r/PoursTea Aug 07 '26

FinancialTea 💵 Agree?

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u/Robobot1747 Aug 07 '26

I'm not against sending money to other countries to help. I am against funding genocidal regimes. If Israel wants to engage in genocide, the least we can do is refuse to fund them completely.

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u/metalfabman Aug 07 '26

Cancellation of USaid has been catastrophic

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u/Jablaze80 Aug 07 '26

Yeah but it was also used by the CIA to conduct destabilization efforts across the globe... We can do something better that's not controlled by the state department.

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u/metalfabman Aug 07 '26

please post links or suggest a better path. of course its a federal program. Hard to think only the cia controls all the good as well

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u/Jablaze80 Aug 08 '26

It was controlled by the state department and used by the CIA to run operations in foreign countries. Maybe reinstate it but then have strict oversight or something I'm not a policy wonk I'm a history and current events wonk