Posted on 03/04/2025 5:15:02 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” host Lawrence O’Donnell stated that “Elon Musk himself, personally, could pay for the entire budget of USAID, the entire budget, by himself, without missing that money at all, and easily, easily pay for all of the life-saving work that USAID does.” And “He says USAID isn’t doing it right, but why doesn’t he just step forward and show us how to do it right with his own billions? That, of course, will never happen.”
O’Donnell said, “So, one of the ugly truths of this is that, unlike anyone else in the history of the federal government who’s ever advanced any form of spending cuts, Elon Musk himself, personally, could pay for the entire budget of USAID, the entire budget, by himself, without missing that money at all, and easily, easily pay for all of the life-saving work that USAID does. But he hasn’t stepped up to do that.”
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Come on Larry boy. Knock it off with the gurly man tantrums. Save them for tonight. Maybe Zelensky will show up and you can “do it right” and kiss his ass.
Why in the hell would Musk fund something he completely disagrees with?
Between the leftist initiatives, the fact it is a CIA slush fund, and the transexual focus, there is not one redeeming feature of the group.
Musk doesn’t have the power to control the spending, only to point it out to Trump.
But I bet if Musk was in charge of USAID spending using his own money he would most likely spend $0.00 and it’s a waste of money. Which is what Trump is having Musk find.
Musk, being intelligent, would not give USAID a used turd. The leftist slush fund is dead.
“Life saving work”? Since when did tranny dances become “life saving”? Another ass wipe who is probably benefitting from all of the grift. Musk has already done life saving work, donated equipment, supplies, technology, etc. What have you done Larry Ass Wipe?
You pay for it Rosie.
“Do it right” - meaning get rid of it. The government needs to live within its means, to spend less than it takes in and pay down its debt.
When Musk gets through cutting and eliminating the agency, maybe he will.
OOps, I am an idiot, who is Lawrence O’Donnell lol?
I think Musk (and now thanks to him, millions of tax-paying Americans) now know how little “life saving work” was done by USAID, and how much was being kicked back to organizations run by Leftists here and abroad to advance Leftist Doctrine and line the pockets of Leftists both in and out of government.
First off, nobody listens to an ignorant douchebag like Lawrence O’Donnell (okay, that is harsh, there are at least a few listeners somewhere) and second, Musk isn’t stupid enough to buy into the Leftist “everyone is going to die all over the world without USAID money” trope.
Um, we don't want to do it AT ALL.
Instead of scattershot funding of everything, how about he focuses on electric cars, space travel, terrestrial and satellite communications and federal budget control.
Doing it right is not doing it at all.
Leisure Suit Larry
Lawrence O’Donnell, you could go build a trillion dollar enterprise, Like Mush , and then give it all away. go for it.
How many illegals is he personally housing and supporting, how many trans comic books in Afghanistan is he funding
Typical leftist telling others how to spend their money
Most of the aid was just lining pockets of people NOT in need or to be helped.
Lawrence is a fool to think Musk paying is a right way, when the problem is not about the money itself, but the people RUNNING the Orgs requesting/getting the money/USAID.
He didn’t become a multi-billionaire by following Socialist’s advice.
NO MORE USAID!!! NOMORE NGOs!!!
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