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Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 44m

Saving 20 million lives from HIV is a staggering achievement. But it doesn’t yield the kind of economic leverage, trade benefits, or geopolitical influence that republican policymakers prioritize when allocating billions.

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 44m

Critics of humanitarian aid often invoke domestic needs (“we can’t afford it”) while overlooking how strategic aid or military spending dwarfs humanitarian budgets. The HIV/AIDS funding, for example, is less than 1% of the federal budget.

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 44m

Aid to fight HIV is framed as moral or humanitarian. In contrast, large-scale financial support to countries like Argentina are justified as economic stabilization and geopolitical strategy—less emotionally resonant but often seen as more “pragmatic.”

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 44m

The U.S. has historically invested heavily in HIV/AIDS relief through PEPFAR, which has saved millions of lives across sub-Saharan Africa. While exact annual figures vary, global HIV/AIDS funding from the U.S. was around $43 billion in FY 2022, with a significant portion going to Africa.

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 51m

He is in the group chat
JD Vance loves Hitler too

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 58m

If you call out the regime you get hauled away and beat up

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 59m

Expand the Congress while we are at it - we are woefully underrepresented.

Bill the Cat @billthecat71.bsky.social · 1h

The republicans are all in on loving Hitler - you can tell by how they don't care that this is happening. They would do something otherwise. Kind of like how they allow pedophiles to do as they want. Because that is who they are.