It is disgusting to read the boast of the world’s richest man that “we spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper”. That this raises constitutional and legal issues for the US republic is quite clear. Indeed, it is evident that those now in charge would be quite happy to dispose of such tiresome constraints altogether. But there are also moral issues. Should the US effort to succour the world’s poorest have been fed into a “woodchipper” at all? The answer is “no”.
世界首富夸口说，“我们用周末把美国国际开发署(USAID)喂进了碎木机”，这听起来令人作呕。显然，这给共和制的美国带来了宪法和法律问题。事实上，很明显，那些现在掌权的人会非常乐意完全消除这些烦人的限制。但还有道德问题。美国救助世界上最贫穷国家的努力是否也应该被喂进“碎木机”？答案是否定的。
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