USA Lancet Study: Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Could Result in Millions of Preventable Deaths

[Mike_Hunt]

7 minutes ago, BusyB said:

 

They think when they become millionaires it'll save them taxes.

I am a millionaire and I’m tried of funding the world.

[Purdey]

There is a logic in diverting foreign aid to the poor within the country. States like Alabama and Kentucky have many poor people and no universal healthcare or education to pull themselves up. They won't get it either in this century.

What the BBB does is to give a hand to the top 1% through tax breaks, which is absolutely no help to the American poor.

[dinsdale]

So what about all the money being syphoned out of the aid given going into pockets. Does anyone think Trump stopping this is a bad thing?

[newbee2022]

13 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Is that more or less than doctor Bill Gates will cause with his "vaccines" ?

That's a joke, isn't it? But silly.

[FlorC]

2 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

That's a joke, isn't it? But silly.

Is it a joke though ??

[BLMFem]

3 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

The 3rd world should use condoms

And I think it's blatantly obvious they should be employed more frequently in 1st World countries as well.

[BusyB]

5 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

I am a millionaire and I’m tried of funding the world.

 

It must be awful. I feel your pain.

[Mike_Hunt]

3 minutes ago, BusyB said:

 

It must be awful. I feel your pain.

Thank you.

[Mike_Hunt]

Just now, bubblegum said:

You and your lot don't give a flying F about people dying in the USA! You just took away their healthcare and SNAP program! Filthy hypocrite.

There will be bodies piling up the streets.

 

 

 

[lou norman]

Whoops! There goes that Nobel.

[newbee2022]

25 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Is it a joke though ??

Ok, silly joke

[Wrwest]

7 hours ago, Tug said:

I think that’s a big part of it the uglier the better sadly……really tells you something about his supporters doesn’t it.

Tug, I don't think all of them are purposely wanting to be cruel. They are just self consumed by their economic squeeze and thus do not care about anything or anybody outside of their own interests. Explains a lot about the current state of US politics.

[Wrwest]

4 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Like Obama did?  Or Biden, or Clinton, or... or...  Millions died every year on their watch, too.

 

And yet, as Americans we did have USAID lessening the number that died on their watch. Under the trump regime ... like you say millions more die ...

[candide]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

Classic Liberal hand wringing. 

 

There are people starving in the USA. People dying because they cannot afford healthcare. People homeless. National debt at 36 Trillion dollars.

 

Who elected the US as a global leader? A bastion of morals? 

 

Trump has already shown how easy it is to control borders and security risks. 

 

Why should they be paying for this?

 

You obviously don't (want to) know how it works.😆

 

Aid organisations are aware of potential corruption and usually don't trust governments to handle subsidies for this reason. They directly fund projects and control the use of funds.

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

 

That math works for a private $70 billion mortgage over 100–200 years at 4.625%—but the Treasury borrows differently:

1. Issuing fixed maturities
   The Treasury issues bills, notes, and bonds with set maturities and coupons, then redeems or refinances principal at each maturity—no perpetual amortization.

2. Capturing lower rates
   The average yield on public debt was about 2.5% in 2023, not 4.625%.

3. Rolling over debt
   With a ~6-year average maturity, roughly one-sixth of debt matures annually; in 2024, the Treasury rolled over $28.5 trillion.

4. Paying finite interest
   FY 2023 net interest totaled $678 billion; interest is paid as due; principal at maturity.

NB: Inflation substantially reduces the real value of outstanding debt over time.
 

Bottom line: $70 billion boosts this year’s borrowing but isn’t a perpetual 4.625% mortgage—and it’ll still wind up funding billionaire tax cuts under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

First time I googled it stated 4.625, now it states ... "The average interest rate on the US national debt is currently around 3.28%" ... go figure.

 

Lets look at it this way, Ms Google again ... "The annual interest payment on the US national debt is currently projected to be over $1 trillion. This is based on estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for fiscal year 2025. This figure has doubled in the past five years" ...

 

Tax revenues received, net (4.5T) ... "During Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the IRS collected more than $5.1 trillion in gross taxes, processed more than 266.6 million tax returns and other forms, and issued nearly $490.6 billion in tax refunds" ... 

 

Interest about 20% of taxes received, only a net of 4.6T ... BUT wait, already spent that, and then some.   So to pay the interest, even that needs to be borrowed .. "The total federal spending for the U.S. in fiscal year 2024 was $6.75 trillion" ... 

