Hi Joe, I am the founder and publisher of The SOFX Report which has been in daily publication since 2014. We count as subscribers > 55,000 decision makers across Special Operations, Armed Conflict, and Technology impacting the battlefield. I am going to run a summary and hand off to this SubStack piece as the lead article in our Saturday Op/Ed. Feel free to reach out if you ever want to publish anything to the SOFX audience: sam.havelock@sofx.com
Tit-for-tat NGO funding and culture wars will never fix the problem. The root of the problem is the original looting of their money from the citizens. When we allow the government to steal from us, endlessly, under the guise of the “general welfare” or the “public good,” there can be no other end than this endless corruption and fighting over the loot. Once the money is stolen, it doesn’t matter much what happens to it; it will corrupt absolutely. The solution is to LIMIT government to its proper functions: defense of citizens through law enforcement, defense of the homeland from foreign invaders, and adjudication of disputes and crimes. Those are the only legitimate functions of government. All else is loot stolen at the point of guns, and no good ever comes from theft…..witness the state of the country.
END THE LOOTING and most problems evaporate into the ether. When there is no money to fight over, the fighting stops.
I totally agree that you have to fight fire with fire. Look at the (unconstitutional) Independent Counsel statute, passed by the ultra-Left post-Watergate Congress, over President Ford's veto. From the day it passed, through the GHW Bush administration, Independent Counsels were ONLY used to harass Republican officials, and no Democrat would have voted against the law. As soon as an Independent Counsel investigation against Bill Clinton happened, Democrats were only too happy to be rid of the law. Joe is right: we will not get rid of federally-funded NGOs until they start causing problems for the Left.
We just need to see just one of these deep state, criminal actors imprisoned. They've been stealing from us, for years. Not only do they need to be stopped - they have to pay a price to ward off any future criminals.
I think that it's time to test this supposedly originalist SCOTUS. The true conservative and libertarian lawyers need to find cases to reinforce the 9th and 10th Amendments. 90% of what the Federal Government does is not authorized by the Constitution, and is thus illegal. A whole list of alphabet soup agencies should be abolished, and their responsibilities given over to the States.
You actually do not understand NGOs. Or the fact that the system was introduced during the Reagan administration as humanitarian aid moved toward privatization. Your ignorance of the humanitarian aid community is truly astounding. Check yourself, man.
Many, many Republicans, conservatives, right of center Canadians and Americans are afraid, afraid to fight, they don't possess the courage ... some would say that they are cowards. They don't work together, they are loners; they want it their own individual way. Many, many seek personal glory and not "team" glory. Until they become a team with each member sharing together in trying to achieve the "good" for the country, we will always be losers.
Just turn off the funding and freeze their accounts for as long as it takes to fully audit them. Any malfeasance found results in immediate forfeiture of all funds together with the arrest and prosecution of all the perps. If any program is not worth doing by the government directly, it is not worth doing.
Meanwhile, organize a team of Brownshirts, just in case they're needed.
This one was really interesting. Joe we should do an interview. My readership is about the size of Wired or the Atlantic online (700k-1M views per month) and we both analyze how NPO/NGO narratives impact capital formation and political outcomes near term.
John I struggled to say what you just wrote. Publicly and continuously expose those that don’t represent the people along with their income relationships for all to see. Give it light and solutions will come.
