DOGE published some of the waste politicians decided was a good use of our tax dollars. They are terrible stewards of our money.
US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items. They are all cancelled:
- $10M for “Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision”
- $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise-driven skills.”
- $2.3M for “strengthening independent voices in Cambodia”
- $32M to the Prague Civil Society Centre
- $40M for “gender equality and women empowerment hub”
- $14M for “improving public procurement” in Serbia
- $486M to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,” including
- $22M for “inclusive and participatory political process” in Moldova and $21M for voter turnout in India
- $29M to “strengthening political landscape in Bangladesh”
- $20M for “fiscal federalism” in Nepal
- $19M for “biodiversity conversation” in Nepal
- $1.5M for “voter confidence” in Liberia
- $14M for “social cohesion” in Mali
- $2.5M for “inclusive democracies in Southern Africa”
- $47M for “improving learning outcomes in Asia”
- $2M to develop “sustainable recycling models” to “increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt”
How many of these grants were being spent on things other than what they designated for?
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) February 15, 2025
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Yeah those are pretty big wastes. Just the tip of the iceberg. I rather see money spent on things like paving the road out in front of my house. Individuals should be able to get federal grants for infrastructure improvements here in the US.
Trump has said his goernment will audit the NGOs that received dollars from USAID to find and continue funding the legitimate NGOs and to ‘follow the money to uncover CIA cover operations and money funneled to ‘friends of the administration’ e.g. Chelsea Clinton’s $53+ millions. I bought extra popcorn and I’m ready for the show.
It is, plain and simple, part of a gigantic $ laundering scheme, that they thought was “too big to fail” because it would never be audited. They were wrong.
This is what the “elected officials”, primarily democrats, have been using to line their bank accounts, influence for power, and selling access. This is why they are so upset at being audited, programs being de-funded and shut down. Their flow that gave them control is no more. Anyone who ever says the democrat party is the party of the working man is an absolute moron. And I mean that in the literal most offensive way.
Ten percent to the political operatives who authorized the funding?