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I don't know if there's any evidence that your tax dollars went to sex change operations in Guatemala. $350k (out of $2 million) was given to ASOCIACION LAMBDA

by Brybry 2y ago

I don't know if there's any evidence that your tax dollars went to sex change operations in Guatemala. $350k (out of $2 million) was given to ASOCIACION LAMBDA. Yes, gender affirming care is mentioned in the description but that could mean almost anything. [1] If you look at what they promote it's mostly about gender equality and protecting people from violence. Workshops, safe spaces, collecting statistics, some HIV testing stuff. [2][3][4][5] I'm not saying it's impossible but I haven't seen any evidence and the people making the claims are known chronic liars. And most of FEMA's budget was not spent on housing illegal migrants. Disaster relief funding is separate and much larger than Shelter and Services Program funding[6][7][8], as ordered by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. [9] [1] https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72052024FA00001_7200/ https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72052024FA00001_7... [2] https://www.asociacion-lambda.org/ https://www.asociacion-lambda.org/ [3] https://www.instagram.com/asoclambda/ https://www.instagram.com/asoclambda/ [4] https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2023/june/20230627_guatemala-LGBTIQ-migrants https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestori... [5] https://gt.usembassy.gov/2023-human-rights-report-guatemala/ https://gt.usembassy.gov/2023-human-rights-report-guatemala/ [6] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/false-claims-fema-disaster-funds-migrants-pushed-trump-rcna173955 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/false-claims-f... [7] https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrants-nyc-funding-luxury-hotels-doge-c7d2c0b029bc653293a478b4bf5d59b1 https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrants-nyc-funding-luxury-... [8] https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/shelter-services-program/fy24-awards/ssp-a https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/shelter-services-pr... [9] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617...

9dev 2y ago
Don’t waste your time researching facts for people like this. They will not even take the courtesy of responding, and cannot be bothered to consider an alternative angle to their ideology.
- nielsbot 2y ago
  very correct and important advice (not being sarcastic)
refurb 2y ago
This is just a long list of excuses. How hard is it to understand we shouldn’t be spending money on foreigners when Americans go without? That seems like a basic rule that everyone agrees with. And “most of FEMA’s money” is a cop out. 0% of FEMA’s money should be spent on anything other than Americans in need after a disaster. It’s this kind of “oh, come on it’s not a big deal” that resulted in the trouncing the Democrats got. It’s talking down to Americans like they are stupid.
- Brybry 2y ago
  You can ctrl+f 'shelter' in the bill. It was not really FEMA's money, it was U.S. Customs and Border Protection money that was transferred to FEMA to disburse (probably for efficiency because FEMA already did similar work). "I-don't-want-to-fund-sex-changes" is an emotional and possibly moral argument, it's made to get people angry at how their money is being spent. Not wanting to spend money on foreigners at all is a completely different argument, that's generally not made probably because you get similar emotional arguments of feeding starving children. Or you get non-emotional arguments like projecting soft power and fighting disease epidemics before they reach us. We're a nation of laws. The USAID and FEMA money is set in law by Congress. I disagree with how a lot of money is spent too. But that's why we vote and communicate to our representatives and have them change the law. Bill Clinton's administration reduced the deficit and had a surplus. It reduced the federal workforce. It decreased spending and increased revenue. But it was done legally by working with both parties and unions and passing bills in Congress.
  - refurb 2y ago
    Money is fungible. All the hand waving about “it was really X agencies money” falls pretty flat when Americans go without. Yes Congress sets spending, but the executive is responsible for executing on the law. Biden should have gone back to Congress (if needed) and said “no, this money is for Americans”. But he didn’t even try. Which is why nobody should be surprised so many voters support what Musk and Trump are doing - they are doing what many voters think is the right thing to do. Americans are just tired of politicians excuses.
JudasGoat 2y ago
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usaid-guatemala-gender-affirming-care/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usaid-guatemala-gender-aff...

by Brybry 2y ago

9dev 2y ago

Don’t waste your time researching facts for people like this. They will not even take the courtesy of responding, and cannot be bothered to consider an alternative angle to their ideology.

nielsbot 2y ago
very correct and important advice (not being sarcastic)

refurb 2y ago

This is just a long list of excuses. How hard is it to understand we shouldn’t be spending money on foreigners when Americans go without? That seems like a basic rule that everyone agrees with. And “most of FEMA’s money” is a cop out. 0% of FEMA’s money should be spent on anything other than Americans in need after a disaster. It’s this kind of “oh, come on it’s not a big deal” that resulted in the trouncing the Democrats got. It’s talking down to Americans like they are stupid.

Brybry 2y ago
You can ctrl+f 'shelter' in the bill. It was not really FEMA's money, it was U.S. Customs and Border Protection money that was transferred to FEMA to disburse (probably for efficiency because FEMA already did similar work). "I-don't-want-to-fund-sex-changes" is an emotional and possibly moral argument, it's made to get people angry at how their money is being spent. Not wanting to spend money on foreigners at all is a completely different argument, that's generally not made probably because you get similar emotional arguments of feeding starving children. Or you get non-emotional arguments like projecting soft power and fighting disease epidemics before they reach us. We're a nation of laws. The USAID and FEMA money is set in law by Congress. I disagree with how a lot of money is spent too. But that's why we vote and communicate to our representatives and have them change the law. Bill Clinton's administration reduced the deficit and had a surplus. It reduced the federal workforce. It decreased spending and increased revenue. But it was done legally by working with both parties and unions and passing bills in Congress.
- refurb 2y ago
  Money is fungible. All the hand waving about “it was really X agencies money” falls pretty flat when Americans go without. Yes Congress sets spending, but the executive is responsible for executing on the law. Biden should have gone back to Congress (if needed) and said “no, this money is for Americans”. But he didn’t even try. Which is why nobody should be surprised so many voters support what Musk and Trump are doing - they are doing what many voters think is the right thing to do. Americans are just tired of politicians excuses.

JudasGoat 2y ago

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usaid-guatemala-gender-affirming-care/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usaid-guatemala-gender-aff...