Caring for others
The United States is the richest nation in the world and we, the people, have historically supported programs to care for the less fortunate, underserved, desperate people of the world. In the dysfunction of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dismantling of USAID, the shelf life of five hundred metric tons of life saving high energy biscuits expired. All five hundred tons were taken off the shelf and destroyed. Because of this, starving people, mostly children, will suffer and some will die. Their families will grieve. We should grieve with them.
Some USAID programs were to be shifted to the State Department. The Secretary of State told congress that how these programs were instituted would reflect the priorities of this administration. Abandoning desperate people is not government efficiency or even good foreign policy. It is moral bankruptcy and greed conceived and supported at the highest levels of our government. This is not the way to make America great. Is this what you voted for?
Randy Nichols