Facts: How much taxpayer money has the US Govt actually pissed away?

Here is an overview of the US budget:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget

Right now all the talk is is on trying to find a few billion to plug the holes in the trillion dollar healthcare budget in the US. Well what if I told you EVERYONE COULD HAVE FULL COVERAGE, DENTAL AND ALL EXTRAS JUST BASED ON MONEY ALREADY SPENT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS ALONG WITH FREE COLLEGE?!

The bank bailouts were reported on in the news, but it's been tragically misrepresented. the sheer scale and and mind boggling enormity of the crime have not actually been widely assimilated and processed. I cannot emphasize enough how epically evil this whole thing is. clear your head and keep an open mind and be objective. Think simply and fundamentally process the gravity of the forward projected total of this figure:
30 trillion dollars.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/id/45674390

Bear in mind with proper free market capitalism the Banks should simply fail..  They are currently reaping record profits again while many of their clients who are bailing them out as we speak with their taxes, lost everything.

The housing bubble was brought on more by the the Bush Administration Housing policies than the repeal of Glass-Steagal.
Here are some more nauseating figures:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/cooking-books-dod-hud-defrauded-taxpayers-of-21-trillion-from-1998-to-2015/232905/

God needs money and tax breaks.
Tax Breaks for RELIGION costs $71 Billion annually
http://deadstate.org/u-s-churches-are-now-costing-taxpayers-71-billion-a-yearfbrefreshforcefbrefreshforce/

Israel is another staggering drain on the budget, even though most of the military budget is spent on Israels interests or protecting petrodollar hegemony rather than the interests of the people, figure of 10,4 million dollars PER DAY is donated to Israel instead of US healthcare or paying its deficit, Israel has compulsary FREE STATE HEALTHCARE and a budget SURPLUS thanks to the US politicians willingness to sell out Americans to instead benefit Israel! Those same politicians then throw Russia under the bus as a red herring but Russia has no lobby and Russia has no financial treason hold of extortion over US taxpayers through state capture. https://ifamericaknew.org/stat/cost.html

What about the trillions wasted on needless wars? Look at two countries alone:

https://www.salon.com/2017/05/27/iraq-and-afghanistan-the-us-6-trillion-bill-for-americas-longest-war-is-unpaid_partner/

War and the Pentagon.

Last year, a Reuters article brought renewed scrutiny to the budgeting practices of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), specifically the U.S. Army, after it was revealed that the department  had “lost” $6.5 trillion in 2015 due to “wrongful budget adjustments.” Nearly half of that massive sum, $2.8 trillion, was lost in just one quarter. Reuters noted that the Army “lacked the receipts and invoices to support those numbers [the adjustments] or simply made them up” in order to “create an illusion that its books are balanced.”

Officially, the DOD has acknowledged that its financial statements for 2015 were “materially misstated.” However, this was hardly the first time the department had been caught falsifying its accounting or the first time the department had mishandledmassive sums of taxpayer money.

The cumulative effect of this mishandling of funds is the subject of a new reportauthored by Dr. Mark Skidmore, a professor of economics at Michigan State University, and Catherine Austin Fitts, former assistant secretary of housing.

Their findings are shocking.
(I'll give you a clue. "Losing" means off budget black ops spending)

“Losing” the equivalent of the national debt"

The report, which examined in great detail the budgets of both the DOD and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), found that between 1998 and 2015 these two departments alone lost over $21 trillion in taxpayer funds.:

https//www.mintpressnews.com/cooking-books-dod-hud-defrauded-taxpayers-of-21-trillion-from-1998-to-2015/232905/

And don't think this is a thing of the past, as RT reports here there are still "fat turkey" programs like the F-35 going on now: https://www.rt.com/usa/453969-f35-parts-pentagon-lost/

All of this is deficit spending, putting taxpayers grandchildren on the hook to settle loans made from the Fed  (another whole story in itself) because money is borrowed AT INTEREST!  Here is the latest:
https://www.google.co.za/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/03/the-u-s-government-is-set-to-borrow-nearly-1-trillion-this-year/

START MAKING NOISE! It's not the poor who want something for for nothing, it's the poor donate welfare to the rich banks and Military Industrial Complex!

