Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Silicon Bites #87 - Trump's Freeze on US Foreign Aid is Gift to Tyrants, Aspiring Autocrats u0026 Thugs." video.

  1. How naive. The vast bulk of such funding -- year after year -- is always found to have reached the deep pockets of state sponsored GRIFTERS. I'm well reminded of the United Way. In its original pitch, it was a scheme to collect -- typically by automatic payroll deduction -- charity monies that would then be distributed by wiser souls to nearly all of the charities serving the larger community. What it quickly devolved into -- was a co-opted cabal that skewed all disbursements toward Leftist Activists who were co-joined at the hip with the boards of the various UW locals. They'd set up brand new 'charities' to receive the funds, of course. And were they EVER extremely Leftist -- Wokist one would say. When it was ultimately revealed that ALL of the 'charity' was going to FRINGE, political activists -- funding utterly collapsed. (They actually didn't waste money on the nominal local charities.) You just don't hear about the United Way anymore. Funding sources like this attract Activists the way K-12 schools and religious institutions for children attract deviants -- it does not matter, where, who or when. It's what they live for... rather like Wild West Outlaws. Back then, even hanging wasn't enough. The American Red Cross got absolutely immense contributions 9-12-2001. They did the wise thing -- and gave it to their own priorities -- namely huge across-the-board wage bumps for everyone in control -- to compensate for their prior charity -- seeings how they had selflessly contributed to boring board meetings for so many years. They wisely diverted most of their new funds -- being so vast -- to OTHER priorities -- wisely determined by the board -- rather than New Yorkers. No-one ever could figure out where those other monies ever went. Amazingly, the last trails pointed to OFF SHORE charities... from the AMERICAN Red Cross. You should think of the Panama letters. Yes, be cynical. One is reminded of the Haitian relief fund pitch by H W Bush & Bill Clinton. Those two virtuous ex-presidents were able to make $1,500,000,000 disappear into their own 'charities.' THIS was the funding that permitted Hillary to establish an IMMENSE campaign staff for 2016 -- and the years leading up to it -- which staff shot down Bernie Sanders. Their reputation was outstanding, the crisis intense -- so, after the $$$$ came in -- they wisely directed the funds to their own political purposes. This tic is ALWAYS repeated -- regardless of year, nationality, race or political organization. The 'crisis' is always of merit -- yet the players are NEVER committed to spend the monies as directed. Hey, it's like paying your taxes! Then Congress goes absolutely wild -- it does not matter who's in charge. I must point out the CRAZY spending Schumer & Johnson planned before that jerk Musk spotted their self-dealing boondoggle. What a Washington party pooper.
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