- cross-posted to:
- myanmar
- cross-posted to:
- myanmar
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39809384
A humanitarian organization that has been feeding more than 100,000 refugees from Myanmar in western Thailand says it only has enough funds left to provide food for one month as the U.S. government’s international aid freeze bites.
All in an effort to save less than a percent of the US budget. Musk could literally solve every problem in the US with his billions of dollars and still have more money than he could ever spend in one lifetime, yet we need to cut aid to other countries because it’s “wasteful.”
“Musk could literally solve every problem in the US”
Musk and his billions couldn’t fund Medicaid for a year. He’d make a sizable dent, but only a dent, in our overall student loan debt. Public debit, which is becoming a major issue with interest now consuming a huge part of our budget, would barely be dented.
He could fund US Aid for a few years. This in large part comes down to the fact that it’s minuscule spending.
Musk could do very little with “every” problem in the USA. If he decided to, he could address some of the smaller specific issues but that’s it. I’d applaud him for it but we need to be realistic about the numbers here.