Tea at Trianon: Rand Paul Calls out the Military Industrial Complex

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Rand Paul Calls out the Military Industrial Complex

From The Rand Paul Review:

The Military Industrial Complex has become one of the greatest thorns of the American economy in recent years, as it has sent the country’s national debt to record levels. In many cases, some of our newest proposed spending does not include measures that will beef up our military strength. Instead, we are making ourselves weaker by funding other countries’ conflicts, and these conflicts do not even impact our national security.
The safety of Ukraine should not come before the well-being of our population. Local communities are struggling due to failed border policies, which is a national security issue, and middle-class Americans are paying the price of our country’s endless money printing through the new onset of inflation. The US government can’t afford to fund these endless global conflicts, and there are many more important national security issues on domestic soil.
The United States has been crippling itself economically due to all of the foreign aid it has been sending to other countries. Even after funding Ukraine for around two years, we have still made no progress in resolving this conflict, and have only succeeded in boosting our debt and increasing inflation.
In a recent video, Rand Paul noted that the amount of Ukraine aid proposed exceeds the amount that we spend on the Marine Corps. (Read more.)