Many people
are shocked that the USA was going to send $50,000,000
worth of condoms to Gaza. But you will only be shocked if you have not
realized that war and foreign aid are simply rackets. Here is how it works: the
official books say $50,000,000 worth of condoms are to be provided, that money
actually goes to a particular company who has donated to the reigning political
party of the day, or lobbied for kickbacks in some other way. The company takes
a big chunk of that money and pockets it as "production costs", CEO's
get bonuses, politicians secure high paying board jobs after their time in office, and maybe
some condoms get to Gaza. It's a racket. The same thing happens with weapons
and all sorts of stuff.
I'll let
Smedley Butler explain:
"But
here's how some of the other patriotic industrialists and speculators chiseled
their way into war profits.
Take
the shoe people. They like war. It brings business with abnormal profits. They
made huge profits on sales abroad to our allies. Perhaps, like the munitions
manufacturers and armament makers, they also sold to the enemy. For a dollar is
a dollar whether it comes from Germany or from France. But they did well by
Uncle Sam too. For instance, they sold Uncle Sam 35,000,000 pairs of hobnailed
service shoes. There were 4,000,000 soldiers. Eight pairs, and more, to a
soldier. My regiment during the war had only one pair to a soldier. Some of
these shoes probably are still in existence. They were good shoes. But when the
war was over Uncle Sam has a matter of 25,000,000 pairs left over. Bought --
and paid for. Profits recorded and pocketed.
There
was still lots of leather left. So the leather people sold your Uncle Sam
hundreds of thousands of McClellan saddles for the cavalry. But there wasn't
any American cavalry overseas! Somebody had to get rid of this leather,
however. Somebody had to make a profit in it -- so we had a lot of McClellan
saddles. And we probably have those yet.
Also
somebody had a lot of mosquito netting. They sold your Uncle Sam 20,000,000
mosquito nets for the use of the soldiers overseas. I suppose the boys were
expected to put it over them as they tried to sleep in muddy trenches -- one
hand scratching cooties on their backs and the other making passes at scurrying
rats. Well, not one of these mosquito nets ever got to France!
Anyhow,
these thoughtful manufacturers wanted to make sure that no soldier would be
without his mosquito net, so 40,000,000 additional yards of mosquito netting
were sold to Uncle Sam.
There
were pretty good profits in mosquito netting in those days, even if there were
no mosquitoes in France. I suppose, if the war had lasted just a little longer,
the enterprising mosquito netting manufacturers would have sold your Uncle Sam
a couple of consignments of mosquitoes to plant in France so that more mosquito
netting would be in order."[1]
This is from War is a
Racket, by Smedley Butler.
Foreign aid
is the exact same racket, only it can be run during peace time, and those who
oppose it are just called uncompassionate and unmerciful. It's a con job that
is more lucrative than many others. And worst of all it is done under a shroud of charity.
Now I should
note that there have been reports that question whether
or not that $50 million dollars was just for condoms, or was rather for broader
contraceptive aid, or even just a broader health package. But quibbling over
exactly what every dollar is earmarked for misses the point. The point is
American money is being run through government taxation and borrowing, then through private
companies, and lots of people are making profits off money that never should
have been taken (or created) and spent in the first place. Not one green American cent should go to
buying condoms for anyone overseas, or any other foreign aid. Not one
Australian dollar should either. As Matt Walsh recently said:
And yes, he did note that there should be no exceptions. Not even for America's greatest ally. This is a racket that has gone on long enough. It is time for the racket to end.
List of References
[1]
War is a Racket, Smedley Butler, https://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR10Ta-1R2CsgPJjZhZMCVk5211V00Zr2iJbMtA2iVbsR8iv2dPaNtsWqYo_aem_J0UxSqtTD1b2vIyR9cnbfg#c1
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