USAID Waste Compared to NYC Teachers, NYFD and NYPD Pay

[00:00:00] Entertainment. Insights. Don't take life too seriously. Welcome to Brainsky Unleashed. Hello everyone and welcome to a special edition of Brainsky Unleashed. I do not have any guests today. As a matter of fact, today I'm just going to speak from frustration. I'm going to speak from the fact that I have engaged in the idiotic use of social media,

[00:00:28] meaning that I posted something on social media that was political. And as anyone would imagine, when you think about politics, you think about putting things on there and then maybe people will change their minds. Maybe they'll wake up to something. Obviously, that is never the case. What was I thinking? I have no idea. But I did. I did put something on there. And it's all about what's in the news right now, which is the world is blowing up over Elon Musk.

[00:00:58] Why is the world blowing up over Elon Musk? And when I say the world, I actually mainly mean the political left. So they're going after Elon Musk because Elon Musk did the horrible, horrible crime of finding waste in government. So a lot of people are freaking out. Who is he? He's not vetted. He's not vetted. Well, actually, I don't know this for sure,

[00:01:23] but I did kind of catch something. According to Senator Kennedy on the Senate floor, Elon Musk has top secret clearance. Now, if I'm wrong there, please put it in the comments. I'm perfectly open to being wrong. It's fine. But if he does, in fact, have top secret clearance, which is possible given the fact that he does have government contracts, he's more vetted than probably most of the bureaucrats that have been working at, say, USAID or USAID.

[00:01:51] So if that's the case, then what's the real big deal here? He's obviously more successful. He knows how to run a team who can get things done. Let's talk about Elon for a moment, right? Because also our hero, AOC, she's just she's so amazing. She's just so, so impressive. She she was a bartender who got elected to Congress. And as we know, everyone in Congress is so smart. They're the greatest, smartest.

[00:02:21] I can't. They're not actually people who get elected. Some of them may be wildly intelligent and others may not. And you see that on both the left and the right. It's not like just because you get elected to Congress, that doesn't automatically mean that you're a genius, that you're wildly intelligent, that you are the best of the best. As a matter of fact, what that means is you can get people to elect you.

[00:02:50] You can get votes. You can motivate people to go to a ballot and just choose you. Not an easy task. I've never done it. So I'm not passing judgment in that sense. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're brilliant. They're good salespeople. Some of the best salespeople I've ever met, I wouldn't want them doing brain surgery. I wouldn't want them operating on my body. I wouldn't want them driving my car.

[00:03:20] That means that they could sell. They probably sold me my car. They probably sold me a watch. They probably sold me a computer that I got excited about, which, by the way, I still love my Mac. Go Mac. Love it. Anyway, so you have AOC who is criticizing Elon Musk for being stupid. In what world does that ever happen? So you have the person who was elected to Congress. Good for her. Criticizing the guy who was appointed by the president.

[00:03:50] Appointed by the president. The president has the authority to do this. Last time I checked. Who may also have top secret clearance, by the way. So let's just worry about that argument if it is accurate. But appointed by the president to go through the budget, to go through the government, to go through the agencies and find waste. That is what the DOGE is, the Department of Government Efficiency. That was part of what he was elected to do. So this should be no surprise to anyone. All right.

[00:04:19] So let's talk about Musk for a second, right? So here's a guy who had his own car company. Starts his own car company, or I guess he bought a Tesla. So he built up Tesla from what it was going to be, which basically is going to be a nothing burger. And put his blood, sweat, and tears and intelligence into it. Put the team together, ran the team, and mainstreamed electric vehicles.

[00:04:44] Now, the girl who came up with the Green New Deal, which was a complete boondoggle, probably at the time loved the idea of Tesla because it's an electric car. It's green, right? That's debatable on its own merits. How much... How green is it when you have to mine for those batteries?

