House Passes Trump-Backed Rescissions Package Slashing $9 BILLION in Bloated Spending — FOREIGN AID, NPR, and PBS on the Chopping Block — Two Republic

[Fantine]

Bravo Mr. President another thing former Presidents spoke of, but never did.

You can tell when he is being effective by the volumes of screeching from the left.

He doesn't need cheers to continue doing evil.

 

[Always in His Presence]

He doesn't need cheers to continue doing evil.

Thank you for illustrating my point.

 

[Ophiolite]

I remember when Christians wanted the poor and downtrodden to be helped; at least as a mindset.

It's like trump supporters are getting behind those city counsels that prosecuted Christians feeding the homeless.

Trump turned some Christians into callous people. And I'm pretty sure there were some biblical warnings about that.

As a fomer Christian and a former admirer of the USA, the Trump/MAGA actions sadden, depress and anger me. I await, with despair, the new version of the Bible, the one without the Sermon on the Mount.

 

[JosephZ]

There's nothing stopping Americans from contributing to numerous organizations that send food and aid to other countries.

What's going to motivate Americans to donate more to organizations that provide foreign aid than they already are?

 

[ozso]

What's going to motivate Americans to donate more to organizations that provide foreign aid than they already are?

I'm saying those publicly lamenting over starving children, can actually pony up some cash, which I have a feeling many of them don't really. I think most of this is really just another Trump is evil routines more than anything else.

 

[Richard T]

You can’t give hungry kids handouts. However will they learn the value of hard work? In the long run burning tons and tons of food is actually doing them a favour.

I guess you never have seen swollen bellies of infants, and primary school kids. It is real in some places. I doubt much of this reached them though. I can say that corn subsidies for making ethanol gas sure is causing many to starve.

Ethanol policy threatens to starve the world

Drought. War. Poverty. These are leading causes of hunger, according to the United Nations. Soon we may add another. Ethanol. Across the globe, people are discovering it's a new contributor to world hunger. Led by the United States, governments are paying companies billions to make ethanol from...

www.heritage.org

 

[BCP1928]

I'm saying those publicly lamenting over starving children, can actually pony up some cash, which I have a feeling many of them don't really. I think most of this is really just another Trump is evil routines more than anything else.

I know you'd like to think that, but many of us do. Others are satisfied with having it taken out of our taxes, like an automatic periodic contribution to the United way. What's wrong with that?

 

[Fantine]

What's going to motivate Americans to donate more to organizations that provide foreign aid than they already are?

How about ending tax breaks for millionaires and setting up matching funds from the federal government. For every dollar donated to Catholic Charities, for example, the government matches that 100% or even 50%. The government needs to have skin in the game because they have the deepest pockets.

 

[BCP1928]

How about ending tax breaks for millionaires and setting up matching funds from the federal government. For every dollar donated to Catholic Charities, for example, the government matches that 100% or even 50%. The government needs to have skin in the game because they have the deepest pockets.

Well there you are. Earlier in Trump II the administration wanted to have Catholic Charities declared a terrorist organisation. I think it was Musk who talked them out of it.

 

[Fantine]

What's going to motivate Americans to donate more to organizations that provide foreign aid than they already are?

How about ending tax breaks for millionaires and setting up matching funds from the federal government. For every dollar donated to Catholic Charities, for example, the government matches that 100% or even 50%. The government needs to have skin in the game because they have the deepest pockets.

I guess you never have seen swollen bellies of infants, and primary school kids. It is real in some places. I doubt much of this reached them though. I can say that corn subsidies for making ethanol gas sure is causing many to starve.

Ethanol policy threatens to starve the world

Drought. War. Poverty. These are leading causes of hunger, according to the United Nations. Soon we may add another. Ethanol. Across the globe, people are discovering it's a new contributor to world hunger. Led by the United States, governments are paying companies billions to make ethanol from...

www.heritage.org

the Heritage Foundation, architects of Project 2025?
I consider the plan to be Machiavellian, subverting our Constitution and form of government.
Climate change is responsible for most of the famines in equatorial Africa. Forest fires. Floods.
Starvation. Displacement.
I'll stick with clean energy instead of listening to a foundation in big oils pockets.

 

[Valletta]

That's happening, of course, been going on all the time, really. The biggest single recipient of USAID funds was Catholic Relief Services, which I assume was the kind of organization you meant. But they didn't get all their funding from USAID and are certainly not going out of business over it.

