USAID OFFICIALLY CONDEMNED

At USAID, the news of mass firings was met with emotion so exaggerated, it could only be described as a full-scale theatrical production. Employees, who had never seen a budget large enough, cried as if they were in the midst of a bloodbath. The same people who thought nothing of using taxpayer dollars to fund:

• $27,000,000 for “Gender Equality in Afghanistan”
• $15,000,000 on “Cultural Tourism” in Egypt
• $10,000,000 on “Vegetable Production” in Sri Lanka
• $10,000,000 on “Sex Education in Pakistan”
• $1,500,000 on “Teaching Transgender Awareness” in Central Asia
• $1,200,000 for “Grants to Study Turtles” in the Caribbean
• $16,000 for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Conferences“
• $10,000 Per-Employee for “Diversity” Training

were now clutching their pearl necklaces and bemoaning the “horrific” loss of their cushy jobs. The scene was nothing short of absurd – as if the world had ended just because their precious admin assistants couldn’t justify another $12,000 invoice for artisanal lattes. To them, the real tragedy was not the firing of underperforming employees, but the loss of their privileged positions in an organization that had mastered the art of spending lavishly on anything except real aid.

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