[00:05:11] How green is it when you have to have coal-fired plants and all of that to put the energy into the electric lines to get to the cars themselves? Again, that's a debate for another time. But the left used to champion electric vehicles. And they fell out of love with Musk because he's not a union shop yet. He still makes probably the most efficient electric vehicles out there. Certainly mainstreamed them. So, all right.

[00:05:39] Not the worst thing in the world, I would assume, right? Anyone on the left, feel free to argue in the comments. Okay, so you have that. And then he also does SpaceX. Now, SpaceX... SpaceX, he was able to do with SpaceX what NASA never could do, which was make space affordable. And he did it not using all government money and all tax dollar money. Now, yes, he has plenty of government subsidies.

[00:06:07] But he's also made rockets... You know, the use of rockets reusable, which cuts the cost down significantly. So he has at least made it efficient. So you have to give him that whether you like it or not. He's also returned Americans to space. He's actually going to pick up Americans from space who've been stuck in space because Boeing, the other massive contractor, huffed up and stranded astronauts in space for over a year now. I don't even know.

[00:06:36] But Musk is going to go to the rescue there with SpaceX. Again, SpaceX being a company that Musk started. And not only did he start SpaceX and Tesla, but he is the only man in the history of the universe, not the history of the world, the history of the universe, to create a car or I guess build up a car company and then build up his own rocket company

[00:07:02] and then load his car on top of his rocket and shoot it to Mars. No, no one else has ever done that before. And to date, no one else has ever done that since. So when we talk about intelligence, one would think Elon Musk might have some intelligence going on there. Then you have that Neuralink that he's also got going on. Now, Neuralink I don't know a ton about,

[00:07:30] but my understanding is that they can implant that technology in the brain of somebody who may be like paraplegic and that brain can help function and get their body to function or get things to happen utilizing just their mind. Again, please put the comments if you have them, because I don't know enough about Neuralink. I haven't paid that much attention to that project. And then you, of course, have the Boring Company.

[00:07:59] So for years, you've had people talking about high-speed rail and all this other stuff. And so you've got all these discussions about transit and how do we make transit more efficient and more effective. And in Los Angeles, not Los Angeles, my apologies, Las Vegas, he went ahead and took the Boring Company and board an entire transit system under Las Vegas that runs autonomously using Tesla vehicles. Hmm.

[00:08:29] Not bad. Not bad. Who else has done anything like that? No one. So again, the ridiculous, insane, asinine argument from AOC, the hero of the left, calling Elon Musk dumb is ridiculous on its face. So I thought about what's going on,

[00:08:56] and I did research a lot of the programs. I got a list of the programs that Doge found that USAID was blowing money on. And I thought about it. I was like, hmm, who really on the left probably is up in arms? Well, we talk about teachers, firefighters, and police.

[00:09:24] That's like the big, you know, the left likes to be the champion of the teachers, the firefighters, the police. Teachers, you know, we've got to fight for the little guy, the teachers, the firefighters, the police, right? And so I thought, let me look at some of these programs and what USAID has spent on the programs. And how would it compare to, say, the average salaries of a teacher, a firefighter, police officer? And then I thought, you know, New York.

[00:09:53] New York is like the heart of the left. New York is not a place that you would see many Republicans elected. It's not far from where I live. It is clearly a deep blue state, a deep blue city, although it does seem to be trending redder. But at least for now, let's just take a look at some of these and how that would look. All right. So what I did is I took the average salaries that, and I used the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

[00:10:24] ZipRecruiter, you know, found these averages. And so this is where I'm getting my data from. And I think it was talent.com. And, of course, God bless ChatGPT. But if you do actually look into it and see what it's giving you and you make sure it's right, then you're pretty good. So these are averages, okay? Because there's a wide window when you look at the New York City teachers, you know, the low end to high end. And so I just kind of went with the averages here.

[00:10:53] Same thing with the New York firefighters and police officers. And I also did a New York restaurant owner, what their take home would be, just for comparison. See, nobody talks about them. But that is your average small business, right? That's your mom and pop. You know, they're the ones that have to sit at home. And I know what that is like. I even had to do it recently with my wife sitting there at the kitchen table and worrying about money because that is a normal thing.

