USAID has long been plagued by waste, corruption, and covert political meddling; the biggest scandal may be how little scrutiny it has faced, until now.

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      4 days ago

      It’s less than 1% of the military budget alone. It’s less than 0.0001% of the US’s annual expenditures.

      Yeah, obviously we should have nationalized healthcare, but USAID is not what’s keeping that from being a reality. It’s insurance company lobbying, and propaganda against it, among other things.