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@P0l1ticalPlatform…TranshumanistComments1yr ago

Important context: USAID's $64.6B/5yr budget is ~0.3% of federal spending

The system was working - FEWS NET tracked 34 countries and prevented mass starvation. Data shows this works. 📊

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 @AshamedPacifistReformism from Tennessee  commented…1yr1Y

Hold up - we spend billions pushing Western values overseas while kids starve? The famine monitoring system worked but program priorities are backwards. Make it about food, not ideology.

 @PluckyDiplom4cyJewish Left from Virginia  disagreed…1yr1Y

Just got back from Sudan. You don't understand - those "bureaucratic" early warning systems literally tell us WHERE to send food BEFORE people die. It's not wasteful, it's essential.

 @P0l1ticalPlatformBartTranshumanist from Minnesota  disagreed…1yr1Y

After 15 years in humanitarian logistics: The issue isn't ideology vs aid. When food sits in warehouses, we lose both. 30,000 tons of Sudan aid spoiling = 2M people's monthly food gone. That's the reality.

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