The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

Well, this will be short and decidedly not sweet.

Perhaps the single best thing about President Donald Trump is his total and complete rejection of the deeply offensive concept that America is responsible for the security and economic success of the entire world. Post World War II American politicians drifted from the undeniable success of the Marshall Plan, which was intended to be a temporary assistance plan for Western Europe.

Of course it turned into a catastrophic, permanent, independence-sapping welfare scheme for Europe. They didn't have to look out for themselves militarily, courtesy of America's financing of NATO, so they squandered that economic boon by turning Western Europe into a massive welfare super-state.

And our politicians, not content to be Western Europe's sugar-daddy, expanded that attitude to every single country on earth! The complex web of funding every tinpot dictator and nascent "democracy" is buried deep in our massive government budgets, and that funding has morphed into a vile attitude that the people of the United States are for some reason on the hook for the success of the world.

There is a huge difference between supporting our strategic allies, and funding the economic growth of the world. And Donald Trump understands that.

India sends high-level team to Washington as Trump's $100K visa fee takes effect -- 'afraid of our talent'

The Ministry of External Affairs over the weekend warned that the move could have "humanitarian consequences" while another minister suggested the global community was "a little afraid of our talent."

"H-1B visas are not being used to fill occupational shortages or obtain highly skilled workers who are unavailable in the United States," the White House said in a statement. "Reports also indicate that many American tech companies have laid off their qualified and highly skilled American workers and simultaneously hired thousands of H-1B workers."

So, the short answer to India is: F*ck off, and fund your own country with homegrown industry. And to corporate America? Also: F*ck off, and start employing Americans rather than your pets from third-world sh*tholes at low wages and no economic mobility.

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posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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