Via NPR:
A question of legality
The question of the legality of any attempt to change the status of USAID is connected to its origins. The agency was created in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order after Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act, which mandated the creation of an independent agency to focus on development separate from politics and the military. The agency was formally established by Congress as an independent agency in 1998.
That means “it cannot just be undone, at this point, by an executive order,” Konyndyk said. “To actually disestablish the agency and dissolve it into the State Department will take an act of Congress.”
Source: Why does Musk want USAID ‘to die’? And why did its website disappear? : Goats and Soda
I’m doubtful relying on congress is any comfort either however.
That’s awesome. One less headcount for federal budget.
USAID - that’s just for funding CIA operations if I recall. they don’t really do food and water help.
I actually don’t mind this.
Nah it’s mostly graft. A large amount of USAID’s budget goes to DC consulting firms, while claiming it goes to developing countries.
But some of it did go to the developing world. Have to read through a lot of legalese to find the loopholes to avoid the money staying DC tho. I remember when I was doing work for NGOs in a developing country those computer cases with USAID stickers on them were kinda valuable for this reason. Getting money to buy a new computer was basically impossible, but you could get money from USAID to “upgrade” the computers with a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, hard drive, etc.
But any chance they’d get, they’d direct them money to DC consulting firms which would do very little.
The perma stun proceeds
USAID is corruption central and a job program for certain type of “american”