Tens of millions of real live human beings who depended on the $40 Billion in USAID, for safe food, clean water, and medications have already started dying, literally all around the world. The death toll is going to be astronomical.
Sounds like the most extreme of the climate and animal rights activists are about to get a dream come true.
Poor people don’t produce much co2, it’s the rich that cause the problems
This is going to sound terribly cold but why is the US the only country capable of stepping up to help these failed states feed their own citizens? Isn’t any other country helping? And why is it falling solely on the US instead of an international consortium?
US gives significantly less per capita than almost all western European countries, and even less as percentage of GDP. This is not a case of the US being the only one who does something. It’s the US doing so much less than they could, and everyone else in a comparable position is. And now taking even that away.
The United Nations collectively runs a lot of aid programs. The EU and China also independently run aid programs. The US is far from being the sole provider of aid.
Multiple countries provide aid, but all these programs always operate on tighter budgets than they would like. So a big contributor suddenly pulling out is going to leave gaps that are hard for other groups to fill on short notice. Even if the US needs to reduce aid spending to balance the budget, it should be done gradually with coordination of other groups to best preserve coverage. Acting impulsively leads to suffering that could potentially be avoided with a more level-headed change.
To be fair, the intention of this is not to balance the budget. I think you nailed the motivation: acting impulsively to lead to suffering that could be avoided.
