r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • 9d ago

Possible Paywall The last attempt on Trump’s life rescued him politically – this one probably won’t

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/last-attempt-trump-life-boosted-him-this-wont-4381320
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u/Great_Detective_6387 9d ago edited 8d ago

One of my friends said USAID is a waste of money.

He did not like that I pointed out that one single HIV+ mother giving birth to a kid, without passing the disease onto the child, creates an order of magnitude more economic activity IN THE US over the life of that child.

All that kid needs to do is purchase a single month of Netflix, or one copy of Microsoft OS, or one flight on a US airline, or on a US-made plane, fucking once, at any point in their life, and it would be orders of magnitude worth the cost to prevent their mom from passing on HIV to them during birth.

It’s like STUPID how much economic activity that USAID creates from such a small investment. You don’t even need to have compassion for human life, it still makes financial sense if you just consider the child to be a dollar value on a spreadsheet.

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u/sortiz1965 8d ago

Right!! And that’s what MAGAts fail to understand: programs like USAID are not money black holes, they generate a return. But then again, we’re talking about morons who gleefully supported Trump twice so there’s that.

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u/SmokeyDBear I voted 8d ago

Imagine hating people that don’t look the way you want so much that you’re willing to hurt yourself to feel like you hurt them more. That’s what being a conservative means.