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** WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025
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– Hanford Henderso, The Freeman ([link removed]) [July 1956]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 12, 2025
Foreign Aid Equals Political Bribery ([link removed])
To oppose the dismantling of USAID and foreign aid in general, defenders of this statist agency and of foreign-aid programs are engaging in predictable conduct. They are pointing out all the people who will supposedly die or suffer if USAID programs and foreign aid are terminated. It’s a variation of what they say whenever someone objects to welfare-state programs here in the United ...
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