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> their crops were going to USAID. That's the funniest thing about all of this. Bunch of red state farmers expected something in return for their vote. Can't j
by ModernMech 2y ago
> their crops were going to USAID.
That's the funniest thing about all of this. Bunch of red state farmers expected something in return for their vote. Can't just pay them directly, so instead their representatives pay them by sticking some pork in a bill that says USAID will pay farmers to grow soybeans. Same effect.
But now some koolaid drinker comes in, notices some money being sent to feed third world poor people, calls it woke nonsense and shuts it down.
But who does this end up hurting directly but the very people who voted for this to happen! They grew a bunch of beans the government doesn't want to pay for anymore, and they're out of luck. I guess you can call this waste, or even abuse, but definitely not woke.
- watersb 2y agoUSAID purchases have been a significant stabilizer of domestic food market prices.
- ModernMech 2y agoYeah it works out well for everyone. But it's telling that DOGE frames it as "foreign aid" and therefore waste, when there are those other benefits.