February 6, 2025
The great grift
By Blaine L. Pardoe
Like many Americans, I had no idea that USAID existed or what their mission was. Now, thanks to President Trump’s DOGE efforts, we are being alerted to fraud and misuse of government funds on a scale that is unprecedented. Every few hours, more details emerge and as they do, I find myself asking, “Am I the only person that wasn’t getting money from this agency?”
Government mismanagement is not a new thing. USAID, which was started with good intentions, has become corrupt. The agency shifted from being about humanitarian aid to being a tool for propagating socialist dogma.
The list is mindblowing. $45 million in DEI scholarships in Burma, $520 million for consultant-driven ESG investments in Africa. There have even been reports that Politico, a democrat-leaning news organization, was receiving money from USAID. Money went to left-leaning Bill Kristol’s organization in the U.S. Another $1.2 billion in awards to undisclosed recipients. These are only a few of the mismanaged expenditures by this agency.
Like many Americans, I have an expectation that the government spends our tax dollars wisely. I know it’s a forlorn hope, but we like to think that it is at least one of the guiding principles. As it turns out, USAID was little more than an unmanaged slush fund -- or worse, managed by one political party to fund their pet projects, friends, and so on.
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