winning

 Just who is winning? That's what you have ask yourself as you watch the world situation. Ukraine is here begging for more money, forty-eight billion hasn't been enough. Those damn Russians are still fighting, waging a war. The question is, who is really getting the upper hand? As we sink deeper and deeper in debt to the tune of 31 trillion dollars it makes me think. Seventy four percent of that debt is on the public, that's you and me. The remaining 26% is intergovernmental debt. There's an old saying, there's more than one way to skin a cat. It seems to me Russia is using an alternative method. Drive the country in bankruptcy, divide the population, convince that population that defending their nation is wrong and you have a country ripe for the picking! You don't need to invade or take over the government. All you have to do is control the purse strings! It really is as simple as that. Look to the southern border for proof of that. All those people aren't running from prosperous lands. And it needs to be understood they are being financed in this quest to invade America. They aren't fleeing their homes in fear, on foot, walking thousands of miles without food. No, with their pre-paid cell phones that hold a charge for months at a time and never lose service, their Nike shoes, backpacks and Yeti coolers I'm not buying that. Follow the money.

 Meanwhile the entire European union hasn't given even half of what we have. All those nations are taking care of themselves first. I have to admire that. Makes more sense than what we are doing. It isn't compassionate to give away my money! That's not how that works. You can't burden the public with billions of dollars of debt and call that charity. That's irresponsibility! Even more so when there is an influx of thousands of people that we know are going to be dependent upon that same public. In 2010 the average illegal immigrant family in the United States received about 25,000 dollars a year in assistance! It has been calculated that illegal immigration costs the taxpayers about 116 billion dollars a year. 

 I'm not trying to say the Russians are behind all of this. I am saying the Russians are happily participating in all of this on a global scale. We owe Japan and mainland China the greatest portion of our debt. Neither of those nations have a history of being very friendly toward the west. It was only 81 years ago that Japan attacked us, killing thousands of Americans. It has only been 43 years since the United States normalized trade with China. That resulted in an explosion of trade mostly in favor of the Chinese. It wasn't until 2018 that we instituted China specific tariffs to create a more equitable trade agreement. If those other nations don't decide to simply invade us directly, or attack with nuclear weapons, they are certainly trying to weaken our economy. It's always about money, don't ever forget that. Almost anything will be allowed if it is profitable! Let me repeat that, almost anything will be allowed if it is profitable! 

 I don't blame Ukraine for asking. I would certainly ask if I were in their position. I'm just saying we have to take care of our own first and foremost. The same way I do for my family. I'm not giving the homeless shelter T-bone steaks while my family eats ramen noodles! Nope, not happening. Nor am I borrowing money to give it away to someone else. Just who is winning in all of this? Ask yourself that question. It isn't the ones acting responsibly, going to work every day and raising their children to be productive citizens. No "programs" for those people. No, they simply finance the programs for others. Who wins? In the end it is always the "administrator" of the programs that wins. You can call him or her whatever title you like. President, Prime Minister, King, Queen, Dictator, El Chapo or whatever. The one controlling the purse strings controls the world! When the purse is empty, it's all over.