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It looks like USAID had 4B of the 40B budget actually reach endpoint users, which would make the overhead closer to 90% [1], not 97.5% like I originally estimated.

[1] https://chatgpt.com/share/67b7a0c4-bf48-8011-9997-41b350dd0b...


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wwtw02/20/2025

Reading this gpt answer: > In fiscal year 2022, nearly 90% of USAID's expenditures were allocated to international contracting partners

How are you figuring that none of that is reaching endpoint users? E.g. I imagine the International Red Cross could be such a partner.

wat1000002/20/2025

Seriously? Not even your own linked conversation supports this assertion, even though you tried to lead it there.