Trump administration tells Congress that it is withdrawing the US from WHO

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[–]Tarrock 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

UN Next!

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    [–]72ndGender 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

    And stop the uneven funding of their efforts. America overpays everywhere. I'd like to see other countries contribute more, and America use the money for our own problems.

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      [–]72ndGender 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

      Completely agree, and that story doesn't surprise me one bit. Everyone looks at our tax system as free money. Would be hilarious if everyone decides to stop paying into it. Let the leeches fend for themselves for once.

      Just like that Iranian guy, I have family that live, generation after generation, by leeching off the government. They all live middle class lives and have TONS of possessions, since they can't keep a bank account balance or their money gets cut off.

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        [–]72ndGender 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        Wow, congrats on getting back on your feet! And sober if that's the case too. I'm sober myself. Many years on opiates and booze.

        But that's absolutely insane about the back pay thing. I've never heard about that before. I also know that the more you have worked, the higher the SS pay is. I got a statement recently that said I would get somewhere around 2k if I got disabled. Not bad if you have a spouse doing the same, you both work under the table, and you live outside the major shithole cities. Easy middle class life, even without working under the table, in the cheaper states.

        [–]NorfolkTerrier 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

        I'm sure the Democrats will put up the usual token resistance to this, but right now it seems like no one is happy with the WHO. They've contradicted themselves on asymptomatic transmission and airborne transmission, and at the beginning they said there was no human-to-human transmission at all. Yet social media companies have censored people for disagreeing with the "expert" advice of the WHO.

        We shouldn't be funding such an incompetent organization. I only wish we'd held on to the threat for a little longer to try to push for reforms. It's great to leave, but it would have been even better to see a real reform. There should be something like the WHO that helps (especially developing) countries deal with international health issues. Just not like it is now.

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          [–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

          they ask to see his tax returns

          we still don't know how 0bama paid for college, lol

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            [–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            I read that several times, still confused...it's probably me 👌

            [–]NorfolkTerrier 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            In theory, international bodies can help developing/poorer countries handle problems that they don't have the infrastructure/knowledge base to address on their own. The WHO historically contributed to efforts to eradicate smallpox, etc. Foreign aid is a pretty small chunk of the US budget, so if the money is actually being used well, it's not a problem and it can help people.

            Unfortunately many NGOs are incompetent and/or scams, and UN agencies are the same except with certain agendas instead of scamming.

            [–]fred_red_beans 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

            Doesn't matter, just political theater

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            [–]72ndGender 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            This should be its own post.

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              [–]Fuckyoucensorship 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              A pandemic the WHO help cause.

              If I do a shit job at work proportional to their fuck up my ass would've been fired and black listed. Hell forget about a reference too.

              Same principle.

              [–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              It's about goddamn time. WHO is controlled by China, and led by an Ethiopian (former?) Marxist terrorist sympathizer.