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Ryuu96 on 09 February 2025
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SvennoJ said:
Torillian said:

Watched a bit and he's just talking in platitudes. Once he gets into examples we actually have something to talk about. So which of the examples given were so egregious that we had to axe everything that USAID does? Was it trying to produce Sesame Street for Iraq? Or maybe the thing about Sri Lankan journalist education for avoiding gendered language (I'll just take the Senator's word on this one). Because just listing them and then not getting into what you disagree with is a lazy man's argument so let's get into it. 

You keep saying "noone wants to talk about the actual findings" so fucking do it. Don't give me 30 minutes of youtube homework you tell me with your words what they found that you disagree with and let me know why it means all of USAID has to stop. 

USAID went against Aipac, published a report that stated the USA was violating Leahy law which it was forced to retract one week later.

Before that they already criticized JLOTS.

https://oig.usaid.gov/node/7063

USAID-backed report about famine in Gaza taken down after criticism from U.S. ambassador to Israel

https://jewishinsider.com/2024/12/jack-lew-israel-gaza-aid-usaid/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/aid-groups-concerned-after-u-s-says-it-pushed-retraction-of-famine-warning-for-northern-gaza

USAID was telling / backing inconvenient truths, had to go.

And CFPB has to go because it protects the average consumer too much against abusive rich corporations.

  • The CFPB filed a lawsuit against Capitol One over accusations that the bank illegally charged customers over $2 billion in interest.
  • It returned $100 million to borrowers who were serviced by private lender Navient in September after the CFPB accused the company of mishandling borrowers' payments.
  • CFPB also recently took action against a mortgage lender over accusations of discriminatory lending practices
  • It sued Experian, accusing the credit reporting company of reporting errors.
  • CFPB has distributed over $21 billion in monetary compensation and cancelled debts back to consumers.
  • $363 million in monetary relief for service members and veterans.
  • $5 billion in civil money penalties the agency collected as a result of violations of federal consumer protection law.

CFPB has bipartisan support but people will ignore the rich scamming the fuck out of them as long as they are on their side.

Musk & the DOGE henchmen are now inside & gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

CFPB costs less than $1billion to run, but has returned over $20 billion to ordinary Americans who’ve been victims of big business fraud & illegal junk fees.

A great day for corporate scammers.

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— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) 8 February 2025 at 04:16

I hope those farmers that voted for Trump enjoy losing billions in USAID which purchases about $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers. But Musk and his Nazis are rampaging through systems cutting every single thing they see without a single thought and I doubt Trump will be bailing out American farmers this time considering he doesn't need their vote anymore.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 09 February 2025