It really isn't difficult to understand why Elon Musk and DOGE are not going to save the American people money by sucking vast amounts of income out of the US economy. Yet, that is where we are. Musk originally claimed he could find $2 trillion in savings. He pulled that figure out of his ass. Then he learned that there wasn't that much money being spent on nonmilitary stuff, so he farted out $1 trillion as his new target. Then he thought he would start with USAID, because nobody cares about foreign aid. Nobody except all of those Republican farmers in Kansas whose income depended on selling the products of their labor to USAID.
This is what happens when "Common Sense" comes charging down the aisle to fix things so Government spending drops a lot and the Government is better. Common sense is synonym for "inexperienced" and "untrained".
The reality is that Government spending not attached to retirement, health care, debt management... means jobs. Yes, you can cut spending on USAID, there are jobs attached to that. How many? Well, you'd need to ask someone who has more than "Common Sense" to find out.
A good video to watch if you are uninformed as I know I was about USAID. It turns out that the AID in the accrornym does not even stand for aid.
If even half of what they say is true, USAID is about the most evil criminal organization I have ever heard of. Taking this CIA front down will not only benefit US citizens but the rest of the world. See time stamp 2:10-7:46.
A nation that prints its own money cannot go bankrupt. It will always be able to pay its bills unless cretins in Congress deliberately decide not to do so.
It would be honorable if our federal government would just go bankrupt when interest expense increases to an amount greater than tax receipts. But they will not do this because politicians are not honorable. What they will do instead is print more money, hyperinflating the currency so that it can purchase nothing. All of us will pay that price including the savers who led their lives conservatively.
There are a number of resources/logistics efficiency games out there, Factorio and Satisfactory among the chief of them.
Anyone who has played one of these games is going to know that improving the efficiency of operations in a large scale logistics system is going not going to look like Musk expected. There generally is no big juicy piece of waste saying 'this one right here' other than military projects which are retained just to keep the logistics of weapons development from dilapidation.
Whenever someone plays games like this, they learn that it quickly becomes more a matter of solving hard problems like improperly balanced volumes in and out of certain logistics nodes, or a failure to upgrade some aspect of production to meet throughput and forcing warehousing or excess productions.
Real improvements to the efficiency of a logistics setup usually paradoxically mean spending MORE resources on the logistics setup.
Honestly, I think that anyone in charge of logistics of ANY kind should be plopped down in front of an inefficient Factorio setup and asked how to improve its resource usage.
We literally have games surrounding all the vast manners of problems we encounter, and yet we don't even start to expect competence at those games prior to execution of the real thing.
For all I have heard so far, USAID is about the most inefficient government program there could possibly be. It might be compassionate but it is not at all efficient. Taking tax money to give it away to other countries. That is not efficient.
For all I have heard so far, USAID is about the most inefficient government program there could possibly be. It might be compassionate but it is not at all efficient. Taking tax money to give it away to other countries. That is not efficient.
There are a number of resources/logistics efficiency games out there, Factorio and Satisfactory among the chief of them.
Anyone who has played one of these games is going to know that improving the efficiency of operations in a large scale logistics system is going not going to look like Musk expected. There generally is no big juicy piece of waste saying 'this one right here' other than military projects which are retained just to keep the logistics of weapons development from dilapidation.
Whenever someone plays games like this, they learn that it quickly becomes more a matter of solving hard problems like improperly balanced volumes in and out of certain logistics nodes, or a failure to upgrade some aspect of production to meet throughput and forcing warehousing or excess productions.
Real improvements to the efficiency of a logistics setup usually paradoxically mean spending MORE resources on the logistics setup.
Honestly, I think that anyone in charge of logistics of ANY kind should be plopped down in front of an inefficient Factorio setup and asked how to improve its resource usage.
We literally have games surrounding all the vast manners of problems we encounter, and yet we don't even start to expect competence at those games prior to execution of the real thing.
If our government was funding a pedophile ring that would be less evil than USAID in my opinon. Because at least the US would not be exporting evil to the rest of the world.
There are a number of resources/logistics efficiency games out there, Factorio and Satisfactory among the chief of them.
Anyone who has played one of these games is going to know that improving the efficiency of operations in a large scale logistics system is going not going to look like Musk expected. There generally is no big juicy piece of waste saying 'this one right here' other than military projects which are retained just to keep the logistics of weapons development from dilapidation.
Whenever someone plays games like this, they learn that it quickly becomes more a matter of solving hard problems like improperly balanced volumes in and out of certain logistics nodes, or a failure to upgrade some aspect of production to meet throughput and forcing warehousing or excess productions.
Real improvements to the efficiency of a logistics setup usually paradoxically mean spending MORE resources on the logistics setup.
