Headline: Bono’s “INSANE CLAIM” About USAid Cuts Sparks Firestorm, Exposing Government Waste and Misplaced Priorities
A recent appearance by U2 frontman Bono on the world’s largest podcast has become a crucial test of who is living in reality. Bono made an absolutely wild, frankly ridiculously over the top claim that 300,000 people have already lost their lives due to the cut of USAid. He presented this as fact, citing a “recent report” and “surveillance” that he admits is “not proven”.
This assertion is completely unfounded. While we are not heartless and believe America can do good, this kind of baseless claim about a government agency reveals a massive disconnect and highlights deeper issues with how our money is being spent overseas.
Adding fuel to the fire, reports indicate there is food rotting in warehouses. This part is “probably true”. We’re talking about 50,000 tons of food stored in places like Djibouti, South Africa, Dubai, and even here in Houston, Texas. The reason given is that the people who know the codes for these warehouses have been fired.
Our take? It’s a wild situation. If there’s food rotting, it should absolutely be distributed to the homeless or those below the poverty line in the United States first. Why are we giving food to countries like South Africa when they’re actively erasing white people and celebrating it? Our tax dollars should primarily benefit Americans.
Let’s be clear: we did not agree to have our tax dollars feed people in other countries. If we want to support causes in Gaza, Sudan, South Africa, or elsewhere, we should be allowed to donate our money willingly through charities, as many of us already do. But the idea that the government steals our money and then does this, especially with no oversight or accountability, is unacceptable.
The reality is, while there are organizations doing tremendous good, the system has also been described as a “money laundering operation” with absolutely “no oversight”. Billions, even trillions of dollars, are unaccounted for. As Elon Musk put it, if a public company operated this way, it would be delisted and executives would go to prison, but in the United States, this is “standard”.
Musk didn’t hold back in his reaction to Bono’s claim, branding the rock legend an “idiot/liar” and stating “Zero people have did” from the proposed “Doge cuts”. While perhaps some people have died, the fault lies squarely with those who ran USAid with zero oversight or accountability. If they had managed the organization properly, crucial things like life-saving medicines and food would still be flowing, instead of money potentially being sent to things like an “Afghany Sesame Street”.
We believe the priority must be taking care of our own people. This isn’t about being heartless towards those suffering elsewhere; it’s about putting on your own oxygen mask first, like they tell you on an airplane. We have immense problems right here:
- 100,000 lives lost yearly to opioid overdoses.
- Millions of homeless individuals.
- Millions more in prison on ridiculous charges from the war on drugs.
- A massive mental health epidemic, with tens of millions on SSRIs.
- An obesity epidemic (yes, I’m part of it).
- Approximately two-thirds of the country living paycheck to paycheck.
There’s a “crazy demand” from the world saying America is wealthy and should solve everyone else’s problems. But the vast majority of America’s wealth is held by a tiny fraction of people. Bono himself is worth a billion dollars. Why isn’t he feeding people in Gaza?
It’s crucial we fix the broken, wasteful system. The fact that $93 billion from the Department of Energy was spent on “radical loans” with “no oversight, no receipts” during the 73 days after Trump won and before he took office speaks volumes about the mismanagement.
While America absolutely can do good, the system is ruined by a lack of accountability. We need to demand better, focus on our own citizens first, and stop allowing our money to be wasted or disappear without a trace.
