Note the same, maybe if my bank account was equivalent to Elon Musk's it would be a fair argument but hardly the same to expect a shitposter to be equivalent to a man who is a billionaire.

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alex43578 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Totally the same. $1 is $1, and it can go to saving those very lives you’re talking about. Put your money where your mouth is - otherwise you just want to virtue signal with my tax dollars.

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matwood 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> Put your money where your mouth is

I do, through my tax dollars. And the amount of money that was DOGEd was literally couch cushion change on the scale of the federal budget. And not only did those cuts directly lead to deaths but weakened US soft power all around the world, letting China step in.

	▲	alex43578 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		China’s soft power play yielded returns: ports, minerals, oil, factories, customers for their exports. The only Americans benefiting from the existing aid scheme are the network of lobbyists and NGOs. As I said upthread, if you’re that motivated, donate $500 to a high-impact charity and you’ll do far more good for people on the ground than what your taxes were doing at USAID.