From the Tom Woods Letter:
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen various gatherings of Democrats, and they’ve concluded that they lost the election because of “racism” and “sexism,” and further that they should forge ahead with the DEI stuff as if nothing happened.
The more they do that, the better.
Along the same lines, they have decided to make a massive issue out of the President’s assault on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has nothing at all to do with the well-being of Americans.
Surely this only confirms to the American public where the priorities of these people are.
Of course, Democrats and the media are acting as if USAID exists because the U.S. government is just so darn nice, and it just wants to help people.
I could run down case after case with you about the idiotic spending at USAID, the lack of accountability, the whole thing, but the whole Internet is alight with stories like that right now if you’re curious. Let it suffice to say that putting the money in a furnace and burning it would be a better option.
When Senator Cory Booker tried to portray USAID as a wonderful and indispensable organization that nobody could ever want to challenge, Ronald Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, shot back:
And here’s what Ron Paul had to say:
Many Americans may still have the idea that USAID is a government agency delivering relief at disaster sites overseas. They may still remember the bags of rice or grain with the USAID logo on them. But that is not USAID.
USAID is a key component of the US government’s “regime change” operations worldwide. USAID spends billions of dollars every year propping up NGOs overseas that function as shadow governments, eating away at elected governments that the US interventionists want to overthrow. Behind most US foreign policy disasters overseas you will see the fingerprints of USAID. From Ukraine to Georgia and far beyond, USAID is meddling in the internal affairs of foreign countries – something that would infuriate Americans if it were happening to us.
So go ahead, Democrats: spend your time protesting in favor of an agency that is at best a sinecure for some and a gravy train for others, because that’ll look great.
But meanwhile, after a first two weeks filled with many actions I support, Donald Trump announced yesterday that the United States “will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,” proposing that the U.S. take a “long-term ownership position” over Gaza:
We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexplored bombs and other weapons on the site…. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.
Is this another Trump negotiating tactic? Is it flat-out craziness? It sure isn’t America First, but you didn’t need me to tell you that.
I posted this last night:
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