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  • 89th8 89th

    Don't forget 4.5 million kids under the age of 5 dead by 2030 due to the US AID cut. Not saying reform wasn't needed perhaps, but if wea re talking about policies and their preventions...

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    @89th said in Trumpenomics:

    Don't forget 4.5 million kids under the age of 5 dead by 2030 due to the US AID cut. Not saying reform wasn't needed perhaps, but if wea re talking about policies and their preventions...

    LMAO

    The Brad

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      This is the Trumpenomics thread, not the RFK or MAHA thread.

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      • 89th8 89th

        Don't forget 4.5 million kids under the age of 5 dead by 2030 due to the US AID cut. Not saying reform wasn't needed perhaps, but if wea re talking about policies and their preventions...

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        @89th said in Trumpenomics:

        Don't forget 4.5 million kids under the age of 5 dead by 2030 due to the US AID cut. Not saying reform wasn't needed perhaps, but if wea re talking about policies and their preventions...

        If children in South Africa die of dehydration or diseases born by bad water, then they died because of a lack of clean water, not because of funding cuts in a nation that is being treated as an antogonist by their own government. And if you would like to prevent these children’s deaths from bad water, you can help by donating here: https://thewaterproject.org/ There are other charities working towards the same goal.

        The Brad

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          Personally I'm glad I'm unable to see videos of the people who have died and will die due to the abrupt removal of USAID support. Seeing 4K videos of them would make it much harder to me to be ok with the devastating impact of an abrupt withdrawal instead of a prudent adjustment with planning involved. The earth was overpopulated anyway!

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            You can prevent those deaths, 89th. $15K will build a well that could save hundreds of children’s lives. Even if you can’t afford an entire well, you can help contribute. Say $50 per month? That’s less than a daily coffee! If you don’t, then those kids are dead because of you.

            The Brad

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              Actually not a bad idea. Unfortunately I just bought an iPhone so my heroism will have to wait until 2027.

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                Where is Peter Singer when you need him?

                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                  Then they are dead and it’s your fault.

                  The Brad

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                    Hey I posted in an online forum multiple times that I was against the abrupt shuttering of USAID, so I did my part. I don't even wear a cape!

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                      The scale of money in the Bill Gates trust, among others, beggars my belief that there's such low hanging fruit for donations that an average joe can write a check for a thousand dollars and save a bunch of lives.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        According to Givewell (the effective altruism org founded by a couple of Bridgewater traders) the marginal cost of saving a life is about 8k. It varies over time but last time I checked buying mosquito nets was the cheapest way to save a life.

                        (It’s always some sort of non-pharmaceutical intervention to reduce infectious disease in Africa.)

                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                          malaria nets. Yep.

                          Education is extremely important.

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