George Soros received hundreds of millions of dollars from USAID

[marke]

DOGE has uncovered corrupt USAID funding going to terrorist-supporting leftists like George Soros who received hundreds of millions of dollars from USAID to just one of his many NGO recipients of taxpayer funds.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-gr ... ta/3474978

US Granted $270M to Soros-backed institute over 15 years: Data
Data reveals controversial funding amid Trump’s freeze on USAID budget
Yasin Gungor |
07.02.2025 - Update : 07.02.2025
US granted $270M to Soros-backed institute over 15 years: Data

ISTANBUL

The US has granted over $270 million to the East-West Management Institute, an organization partnered with George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, in the last 15 years, according to data from USASpending.gov.

Another $90 million was obligated to the institution over several contracts, according to the data.

The revelation comes amid growing scrutiny of US aid to contentious institutions and President Donald Trump’s recent freeze on USAID’s budget.

[Athetotheist]

[Replying to marke in post #10]

Democrats have a long history of buying votes

You have a source on this?

so I am not repulsed by republican paybacks.

Even if it did turn out to be true, in which book, chapter and verse does Jesus declare, "Turnabout is fair play"?

[marke]

[Replying to marke in post #10]

Democrats have a long history of buying votes

You have a source on this?

so I am not repulsed by republican paybacks.

Even if it did turn out to be true, in which book, chapter and verse does Jesus declare, "Turnabout is fair play"?

Marke: Very few criminal cases have ever been brought against election fraud while it is commonyly recognized by the informed that fraud has been a problem in US elections for more than a century. Here is one source among rare discussions about the history of vote buying in the US.

https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/1 ... GSUKsAwhgI

Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Vote Buying

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1334
Published online: 28 September 2020
Summary
Political competition between parties to win electoral support is a distinguishing feature of democratic forms of government. Parties seek to attract electoral support with programmatic promises (public goods, services) for the benefit of all citizens as well as targeted redistribution in several countries, broadly termed as “clientelistic linkages.” Cash, gifts and nonmaterial goods such as jobs, exclusive access to public services are forms of clientelistic goods discussed in the literature. Studies on clientelism have spiked since the last quarter of the 20th century in several disciplines including political science and economics. The studies have clarified the definitions and distinguished between the various forms of clientelism while shedding light on how parties decide to adopt the clientelistic approach, the form of benefits offered, whether groups or individuals are targeted for clientelistic benefits, the mechanisms that solve the political commitment problem inherent in clientelistic relationships, and the correlates and consequences of clientelism. The section on theory outlines a spatial model that predicts when political parties will target swing or core supporters for redistributive benefits. The advances in empirical methods for studying clientelism and vote buying, including experimental methods have provided evidence that politicians target swing or core supporters and at times adopt mixed strategies favoring both groups. The burgeoning empirical literature has clarified the effectiveness of vote-buying as well as anti-vote buying campaigns. A direct relationship between poverty and vote buying is now contested and it is evident that further research, particularly those tying up theory with empirical findings is required to understand clientelism and vote buying.

[Athetotheist]

[Replying to marke in post #10]

Democrats have a long history of buying votes

You have a source on this?

so I am not repulsed by republican paybacks.

Even if it did turn out to be true, in which book, chapter and verse does Jesus declare, "Turnabout is fair play"?

Marke: Very few criminal cases have ever been brought against election fraud while it is commonyly recognized by the informed that fraud has been a problem in US elections for more than a century. Here is one source among rare discussions about the history of vote buying in the US.

https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/1 ... GSUKsAwhgI

Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Vote Buying

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1334
Published online: 28 September 2020
Summary
Political competition between parties to win electoral support is a distinguishing feature of democratic forms of government. Parties seek to attract electoral support with programmatic promises (public goods, services) for the benefit of all citizens as well as targeted redistribution in several countries, broadly termed as “clientelistic linkages.” Cash, gifts and nonmaterial goods such as jobs, exclusive access to public services are forms of clientelistic goods discussed in the literature. Studies on clientelism have spiked since the last quarter of the 20th century in several disciplines including political science and economics. The studies have clarified the definitions and distinguished between the various forms of clientelism while shedding light on how parties decide to adopt the clientelistic approach, the form of benefits offered, whether groups or individuals are targeted for clientelistic benefits, the mechanisms that solve the political commitment problem inherent in clientelistic relationships, and the correlates and consequences of clientelism. The section on theory outlines a spatial model that predicts when political parties will target swing or core supporters for redistributive benefits. The advances in empirical methods for studying clientelism and vote buying, including experimental methods have provided evidence that politicians target swing or core supporters and at times adopt mixed strategies favoring both groups. The burgeoning empirical literature has clarified the effectiveness of vote-buying as well as anti-vote buying campaigns. A direct relationship between poverty and vote buying is now contested and it is evident that further research, particularly those tying up theory with empirical findings is required to understand clientelism and vote buying.

So you're going with "Everybody does it" in lieu of Jesus saying, "Turnabout is fair play"?