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The same would apply to most of the welfare leaches in our county. https://fortune.com/2026/09/20/elon-musk-doge-usaid-nepal-private-sector-tech-hub-gen-z-revolution/ When the Department of Government Efficiency, helmed by Elon Musk, gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), it included slashing an estimated $329 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal. Stuti Basnyet, who served as the acting program office director for USAID in Nepal since 2024, remembers the months following the cuts. “Everyone went through denial first that this was even happening, to just deep grievance at how it was being done,” she told Fortune. According to Basnyet, USAID’s closure led to an estimated 30,000 direct job losses in the country. Among a raft of slashed humanitarian aid projects was foundational educational opportunities in Nepal, including support for early grade reading in Nepal across all its 35 districts, teacher training, and reviewing and refunding educational materials. Basnyet was left with the puzzle of recreating those services and resources—and building new ones—without the same steady funds Nepal had received from the U.S. since 1951, when it became Nepal’s first bilateral aid donor. “How do you use all of the skills and the experience you’ve gained in different ways to create an environment where you still felt like you had dignity, second life, all of the knowledge and relationships, within a really short period of time?” Basnyet said. The answer lay in Nepal’s private sector. Though considered a lower-middle-income country with a GDP of $1,447?? ranking 124th of 145 countries tracked by the Harvard Kennedy School Growth Lab, Nepal is ready to grow its economy. It’s sandwiched between the commerce giants of India and China, and with more than 40% of its population between the ages of 16 and 40, is experiencing a “youth bulge” of talent and labor. And without USAID, the small country’s private sector is making strides toward building up Nepal’s economy. Nepalis, afterall, are no strangers to disruptions. A series of widespread Gen Z-led protests last year gave way to a new and young government, led by 36-year-old former rapper Balen Shah. |
Selling your guns to a buyback because you feel criminals have too many firearms, is like getting yourself castrated because you feel the neighbors have too many children.
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On a related topic, stopping the Biden era funneling of massive quantities of aid to Ukraine was a good step. They still manage to keep the Soviets at bay, and are filling Soviet body bags every day. They have developed a thriving drone industry and are now striking deep into Soviet territory. Of course we still give them some aid, and intelligence data, but they are managing quite well. Their goal now is to outlive The Pootster. When that tyrant is gone the Soviets will re-think their strategy of invading their neighbors. |
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Now imagine, if you will, we cut out all this flagrant, profligate spending; how much better off could our country be? But, but, but, it's so little of the US budget; what difference would it make? Since when should we be a cash cow to the rest of the world? |
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. F. Douglass
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Originally Posted By Marie: I remember reading that there was one African country that depended on US aid to fund pretty much all of its health care. Don’t remember which one and too lazy to search. That sounds A LOT like leftist propaganda. It's for the children (in faraway lands) you know. |
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Originally Posted By Morlawn66: Don't forget Cloward-Piven . Can't get there without wasting $ Billions . A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking some serious money. |
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. F. Douglass
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Originally Posted By evilyoda: USAID just a scheme to funnel $$ back to the DNC and its proxies. They don’t give a shit about Nepal. And spread neocon color revolutions for the globohomo. THere's money to be made in the chaos. |
Brought back from the beyond to be a half-dead short-bus riding seat warmer in the Dracula factory.
Esteemed grain-grower & reactionary defender of True Justice, in a death struggle with the Karen quo.
*Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!*
Esteemed grain-grower & reactionary defender of True Justice, in a death struggle with the Karen quo.
*Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!*
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Yeah, Nepal is an economic powerhouse now that USAID has been cut off. And they’re poised to greatly increase their trade with China now that their largest border crossing with them has been wiped out by a massive flood. You sure seem like you’re knowledgeable about Nepal. I’m glad GD has big brained people such as yourself to keep us up on foreign policy. |
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Originally Posted By ChuckcJax: That sounds A LOT like leftist propaganda. It's for the children (in faraway lands) you know. THe EU (and before us as well) was paying the entirety of Ukraine's government salaries and benefits. Paying its budget. For two million civil workers there. That's reality. |
Brought back from the beyond to be a half-dead short-bus riding seat warmer in the Dracula factory.
Esteemed grain-grower & reactionary defender of True Justice, in a death struggle with the Karen quo.
*Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!*
Esteemed grain-grower & reactionary defender of True Justice, in a death struggle with the Karen quo.
*Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!*
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Originally Posted By Fallen: Yeah, Nepal is an economic powerhouse now that USAID has been cut off. And they’re poised to greatly increase their trade with China now that their largest border crossing with them has been wiped out by a massive flood. You sure seem like you’re knowledgeable about Nepal. I’m glad GD has big brained people such as yourself to keep us up on foreign policy. And keeping them under the USAID thumb helps them how? Just like welfare leaches in this country, it just allows them to sit back in their Lazy-boys watching TV and stuffing their faces. Cut off the free handouts, and it forces them to stand up and use what they have to progress forward. They may not be an economic powerhouse yet, but now they can at least move in the right direction. Living on eternal handouts, they would never progress economically. |
Selling your guns to a buyback because you feel criminals have too many firearms, is like getting yourself castrated because you feel the neighbors have too many children.
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Originally Posted By AlvinYork: A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking some serious money. $250,000 public toilets work towards that.  NYC launches $4M pilot with 17 new public restrooms 17 new public restrooms for $4 million. |
Brought back from the beyond to be a half-dead short-bus riding seat warmer in the Dracula factory.
