Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.
The reaction wasn’t quite what they expected.
NYT frames this as if USAID employees had a quasi-property right to high-paying, taxpayer-funded jobs.
In reality, this tells a darker story—we spent half-a-century debt-financing a managerial class of Leftists whose only qualifications were ideological.
— Senator Eric Schmitt
Others were even less charitable.
“$272k for a job at a non profit, paid for by the US taxpayer and she cannot find adequate employment elsewhere? What does that say about her?”
“It screams, ‘this woman was WAYYY overpaid for the skill set she had!’ Which is yet another perfect example for why USAID was shut down. I’m sorry, why are we supposed to feel bad for her? Average salary in the US is $63,000….
“I mean pick a lane, one minute the NYT is screaming about fighting privilege and then the next minute they are posting this, which is the very definition of privilege. This article is asinine.” Lifeabundantly
And
“So, she was wildly overpaid by my tax dollars, now she is competing in the real world with a limited skillset, and any of us care why?” ITGuy
And the obvious flaw the NYT didn’t want to talk about
“Pro Tip: If your NGO has to close its doors when the government stops funneling taxpayer dollars to you, then you were NOT a ‘Non-governmental organization.’” VoxDawg
And none of them are. They are simply colossal political slush funds created to benefit the Democratic party and its perpetual grift and power lust.
And the Republicans, or at least the progressives who call themselves Republicans, either don’t care or are in on the grift themselves.
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Don’t call me Shirley.
Track? No.
Just pipe… to the taxpayers.
Someone has to get railed…
It’s all a massive Ponzi scheme, run by people with no actual skills whatsoever.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/new-york-times-portrays-fired-usaid-staff-as/
From NYT;
Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.
The reaction wasn’t quite what they expected.
NYT frames this as if USAID employees had a quasi-property right to high-paying, taxpayer-funded jobs.
In reality, this tells a darker story—we spent half-a-century debt-financing a managerial class of Leftists whose only qualifications were ideological.
— Senator Eric Schmitt
Others were even less charitable.
“$272k for a job at a non profit, paid for by the US taxpayer and she cannot find adequate employment elsewhere? What does that say about her?”
“It screams, ‘this woman was WAYYY overpaid for the skill set she had!’ Which is yet another perfect example for why USAID was shut down. I’m sorry, why are we supposed to feel bad for her? Average salary in the US is $63,000….
“I mean pick a lane, one minute the NYT is screaming about fighting privilege and then the next minute they are posting this, which is the very definition of privilege. This article is asinine.” Lifeabundantly
And
“So, she was wildly overpaid by my tax dollars, now she is competing in the real world with a limited skillset, and any of us care why?” ITGuy
And the obvious flaw the NYT didn’t want to talk about
“Pro Tip: If your NGO has to close its doors when the government stops funneling taxpayer dollars to you, then you were NOT a ‘Non-governmental organization.’” VoxDawg
And none of them are. They are simply colossal political slush funds created to benefit the Democratic party and its perpetual grift and power lust.
And the Republicans, or at least the progressives who call themselves Republicans, either don’t care or are in on the grift themselves.
As George Carlin said,
It’s a big club- but you ain’t in it.
clear ether
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