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Re: by java-man on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:09PM (#48069389)
What will be the consequences?
Re: by sega_sai on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:19PM (#48069967)
I am sure -- the government will appeal and the supreme court will decide it is all fine, because that's how founding fathers intended.
Re: by abirch on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:27PM (#48070030)
Even if the Supreme Court says they need to fund the USAID, it won't bring back the hundreds of thousands who died. https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hund...
Re: by vaadu on Saturday May 09, 2026 @10:00AM (#48075052)
The US taxpayer is a not a slush fund for global healthcare.

We are already $39T+ in debt. Where does it end?

Re: by moistoreos on Sunday May 10, 2026 @10:21PM (#48090371)
Dude, the funding of USAID yielded so much soft power for 0.3% of the federal budget. You indolent, unempathetic monster.

You want to cut the federal debt, where should we look to where the wealth has been hoarded?

Re: by laughing_man on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:19PM (#48069965)
The funding will be restored, assuming the decision survives an appeal.
Re: by boothby on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:27PM (#48069525)
Administration decides the constitution doesn't spark joy, yeet
Re: by hysan on Saturday May 09, 2026 @12:35PM (#48076218)
Probably nothing and it’ll also do nothing for the many people whose lives were drastically impacted by those cuts.