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[Job 33:6]

President's Malaria Initiative - Wikipedia

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The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative to control and eliminate malaria, one of the leading global causes of premature death and disability.[1] The initiative was originally launched by U.S. president George W. Bush in 2005, and has been continued by each successive U.S. president.[2]

PMI was originally created with a mission to "reduce malaria-related mortality by 50 percent across 15 high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa".[2] PMI has since expanded to 24 malaria-endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 3 additional countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion of Southeast Asia, where it seeks to further reduce malaria burden and assist countries in achieving malaria elimination.[3]

PMI works closely with national malaria programs and global partners including the World Health Organization, Roll Back Malaria, and Global Fund.[4] Global malaria efforts, including those of PMI, have cut malaria mortality by over 60%, saved nearly 7 million lives, and prevented more than 1 billion malaria cases between 2000 and 2015.[5] PMI currently supports malaria prevention and control for over 500 million at-risk people in Africa.[3]

So what, George Bush, Republican, develops a program that saves millions of lives. Now Trump is going to eliminate this program, risking the lives of millions, because someone wanted to fund a sesame Street show for toddlers in Iraq?

Why not just cut the sesame Street program and retain the malaria initiative?

We all appreciate the elimination of corruption and poor funding, but what about all the good these programs are doing?

 

[Valletta]

It's bipartisan awarded funding, to the private sector, that's being frozen. That impacts everyone, not just the Democrats.

For example, where does our lead pipe removal funding come from these past 4 years? That's all BIL law funding that is frozen. And some quantity of private sector construction workers and engineers that are now without funding.

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/trump-funding-freeze-iija-ira-projects/738504

BlueGreen Alliance | Trump Administration Federal Funding Freeze Puts Jobs, Public Health, and Worker Safety at Risk

www.bluegreenalliance.org

Getting rid of corruption is great. But how many Americans are about to lose their jobs (or already have) as a catalyst in the methods Trump is using to do this?

USAID had some 15-20,000 employees. If you eliminate the agency, that's great for cutting corruption, but what about perhaps the 10,000 employees doing legitimate work that shouldn't be cut? I guess they'll just be homeless?

I was asked the question a long time ago by a Congressional committee staffer whether I thought a government group was fixable or whether a new group needed to be started from scratch. In that case I said start from scratch. When corruption becomes widespread despite decades of supposed oversight hard decisions need to be made. The reality is that it does not take 20,000 employees to properly hand out billions of dollars.
Remember none of these employees that we know of came forward and revealed the abuses.

 

[Job 33:6]

I was asked the question a long time ago by a Congressional committee staffer whether I thought a government group was fixable or whether a new group needed to be started from scratch. In that case I said start from scratch. When corruption becomes widespread despite decades of supposed oversight hard decisions need to be made. The reality is that it does not take 20,000 employees to properly hand out billions of dollars.
Remember none of these employees that we know of came forward and revealed the abuses.

If the issue is with specific programs, such as sesame Street shows in Iraq and transgender books in peru, then you just cut those programs. Wiping the board just throws the baby out with the bath water.

And statistically if you have millions of lives being saved from malaria, who would call these beneficial programs "corrupt"?

The approach of eliminating the entire agency assumes that there is something broken about how the agency functions at a core level, rather than focusing on poor funding allocation. And there isn't any evidence that these issues go beyond these select programs.

And you know what also costs a lot of money? Developing a brand new agency and trying to start something from scratch, which would unfold (hypothetically because we don't know if Trump would actually replace these programs) in simultaneously of millions of people in Africa starving to death or dying of disease.

And if the issue is with management and their poor decisions on how to allocate funding, then you just replace those managers.

I suspect that we are getting ready to witness, potentially many deaths abroad. And Americans are going to act like nothing happened, and will sweep it under the rug. All the while, America viewed as a global leader, is going to take a hit. And other growing nations, like China, are going to fill that role.

Some of these, as noted above, are bush era programs too. This is whole sale dismantling of programs, both Republican lead and democratically lead. Programs hailed as really incredible projects on a global scale.

 

[Job 33:6]

All I'm saying is that, the lives of millions of Africans shouldn't be put into jeopardy because someone had beef with a transgender book in Peru.

I'm all for cutting corrupt programs. But when innocent people start dying from disease and starvation, who is going to look those people in the eye and say:

"I'm sorry that your infant child died of malaria, I was more concerned about this sesame Street episode being funding for poor kids in Iraq".

