Ted Cruz Lists Examples Of 'Waste, Fraud And Abuse' At USAID
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- At Wednesday's Senate Commerce Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) listed examples of "waste, fraud, and abuse" at USAID while slamming a Democratic amendment.
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Find my wasted tax $$$$!!! Tired of this crap
We're owed some refunds on this crap. 😅
That's no bs!! Taxes need to be cut by 80%
Samantha Power was in charge is USAID for years. She is queen of the biggest grift in history.
The Welfare Office to the world (USAID) needs to PAY REPERATIONS the taxpayers they stole from!
It's less than 1% of the nations budget, maybe $50 from your taxes. If you think they are cutting all these programs to help average Americans you're delusional. Elon Musk and all the billionaires are gonna have a nice 4 trillion dollar tax cut on the expense of us. Do a little research maybe on what's really going on. They don't care about you lol
and just where do you anticipate they will find that capital??
@@Stormblessed440 Off shore bank accounts to start with....
I’m expecting a $1M tax return from USAID!
@@Stormblessed440democrat politicians should be required to pay it back out of their own pockets or go to prison
This is beyond ridiculous. Sad
Most of these wasteful spendings are outright treasonous.
Agree 100%
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Yes, and they are all for left-wing causes. It's INFURIATING. 🤬
Period
This is sickening
We just need to get it done
Why do dems fight this so hard, and the media
Because USAID sent crazy money somewhere, and the money got there, and then a tiny amount was sent back to various politicians. This is called "kickbacks". The kickbacks will eventually be linked to various elected officials. I'm confident that it will be some Democrats and some Republicans... but mostly it will be Democrats.
Because their ATM is no longer working
My reply was deleted by UA-cam, but I wasn't given a warning. That means that they didn't _LIKE_ what I said, yet it wasn't against the rules.
Shortest answer: _kick-backs._
Because the democrats committed insurrection and treason. The public is only now finding out how bad it really is.
And by democrats, I mean the current democrat organization which has alienated enough democrats that some publicly and secretly work with Republicans. Some even switched parties.
I think we all know why
Give American taxpayers our money back!!!!
What money? The US is funded via debt and it's not like you can extract the value of a peanut butter that a malnutritioned child ate in Libya 15 years ago.
Aid like that pays for itself in indirect ways like smoothing relationships and keeping tens of thousands of military personnel from deployment or creating the preconditions for trade deals
@@Ava-wu4qp That's not true at all and 15 million went to contraceptives there what do people from Libya and Siria do for Americans? Nothing. We provide military support yes they should be thankful and pay us for it not the opposite. You see how brain dead liberals and DEI pushers are?
This is awful it makes me feel sick knowing they use our taxes for their own benefit. But we have to pay taxes or lose everything we own
Carlin was right. We are slaves to the rich and government.
Go Cruz!
They just scratched the surface.
Thank you.
I hope all the illegal money moving under this spending comes to light so we know which politicians are in pockets...and which pockets.
Whoever is screaming the loudest is usually guilty!!! I could name several dems doing that right now!!
Now why would anyone be against getting rid of waste and so far what has been found is a disgrace and the taxpayers should get their money back this is terrible . Have democrats who don’t want to get rid of waste been getting kickbacks what ever reason would they not want to get rid of this crap
Were not getting our money back. Its all gonna go to Elon and all them billionaires for their tax cuts.
Grifters would be against this because they profit.
We voted for change and we getting it 24/7 365..
How rude that these so-called professionals are whispering like school girls while Senator Cruz is speaking.
I was scrolling down the comments to see if anyone else noticed the total disregard of common respect at a formal committee meeting. Unfortunately, this behavior is almost commonplace today. I could see that Mr Cruz was starting to get agitated at the constant movement and hovering from the rude woman behind him. These people should not be allowed to attend this meeting if they do not show respect to a person speaking at a microphone.
All this waste and fraud when we are $37 trillion in debt
20 mil for a dei play. millions upon millions upon millions for more dei and laundering. zero dollars for east palestine ohio and north carolina victims priceless
It was not 20 million for a DEI play and East Palestine has gotten over $600 million. North Carolina has received over $4 billion just for DOT work. The problem is that you believe this stuff hook line and sinker. Just as Trump told you the other day that the Spirit Index rose by 49 points. There is no Spirit Index!