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*Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!*
Esteemed grain-grower & reactionary defender of True Justice, in a death struggle with the Karen quo.
*Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!*
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Originally Posted By Dumak: It was about buying influence. The democrats turned it into a money laundering scheme for taxpayer kickbacks. Last vote to give billions to Israel was straight down party lines with the Republicans in favor of the handouts and the Dems against it. Maybe they're both corrupt traitors. |
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In case you didn't know, Nepal isn't in Africa. |
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Originally Posted By RogueSpear2023: Can't pay people out of welfare. Welfare has only done one thing and that's keep the slaves enslaved. The Democratic Plantation has to be funded |
"The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction"
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Originally Posted By extractr: And keeping them under the USAID thumb helps them how? When USAID was cut Rubio repeatedly said that aid programs that actually benefited US diplomacy (or reduced commie diplomacy) would be continued within the state department while those that didn't benefit US diplomacy would not be continued. |
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Originally Posted By Morgan321: To be fair, there are situations where you might want to provide aid so that russia/china/etc can't provide aid and get a foothold in the nation. When USAID was cut Rubio repeatedly said that aid programs that actually benefited US diplomacy (or reduced commie diplomacy) would be continued within the state department while those that didn't benefit US diplomacy would not be continued. So we do it to help us while keeping them under our thumb. I know sometimes it is necessary, but it sucks for those countries to be pawns in the greater scheme of things. It essentially boils down to which big fish can keep control of the little ones. |
Selling your guns to a buyback because you feel criminals have too many firearms, is like getting yourself castrated because you feel the neighbors have too many children.
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Originally Posted By Glock031: I know people that would never accept a dime from the gov even if they were starving. Your thinking is based on what you believe. Yup. The Obama Administration went into the most stubborn parts of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and somehow got those people to finally sign up for benefits. Then the gummint workers got bonuses and threw parties. Gotta enlarge the Dependent Class, even when they won't ask for help. It is for they children. |
Yugoslavia didn't survive after the U.S. cut off aid to them in May 1991. They had some other problems going on though.  That's actually the only one I can think of. So yes, good point. Should the government not be allowed to leverage foreign policy at all via the use of handouts/aid? If not, where do you draw the line? |
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Just like any welfare queen there's absolutely no motivation to take care of business if everything is provided to you with nothing expected in return. The insane commies in this country would have you believe that this arrangment will result in the recipient of freebies giving you back their very best in gratitude for the generosity  It's as if they never learned anything of human nature in their lifetime on this planet.. 
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Originally Posted By extractr: The same would apply to most of the welfare leaches in our county. https://fortune.com/2026/09/20/elon-musk-doge-usaid-nepal-private-sector-tech-hub-gen-z-revolution/ When the Department of Government Efficiency, helmed by Elon Musk, gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), it included slashing an estimated $329 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal. Stuti Basnyet, who served as the acting program office director for USAID in Nepal since 2024, remembers the months following the cuts. “Everyone went through denial first that this was even happening, to just deep grievance at how it was being done,” she told Fortune. According to Basnyet, USAID’s closure led to an estimated 30,000 direct job losses in the country. Among a raft of slashed humanitarian aid projects was foundational educational opportunities in Nepal, including support for early grade reading in Nepal across all its 35 districts, teacher training, and reviewing and refunding educational materials. Basnyet was left with the puzzle of recreating those services and resources—and building new ones—without the same steady funds Nepal had received from the U.S. since 1951, when it became Nepal’s first bilateral aid donor. “How do you use all of the skills and the experience you’ve gained in different ways to create an environment where you still felt like you had dignity, second life, all of the knowledge and relationships, within a really short period of time?” Basnyet said. The answer lay in Nepal’s private sector. Though considered a lower-middle-income country with a GDP of $1,447?? ranking 124th of 145 countries tracked by the Harvard Kennedy School Growth Lab, Nepal is ready to grow its economy. It’s sandwiched between the commerce giants of India and China, and with more than 40% of its population between the ages of 16 and 40, is experiencing a “youth bulge” of talent and labor. And without USAID, the small country’s private sector is making strides toward building up Nepal’s economy. Nepalis, afterall, are no strangers to disruptions. A series of widespread Gen Z-led protests last year gave way to a new and young government, led by 36-year-old former rapper Balen Shah. It will be interesting to see how well they recover after $5 billion in damage from the latest flooding. By comparison, the total government budget for 2025 was $3.2 billion dollars. I'm sure they will be fine. |
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Originally Posted By extractr: And keeping them under the USAID thumb helps them how? Just like welfare leaches in this country, it just allows them to sit back in their Lazy-boys watching TV and stuffing their faces. Cut off the free handouts, and it forces them to stand up and use what they have to progress forward. They may not be an economic powerhouse yet, but now they can at least move in the right direction. Living on eternal handouts, they would never progress economically. Yes, I'm sure the $12 per capita allowed them sit back in Lazy-boys watching TV and stuffing their faces. It's not like the money that went to education and healthcare had any effect. Like the author says "Then there’s the burgeoning labor force, a result of the population swelling after a decline in infant mortality and increase in fertility rates, yielding a cohort of young people, many of whom speak English." Oh, maybe education and healthcare was a good investment. |