A Lesson in Empire Building: The Use of "Foreign Aid"

By, Chris Rossini
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It's one thing the hear, or read about, the staggering number of U.S. dollars that get doled out to foreign nations. It's another to actually see it visually on a map.

As you can see, with very few exceptions, just about every single nation in the world receives U.S. taxpayer money.

How can this be?

How can a nation that is $16 Trillion in debt possibly hand out even a dime?

Imagine going up to the average college kid with a student loan debt of $26,600 and asking him/her for a large amount of money. They'd look at you like you were crazy.

So why does the craziness exist on a national level? Has Black turned into White? Day into Night? Does Up now equal Down?

A printing press, and the ability to create as much money as you want, sure makes the world look that way...

The non-thinkers among us, who diligently studied their government school books, will look at the above foreign aid map and conclude that the U.S. is just so darn generous. We are the "exceptional" nation, who are not only spreading freedom around the globe, but copious amounts of money as well.

Those who go beyond the government civics books know better.

W.H. Hutt said it best about foreign aid:

"Foreign aid is taking money from poor people in rich countries and giving it to rich people in poor countries."

In other words, foreign aid is not about helping the poor in foreign lands, who see very little (if any) of the cash. On the contrary, it's about bribing foreign governments. Payoffs, if you will.

Now why would the U.S. want to payoff foreign governments?

That brings us to the next map, which shows U.S. military presence around the world:

Almost a perfect match!

You can't have a world empire without cooperation. Harry 'I dropped the big one' Truman said so in his Inaugural Address:

"In addition, we will provide military advice and equipment to free nations which will cooperate with us in the maintenance of peace and security."

Jacob Hornberger has eloquently written:

The objective of the Empire is to impose its will around the world through influence, money, domination, and force. Foreign regimes, including dictatorial ones, who play ball with the Empire and remain loyal to it, inevitably receive foreign aid, which comes in the form of cash or weaponry. Those who remain recalcitrant by refusing to submit to the will of the Empire or who subject the Empire to criticism are subject to being targeted for a regime-change operation, either through the funding of opposition groups, military coups, embargoes, sanctions, assassination, invasions, and occupations.

So the above maps say it all!

They also make it very clear that when it comes to the game of global domination, the "Land of The Free" has shown itself to be the champ.

But, if there's one thing that history has taught us, it's that empires never last. Here's Ron Paul:

"Empires always end, not because another military power comes along, but for economic reasons."

As each year passes, it becomes ever more visible that economics is finally catching up with The American Empire. Who knows how long it can last? It may be several years; or, if the elites manage to pull more rabbits from their hats, decades.

In any case, if you want to help break this sick cycle that keeps repeating itself (only with different faces) then dive in further here on EPJ, and also at Mises.org. Immerse yourself in understanding sound money and how central banking destroys it; paving the way for massive wars and empires.