So how long has this corruption gone on? And if those in Congress won't vote to stop it, it's time to call them out for their corruption....publicly and everywhere. If Congress doesn't represent the American public, it doesn't deserve to be in office.....and it's time for us to publicize everything....campaign contributions turned into personal income; the size of lobbyists "contributions," the size of receipts by our Congresspeople. What on earth is the excuse for not going after these things? Where's the alternative press? I have friends who are so naive about these things that one has to presume the Washington cesspool is confident that its corruption will never be confronted......Nancy Pelosi isn't an anomaly. She's typical
Hi Joe, I am the founder and publisher of The SOFX Report which has been in daily publication since 2014. We count as subscribers > 55,000 decision makers across Special Operations, Armed Conflict, and Technology impacting the battlefield. I am going to run a summary and hand off to this SubStack piece as the lead article in our Saturday Op/Ed. Feel free to reach out if you ever want to publish anything to the SOFX audience: sam.havelock@sofx.com
Tit-for-tat NGO funding and culture wars will never fix the problem. The root of the problem is the original looting of their money from the citizens. When we allow the government to steal from us, endlessly, under the guise of the “general welfare” or the “public good,” there can be no other end than this endless corruption and fighting over the loot. Once the money is stolen, it doesn’t matter much what happens to it; it will corrupt absolutely. The solution is to LIMIT government to its proper functions: defense of citizens through law enforcement, defense of the homeland from foreign invaders, and adjudication of disputes and crimes. Those are the only legitimate functions of government. All else is loot stolen at the point of guns, and no good ever comes from theft…..witness the state of the country.
END THE LOOTING and most problems evaporate into the ether. When there is no money to fight over, the fighting stops.
Great article. Part of what you say here is exactly what I have been trying to communicate and do myself.
I totally agree that you have to fight fire with fire. Look at the (unconstitutional) Independent Counsel statute, passed by the ultra-Left post-Watergate Congress, over President Ford's veto. From the day it passed, through the GHW Bush administration, Independent Counsels were ONLY used to harass Republican officials, and no Democrat would have voted against the law. As soon as an Independent Counsel investigation against Bill Clinton happened, Democrats were only too happy to be rid of the law. Joe is right: we will not get rid of federally-funded NGOs until they start causing problems for the Left.
Great points.
We just need to see just one of these deep state, criminal actors imprisoned. They've been stealing from us, for years. Not only do they need to be stopped - they have to pay a price to ward off any future criminals.
I think that it's time to test this supposedly originalist SCOTUS. The true conservative and libertarian lawyers need to find cases to reinforce the 9th and 10th Amendments. 90% of what the Federal Government does is not authorized by the Constitution, and is thus illegal. A whole list of alphabet soup agencies should be abolished, and their responsibilities given over to the States.
Leadership. Well done.
You actually do not understand NGOs. Or the fact that the system was introduced during the Reagan administration as humanitarian aid moved toward privatization. Your ignorance of the humanitarian aid community is truly astounding. Check yourself, man.
Evidence? Facts? Argument?
I'm surprised this couldn't have been done through reconciliation and/or DOGE/executive order.
Many, many Republicans, conservatives, right of center Canadians and Americans are afraid, afraid to fight, they don't possess the courage ... some would say that they are cowards. They don't work together, they are loners; they want it their own individual way. Many, many seek personal glory and not "team" glory. Until they become a team with each member sharing together in trying to achieve the "good" for the country, we will always be losers.
Just turn off the funding and freeze their accounts for as long as it takes to fully audit them. Any malfeasance found results in immediate forfeiture of all funds together with the arrest and prosecution of all the perps. If any program is not worth doing by the government directly, it is not worth doing.
Meanwhile, organize a team of Brownshirts, just in case they're needed.
Where do I sign, I am in.. sorry for bad words, this is exactly what's needed, a big ballsy approach..
This one was really interesting. Joe we should do an interview. My readership is about the size of Wired or the Atlantic online (700k-1M views per month) and we both analyze how NPO/NGO narratives impact capital formation and political outcomes near term.
John I struggled to say what you just wrote. Publicly and continuously expose those that don’t represent the people along with their income relationships for all to see. Give it light and solutions will come.
So how long has this corruption gone on? And if those in Congress won't vote to stop it, it's time to call them out for their corruption....publicly and everywhere. If Congress doesn't represent the American public, it doesn't deserve to be in office.....and it's time for us to publicize everything....campaign contributions turned into personal income; the size of lobbyists "contributions," the size of receipts by our Congresspeople. What on earth is the excuse for not going after these things? Where's the alternative press? I have friends who are so naive about these things that one has to presume the Washington cesspool is confident that its corruption will never be confronted......Nancy Pelosi isn't an anomaly. She's typical