And the answer? Well, America will turn a blind eye and will act like nothing happened because "America first".

Meanwhile, the USAID agency federal budget is so miniscule in comparison to our annual deficit, that dismantling the entire agency won't even be noticeable to our debt to begin with. The funding for the entire agency combined accounts for something like 0.6 percent of the federal budget.

 

[Postvieww]

Getting rid of corruption is great. But how many Americans are about to lose their jobs (or already have) as a catalyst in the methods Trump is using to do this?

USAID had some 15-20,000 employees. If you eliminate the agency, that's great for cutting corruption, but what about perhaps the 10,000 employees doing legitimate work that shouldn't be cut? I guess they'll just be homeless?

This government cannot afford to keep people on the payroll just to insure the liberal slush fund stays intact. Good and beneficial programs will not be cut! It is sad anyone would lose their jobs but fiscal responsibility TRUMPS paying unneeded government employees.

 

[Valletta]

All I'm saying is that, the lives of millions of Africans shouldn't be put into jeopardy because someone had beef with a transgender book in Peru.

I'm all for cutting corrupt programs. But when innocent people start dying from disease and starvation, who is going to look those people in the eye and say:

"I'm sorry that your infant child died of malaria, I was more concerned about this sesame Street episode being funding for poor kids in Iraq".

And the answer? Well, America will turn a blind eye and will act like nothing happened because "America first".

Meanwhile, the USAID agency federal budget is so miniscule in comparison to our annual deficit, that dismantling the entire agency won't even be noticeable to our debt to begin with. The funding for the entire agency combined accounts for something like 0.6 percent of the federal budget.

100,000 or so people are dead, and hundreds of thousands human trafficked and their lives destroyed, because of of dishonest leaders and too many Americans who looked the other way and did not hold their leaders accountable when the dishonesty was exposed. The money that went for drag queen shoes and trans operas could have used to find the missing immigrant children, or to stop the cartel members who set up human trafficking in our country. Now people are standing up and doing something about it. The Democratic Party outspent Trump by more than 2 to 1, they can take some of that money and give it to those who lose their jobs or those they think might die of starvation.

 

[Job 33:6]

This government cannot afford to keep people on the payroll just to insure the liberal slush fund stays intact. Good and beneficial programs will not be cut! It is sad anyone would lose their jobs but fiscal responsibility TRUMPS paying unneeded government employees.

It's not liberal, it's Former US president George W. Bush's malaria program.

Are the American people really that confused? That they can't tell the difference between a transgender book in Peru, and vaccine programs that save millions of lives in Africa?

 

[Job 33:6]

100,000 or so people are dead, and hundreds of thousands human trafficked and their lives destroyed, because of of dishonest leaders and too many Americans who looked the other way and did not hold their leaders accountable when the dishonesty was exposed.

What does this have to do with funding projects for starving and diseases children in Africa? Nothing.

The money that went for drag queen shoes and trans operas could have used to find the missing immigrant children, or to stop the cartel members who set up human trafficking in our country. Now people are standing up and doing something about it. The Democratic Party outspent Trump by more than 2 to 1, they can take some of that money and give it to those who lose their jobs or those they think might die of starvation.

Then cut the drag show programs. You don't need to starve out infants in Angola and Ethiopia to do that. When did Americans become so careless that they were so concerned about a drag opera shows, that they stopped caring about the lives of innocent women and children?

If you don't like an opera show, then don't go to it. You don't have to tear down humanitarian programs to cut funding for lgbtq operas.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

Are the American people really that confused?

That is tip if the ice berg. There is so much misinformation, outright lie and disinformation it cannot be helped.
And now, if we cannot even trust the government to give is reliable economic information what are we to do about it?

 

[Postvieww]

It's not liberal, it's Former US president George W. Bush's malaria program.

Are the American people really that confused? That they can't tell the difference between a transgender book in Peru, and vaccine programs that save millions of lives in Africa?

It’s been a long time since George Bush had anything to do with it . Today it is a slush fund for liberal agendas. It’s rather telling at attempted justification for this corrupt department. USAID is no longer needed to administer legitimate aid , which can continue with proper oversight thru other agencies.

 

[Job 33:6]

It’s been a long time since George Bush had anything to do with it . Today it is a slush fund for liberal agendas. It’s rather telling at attempted justification for this corrupt department. USAID is no longer needed to administer legitimate aid , which can continue with proper oversight thru other agencies.

