There's a meme going around about how the US aid freeze caused a 71 year old woman t die because she ran out of oxygen.
I guess I'm confused as to why the US is somehow responsible to provide oxygen for people from Myanmar who are in Thailand. Since when is this burden solely on US taxpayers?
Strangely enough, the NGO (if your NGO can't operate without G funding, are you really an NGO?) had almost $1.4 billion dollars in revenue in FY 2023. In 2023 they reported having $630 million in assets, including $169 million in cash. It seems strange that the US taxpayer is funding a non-profit NGO to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, primarily to import "refugees" into the US. Also, strangely enough, their top 5 employees salaries are almost $3 million/year. They also have a reported stock/investment portfolio of nearly $100 million dollars. It seems like they probably could have managed to buy an oxygen tank or two while they're waiting for more US taxpayer funds.
https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1889724242628944195?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
I think that there is a lot of Truth to this. I believe that most people tend to identify with and try to recreate certain things or times when they felt significant. In this case, I think that it's why everything is cast as a "civil rights" issue, and why everything is compared to "race". Where I think the problem lies is in not acknowledging that things are different now, that things have improved, and that there might be other alternative ways to achieve ones' goal. Maybe it's possible to move toward living in 2025, not 1963.
Another meme that's making the rounds is that the government is buying a bunch of Teslas. What's being ignored is that this purchase was finalized in 2024 long before Trump became president. So, those making it a political payback should probably shut up Is this purchase the best possible use of taxpayer funds, who knows, but that's the only potential argument against it
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