Honestly, I think that anyone in charge of logistics of ANY kind should be plopped down in front of an inefficient Factorio setup and asked how to improve its resource usage.
We literally have games surrounding all the vast manners of problems we encounter, and yet we don't even start to expect competence at those games prior to execution of the real thing.
If our government was funding a pedophile ring that would be less evil than USAID in my opinon. Because at least the US would not be exporting evil to the rest of the world.
You could have just not said that and not made a glaring statement about yourself. You did say it though and you did make a glaring statement about yourself.
You subconsciously found a way to move supporting child sexual exploitation away from "literally the worst thing".
I believe in a higher power but I don't believe it's an old man watching every move that every human makes so he can when we screw up and condemn us to an eternity in hell.
How about this....for decades I heard "it's not a revenue problem, it's a spending problem. We ow trillions and the interest on that debt is approaching a trillion. SO....how about we give it two years before we have any additional talk about cutting taxes. Let's SEE the debt drop. Use the savings to pay the debt, not to cover the tax cut. Bring it down first and THEN reward the upper class with a tax cut. THen...in THAT tax cut, require that the debt NOT increase. If it goes up, even a little bit that first year after a cut - revoke it until lawmakers can learn to spend within their means.
You misspelled “brainwashed”, Vonse.
Check your sources.
I’d bet plenty that you have ZERO idea what USAID actually does or why it is a critical benefit to western democracy.
Your Nazi misinformers fed you some shit and you lapped it up.
There are a number of resources/logistics efficiency games out there, Factorio and Satisfactory among the chief of them.
Anyone who has played one of these games is going to know that improving the efficiency of operations in a large scale logistics system is going not going to look like Musk expected. There generally is no big juicy piece of waste saying 'this one right here' other than military projects which are retained just to keep the logistics of weapons development from dilapidation.
Whenever someone plays games like this, they learn that it quickly becomes more a matter of solving hard problems like improperly balanced volumes in and out of certain logistics nodes, or a failure to upgrade some aspect of production to meet throughput and forcing warehousing or excess productions.
Real improvements to the efficiency of a logistics setup usually paradoxically mean spending MORE resources on the logistics setup.
Honestly, I think that anyone in charge of logistics of ANY kind should be plopped down in front of an inefficient Factorio setup and asked how to improve its resource usage.
We literally have games surrounding all the vast manners of problems we encounter, and yet we don't even start to expect competence at those games prior to execution of the real thing.
If our government was funding a pedophile ring that would be less evil than USAID in my opinon. Because at least the US would not be exporting evil to the rest of the world.
You could have just not said that and not made a glaring statement about yourself. You did say it though and you did make a glaring statement about yourself.
You subconsciously found a way to move supporting child sexual exploitation away from "literally the worst thing".
I do stand by what I just said. And if the US really was supporting a pedophile ring with my tax dollars it would not surprise me in the least if you would be supporting that the same as you do USAID. And not even because a pedophile ring was evil but because you (and many others like you) are just partison hacks not using your own intelligence but to mindlessly support your ideology which has to always be right at all costs.
How about this....for decades I heard "it's not a revenue problem, it's a spending problem. We ow trillions and the interest on that debt is approaching a trillion. SO....how about we give it two years before we have any additional talk about cutting taxes. Let's SEE the debt drop. Use the savings to pay the debt, not to cover the tax cut. Bring it down first and THEN reward the upper class with a tax cut. THen...in THAT tax cut, require that the debt NOT increase. If it goes up, even a little bit that first year after a cut - revoke it until lawmakers can learn to spend within their means.
For all I have heard so far, USAID is about the most inefficient government program there could possibly be. It might be compassionate but it is not at all efficient. Taking tax money to give it away to other countries. That is not efficient.
How do misinformed right wingers like Vonse come to be convinced of lies like the ”evil” nature of USAID?
They trust sources that lie to them. The lies comport with what they wish was true, so they gulp them down without a thought.
Notice how short on specifics Vinse’s vitriol is. He doesn’t even know what he is hating.
so you are happy to no longer have a democracy then? A dictatorship that “fixes” the government more to your liking is ok?
If the dictator were a Democrat and he unilaterally did things you don’t like would that be ok, because he’d be “fixing” the government to be more like the other 50% of the country like?
Either you like democracy as messy and inefficient as it is or you don’t. It sounds like you do not want to live in a democracy.
The simplest and most productive way to understand the difference between a democracy and a republic is that in the former, the PEOPLE, with all their ignorances and stupidities, make the important decisions themselves; while in the latter a buffer of experts and leaders respected by the PEOPLE make the decisions. Ordinary people may know nothing about running a government, but they can sense that their mayor George is honest and intelligent; George and other mayors help select a state-wide party chairman and so on. The people select a Congress which passes laws. In California, the people can enact laws directly ("initiative") and this has led to idiocies.