The U.S. Only Has 2 Options in Afghanistan

Infographic Courtesy of Southfront.org

The above infographic details current Taliban operations against the US supported Afghanistan Army, details here:

 https://southfront.org/taliban-claims-it-conducted-over-800-operations-in-january-infographic/

By now it's clear that there are only two options,  keep spending Trillions or pull out entirely.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/21/news/economy/war-costs-afghanistan/index.html

With Trillions spent in Iraq, Afghanistan,  bailing out banks, lost by the Pentagon is it really any wonder the US people will not get the healthcare and social services they need as long as They, the taxpayer fund the banks and the Military Industrial complex?

https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2018/02/afghanistan-secrecy/

Iran: The Bankster Angle

It's noteworthy up front that Iran, Syria and North Korea are not part of the international Central Banking carte. And yes, Libya was planning a gold backed Dinar which would have done damage to the cabal, particularly if seen through the prism of the Petrodollar framework. 

Whatever lies in store for Iran, they are ready. Researching how prepared they are and which advantages they can leverage when facing an experiential threat gives me a certain satisfaction because I honestly believe Iran will be the place that the empire comes undone. That being said:

Please see Dean Henderson's excellent blog to get further background on all these Issues.
https://hendersonlefthook.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/rothschilds-covert-war-on-iran/

The blog can be found in the links section on the homepage.
(Left Hook)

Here is the article:

Rothschild’s Covert War On Iran

Posted on 01/02/2018 | 5 Comments

While the Illuminati corporate media focuses public fear on Trump’s North Korea red herring, Tillerson and his oil baron buddies are causing trouble in Iran.

Describing rioting during the past few days which has left twenty-two dead, leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khameini stated,  “During the events of the past several days, Iran’s enemies, using the various tools at their disposal, including money, weapons, politics, and security apparatus, have allied to create problems for the Islamic establishment.”

Khameini was of course referring to the Anglo-American-Israeli-Saudi axis, which carries water for the City of London Rothschild-led banking families.  After failed attempts to seize the oilfields of Iraq, Libya and Syria for the banker-controlled Four Horsemen (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco), the fuzzy-thinking inbreds appear on the verge of tangling with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

With Trump cheerleading the rioters – filmed attacking a police station on Press TV – on Twitter, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif fired back in obvious reference to the Saudi monarchy, “Iran’s security and stability depend on its own people, who – unlike the peoples of Trump’s ‘bffs’ – have the right to vote and to protest.  These hard-earned rights will be protected and infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction.”

The bankers fomented similar domestic trouble in Iran in 2009.   That attempt failed and this one will too.   The only question is how far the oil barons will go in their covert war on revolutionary Iran.

Much will depend on the situation in Yemen, which is not going well for the Saudi proxy.  If the Houthi/South Yemen Marxist coalition holds, expect more desperate attempts by Rothschild minions to destabilize Iran.

Dean Henderson is the author of five books:Big Oil & Their Bankers in the Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families & Their Global Intelligence, Narcotics & Terror Network, The Grateful Unrich: Revolution in 50 Countries, Das Kartell der Federal Reserve,Stickin’ it to the Matrix & The Federal Reserve Cartel.  You can subscribe free to his weekly Left Hook column @www.hendersonlefthook.wordpress.com

Iran: A Quick Review

I have not changed a word in this article credited to sott.net

Iran Protests Through the Prism of Geopolitics

Chris Kanthan
Sott.net
Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:54 UTC

What's happening in Iran? Are the protests genuinely spontaneous? Are the grievances authentic and deep-rooted? Or is it a drama created by covert, regime-change puppeteers? And what are the geopolitical implications of the success or failure of these events?

The main purported reason is a failing economy, but some of the protesters are even calling for the end of Islamic Republic.

Undoubtedly, the college-educated, Iranian Middle Class wants to get rid of Sharia Law. After all, Iran was quite secular before 1979.

(Note the below mentioned sanctions were reinstated by the US since this article was written, wreaking havoc on Irans economy.) 

However, the narrative about the economy makes no sense. Iran's economy has been booming for the last two years since the US/EU sanctions were removed. If there was an ideal time for an economic uprising, it would have been between 2012 and 2015. Below is a picture ofreal GDP growth in the last seven years:

As for high unemployment, it's caused by U.S. sanctions that decimated Iran's exports; and the high inflation is a result of Wall Street's war on Iran's currency (Rial). In 2012, Obama also cut off Iran from the world banking system (SWIFT) and froze $100 billion of Iran's foreign exchange reserves.