That's nonsense. Core components of this agency are just as productive as they once were, and those that aren't can simply be reverted back.

If innocent people die, Americans are going to I have to answer for their sins. This inability to imagine the option of cutting funding programs for transgender books in Peru while reserving programs for malaria in Angola is unforgivable.

 

[Postvieww]

I challenge everyone who is concerned with starving babies and unemployed government workers to show a little concern for the MASSIVE waste and corruption in USAID. 40 billion dollars for car charging stations with only 8 built. This list could go on and on and is the real story but many want to divert and play on emotional issues which totally are not relevant to the issue. Legitimate aid will continue, but maybe not through USAID.

 

[Valletta]

What does this have to do with funding projects for starving and diseases children in Africa? Nothing.


Then cut the drag show programs. You don't need to starve out infants in Angola and Ethiopia to do that. When did Americans become so careless that they were so concerned about a drag opera shows, that they stopped caring about the lives of innocent women and children?

If you don't like an opera show, then don't go to it. You don't have to tear down humanitarian programs to cut funding for lgbtq operas.

Conservatives are tired of money that should go to saving the lives of children and needy people being diverted for Democrat political causes! Trump is implementing humanitarian programs to save as many kids as possible. If anyone wants to fund left wing political causes then please don't use taxpayer money to do so, use your own money.

 

[Job 33:6]

I challenge everyone who is concerned with starving babies and unemployed government workers to show a little concern for the MASSIVE waste and corruption in USAID. 40 billion dollars for car charging stations with only 8 built. This list could go on and on and is the real story but many want to divert and play on emotional issues which totally are not relevant to the issue. Legitimate aid will continue, but maybe not through USAID.

Nobody spent $40 billion on eight charging stations. Anyone can spend 5 minutes looking up the department of transportation funding to see that this isn't true.

There's absolutely no reason that America can't cut a wasteful programs while retaining good ones.

 

[Job 33:6]

Conservatives are tired of money that should go to saving the lives of children and needy people being diverted for Democrat political causes! Why do you object to that? Trump is implementing humanitarian programs to save as many kids as possible. If you want to fund left wing political causes then please don't use taxpayer money to do so, use your own money.

What I'm saying is that there's no good reason that wasteful programs can't be cut while still retaining the important ones.

If you have a problem with sesame Street in Iraq, then you can cut that program without needing to remove malaria vaccination for Africans in the process. And you don't have to be an Oxford scholar to see this.

 

[Postvieww]

There's absolutely no reason that America can't cut a wasteful programs while retaining good ones.

I believe that is the goal here. No one is wanting to starve or kill babies.

 

[Valletta]

I believe that is the goal here. No one is wanting to starve or kill babies.

Exactly.

 

[Job 33:6]

I believe that is the goal here. No one is wanting to starve or kill babies.

Time will tell. Wiping out the entire agency doesn't bode well however.

I don't see President Trump expressing any intent other than to completely tear this agency down to bare bones staffing. An ineffective skeleton crew.

Civil society organizations in Ethiopia scramble for new finance sources as ‘abrupt’ USAID funding freeze threatens jobs, humanitarian operations - Addis Standard

Civil society organizations in Ethiopia scramble for new finance sources as ‘abrupt’ USAID funding freeze threatens jobs, humanitarian operations Addis Standard News Analysis -

addisstandard.com

It is hard to imagine taking an agency of some 15-20 thousand staff, cutting it down to 500 people or so, and it somehow surviving the fallout. The agency would have to be rebuilt or replaced, and it's unclear how long this would take, if it would happen at all.

And people in 3rd world countries aren't sitting on 6 figure bank accounts that they can patiently idol by while Americans figure it out. The desperation and need is present today, right now.

USAID Shutdown Causes Global Alarm in International Water and Climate Programs

Trump administration’s declared aim is to eliminate U.S. foreign aid agency.

www.circleofblue.org

 

[Postvieww]

Nobody spent $40 billion on eight charging stations. Anyone can spend 5 minutes looking up the department of transportation funding to see that this isn't true.

If we could believe numbers previously posted by most any department we might not need DOGE. I believe this country is going to be totally shocked when all of the facts are out. Why were taxpayers not previously told about this corruption and waste? That answer should be obvious.

 

[Postvieww]

The desperation and need is present today, right now

Yes those transgenders in other countries are in need , right now. Maybe China can pick up the slack!