POTUS has great power; choosing him is one of the most important decisions the American political apparatus can make. Traditionally the choice has been made with the help of knowledgeable political leaders in "smoke-filled rooms"; the system of electoral votes was intended to also provide a layer of such buffering. Some form of such a REPUBLICAN form of government served the U.S.A. well for more than two centuries. That simple majority rule had severe flaws has been known since time immemorial.
New regulations for the elections of the doge introduced in 1268 remained in force until the end of the republic in 1797. Their intention was to minimize the influence of individual great families, and this was effected by a complex electoral machinery. Thirty members of the Great Council, chosen by lot, were reduced by lot to nine; the nine chose forty and the forty were reduced by lot to twelve, who chose twenty-five. The twenty-five were reduced by lot to nine, and the nine elected forty-five. These forty-five were once more reduced by lot to eleven, and the eleven finally chose the forty-one who elected the doge.
Election required at least twenty-five votes out of forty-one, nine votes out of eleven or twelve, or seven votes out of nine electors.
Before taking the oath of investiture, the doge-elect was presented to the concio with the words: "This is your doge, if it please you." This ceremonial gesture signified the assent of the Venetian people.
In the long history of the great U.S.A. Republic, outlaws and mountebanks sometimes gained control of a small town, but filters were in place to prevent elevation of an idiot or crook to the highest office. Even a populist hero like Abe Lincoln had to seek endorsement from many respected players before he had a chance at the big job.
But this was all upended recently. In 2015, a candidate for POTUS was understood by all informed people to be a sociopath and buffoon. The powers-that-be in the GOP were almost unanimous in denouncing him. But he prevailed by winning the POPULAR votes in elections called "primaries."
A pure democracy never works out because the people soon learn to vote whatever they want until the treasury is bankrupt. Most people, when they find themselves in the downward swing of the generational cycle, become complacent and apathetic. Otherwise intelligent, educated people vainly hope for a Freedom Fairy who will appear on the scene and reverse the process (but will continue voting for politicians giving out the free stuff).
Curiously, Mr. Vonse seems to understand what I just explained! But draws the 100% wrong conclusion!
Social Security was passed by the republican system (though without support from the Republican Party). Some of the federal "largesse" that annoys RVonse so much is directed at people who do not or can not vote.
Apparently the American people are smarter than RVonse thinks they are! Trump did NOT get elected by promising every child a free unicorn to ride on. He DID get elected by making other fatuous promises ("Make America Great Again;" There are only two sexes;" "Tariffs will eliminate the need for taxes.")
Yes, it is really remarkable that RVonse thinks that the governments U.S. had for over 200 years were dysfunctional democracies while Trump's election was a victory for republicanism!! I'd want to burst into laughter, but this colossal display of cognitive incompetence just enhances my fears for America's future.
To the contrary. With almost ZERO* competent pundits or politicians supporting Trump initially, it was "pure democracy" that put Trump in power. And this was horrible.
* - Yes, he did have support from Palin and Bachmann. But only RVonse and his ilk would consider these "competent."
For all I have heard so far, USAID is about the most inefficient government program there could possibly be. It might be compassionate but it is not at all efficient. Taking tax money to give it away to other countries. That is not efficient.
The ignorance continues to overwhelm. A primary purpose of USAID was NOT to help struggling foreigners but to ENHANCE American prestige and build friendships by displaying humanitarian and altruistic values. It is was money very well spent for U.S. interests.
There are a number of resources/logistics efficiency games out there, Factorio and Satisfactory among the chief of them.
Anyone who has played one of these games is going to know that improving the efficiency of operations in a large scale logistics system is going not going to look like Musk expected. There generally is no big juicy piece of waste saying 'this one right here' other than military projects which are retained just to keep the logistics of weapons development from dilapidation.
Whenever someone plays games like this, they learn that it quickly becomes more a matter of solving hard problems like improperly balanced volumes in and out of certain logistics nodes, or a failure to upgrade some aspect of production to meet throughput and forcing warehousing or excess productions.
Real improvements to the efficiency of a logistics setup usually paradoxically mean spending MORE resources on the logistics setup.
Honestly, I think that anyone in charge of logistics of ANY kind should be plopped down in front of an inefficient Factorio setup and asked how to improve its resource usage.
We literally have games surrounding all the vast manners of problems we encounter, and yet we don't even start to expect competence at those games prior to execution of the real thing.
I don't know any of those games, but I was Production Planner for a highly complex manufacturing facility for almost ten years, Export Coordinator for the same facility for another five, and was promoted to Demand Planning Manager before I left the company due to a dispute with the CFO (he was very unhappy with my refusal to follow his instructions; I was equally unhappy at being instructed to commit fraud).
