While Democrats scream, dance and sing in protest to D.O.G.E. and its head Elon Musk, new facts of waste of U.S. taxpayers' dollars come to light. Tim Burchett, a republican congressman of Tennessee says that Afghanistan is still receiving $40 million in cash weakly from the U.S. government, as part of the United Nations humanitarian aid. Mr. Burchett claims that ultimately, the money must benefit the Taliban, despite restrictions on direct foreign aid to that organization. After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Biden Administration continued to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, claiming that it was necessary to support Afghan civilians. However, oversight agencies and lawmakers always claimed that the humanitarian aid was misused under the Taliban rule. When Mr. Burchett introduced NO TAX DOLLARS FOR TERRORISTS ACT in December, 2023, the bill was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but it stalled in the Senate, controlled then by the Democrats. On January 10, 2025, Mr. Burchett has reintroduced the bill again. Let's hope that this time it will pass both chambers of the U.S. Congress. In the meantime, the D.O.G.E. continues on its path of getting rid of waste and fraud from the U.S. government and its agencies.
Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250or by e-mail at: janusz@janusz andrzejewski.com
