes time and you have a plan and reasons to back it up when it's done. What is happening is things are being indiscriminately torn down. Maybe it's for the best, but as there's no analysis, people are rightfully concerned about what is happening.
- dialup_sounds 2y ago
  “I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. “And I actually checked with him a few times [and] said ‘are you sure?’” The answer was yes, he said. “And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.
ctrlp 2y ago
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- ojbyrne 2y ago
  Technically this was superseded and USAID was legally established by statute in the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [1]. Perhaps you forgot to take notes when that happened. 1. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12500 https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12500
  - ctrlp 2y ago
    Hence the appropriate use of the word "Technically"
- agildehaus 2y ago
  After the Act. Read the very first line of JFK's order that created it. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-10973-administration-foreign-assistance-and-related-functions https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-10...
  - ctrlp 2y ago
    The Act gave authority (power) to JFK. The EO created USAID.
refurb 2y ago
USAID still exists, it's now under the State Department. It is true that one could argue where the authority of the President starts and stops, but that's going to be figured out in the courts. And the Trump administration was smart to start with USAID. It's been an arm of the CIA since it's origination. Look at the role it played in the Vietnam War - arming of a militia under the guise of "development". It also was the org that funded the fake "polio vaccination campaign" in the search for Bin Laden. And it's funny to see the pearl clutching going on when only 3-4 years ago there were numerous press reports on just how unaccountable USAID was to the federal government.

meowkit 2y ago

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tomrod 2y ago
No, they are laying off all staff and shutting down established programs.
unsnap_biceps 2y ago
Shutting down everything isn't an audit. Looking at some top level line items is not an audit. An audit takes time and you have a plan and reasons to back it up when it's done. What is happening is things are being indiscriminately torn down. Maybe it's for the best, but as there's no analysis, people are rightfully concerned about what is happening.
dialup_sounds 2y ago
“I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. “And I actually checked with him a few times [and] said ‘are you sure?’” The answer was yes, he said. “And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.

ctrlp 2y ago

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ojbyrne 2y ago
Technically this was superseded and USAID was legally established by statute in the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [1]. Perhaps you forgot to take notes when that happened. 1. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12500 https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12500
- ctrlp 2y ago
  Hence the appropriate use of the word "Technically"
agildehaus 2y ago
After the Act. Read the very first line of JFK's order that created it. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-10973-administration-foreign-assistance-and-related-functions https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-10...
- ctrlp 2y ago
  The Act gave authority (power) to JFK. The EO created USAID.

refurb 2y ago

USAID still exists, it's now under the State Department. It is true that one could argue where the authority of the President starts and stops, but that's going to be figured out in the courts. And the Trump administration was smart to start with USAID. It's been an arm of the CIA since it's origination. Look at the role it played in the Vietnam War - arming of a militia under the guise of "development". It also was the org that funded the fake "polio vaccination campaign" in the search for Bin Laden. And it's funny to see the pearl clutching going on when only 3-4 years ago there were numerous press reports on just how unaccountable USAID was to the federal government.