However, Iran has managed to thrive by developing new relations and striking lucrative economic deals with many countries.

- China has agreed to invest $25 billion in various projects within Iran

- Qatar is partnering with Iran on thelargest natural gas field on earth

- Russia has agreed to build a 1200-km gas pipeline from Iran to India;and Russia is working with Iran onlinking their banking systems (which means freedom from international bankers)

- Iran is poised to join EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) and the powerfulSCO (Shanghai Co-op Org) in early 2018, and so on.

In foreign affairs, Iran helped to win the Syrian war, defeated ISIS, and successfully negotiated the nuclear deal (JCPOA) with Obama. Even mainstream US media has declared that Iran is the new superpower in the Middle East.

Thus, in domestic and foreign affairs, there are plenty of reasons for Iranians to be hopeful and proud.

What's Next?

The CIA and Israeli agencies have been openly planning regime change operations against Iran for the last year. All the current events are just replays, if you remember the sequence of events in 2011 in Libya and Syria.

Things are escalating rapidly, protesters are turning violent, and terrorist attacks are aimed at crippling the economy. There are videos of protesters burning police stations andattacking government buildings andthrowing grenades. Sunni jihadists - favorite proxy soldiers of globalists -blew up oil pipelines on the third day of protests. The next couple of weeks will determine the fate of this attempted coup.

Geopolitical Importance of Iran

There are numerous reasons why Iran is geopolitically pivotal. To start with, Iran has the 4^th largest oil reserves in the world and also shares the largest natural gas reserves with Qatar. A sanction-free Iran will be a serious competitor to Saudi and US oil/gas corporations.

Second, the Persian Gulf is the conduit for 40% of all oil tankers in the world. A war with Iran has the potential to devastate the world economy.

Then there's the Shiite Crescent that comprises four contiguous countries: Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon. Two countries who fear this reality are Saudi Arabia and Israel. The failure of Neocons to conquer Syria after six years of proxy wars has only reinforced the urgency to neutralize Iran, which plays a major role in defending Assad.

Geographically, Iran is the link between the Middle East on one side and the Caucasus, Central Asia and South Asia on the other side.

With a large, well-educated middle class population and massive reserves of oil/gas, Iran has the potential to become a powerful economy and a dominant nation, if given a chance. It has been isolated for 38 years and is ready to sprint. That's where Russia and China come in.

Iran-Russia-China Alliance

Labeled as revisionist powers by the Trump administration, Russia and China are working to empower Iran and win the Eurasian game.

For Russia, a friendly Iran means more influence in the Middle East and a secure Russian military base in Syria. Putin has also brought Turkey and Iran together, both of whom are now customers of Russian weapons and missile defense systems.

For China, Iran is a key component of the new Silk Road, as freight trains from China go through Iran to various destinations in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Iran is also willing to forego the U.S. dollar and accept Chinese Yuan for its oil. China can use this to force Saudi Arabia and other countries to do the same, which will help the Yuan (Renminbi) transform into a global reserve currency. This is a nightmare situation for the petrodollar, Wall Street, and the US government.

With Iran in its pocket, China's next goal will be Afghanistan, which is sandwiched between Iran and Pakistan. Pakistan has pretty much left the US orbit now, having embraced China's CPEC project that promises $60 billion of infrastructure spending. Notice Trump's recent lambasting of the Pakistani government. CPEC has been so successful that Afghanistan is holding talks to join that project. Imagine the U.S. losing Afghanistan after wasting $1 trillion there in the last 17 years.

So, this is the worst-case scenario: the Russia-China-Iran alliance ends up kicking the US out of all the countries from Turkey to China. According to geopolitical experts, whoever controls Eurasia, controls the globe.

To understand Iran's skepticism towards the West, we must look at the last 150 years of Iranian history.

Colonialism

Iran was coveted by the Russians, British and others for a long time. In 1872, Baron Reuter - founder of Reuters news - purchased a vast portion of Iran, only to give it back after a huge outcry! In 1909, the British discovered oil in Iran, kept 90% of the profits, and ruthlessly exploited the Iranian workers, who had to live in slums. Later, in 1951, a popular Iranian Prime Minister nationalized the oil industry.

