Andrew Prokop
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So in the first week of June, if the ground is green one year and brown the next, we assume there's been a crop failure. That is not sufficient to tell what's happening on the ground. So we send teams in. There's a vast network of people who work with AID that actually don't work for us. They work with us.
These are local people and they're economists, they're food experts, and they go in and find out what's going on the ground. That system, now they shut down. Well, basically it's like driving a car with no steering wheel. The fuse system is the steering wheel. So you have a car full of food, it can't get where it's going because there's no steering wheel. And I've raised this repeatedly.
These are local people and they're economists, they're food experts, and they go in and find out what's going on the ground. That system, now they shut down. Well, basically it's like driving a car with no steering wheel. The fuse system is the steering wheel. So you have a car full of food, it can't get where it's going because there's no steering wheel. And I've raised this repeatedly.
These are local people and they're economists, they're food experts, and they go in and find out what's going on the ground. That system, now they shut down. Well, basically it's like driving a car with no steering wheel. The fuse system is the steering wheel. So you have a car full of food, it can't get where it's going because there's no steering wheel. And I've raised this repeatedly.
Both parties support AID. But now with the president and the base, the base has changed. I'm from a working class family, so I'm not criticizing working people. My grandparents were poor mill workers, $9 a week. My grandfather was illiterate in Greek and in English. We did well. We did well over time. So these people are not into this. We've lost the upper middle class.
Both parties support AID. But now with the president and the base, the base has changed. I'm from a working class family, so I'm not criticizing working people. My grandparents were poor mill workers, $9 a week. My grandfather was illiterate in Greek and in English. We did well. We did well over time. So these people are not into this. We've lost the upper middle class.
Both parties support AID. But now with the president and the base, the base has changed. I'm from a working class family, so I'm not criticizing working people. My grandparents were poor mill workers, $9 a week. My grandfather was illiterate in Greek and in English. We did well. We did well over time. So these people are not into this. We've lost the upper middle class.
The business community is not Republican anymore. And so the base of the party is not really into what's going on in the world. So they thought they could do this with no political consequences. They're making bizarre stuff up. They had to think that $50 million has been spent on condoms in Gaza. Well, number one, no money has been sent on condoms in Gaza.
The business community is not Republican anymore. And so the base of the party is not really into what's going on in the world. So they thought they could do this with no political consequences. They're making bizarre stuff up. They had to think that $50 million has been spent on condoms in Gaza. Well, number one, no money has been sent on condoms in Gaza.
The business community is not Republican anymore. And so the base of the party is not really into what's going on in the world. So they thought they could do this with no political consequences. They're making bizarre stuff up. They had to think that $50 million has been spent on condoms in Gaza. Well, number one, no money has been sent on condoms in Gaza.
Two, the president said it was $100 million. Nick Kristof said, well, we did the calculation, $100 million would buy 3 billion condoms for 1 million Palestinian men, which is obviously utterly ridiculous. You worked hard.
Two, the president said it was $100 million. Nick Kristof said, well, we did the calculation, $100 million would buy 3 billion condoms for 1 million Palestinian men, which is obviously utterly ridiculous. You worked hard.
Two, the president said it was $100 million. Nick Kristof said, well, we did the calculation, $100 million would buy 3 billion condoms for 1 million Palestinian men, which is obviously utterly ridiculous. You worked hard.
It's low hanging fruit and the people who are going to be affected are in the developing world and they don't vote. They're poor people and they don't vote. And so it's easy to dismiss them. And they wanted to make an example of us. They wanted to make an example so they can go out now and go after other federal departments and agencies.
It's low hanging fruit and the people who are going to be affected are in the developing world and they don't vote. They're poor people and they don't vote. And so it's easy to dismiss them. And they wanted to make an example of us. They wanted to make an example so they can go out now and go after other federal departments and agencies.
It's low hanging fruit and the people who are going to be affected are in the developing world and they don't vote. They're poor people and they don't vote. And so it's easy to dismiss them. And they wanted to make an example of us. They wanted to make an example so they can go out now and go after other federal departments and agencies.
Instead of dealing with the entitlement program, they're going after the infrastructure of the federal government. I think we're over-regulated in terms of regulations, all agencies and departments. But there's a thoughtful way of doing that. A giant sledgehammer to smash the government, you do incremental changes.