The USAID Peru "$32,000 Transgender Comic" That Isn't What They Say
"Firstly the listing is not for a "trans" comic per se but an LGBTQ comic, but it seems that being anti-trans is more palatable than being anti-gay for some people. Secondly, the writer of the comic is American, while the artist, a Peruvian, is present on the American comic book scene, having drawn the likes of Cyberforce for Top Cow Studios published through Image Comics. And thirdly… it's an educational comic book."
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/usaid-peru-32000-transgender-comic-peru-trans/
Reception in Peru:
One can - and should - ask the question, though: Is this an appropriate use of US tax payer dollars? 😆
More to the point, Congress should ask this question (on our behalf) when deciding whether or not to continue funding USAID.
CONGRESS. Not the President. Not anyone else. 😆
EDIT: @You-As-Whole way ahead of you.
@spruce112358
Even more to the point, Congress and not Elon Musk should decide. Congress controls the purse strings; this is anchored in the Constitution.
Furthermore, if you suspect large-scale, financial fraud, you should be engaging, experienced forensic accountants, not geeky adolescent computer programmers.
This gets at the root of a very important question which is not at all settled in the hearts and minds of the American people: why do we have government? 😆
A) Do we have government to protect all our rights equally? Or,
B) Do we have government to do lots of good things, anywhere and everywhere?
I argue that the correct answer is A, while the Peruvian comic book falls more under B. 😆
@moonbus saidCongress has enormous power to oversee agencies to make sure they are spending funds in the manner intended. But that requires Congressmen to stop endlessly campaigning for re-election and do the job they were elected to do. 😆
@spruce112358
Even more to the point, Congress and not Elon Musk should decide. Congress controls the purse strings; this is anchored in the Constitution.
Furthermore, if you suspect large-scale, financial fraud, you should be engaging, experienced forensic accountants, not geeky adolescent computer programmers.
My problem with Musk is not that he is drawing attention to government waste. Senator Proxmire used to do that with his 'Golden Fleece' awards.
My issue is that Musk is being allowed to tear down our democracy to do it. The cure is FAR worse than the disease. 😀
We have to cut Fed gummint spending from $7T down to BELOW $5T per year WITHOUT cutting ANY taxes. That means cutting all government spending by an average of about 28%. 😆
Otherwise our debt will continue to rise and one day the United States will default. That fact is as sure as the turning of the earth. No one knows what happens after that - somewhere between Second Great Depression and World War III. Nothing good.
It could happen after we are all dead. But it will happen. 😆
@spruce112358 saidNo one disputes either that there is government waste or that it should be curtailed. However, the proper way to go about it is congressional oversight, not stopping all funding, firing everyone, and waiting to see what happens.
Congress has enormous power to oversee agencies to make sure they are spending funds in the manner intended. But that requires Congressmen to stop endlessly campaigning for re-election and do the job they were elected to do. 😆
My problem with Musk is not that he is drawing attention to government waste. Senator Proxmire used to do that with his 'Golden Fleece' awards ...[text shortened]... usk is being allowed to tear down our democracy to do it. The cure is FAR worse than the disease. 😀