DSL search isn’t accessible without login, and the site seems to disallow Google search as well. I patiently Ctrl+F’d through the very long Trump Shuts Down USAID thread, but didn’t find any good arguments why PEPFAR wasn’t good. If you know such arguments, maybe you can summarize?
the second of the two topics linked above (which boils down to “this program was ineffective given its stated goals, compared to other programs which would achieve the same goals more effectively and efficiently, and is therefore a waste of taxpayer money, which is bad”)
DSL search isn’t accessible without login, and the site seems to disallow Google search as well. I patiently Ctrl+F’d through the very long Trump Shuts Down USAID thread, but didn’t find any good arguments why PEPFAR wasn’t good. If you know such arguments, maybe you can summarize?
Ah, right you are—very sorry! Ok, let’s see then… relevant discussions include:
discussion topic for ACX post “Money Saved By Canceling Programs Does Not Immediately Flow To The Best Possible Alternative”
“US HIV Policy”
In particular, the following posts are relevant to the “was PEPFAR actually good in any sense or any way” question:
https://www.datasecretslox.com/index.php/topic,13085.msg628670.html#msg628670 (which boils down to “spending this money on foreigners instead of Americans is wrong, given the relative value thereof to me, an American”)
https://www.datasecretslox.com/index.php/topic,13085.msg628677.html#msg628677 (which boils down to “collecting tax money under the pretense of spending it on Americans, but then actually spending it on charity to other countries, is fraud and deception, and therefore wrong”)
the second of the two topics linked above (which boils down to “this program was ineffective given its stated goals, compared to other programs which would achieve the same goals more effectively and efficiently, and is therefore a waste of taxpayer money, which is bad”)