Luke Thomas

Hey, man, my tax dollars are going to this.

Are they going to a project that deserves to be funded?

Are they going to a project that works?

Much less like, oh, it's a good cause, but does it even work?

These are totally reasonable, rational questions.

But the people who should be undertaking those efforts are people who understand how the government works.

The people who can spotlight and say, this project is not working.

This one is overfunded.

This one we don't even use anymore, or whatever the case may be.

That's who should have done that.

And that's what was done under the Clinton administration, where they had a huge list of recommendations that Congress ultimately voted on rather than just we're just going to tear apart USAID and then just dare the courts to stop us.

A totally different process.

It's not about not downsizing.

It's about doing it thoughtfully.

Yeah, sure.

I mean, who would be against transparency and where your dollars go to?

Um, but I would also just caution, um, not against it, but what I would say is to what extent have you looked into it on your own to see?

I'll be honest.

Yeah.

I mean, I think it's, I think, especially as a business owner, which you have a thriving business here, kind of, you know, who's, who is your elected representative in Congress?