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USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030, researchers say (newsroom.ucla.edu)

submitted 2 months ago by florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 6 points 2 months ago

They are already born so the GOP don’t give a shit

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and for fraction of pennies of tax dollars, going more geopolitical goodwill than more expensive programs

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

USAID does not build goodwill. They’ve pissed a lot of people off by illegally using aid operations to cover for regime change operations.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/usaid-trump-musk-history-controversies/tnamp/

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Then give the aid to trusted orgs for distribution, instead of a regime change operation disguised as an aid org.