Outraged, British spy agency, MI6, then sought the CIA's assistance. Together, in 1953, they spent millions bribing the right people to stage a fake revolution and overthrew Mossadegh, the democratically elected PM. In return, U.S. oil corporations got 40% of Iran's oil. (Adeclassified CIA document from 1953has the following title: "Campaign to install pro-western government in Iran").

Once installed, the autocratic Shah of Iran protected the western oil firms and bought a lot of US weapons. Thus he was loved by the US/European elites who turned a blind eye towards his human rights violations and political oppression. He wasn't all bad, since he embraced secularism, built successful car manufacturing companies and modernized Iran in many ways.

US Switched to Saudi Arabia & Betrayed Iran

However, during the oil crisis of the 1970s, Kissinger and other globalists found a new partner: Saudi Arabia. The Saudis agreed to sell oil only in US dollars and also recycle much of the oil profits back to the US in the form of investment and purchasing of US treasuries. Perhaps there was also a discussion of Saudis helping recruit jihadists for the anti-USSR wars in Afghanistan. In return for all this, the US agreed to drop Iran as an ally and make Saudis the King of the Middle East.

It's quite possible that the West deliberately brought in Khomenei to take over Iran. Recent declassified materials show that Jimmy Carter assured Khomenei that Iran's military won't interfere. Khomenei also hadspent a year in Paris before the Islamic revolution in 1979. Regardless, it gave the U.S. a great excuse to isolate Iran and promote Saudi Arabia. Then, of course, for the next nine years, the U.S. armed Saddam Hussein to wage a war that killed a million Iraqis and Iranians, and destroyed the economies of both countries. Mission accomplished.

Will a Pro-US Iran Bring Peace? It's hard to imagine a happy ending if the regime change succeeds. Yes, there will be an immediate relief from sanctions, but the economy won't change substantially in the long run. Western corporations may sign up for a few oil refineries and pipelines, but they won't make Iran so successful that it competes with US and Saudi firms.

With a pro-US government, Iran's military and foreign apparatus will be quickly dismantled. Iran will turn into a vassal state like Iraq, accept US military bases, and become subservient to Israel and Saudi Arabia. Lebanon and Syria will be cut off from Iran, making them easy targets for Israel. So, perhaps there will be new wars in the Middle East. A civil war in Iran is also likely if Islamists don't accept the new government. What happens in Iran in the next few weeks will determine wars and consequential events in the Middle East for the next few years.

Chris Kanthan 

Chris Kanthan is the author of a new book, Syria – War of Deception. It’s available in a condensed as well as a longer version. Chris lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, has traveled to 35 countries, and writes about world affairs, politics, economy and health. His other book is Deconstructing Monsanto. Follow him on Twitter: @GMOChannel

Clinton Funds Russia-Gate, Whips Up Mob, ...Busted For Treason, Potentially, For Selling HER OWN Inside Access To Russia.

See my previous post and this article: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-27/informant-cometh
Then let the full Gravity Of The Below Article, Also At Zero Hedge, Sink in:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-27/coming-russia-bombshells

(It's official: DNC and Clinton campaign paid for research that went into infamous 'Trump Dossier')

MSM Has Proved, Not Debunked, Clinton Links In The Uranium One

1. CONFIRMED by the New York Times: The former head of Russia’s uranium company (Ian Telfer) made four hidden donations to the Clinton Foundation totaling $2.35 million.

As the New York Times has confirmed: “As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.” 

2. CONFIRMED by the New Yorker magazine: Bill Clinton bagged a $500,000 speech in Moscow paid for by a Kremlin-backed bank.

The New Yorker confirmed that Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech paid for by “a Russian investment bank that had ties to the Kremlin.”

“Why was Bill Clinton taking any money from a bank linked to the Kremlin while his wife was Secretary of State?” asked the New Yorker.

Similarly, the New York Times has confirmed that: “shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.

3. CONFIRMED by the New York Times: Despite claims to the contrary, Uranium One has, in fact, exported “yellowcake” out of America and is “routinely packed into drums and trucked off to a processing plant in Canada.”

