darkhorse12

Quote Originally Posted by djbrow:

There are a lot of myths of foreign aid. The first is that cutting foreign aid would lead to a balanced budget or more money for schools, etc. Foreign aid accounts for about 1.3% of the U.S. Budget (it was about 1% before the Russian/Ukraine war).https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/countries-that-receive-the-most-foreign-aid-from-the-u-s#:~:text=In%20reality%2C%20foreign%20assistance%20typically,globally%20from%202012%20through%202022.     Foreign aid is also a plus sum proposition because much of the aid is equipment and strategic, thus the aid perpetuates military and like agencies' employment. https://www.usglc.org/media/2017/04/USGLC-Foreign-Assistance-Economic-Prosperity.pdf U.S. aid also creates instability in the countries who are natural adversaries to the recipient. Take the USSR for example...during the Cold War era, President Reagan used the Haig Doctrine to create internal instability in the USSR the largest reason for the initial fall of the USSR. Since the Russian/Ukraine war and the US aid, the Russian inflation rate is 7.7%, the highest in the region with the exception of Turkey.https://www.statista.com/statistics/276323/monthly-inflation-rate-in-russia/ The Iranian inflation rate was at 44% before the recent crisis. https://www.focus-economics.com/country-indicator/iran/inflation/#:~:text=Consumer%20price%20inflation%20in%20Iran,2022%20average%20figure%20was%2041.9%25. We can expect that as the Government contributes to more and more defense, the rate will increase to over 50%, a key number as over half the population will not be able to afford basic services/necessities. Perhaps Obama and Biden's biggest failings (although Trump didn't do much either) has been the failure to appropriately target sanctions related to Iran. The key is always to keep the Government financially weak but the people strong enough to create the internal turmoil (see Syria, Egypt, Libya).

Quote Originally Posted by witswits:

@darkhorse12   Bought NFT's but did not get the sneakers. Have many bibles and actually collected some from 1600 and 1700's. Also collected some really great antique guns. Barrack Hussein Obama was correct about use with those guns and bibles. They are considering naming Dulles Airport International after Trump and some day I hope he is on Mount Rushmore.  I do think he will be one of the best Presidents this Nation ever had. I just hope we still have a Nation as wars are starting all over with the lead from behind administration we have currently.   Thanks for asking

Quote Originally Posted by UNIMAN:

Sorta like pig blood on Mitch McConnel's and Pelosi's home. Guess someone could post where the judge is eating tonight like they did Kavanaugh. Post their home addresses so some deranged idiot would be caught in the front yard with gun.   I missed your outrage then. Guess it's selective.

Quote Originally Posted by Rush51:

@KellyM_1964  And since you have a poor memory, 2020 is when George Floyd died, kickstarting the stuff I said above.

Quote Originally Posted by Rush51:

People are getting 2nd and 3rd jobs to keep up w " Bidenflation. "

Quote Originally Posted by UNIMAN:

Biden flew to Saginaw Michigan today for a "campaign event". He spent time on a counselman/schoolboard members porch. His itinerary was kept secret due to expected protesters.  Biden made no public comments at his "campaign event." What a waste of airline fuel and CO2 added to the atmosphere for what?  Pitifull.

Quote Originally Posted by sundance:

The very unelected Governor of New York begins beta testing Martial Law with the introduction of 1,000 New York National Guardsmen to the violent streets and subways of NYC! This is a beta test for the last few months of 2024! btw  A very nice mctrap sighting! mctrap needs to be unbanned and brought back to the liberal and hallowed pages of Covers!

Quote Originally Posted by Rush51:

@Midnight1  How come you can't  listen to what I earlier said ?  I don't trust your party and the effort it undertakes to prevent Trump from occupying the presidency again....  Your party isn't that much different than Putin's Soviet empire ; he imprisons his political opponents,  too.... the same thing DEMS are trying to do to Trump.  Wake up " darkness

Quote Originally Posted by UNIMAN:

Tony Bobulinski to testify in Biden impeachment inquiry. He is expected to say;   "Joe Biden was more than a participant in and beneficiary of his family’s business; he was an enabler, despite being buffered by a complex scheme to maintain plausible deniability," Bobulinski will say. "The only reason any of these international business transactions took place—with tens of millions of dollars flowing directly to the Biden family—was because Joe Biden was in high office." Bobulinski will add: "The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period." Bobulinski is also expected to raise "possible violations by Joe Biden of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the Foreign Corrupt practices Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)."