10s of billions every year including directly to terrorists
Laundering money 💰
Hallelujah ! 🎉
A primary school lesson-- Auditors have existed for as long as civilization itself.
Wherever there has been organized society, there has been a need for record-keeping to ensure accountability.
The term "audit" originates from the Latin word audire, meaning "to hear"-a reference to early practices where financial records were reviewed through oral verification.
With the Industrial Revolution, auditing evolved into a formal financial accountability tool, adapting to the complexities of modern economies.
Economic decisions in any society rely on the best available information at the time, making accurate auditing essential. Over time, "audit" has come to encompass various functions, including control, inspection, verification, and revision.
Historically, auditing was primarily used for governmental accountancy, with meticulous record-keeping as its foundation.
The practice dates back to ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, where appointed clerks were responsible for reviewing public accounts.
The concept of transparency is not new-except of course, where there is a swamp of corruption!
THIS MUST STOP!
Ted Cruz ROCKS
How about we don’t pay another penny if our taxes are wasted like this
Now send the irs to investigate politicians incomes
Send musk, cause the irs is probably corrupt
Imagine what Elon and his team will find in other departments. No wonder Democrats are losing their minds.
Wait til they get to the Dept of Education...."Big money, big money"....LOL
$1 trillion in annual US military spending, think about how much waste and kickbacks there would be
Thank-you Ted for doing your job well! Much appreciated!!
Leave DOGE and President Trump to MAGA!
DOGE need to take all the money and give to Musk, GOP and Trump. MAGA!
Please let President Trump & Elon Musk alone . This 2 billionaires does not have any monetary gain.
But the dam left do. Clinton, Obama, biden, pelosi Sanders and the list goes on. they all got rich quick off the government taxes and corruption
Yeah they do. Not having to pay taxes on the cost of Americans lol
@@Anzner1993dude the tax we pay is being stolen anyway so why should they pay tax anyway
@RafiJaan-p1w yeah, being stolen by Elon Musk and people like him through their companies and corporations.
@@Anzner1993 They are using the loop holes like everyone else does. That needs to be fixed also, make it simple, no loop holes, 10% tax across the board
USA 🇺🇸 THANK YOU ELON WE LOVE YOU 💘
Way to go TED NO One SAYS IT BETTER THEN YOU DO,
DOGE has A LOT of WORK to do!
GO DOGE!
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Start recalling ALL those working against Trump. 🇺🇸🙏🏼💞
Why do you think they are fighting this so much? They are squealing because their piggy banks are being taken away
"Stop exposing our corruption!," - Democrats, paraphrased
Drain the swamp some more!
💪👍🌟🥳🎆🎇🥇🎖️ Thank you to all the people involved in being brave and strong to intelligently and swiftly defend the rightousness of America delivering leadership to its people. He worded this very well and upholds the integrity of his purpose in leadership. It is devastating that the really good people are not evident being corrupted by the majority who cause serious harm to their own people. We need President Trump everywhere!🌟
I have never seen so much Entertainment in my entire life. 😆
Crystal clear
The govt should refund its citizens
This is few days old... Wednesday
Drain the swamp. Americans are sick and tired of being taken advantage of. And the waste our government does.
I can definitely use some of the money living in a small camp trailer even though we both work because we can't afford to own a home in this nation
All of a sudden they realize there's waste.
Liar
They got caught red handed and cannot get out of this one!
@@jeepinfriend4958 Caught? Who?
Ridiculous
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The American 🇺🇸 people do not accept these expenses and the federal officials that enacted them should be held accountable to the tax payer, congress and the courts.
😂😂😂Yessssss🙌Merica
its the same in australia with the ndis
being a senator he should have already known this and put a stop to it
He's as crooked as the rest of them. Cruz and Rubio are more in line with Bush, Cheney, and Romney than with Trump/MAGA. Don't trust them!
That lady next to him looks very uncomfortable.