I can assure you that few people have the slightest inkling of how difficult it is to improve the efficiency of a supply chain, or of a logistics operation. Or even to prevent the existing level of efficiency from degrading due to external influences.
I guess Barbos doesn't like the fact that JFK started USAID during the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He is either making up shit or has been a victim of the massive disinformation that he likely hears from his own dictator. Of course, he never provides any evidence of his stupid claims.
Or maybe USAID has become corrupt over the years and Barbos can actually see what you can't since he is less tone deaf about Ukraine events.
Everyone here always has to have cited proof of claims or it must be deemed untrue. Just how does one get proof about the workings of the CIA? Using liberal tools like google?
You misspelled “brainwashed”, Vonse.
Check your sources.
I’d bet plenty that you have ZERO idea what USAID actually does or why it is a critical benefit to western democracy.
Your Nazi misinformers fed you some shit and you lapped it up.
As Barbos said before. Its not really a secret. USAID is pure evil and you don't need to be brainwashed to read what Wikipedia or others have to say about it. The CIA is overthrowing democracies in other parts of the world and using our tax money to do it. The same CIA that neither you or I elected to overthrow another sovereign nation that should be no business of the US to begin with.
I can assure you that few people have the slightest inkling of how difficult it is to improve the efficiency of a supply chain, or of a logistics operation. Or even to prevent the existing level of efficiency from degrading due to external influences.
But if someone did have those skills I would believe Musk would be having a pretty decent resume at business efficiency management.
In this case though (and as Musk himself tweeted) we aren't talking about a worm in the apple that needs to be removed. We are talking about a bowl of worms that is hopelessly beyond any repair or redemption.
I can assure you that few people have the slightest inkling of how difficult it is to improve the efficiency of a supply chain, or of a logistics operation. Or even to prevent the existing level of efficiency from degrading due to external influences.
But if someone did have those skills I would believe Musk would be having a pretty decent resume at business efficiency management.
In this case though (and as Musk himself tweeted) we aren't talking about a worm in the apple that needs to be removed. We are talking about a bowl of worms that is hopelessly beyond any repair or redemption.
For all I have heard so far, USAID is about the most inefficient government program there could possibly be. It might be compassionate but it is not at all efficient. Taking tax money to give it away to other countries. That is not efficient.
The ignorance continues to overwhelm. A primary purpose of USAID was NOT to help struggling foreigners but to ENHANCE American prestige and build friendships by displaying humanitarian and altruistic values. It is was money very well spent for U.S. interests.
Let us all hope and pray that USAID gets talked about enough that even the most hardened partison Democrat hacks will finally come to realize how evil it is. An expensive and illegal CIA black ops program. And get rid of USAID even if Trump and Musk do not succeed in their courageous effort.
It really isn't difficult to understand why Elon Musk and DOGE are not going to save the American people money by sucking vast amounts of income out of the US economy. Yet, that is where we are. Musk originally claimed he could find $2 trillion in savings. He pulled that figure out of his ass. Then he learned that there wasn't that much money being spent on nonmilitary stuff, so he farted out $1 trillion as his new target. Then he thought he would start with USAID, because nobody cares about foreign aid. Nobody except all of those Republican farmers in Kansas whose income depended on selling the products of their labor to USAID.
This is what happens when "Common Sense" comes charging down the aisle to fix things so Government spending drops a lot and the Government is better. Common sense is synonym for "inexperienced" and "untrained".
The reality is that Government spending not attached to retirement, health care, debt management... means jobs. Yes, you can cut spending on USAID, there are jobs attached to that. How many? Well, you'd need to ask someone who has more than "Common Sense" to find out.
A good video to watch if you are uninformed as I know I was about USAID. It turns out that the AID in the accrornym does not even stand for aid.
If even half of what they say is true, USAID is about the most evil criminal organization I have ever heard of. Taking this CIA front down will not only benefit US citizens but the rest of the world. See time stamp 2:10-7:46.
So, according to your own words, just about everything you know about USAID is from the YouTube video you provided. If I post a YouTube video that says USAID isn't evil, does that change your opinion of USAID, which apparently was nonexistent a week ago?
You do realize that YouTube videos are best to be taken as primitive sources of info which are starting points for investigation, not the ending point? And more importantly, anything that leaves you with a feeling of disgust should lead to self-reflection about whether the video was aimed to manipulate you.
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Trump did NOT get elected by promising every child a free unicorn to ride on. He DID get elected by making other fatuous promises ("Make America Great Again;" There are only two sexes;" "Tariffs will eliminate the need for taxes.")