 

And Trump just submitted a '$ ? T' budget, basically on credit, as enough taxes not received yet 

 

And what needs to be done, and this is just a guess, if no additional spending in 2025 ... "The legislation would raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, going beyond the $4 trillion outlined in the version passed by the House in May" ... 

 

They already know they can't afford to pay the bills and the interest. ...

 

..."Note: (06/23/2025) Some categorizations and numbers in the Ways and Means' section of the table below have been updated to more accurately reflect the bill's potential impact.

 

The House of Representatives’ Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 reconciliation bill – titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA) – would add $2.4 trillion to primary deficits over the coming decade, adding $3.0 trillion to the debt including interest. If its temporary provisions are extended without offsets, we estimate it would add $5.0 trillion to the debt including interest." ...

 

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/breaking-down-one-big-beautiful-bill

 

Wish I could run to the bank every year, and borrow more money, when I couldn't make the previous years payment on the money I spend.   That's happened every year since 1929, with every new F'g idiot.   And the people have what to say ... "OK, take my money, and we'll even vote for you again' ... but don't touch my pronouns.   Som nam na

 

Don't ask me why I stopped producing taxable income once I got enough.  Why we invest in TH, in the wife's name.

 

Of course JFK wanted to put and end to that, the Fed & Central banking ... how'd that work out for him 

 

Although I think the Fed had to stand in line, behind the CIA & war mongers.  Maybe a joint action 

 

 

[nick supreme]

Some people argue that marginalized communities cannot succeed without assistance from the USA. This mindset reflects colonialism and white supremacy.

 

Shame on you.

[TedG]

3 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

First time I googled it stated 4.625, now it states ... "The average interest rate on the US national debt is currently around 3.28%" ... go figure.

 

Lets look at it this way, Ms Google again ... "The annual interest payment on the US national debt is currently projected to be over $1 trillion. This is based on estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for fiscal year 2025. This figure has doubled in the past five years" ...

 

Tax revenues received, net (4.5T) ... "During Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the IRS collected more than $5.1 trillion in gross taxes, processed more than 266.6 million tax returns and other forms, and issued nearly $490.6 billion in tax refunds" ... 

 

Interest about 20% of taxes received, only a net of 4.6T ... BUT wait, already spent that, and then some.   So to pay the interest, even that needs to be borrowed .. "The total federal spending for the U.S. in fiscal year 2024 was $6.75 trillion" ... 

 

And Trump just submitted a $3.3T budget, basically on credit, as enough taxes not received yet 

 

And what needs to be done, and this is just a guess, if no additional spending in 2025 ... "The legislation would raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, going beyond the $4 trillion outlined in the version passed by the House in May" ... 

 

They already know they can't afford to pay the bills and the interest. ...

 

..."Note: (06/23/2025) Some categorizations and numbers in the Ways and Means' section of the table below have been updated to more accurately reflect the bill's potential impact.

 

The House of Representatives’ Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 reconciliation bill – titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA) – would add $2.4 trillion to primary deficits over the coming decade, adding $3.0 trillion to the debt including interest. If its temporary provisions are extended without offsets, we estimate it would add $5.0 trillion to the debt including interest." ...

 

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/breaking-down-one-big-beautiful-bill

 

Wish I could run to the bank every year, and borrow more money, when I couldn't make the previous years payment on the money I spend.   That's happened every year since 1929, with every new F'g idiot.   And the people have what to say ... "OK, take my money, and we'll even vote for you again' ... but don't touch my pronouns.   Som nam na

 

Don't ask me why I stopped producing taxable income once I got enough.  Why we invest in TH, in the wife's name.

 

Of course JFK wanted to put and end to that, the Fed & Central banking ... how'd that work out for him 

 

Although I think the Fed had to stand in line, behind the CIA & war mongers.  Maybe a joint action 

 

 

I remember a time when the rates were low and people suggested that borrowing money at this rates was a no brainer.   Looks like it backfired.

 

 

[angryguy]

Bombing iran saves millions of lives so you see, it all evens out one way or another

[LosLobo]

1 hour ago, BLMFem said:

Has the Lancet published a report on how many people have dies as a result of Putin's attack and war on Ukraine?

Reminds me—Trump is cutting off foreign aid to Ukraine: weapons, and possibly sanctions — how many more millions need to die?

