The government has been doing what with our tax money!?
Under the determined eye of Elon Musk, DOGE has rooted out the corruption that permeates USAID, and it turns out that it's worse than we thought. Glenn recently read a list of atrocious causes that were funded by USAID, and the list was as long as it was shocking.
Since the January consumer index report was published today, one thing is clear: eggs are bearing the brunt of inflation. That's why we illustrated the extent of USAID's wasteful spending of YOUR taxpayer dollars by comparing it to the price of eggs. How many eggs could the American people have bought with their tax dollars that were given to a "transgender opera" in Colombia or indoctrinating Sri Lankans with woke gender ideology? The truth will shock you:
A “transgender opera” in Colombia
USAID spent $47,000 on a transgender opera in Colombia. That's over 135,000 eggs.
Sex changes and "LGBT activism" in Guatemala
$2 million was spent funding sex changes along with whatever "LGBT activism" means. That equates to over 5.7 million eggs!
Teaching Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid binary-gendered language
USAID forked over $7.9 million to combat the "gender binary" in Sri Lankan journalism. That could have bought nearly 23 million eggs.
Tourism in Egypt
$6 million (or just over 17 million eggs) was spent to fund tourism in Egypt. If only someone had thought to build some impressive landmarks...
A new "Sesame Street" show in Iraq
USAID spent $20 million to create a new Sesame Street show in Iraq. That's just short of 58 million eggs...
Helping the BBC value the diversity of Libyan society
$2.1 million was sent to the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation) to help them value the diversity of Libyan society (whatever that means). That could have bought over 6 million eggs.
Meals for a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda
$10 million worth of USAID-funded meals went to an Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group. That comes up to be just shy of 29 million eggs.
Promoting inclusion in Vietnam
A combined $19.3 million wassent to two separate inclusion groups in Vietnaminclusion groups in Vietnam (why where they separated? Not very inclusive of them). That's over 55 million eggs.
Promoting DEI in Serbia's workplaces
USAID sent $1.5 million (4.3 million eggs) to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities.”
Funding EcoHealth Alliance, tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology's "bat research"
EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs that funded the Wuhan lab's bat virus research, received $5 million from USAID, which is equivalent to 14.5 million eggs.
The bottom line...
So, how much damage was done?
In total, approximately $73.8 million was wasted on the items on this list. That comes out to be 213 million eggs. Keep in mind that these are just the items on this list, there are many, many more that DOGE has uncovered and will uncover in the coming days. Case in point: that's a lot of eggs.