Mike Benz

Yeah, or if you don't even know how the atriums, how the organ works, it's directionally correct to do the open heart surgery, but the patient can die on the table if you do it wrong. And... All of that has to be... This is just the beginning of the fight to reform this, in my view. But we are now in the arena, and a blow has been struck. This is, in my view, this week is really the first time...

Yeah, or if you don't even know how the atriums, how the organ works, it's directionally correct to do the open heart surgery, but the patient can die on the table if you do it wrong. And... All of that has to be... This is just the beginning of the fight to reform this, in my view. But we are now in the arena, and a blow has been struck. This is, in my view, this week is really the first time...

Yeah, or if you don't even know how the atriums, how the organ works, it's directionally correct to do the open heart surgery, but the patient can die on the table if you do it wrong. And... All of that has to be... This is just the beginning of the fight to reform this, in my view. But we are now in the arena, and a blow has been struck. This is, in my view, this week is really the first time...

maybe in American history with few exceptions, maybe in the 60s and 70s, that the blob, the foreign policy establishment that impacts so much of domestic affairs and sometimes controls it, has had to answer to the people that fund it. This is a shot across the bow.

maybe in American history with few exceptions, maybe in the 60s and 70s, that the blob, the foreign policy establishment that impacts so much of domestic affairs and sometimes controls it, has had to answer to the people that fund it. This is a shot across the bow.

maybe in American history with few exceptions, maybe in the 60s and 70s, that the blob, the foreign policy establishment that impacts so much of domestic affairs and sometimes controls it, has had to answer to the people that fund it. This is a shot across the bow.

There have been so many tactics that they've been able to deploy to shift the course of domestic politics in order to ensure that their global vision stays the course. And there's been a blitzkrieg. I don't think they saw this coming.

There have been so many tactics that they've been able to deploy to shift the course of domestic politics in order to ensure that their global vision stays the course. And there's been a blitzkrieg. I don't think they saw this coming.

There have been so many tactics that they've been able to deploy to shift the course of domestic politics in order to ensure that their global vision stays the course. And there's been a blitzkrieg. I don't think they saw this coming.

Milton Friedman gives this example about the pencil. Have you ever seen this video? No. He talks about it in the context of libertarian economic theory. He says, look at this pencil. And he holds up a pencil, and it's got a lead tip and graphite and gum. And he goes, no, no single person in the world can make this pencil. The gum comes from trees in Malaysia.

Milton Friedman gives this example about the pencil. Have you ever seen this video? No. He talks about it in the context of libertarian economic theory. He says, look at this pencil. And he holds up a pencil, and it's got a lead tip and graphite and gum. And he goes, no, no single person in the world can make this pencil. The gum comes from trees in Malaysia.

Milton Friedman gives this example about the pencil. Have you ever seen this video? No. He talks about it in the context of libertarian economic theory. He says, look at this pencil. And he holds up a pencil, and it's got a lead tip and graphite and gum. And he goes, no, no single person in the world can make this pencil. The gum comes from trees in Malaysia.

And the lead comes from some mine in Africa and the graphite comes from graphite miners in South America. And it's the magic of the market that all makes it possible. Everyone doing it for their own self-interest economic gain, but it creates this magical web of cooperation where everyone profits and that's how we get cheap pencils in the US. And

And the lead comes from some mine in Africa and the graphite comes from graphite miners in South America. And it's the magic of the market that all makes it possible. Everyone doing it for their own self-interest economic gain, but it creates this magical web of cooperation where everyone profits and that's how we get cheap pencils in the US. And

And the lead comes from some mine in Africa and the graphite comes from graphite miners in South America. And it's the magic of the market that all makes it possible. Everyone doing it for their own self-interest economic gain, but it creates this magical web of cooperation where everyone profits and that's how we get cheap pencils in the US. And

I think what we're about to walk in on is the flip side of that, which is that... People have been lied to in this country where they've thought that they've been sold that this was humanitarian aid and co-signed it. And let me come back to this point about the pencil because maybe that'll just appear a little bit later in the story. And I'll just sort of hint at it now.

I think what we're about to walk in on is the flip side of that, which is that... People have been lied to in this country where they've thought that they've been sold that this was humanitarian aid and co-signed it. And let me come back to this point about the pencil because maybe that'll just appear a little bit later in the story. And I'll just sort of hint at it now.

I think what we're about to walk in on is the flip side of that, which is that... People have been lied to in this country where they've thought that they've been sold that this was humanitarian aid and co-signed it. And let me come back to this point about the pencil because maybe that'll just appear a little bit later in the story. And I'll just sort of hint at it now.

But right now, the people who are trying to defend USAID are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They want to defend it on humanitarian grounds, and then they get totally deluged with all the ways that it has gone wrong and all the horrible things that's funding. So then they then turn to layer two.

But right now, the people who are trying to defend USAID are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They want to defend it on humanitarian grounds, and then they get totally deluged with all the ways that it has gone wrong and all the horrible things that's funding. So then they then turn to layer two.