The New York Timesconfirmed that: “Asked about that, the commission confirmed that Uranium One has, in fact, shipped yellowcake to Canada even though it does not have an export license.”

4. CONFIRMED by The Hill: The FBI has uncovered “substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering.”

The Hill confirmed last week that the FBI has uncovered “substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering.”

5. CONFIRMED by CNBC: Clinton Foundation mega-donor Frank Holmes claimed he sold Uranium One before Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the Russian transfer—but his company’s own SEC filings prove otherwise. 

On CNBC, Clinton mega donor and uranium executive Frank Holmes claimed he sold his Uranium One stock before Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. approved the transfer of 20% of all U.S. uranium to Putin’s Russia in 2010. Yet  according to his company’s (U.S. Global Investors), own 2011 SEC filing, Holmes’ company still hold Uranium One stock, a point he later admitted.6. CONFIRMED by the New York Times: While eight other agencies had to sign off on approving the transfer of 20 percent of all U.S. uranium to Russia, Hillary Clinton’s State Department was the only government agency headed by an official (Hillary Clinton) whose family foundation received $145 million from foreign investors involved in the uranium deal. 

In its financial review of the uranium transaction, the New York Times confirmed that nine foreign investors in the uranium deal flowed a combined $145 million to Hillary Clinton’s family foundation. None of the remaining eight agency heads who approved the uranium transfer received foreign donations to their family’s charities.

7. CONFIRMED by The Hill: FBI agents already have an eyewitness and documents to support the most explosive parts of the Uranium One story. 

The Hill confirmed that federal agents have “obtained an eyewitness account — backed by documents — indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow.

This was an excerpt from Breitbarts article:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/25/7-explosive-uranium-one-facts-mainstream-media-already-confirmed/

The United States House and Senate have now launched official probes into the Uranium One scandal.

NewsWeak Update

Well folks, what a week. In a word: Weak. 

But I’ll put a little meat on those bones for you, because I’ve been watching a lot of CNN so I have it on reliable authority that you are all clearly far too stupid to think for yourselves, or decide the outcome of a presidential election for that matter.

The biggest scoop of the week, no doubt, was Mark Zuckerbergs revelation that, in fact, it had been Facebook all along that had sunk Hillary Clinton's multi-million-media-assault at the presidential campaign. That is to say, rather than that “Russiagate” nothing-burger that CNN would have us believe. But wait, Russia is still involved? Those cads! And to think that while CNN has been waving the Russian flag like a matador in a fight to the death with a raging bullshit, Zuck had all along conspired with Putin to spend, possibly spend, 100K in ads possibly linked to Russia, and somehow sink the Clinton Campaign juggernaut. Masterful. That Putin is one crafty president/spy. I’m just Glad Zuck came clean now and admitted his treasonous collusion before Morgan Freeman releases a video and makes him his bitch with his immeasurably vast and knowledgeable (and perplexingly nuanced) grasp of global geopolitics.

In the background of course there were a few speeches or something at some “U.N.” function.  I think it’s only fitting if I despatch this one succinctly, so strap yourself in:

• ·         Trump threatened fire, brimstone and genocide against North Korea, y’know, similar MO to every other U.S. Pres except he ACTUALLY ADMITS these things. A Fresh Twist.
• ·         Bibi rambled on about Iran as usual
• ·         Russia sneakily introduced the underhanded tactic of diplomacy to resolve global conflicts, I don’t know they get away with these things.
• ·         And shit…

Bookies highlight: At odds of 32/1 Macron supported the Iran nuclear deal, this guy likes to keep us guessing, no?

Hillary Clinton added 72 new names to her list of who to blame for losing an erection or something, but it would appear she got some consolation for her Golden Globalist nomination of the defining performance of the Wicked Witch Of The West, in the “It was my Turn” category, beating out Bernie Sanders for the second time since the DNC,…. And then added him to the list instead of apologising to him for stealing the election from him (the move that surely clinched it for her).

In other news, I cut myself shaving.  I #BlamePutin of course, and Global Warming.

Elsewhere: Racists caused earthquakes, Muslims are to blame, Bankers warn us that Bitcoin is not real currency and Golberg Sachs the Titanic.

Stay tuned next week, I’ll be sure to keep telling you what to “think”.