I think the majority of the people are going to freak out if somebody tries to stop Elon musk from investigating that's what we put in there for is to find all this the American people want answers
Did you notice the dem woman sitting beside Cruz couldn't even look at him?!! 😂😂
Because after Trump attacked his wife and Cruz did nothing, how could anyone look at him? 😂
What the heck my taxpayers
#1 Ted Cruz
My favorite is $15 million for condoms in Afghanistan 😂😂 like whaaat? Absolutely dumbfounded
You can't lay it all on the last administration, it's been going on for decades...
Sad to see what the world coming to. Mr. Trump have to clean up the mess Biden had left behind.
Bet it never got to those countries, just a cover and the others know it. Might explain why some have servers in their basement. Nothing to see here, now where's that hammer.
Ted Cruz's salary is an example of waste. Cap Congressional pay at the minimum wage!
You missed the point entirely lol
What the Fu*k is going on behind him?
Women, hard at work?
Oh how the Corrupt are now running so scared, Karma & Hopefully Justice Awaits
What are the chances of FNN or MSDNC actually showing this?
0% until he can actually back his findings with evidence. That’s how responsible news media works.
Meanwhile lots of homeless/poor people in the streets of America??? 😢
That’s my tax money I working very hard paying my tax. And I need help .
Interesting he would mention someone wasn't elected then follow it up with Elon is cool though lmao
Numbers aren't like votes. it dosent matter who is counting, it's still adds up the same.
Will anybody go to jail?
I am sad that I find it sad that the Constitution does not specify a capital penalty for actions like this.
Ted Cruz represents exactly those three things.
Dems trying to stop this is similar to trying to stop the tide from coming in 😂
Based grandpa
is he going to point to himself?
I don't get how all these reps and senators are so surprised about this ridiculous, wasteful spend. It was their responsibility to know where the money was going all along.
So far the money they are talking about is 3 to 4 million dollars. That's a typical house in California. The real waste is in the military. In a multi-trillion dollar budget. This is less than a penny.
I ALL MY TAX MONEY BACK!!
Who is at his left:} So funny how unconscious body language speaks loudly!
The Doge dog died last year so it can never see the amount of good it has inspired for the world.
They allowed Chinese Madame here??
I'd like to have all the money I paid it taxes back
Trump calls Ted Cruz lieing ted
🤣🤣🤣 Donny's golfing 🤣🤣🤣 #suckers
every member of this senateshould have no right to play the stock market , either get by in life on your salary and be happy or be a crook and be caught
TX SNOWSTORM WAS 14 FEB, '21. SOME OF LOST POWER FOR 30 HRS, MORNING AFTER WAS -2, A RECORD LOW; NEXT MORNING WAS 9 DEGREES. I NO, CAUSE I WAS IN TX AT THAT TIME.
Every agency has bad apples but also do much incredible lifesaving works.
Republicans only show the bad and decide to close complete agency?
Is that reasonable and justice?
And how much was spent on tampons for boys bathrooms ?
I want my tax dollars back!!!! We should not have to pay taxes until they can pay back every single dollar
Watch out he's going to get upset and go to Cancun he's a big waste of energy
I would vote for Elon
Okay fellow tax payers. Let's not get too caught up with political parties. Dems and Republicans have both been a part of all this waist. Both parties have voted on this crap. This is why we need Trump and Someone like Elon to call these people out. I think it would be hard for a Republican to take the high ground on this when they have been a part of it also.
GOP Ted Trump Elon ✌🏽 🇺🇸
Where you been buddy ?
Instead of asking why Elon is doing it they should be asking themselves why it took a non elected official to find all the problems. We should be asking that. Even if Elon is made to stop it should be a wake up call for us to demand better.
Ted’s salary should be on Elons list of waste 👍
Audit the irs
RATS... we are all laughing at you.
Teddy, a sleazy traitor.
Says the person who has consistently been in the bottom 5% of senate appearances every year he has been a Senator.
Don't do as I do, do as I say!
Funny how he talks about waste when he hasn't passed one piece of legislation ever. That's called hypocrisy.