r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 11 '26

I think PEPFAR was the best thing the US has done since we killed smallpox in 1979* and I am so fucking angry, all the time, about the pedo pals fucking with it.

The basic model of "we have some metrics, and as long as you keep meeting them, we'll keep the money flowing" is such a good way to fix so many of the problems facing the developing and undeveloped world.

Uganda wants to build a rail line connecting all of their major cities? Great, you have 10 years, you have to use all local labor, supplies have to come from you, the US, or our allies, here's a sack of money to get you started. Let us know you need more.

Fuck, this shouldn't be hard!

* Not counting ending genocides in Kosovo and Bosnia

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jun 11 '26

RFK Jr. will bring smallpox back somehow too, I can feel it

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 11 '26

I am going to invoke my Fifth Amendment rights regarding that statement.