Two weeks after his own self-imposed two-week deadline for Putin to make peace expired without a whimper:

Weapons
He’s halted shipments of Patriot interceptors, 155 mm artillery rounds, GMLRS rockets, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles to Ukraine — for so-called “America First” reasons.

Sanctions
At the same time, the lack of new U.S. sanctions is helping Russia refill its war chest. Since January, not a single new restriction — and in some cases, even quiet rollbacks. This administration isn’t just dragging its feet — it’s actively weakening the pressure campaign. Analysts warn that dismantling these tools is giving Russia the space and time it needs to regroup and rearm.
 

Trump’s “America First”? — Let’s call it what it is: Russia First.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/trump-russia-sanctions.html
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/disgraceful-critics-blast-trump-for-latest-move-doing-putin-s-bidding/ar-AA1HNcgC

 

[HappyExpat57]

1 hour ago, digger70 said:

So Why the winging . the USA Doesn't have to support The rest of the world with Donations . 

Donations made from the USA Taxpaying public ,

American people First ,ASK the Taxpaying  public First if it's ok to waste their Tax money on other countries . 

No matter what the countries are using the money for The public Has the Right to know .

So can we apply this ridiculously short-sighted attitude to billionaires, Big Pharma, the Big Oil Companies, etc., who have been bilking the USA Taxpaying public?

[Magictoad]

The Lancet is an esteemed medical journal who also publish research on the value of vaccines including  the   mRNA; so is this latest anti Trump research to be trusted?

All the anti-vaxx conspiracy theory believers should think this one through.  If the Lancet is spreading misinformation about vaccines might it be doing the same about Trump and his policies?

Or is it more likely that Lancet is NOT spreading misinformation about either subject?

[Eric Loh]

16 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

The Lancet is an esteemed medical journal who also publish research on the value of vaccines including  the   mRNA; so is this latest anti Trump research to be trusted?

All the anti-vaxx conspiracy theory believers should think this one through.  If the Lancet is spreading misinformation about vaccines might it be doing the same about Trump and his policies?

Or is it more likely that Lancet is NOT spreading misinformation about either subject?

Is there any entity or person as prolific as Trump in spreading misinformation? 

[candide]

On this matter as on several others, a key issue is the sudden change of policy.

 

There is absolutely no way alternative solutions may be found and implemented quickly. For the people who were relying on it to survive, they may just die.

 

[RuamRudy]

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

As long as US citizens living on the streets, needing govt assistance to feed their kids and also dying because they can't afford healthcare, then screw the rest of the world. 

 

And your corrupt president and his pathetically weak hangers-on have just gutted medicaid. Screw them too? 

 

 

Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/07/01/how-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-will-impact-us-health-care.html

[mogandave]

2 hours ago, Purdey said:

There is a logic in diverting foreign aid to the poor within the country. States like Alabama and Kentucky have many poor people and no universal healthcare or education to pull themselves up. They won't get it either in this century.

What the BBB does is to give a hand to the top 1% through tax breaks, which is absolutely no help to the American poor.

It gives tax breaks to most everyone that pays taxes. And the middle class gets bigger cuts than the “rich”.

 

 

[KhunLA]

Just now, RuamRudy said:

 

And your corrupt president and his pathetically weak hangers-on have just gutted medicaid. Screw them too? 

 

 

Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/07/01/how-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-will-impact-us-health-care.html

So you've seen the final draft of the approved bill 

[mogandave]

Just now, RuamRudy said:

 

And your corrupt president and his pathetically weak hangers-on have just gutted medicaid. Screw them too? 

 

 

Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/07/01/how-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-will-impact-us-health-care.html

You mean it requires abled bodied people to work at least part time? 

 

Oh the humanity!

[mogandave]

8 minutes ago, candide said:

On this matter as on several others, a key issue is the sudden change of policy.

 

There is absolutely no way alternative solutions may be found and implemented quickly. For the people who were relying on it to survive, they may just die.

 

BS

[RJRS1301]

The cruelty of the current regime knows no bounds

cutting food medical & HIV prevention measures ensures their legacy as ghouls

I understand wanting others to share responsibilities, however cutting aid without allowing agencies to transition to less dependence for trading local people

The regime have also made all data from the USAid programmes unavailable to anyone ensuring any persons/ countries trying to fill the void have to begin from scratch

Nasty horrid narcissism 

[WDSmart]

If anyone doesn't believe that EVERYTHING Trump does is DESPICABLE, then you're just not paying attention. 😟