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> This study brings to light a hidden problem of countries and individuals dependent on foreign aid. There should’ve been plans in place to reduce foreign aid d

> This study brings to light a hidden problem of countries and individuals dependent on foreign aid. There should’ve been plans in place to reduce foreign aid dependency over time. This would be a reasonable topic to discuss, if only these cuts to USAID didn't resulted in supplies decaying in warehouses. This means no cost was cut and no expense was averted: just waste. Those desperately depending on these supplies to survive simply didn't. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-aid-cuts-leave-food-millions-mouldering-storage-2025-05-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us-aid-cuts-leave-food-million... It's like preaching people in food lines about the need to pull themselves by the bootstraps, and depriving from their next meal.

hoseyor 1y ago
Just because things exist does not mean transporting and securely delivering them half way across the planet would be expense free. But maybe you are right, there should have been a way for people who want to pay for the delivery and security of that aid out of their own pockets. It could have been a voluntary sign up of whatever the cost would have been, added as a proportional tax at the end of the year, anywhere from 1%-100% of net worth.