[00:11:22] And it's always, you know, that's a leftist talking point, the teachers, the firefighters, the police. But what about the average mom and pop restaurant owner, your small business owner? They suffer just like everybody else. They're not evil, crazy, rich millionaires or billionaires, those evil billionaires, right? So let's look at some of these baseball programs. We have the DEI in Serbia's workplaces. That program was $1.5 million.

[00:11:49] So if you are an average New York City teacher, you earn $87,000. And that would actually take you 17 years of your time and labor to pay that program. So what I would love to know is if you're a New York City teacher and you're watching this, would you donate your 17 years of labor to that project? Is that important enough for you?

[00:12:17] Now, I understand, conversely, the access that the guy who probably has top secret clearance, that's scary. But yet it doesn't bother you or does it bother you that we literally throw away? Or, sorry, help promote U.S. interest by paying $1.5 million to Serbia for DEI in the workplaces. Now we have the DEI musical in Ireland.

[00:12:44] So again, if you're a teacher, that would be just under a year of your labor at $70,000. Electric vehicles in Vietnam. We all want electric vehicles. Who doesn't want electric vehicles in Vietnam? I mean, my God, we're clamoring for that. We've got to have that. $2.5 million, by the way. So that would be, a teacher would be working 28 and three quarters years to help support by putting all of their labor

[00:13:13] to get those electric vehicles in Vietnam. So let's look at some other programs. And so if you were a New York City firefighter, your average salary is $65,000. Now, again, that's based on a window, and we just kind of went with where that falls. So that could go either way on that one. Some are part-time. But $65,000, we know that there is a transgender opera in Columbia

[00:13:42] that was benefiting with $47,000. So that would mean that three quarters of a New York City firefighter's year would be spent all of their labor, all of their time, their heart or energy to help get that transgender opera going in Columbia. Now, let's see. New York City police. Everybody loves NYPD. I mean, you go to New York. These guys are all over the place. They are making sure that your ass is protected from literal zombies at night.

[00:14:11] God bless the NYPD. I love those guys. You know, last time I was in New York, I was just, I felt good knowing that those guys were on the street. God bless NYPD. Thank you for what you do. If you are watching, God bless you. Thank you. Now, if you're NYPD, there is a high probability, because you're making 96 a year as an average. So there's a high probability you would want to support sex changes in Guatemala

[00:14:39] because $2 million for sex changes in Guatemala is really noble. So your 20-year career should absolutely go towards that. Now, mind you, at no point during that time, could you take a dollar home? So you would be donating all of your time for 20 years to make sure that those sex changes in Guatemala could take place. Now, let's also make sure that the NYPD can help. They can help funding tourism in Egypt

[00:15:09] because you need the United States to help funding tourism in Egypt. And don't get me wrong. I have nothing against Egypt or the Egyptians. I have to say I've been to Egypt. I had a lovely stay there in the Heliopolis area. This is before things went crazy with the Arab Spring. But I like Egypt. Great food. Lovely, incredibly nice people. Very helpful. Lots to do there.

[00:15:36] But as an NYPD officer or New York City teacher, so let's look at both of those on that one. So if you're a teacher in New York, it would take you 68 years of labor. So you're working a really long time teachers to help fund tourism in Egypt at your salary at $6 million. No waste there, clearly. Totally noble.

[00:16:01] And 62 years, respectively, for you, the New York City police officer. One of my personal favorites, because this is so needed. When you look at programs that just, there is no waste. We have cut to the bone. You cannot possibly, you cannot possibly cut this program back. It's too important. Condoms in Gaza. Yes, condoms in Gaza.