There are wonderful groups like Missionaries of the Poor, who serve the poorest of the poor, and members of the order take a vow of poverty. They do hire some people, such as medical doctors, in order to assist.

 

[Fantine]

There are wonderful groups like Missionaries of the Poor, who serve the poorest of the poor, and members of the order take a vow of poverty. They do hire some people, such as medical doctors, in order to assist.

To be accurate, 90%.

 

[ozso]

How about ending tax breaks for millionaires and setting up matching funds from the federal government. For every dollar donated to Catholic Charities, for example, the government matches that 100% or even 50%. The government needs to have skin in the game because they have the deepest pockets.

The US has anywhere from 70 to 75 billion in the game each year. As for the awful horrible millionaires, have you ever looked into how much they collectively give out to charity each year?

 

[Valletta]

To be accurate, 90%.

There are getting so much help, and continue to encourage people to come and volunteer. It pleases me when they get tangible important projects done, like water purification, that help so many people:

"SUBMERSIBLE PUMP & WATER PURIFYING MACHINE: Among other things, the need for clean, safe drinking water has always been our priority in this mission. With the history of cholera and other water-related diseases one cannot help but think of how safe it is to have a sip of water in this part of the country. With the help of friends and supporters from First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Haiti Hope and Promise, and our benefactors, what was once a dream is a now reality. Within a year a new submersible pump was installed. In 2016 water purifying room was built, water tank storage up and a modern up-to-date water purifying machine continues to run on daily basis to provide safe, clean, fresh drinking water to our residents, brothers, workers, visitors and friends."

Haiti – Port-au-Prince | Missionaries of the Poor

missionariesofthepoor.org

 

[Pommer]

There are getting so much help, and continue to encourage people to come and volunteer. It pleases me when they get tangible important projects done, like water purification, that help so many people:

"SUBMERSIBLE PUMP & WATER PURIFYING MACHINE: Among other things, the need for clean, safe drinking water has always been our priority in this mission. With the history of cholera and other water-related diseases one cannot help but think of how safe it is to have a sip of water in this part of the country. With the help of friends and supporters from First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Haiti Hope and Promise, and our benefactors, what was once a dream is a now reality. Within a year a new submersible pump was installed. In 2016 water purifying room was built, water tank storage up and a modern up-to-date water purifying machine continues to run on daily basis to provide safe, clean, fresh drinking water to our residents, brothers, workers, visitors and friends."

Haiti – Port-au-Prince | Missionaries of the Poor

missionariesofthepoor.org

A “water purifying room”…for “our residents, brothers, workers, visitors and friends."
Now nice for these lucky few!

 

[Valletta]

A “water purifying room”…for “our residents, brothers, workers, visitors and friends."
Now nice for these lucky few!

All who go there for help.

 

[Fantine]

$4.6 billion
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) received $4.6 billion in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2013 to 2022. This funding was primarily allocated for disaster assistance and other humanitarian efforts.

Charity Watch gives CRS a top rating with 92% going to direct services.

In 2024, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) received significant revenue from various sources:

• Grant revenue from the U.S. government accounted for 56% of total support and revenue for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.
  
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• The total revenue for CRS was approximately $1,468,809,000 during the fiscal year from October 2022 to September 2023.
  https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=e59b...XRpZXMvY2F0aG9saWMtcmVsaWVmLXNlcnZpY2Vz&ntb=1
  Well, I was wrong (I'd gotten a letter saying that 90% of their funding was imperiled.) It was only 56%. So good news. Only 56 out of every 100 children served will be in danger of death from starvation or disease.
  And some of you want to send them dog food.
  
  

 

[Hans Blaster]

How about ending tax breaks for millionaires and setting up matching funds from the federal government. For every dollar donated to Catholic Charities, for example, the government matches that 100% or even 50%. The government needs to have skin in the game because they have the deepest pockets.

No thanks. No payments to churches, please.

 

[public hermit]

I hate that some great institutions, scientific research, and other very good things will suffer because of the loss of government funding. I don't see any way this is going to work in favor of the common good. However, I find it very concerning that these same entities depended so heavily on government funding. Is it just the case that without government funding, these things aren't possible (or highly unlikely)? I can see that in some cases, but we have "private" institutions buckling under the pressure. I'm sure it's all very complicated, but I know that kind of dependency is clearly a mistake, especially if you want to be free to critique the system.

 

[Fantine]

No thanks. No payments to churches, please.

That was just the first one that came to mind. United Way, Red Cross, Doctors without borders. Local charities.