Why are my tax dollars going to foreign healthcare, education, and food banks when we could definitely use that here?

> claims about 200+ year olds recieving pensions Elon and a SSA inspector general investigation identified approximately $298 million paid to 24,000 deceased beneficiaries over a period spanning 1998–2019. Some of that money was recovered.

He did nothing. He was an advisor to the president, and his team made reccomendations. Also, there is a GAO that has reviewed all canceled contracts. All of the recipients had the right to protest... unfortunately, most of the NGO's simply had to show up to court to get the contracts back, but they didn't because it was obvious fraud.

And, that grok part? What is all that about? Any AI, can do all of those things? Spending on election interference? So all money donated to political orgs are election interference?

The reasons you seem to hate him, all seem like good things to me?

I somewhat agree. You vote for universal healthcare, or against it?

Either way, addressing communicable diseases in far away places also helps keep them from becoming nearby diseases. It's far cheaper to fund some vaccines in a far away land than deal with widespread disease domestically. And in the end, cutting these things did practically nothing for the deficit. It was a rounding error of spending to save so many lives around the world.

And they want to argue they're instituting a "Christian" nation. How about following His red text words?

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

I'm 31, i was too young to vote last time the US tried to pass universal healthcare (Obamacare.) However, I don't like government if you can't tell. So no, i would not vote for universal healthcare. Our system has it's flaws, but it seems to be the best system i've witnessed. Medical debt can't effect your credit score, and they can't garnish you wages to pay it off... so technically it is free? I think what really needs to be done is we need to "decertify" doctors. There's no reason I need someone who went to school for 16 years when i break an arm or feel sick and want some over the counter drugs.

As for the aid thing:

"If the industrial nations really want to help the Africans, they should finally terminate this awful aid.”

Western governments sending enormous quantities of subsidized agricultural products into Africa, harms them more than it helps them. Kenyan Economists took note of when food aid arrived in Kenya, some was diverted by corrupt officials, while other shipments were sold on local markets at extremely low prices. Kenyan farmers couldn't compete with these prices, so their businesses suffered. As local agricultural production declined, the country became increasingly dependent on outside assistance. During the next drought, Kenya would have fewer domestic food reserves, creating another cycle of dependency and killing thousands.

How many systems have you actually witnessed firsthand? Have you spent life uninsured with medical issues before? Have you ever actually had significant medical debt?

> Medical debt can't effect your credit score, and they can't garnish you wages to pay it off

This isn't true across most of the country. It really makes me question your idea "the best system i've witnessed", as you're repeating commonly held beliefs which are not based on reality.

https://www.moneylion.com/learn/debt/medical-debt/can-medica...

> There's no reason I need someone who went to school for 16 years when i break an arm or feel sick and want some over the counter drugs.

This is already a thing and is rapidly growing. Urgent care centers largely staff NP/PAs, which can write prescriptions. Its becoming more common for these providers to have many shifts with only NP/PAs. PA's didn't go to school for 16 years.

That said, if I break my arm I'm definitely going to want to go to an ortho if I've had even a slightly significant break. Not healing right will mess you up for life.

Once again, are you sure you understand this system you're claiming is the "best system"?

> sending enormous quantities of subsidized agricultural products into Africa

I can get behind winding down enormous amounts of food aid when there aren't active famines happening. Far better to give aid to help jump start their own food production, enable them to be self-sufficient instead of the corporate farm welfare we had.

Its still not exactly wise policy to suddenly one day completely cut it all off. Its also not the only thing that was suddenly slashed.

Obamacare is not universal healthcare.

Because the US wants to have influence around the world to maintain its empire. Mostly using hard power but also some soft power and this is seen as a relatively cheap way to maintain NGO presence in foreign countries that can be used for both.

> when we could definitely use that here?

Agreed, unfortunately that gets called socialism/communism in the US, which means a large chunk of the population will instantly reject it based on labels alone.

> He did nothing. He was an advisor to the president, and his team made reccomendations.

His team did a lot more than that[1][2].

"DOGE has gained access to sensitive data about immigrants and farm workers. [A] whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board claims that staffers observed spikes in data leaving the agency after DOGE got access to its systems, with destinations unknown."

> And, that grok part? What is all that about? Any AI, can do all of those things?

There's a difference between potentially can do and is basically advertised as doing[3]. Note that what Grok did was not limited to adults either. But maybe you're fine with that too.

1 - https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-just-getting-warmed-up-d... 2 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/20... 3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_sexual_deepfake_scandal