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>So while millions of children must die to save a few billion dollars, taxpayers are on the hook for billions more to bail out Bessent’s hedge fund buddies in a
by treis 1y ago
>So while millions of children must die to save a few billion dollars, taxpayers are on the hook for billions more to bail out Bessent’s hedge fund buddies in a predictably futile attempt to save the Elon Musk of the South.
It's a good thing he didn't give into hyperbole...
- magicalist 1y agoThe sources are linked right in line, so which part is hyperbole? https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/news/research-finds-more-14-million-preventable-deaths-2030-if-usaid-defunding https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/news/research-finds-more-14-...
- cobbal 1y agoWhich part of that sentence do you think is hyperbole? > Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14,051,750 (uncertainty interval 8,475,990-19,662,191) additional all-age deaths, including 4,537,157 (3,124,796-5,910,791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
- croon 1y agoThat is the projected death toll of cutting USAID, which had a total budget half of the Argentina bailout.