Who Funds U.S Wars More Than Living U.S Taxpayers?
Anyone who says u.s wars are funded by u.s taxpayers is either lying or in deep illusions. The politicians and journalists who echo such statements are probably liars, the ordinary citizens are likely in illusions, and no good big journalists exist to rectify them, beyond the u.s? The u.s wars are largely funded by international 'trust' and now semi-imposition...
1. Reserves: Every country that has its so-called reserves in dollars is indeed funding u.s wars, knowingly or unknowingly. It means the Gambia and many countries are contributing to the killings of Palestinians+. Their students or our dumb ancestors (leaders) made the choice based on trust, not just to buy oil. Few countries are debating how to 'divorce' the dollar, but the harassing 'husband' is threatening and cowardly 'wives' or nations are in fear+. Most countries do not even know, because their politicians and journalists are failing them on even proper education. Their so-called educated folks are not thinkers, so the cycle of excuses and fear can certainly keep slaves, battered wives, etc to even sing glory or murmur as 'no option'... I estimate 'reserves' fund 10 to 25% of u.s wars+.
2. Petro-Dollars: The so-called gulf states are the main culprits that fund u.s wars, knowingly or unknowingly. The oil sellers have an evil partnership with the u.s against the poor, beyond wars. However, the buyers refuse to use their limited powers like a weak man repeatedly buys a prostitute or worse than prostitutes. Here again, I see guilty-victims. The journalists and so-called think-tanks of every country refuse the essential debates. We have educated fools, who are often cowards and non-thinkers. I estimate about 10 to 25% of u.s war funding is from such.
3. Weapon sales: Nato countries buying weapons from mainly the u.s is funding u.s wars, even where Nato is not directly fighting. Calculate the billions from such. Saudi-Arabia and how many non-nato countries also spent hundreds of billions on weapons to indirectly fund u.s wars. Again, you can see both fear and trust in such. Nato countries fear Russia and trusted u.s by choice, but now they are not allowed to buy weapons from others, especially Russia. China, Iran, and how many countries are making seemingly good weapons. We know Saudi-Arabia+ buys due to fear of Iran... You research or estimate these billions compared to u.s taxpayers at the federal level, then subtract the limited services their government render before claiming the rest goes to war funding.
4. Treasury Bonds: Although rich Asian countries like Japan, China, etc are the buyers of such and indirectly funding u.s wars. These Asian countries are buying due to different levels of trust. They see the Gambia and many countries putting their reserves in dollars , so the ability to repay is assumed. There are other minor reasons why the u.s is trusted on debt, but the question is how much of each major pillar is contributing to funding u.s wars? If the u.s debt is about 38 trillion dollars and the wars for the past 50 years is around 15 trillion dollars as rough estimate, then I am demanding you and the journalists to research the actual numbers, but also confirm how such may fund wars more than living u.s taxpayers. Wars can be through financial debt and moral debt. The unborn American child carries debt in some ways, but rich Africans 'rob' through capitalism as 'hard workers' and lie for their children to be born in America due to trust...
5. AI Investments: Although international AI investments are very recent, they are in the hundreds of billions and arguably funded recent wars like the Iran war and Venezuela more than u.s taxpayers. Trump collected Billions from the gulf+ before using AI to attack Venezuela. The Gulf+ can claim they did not know, but the question is what or who contributes more? If you invest one million or ten billion dollars in the u.s auto industry, social media giants, etc then how can a low level worker in a peaceful factory see 'my tax monies' are contributing to evil, but the international investor sees worshipping for more money is not fueling the war machine of the u.s? Even the most peaceful AI company in the u.s is contributing through taxes... So run the numbers of the past year versus five years. You may agree that hundreds of billions through international AI investments contribute more than average taxpayers. Again, they trust in u.s over China, India, Turkey, Iran, Gambia, etc to invest, but how many can divert investments to non-warring countries?
6. Taxpayers: If the u.s taxpayers are divided into three categories, then what is the first one to five percent, richest folks pay? The middle class and lower to lowest class pay? Over fifty percent of the u.s army+ are poor or from poor countries, and largely there for money or u.s papers for citizenship. So, the reserves of your poor countries and other trust related matters with u.s is giving you 'good pay' in the u.s beyond the army. Even your jobs may be partly due to outside trust than your so-called "hard work' or 'hard-work' of the living u.s politicians. Like slave-masters were lucky until slaves revolt more than their guilty parents, the u.s politicians will enjoy until African+ politicians wake-up and revolt. I know 'hard-work' exist in u.s, but it is not as many think it came about. Capitalism works through imposition (wars) and many deceptive ways. After you benefit in getting job through a rigged international system, average protester may not pay even thousand dollars in federal taxes per year. Calculate the numbers and it is few billions compared to the International trust and debt . So your tax dollars, as u.s workers, may be paying one to five percent of u.s wars.