[00:16:29] So if you are a New York City firefighter, you are going to spend 769 years of your labor. God bless you for that. Oh, good job. Teachers, that's 574 years of your labor. God bless you for that. You're not going to make it. I am so sorry you're not going to make it. You will not live to see this one through. And 520 years, respectively, for you, police officers in New York,

[00:16:53] for the $50 million to give to Gaza in the form of condoms. I don't think it's working. I don't think they're focused necessarily on that. There may not be that severe need for condoms in Gaza. Currently, it is a complete shithole. And that is a whole other topic that we can go into another day as to what Donald Trump wants to do with that one. Boy, is that one controversial. I can see some upsides to that one. I actually can.

[00:17:22] I also have a lot of skepticism as to how that one would work out. But again, we'll get into that one at a later date. Now, finally, I think it's highly noble that we have a program where we are funding $16 million towards contractors in gender development offices. I mean, we're clamoring for that. This is not waste.

[00:17:49] As a matter of fact, we should be more focused on Elon Musk right now. How dare he find these? How dare he bring these to light? It's wrong. He is evil. He is stupid. Or we could keep on funding contractors in gender development offices at the tune of $16 million. So again, teachers, that is 183 years of your labor.

[00:18:12] So if you have multiple generations in your family and all they do is work on behalf of institutional contractors in gender development offices, thank you for that. And you police and firefighters. I mean, guys and ladies. 246 years for the firefighters. 166 years for you police officers.

[00:18:36] So again, multiple generational projects for condoms in Gaza and gender development offices, their contractors. So congratulations, everybody. We've done a really good job funding bullshit. And unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on what side of the aisle you're on, it's being discovered. And just from perspective, from the small business owner standpoint, they average $75,000, a take home of $75,000 a year in New York.

[00:19:08] That's a small business owner. Rich. They're evil. They're rich. They're billionaires and millionaires. They're business owners. Oh, I'll get them. Well, actually, $75,000 happens to not be as much as teachers or police officers. And it's just a little bit over the firefighters there. So let's not act like these guys are evil and need to be taxed even further. So they would spend 20 years working for Serbia's DEI workplaces.

[00:19:32] They would spend 666, terrible number, by the way, years in multiple generations of their families working constantly full time to provide the $50 million towards condoms in Gaza and 26 years for those sex changes in Guatemala. Because clearly, we've got to cut them dicks off. We've got to make them dicks into vages in Guatemala because that's where it's at. That's how we change the world.

[00:20:02] Or is it? So in conclusion, I would say that it is at least quite fair to say that Elon Musk is probably not so much the enemy in this as much as it is bureaucracy, government waste, and a complete and total lack of oversight. Now, again, what I would love to have happen is in the comments section, please tell me how you feel about these.

[00:20:27] I would love for people who support these to put something in there and tell me why it's so important that we spend those things, that amount of money on those things. Now, at home, let's not forget we have our own problems. The FAA air traffic control system is extremely dated. That's one I can think of. Infrastructure. We love infrastructure, right? The left loves talking infrastructure. There's currently a bridge in Baltimore that's been down for over a year. They just came up with the new plans.

[00:20:53] It's been a year, and they just released plans to discuss how we feel about the plans for building the bridge back. So we've spent millions of dollars. As a matter of fact, there's way, way more that we've wasted on complete hit across the globe. But we cannot get a bridge back up in Baltimore. We have air traffic control system that's failing. Yeah, so clearly we have bridges and roads that are down.

[00:21:22] Of course, the recent references there are more to accidents than crumbling, but that's another story for another time. So are there things that we could be doing here in America? Sure. How's our education system? So right now, right now, the left is going crazy, by the way, over the Department of Education, who has been failing our children for decades. So why on earth would we want to see if there's waste there to cut? Heaven forbid you actually look at the problem. This, by the way, is what Trump ran on.

[00:21:51] You could have seen it coming if you paid attention, but maybe you were too busy yelling racism and Nazis and Hitler. So on that note, please put it in the comments section. What are your thoughts? If you like this program, hit the like, hit subscribe, leave five star ratings because five star ratings are where it's at. And we'll see you next time.