Conclusion: I applaud the u.s citizens who protest against endless wars, that they do not want to contribute an atom's weight in evil wars. However, if it is only money, then the Chinese, Japanese, Saudi-Arabians, Nigerians, Gambians, etc may be much more guilty and not protesting due to lack of knowledge or care. However, wars require more than money. U.S citizens are guilty of repeatedly voting for war mongers upto the presidency. Yes! Trump is the liar who promised no more 'forever wars' or foreign wars, but I think God should charge every Trump voter with 'reckless naivety'. I cannot re-made the case against Trump, but studying his first term reveals he is a liar beyond wars. The average u.s citizen is indoctrinated to over-value the so-called 'founding fathers' more than or like some religious folks adore their so-called prophets above conscience. The average u.s citizen is indoctrinated to never criticise the so-called soldiers or 'service' folks, but sometimes they are dangerous robots doing disservice instead of service. This is true far beyond the u.s, and I believe many or most journalists+ played along in the illusions, but will the younger journalists 'repent, amend, and proclaim '? There is no evil war that was not cheered by questionable journalists, knowingly or unknowingly (in ignorance). Yes, a fraction of journalists do sometimes resist from the beginning or repent before the average politician on questionable wars. We saw how police+ contributed to slavery or even the war against cannabis. Again, the average u.s citizens are very naive and cowardly, so they vote for politicians to satisfy their fears, similar to how 'oligarchs' vote or support to satisfy their greed. 'Russia is your enemy based on claims rather than evidence ', so we need to spend ten times more than Russia on weapons, and over a hundred times as Nato. You naively accept, or signed-on with words or not enough resisting words+. Allowing adults to use cannabis in their homes or special areas will make your children try it more than alcohol, and your child may fall under the bottom five percent of cannabis users? So you support extremely cruel laws as the remedy.
When a fraction of citizens abused themselves or others through alcohol, prohibition was enacted until some people admitted the laws do not make sense. That the underground world is much more dangerous than alcohol and 'responsible' drinkers have personal rights. Similarly, when they attributed certain evil to cannabis, the doctors and journalists became echo machines without verifying research, refusing to study the dangers of inadvertent creation of an underground world or the dangers of government dictating personal lives of adults. In 2008, Candidate Obama promised cannabis legalization and failed to deliver at the federal level. Since 2016, Trump has made varying levels of cannabis legalization promises for votes and playing the public in similar ways to how slavemasters 'drip' freedom to 'at least' minded blacks. My point is Trump is guilty, but so are many journalists and the general public. My point is that capitalism imposed different types of wars: military wars, economic wars , judicial wars, etc. They called it 'war on drugs', but how was that funded too? It was not all from taxpayers of the cowardly whites+ who wanted their fears satisfied. I know millions of whites are fearless and fight against the evil laws, but the supporters of the evil laws are mainly white and women. Black folks, especially men, were/are the biggest victims. How many billions of cannabis fines existed in the last fifty years is deferred for young or unborn Americans to research and make claims. They do not want the semi-conscious to sue the living guilty folks and companies. How many millions of black+ men were/are denied working opportunities, but Trump can claim 'I love black men', while the u.s media refuse to pressure him to full freedom. Even if ten percent of those denied work form gangs for survival, then certain laws inadvertently contribute to gangs and the evil it comes with. The lying or illusory journalists+ may claim 'Trump fulfills campaign promises', but then not the good ones. Trump launched the biggest internal wars in America, continues with the biggest war (cannabis war) with excuses, and he is certainly launching many questionable external wars.
Like a slavemaster can focus on the good side of Abraham Lincoln in submission (not believing), but the slave minded blacks were happy or content for decades in 'at least' minded ways. They deferred things against the children, to negotiate or war it out. So only the terrible journalists and citizens will claim 'at least' Trump 'reclassified' Cannabis and let States negotiate or battle it out. The promise was not to 'reclassify' , but to legalize at the federal level. Can you imagine President Lincoln saying let states decide whether to free blacks or not? If any state dares resist, then educate the masses. The promise was to stop using taxpayers' money or international 'trust' money to harm people over cannabis. I do not think the 'best' of slaves stopped fighting after Lincoln 'abolished' slavery, but resisting small Kentucky and Delaware were not attacked by federal forces or caring black folks of other states. The excuse about big Texas is still an excuse. Similarly, if you live in California and are happy with legal Cannabis in your state, but your federal tax dollars are funding 'abuse ' or intimidation in North Carolina, then God may allow 'mental' disease or xyz for your money and indifference. If the atheists disagree, then your visiting rights to other states are limited in which ways, even for medical cannabis patients? Again, it goes far beyond funding, but anyone who thinks a politician or a bunch of politicians should dictate others to satisfy your fears has entered the world of arrogance, knowingly or unknowingly. A non-slave owner can be charged for supporting slavery laws or indifferent to the evil. Yes, slavery is more explicit, but implicit wrongs are still wrongs, even if you are blind to it and deserve to be raised blind for supporting sins between creatures.
The international world are also largely caving to America through fear. President Barrow, Tinubu, etc understands America has many ways to possibly take them out. There is a big difference between possibilities, probabilities, and certainties. Fidel Castro under fought the u.s and was protected for decades. So both individual and collective resistance as states can get the u.s on its knees or back off. Militarily we are seeing what Iran can do. Judicially, social media greatly helped legalize cannabis in many states than any single politician or even organisation... Economically, west Africa or around 30 states in Africa could have easily divorce the dollar and marry better than everything Capitalism taught them. They refused to learn from me, to embrace Lovism. May God end the wars, and elevate the sincerely trying ones above those in fear, greed, or arrogance. Although we are all varyingly guilty as adults in bed with the u.s, but may God forgive those who are sincerely repenting, and helping even willing u.s citizens to repent. Do not have a headache or be stressed out that your limited tax dollars is the main or only culprit to these wars. State your position, pray to God, run for office or help elect better ones, etc. May God bless Showlove Trinity: let's learn, let's work, let's have fun.
By Jarga Kebba Gigo
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