Milton Friedman on 4 ways to spend money:
1) Your money on yourself (you’re careful about both cost and quality)
2) Your money on others (you care about cost, less about quality)
3) Someone else’s money on yourself (you care about quality, not cost)
4) Someone else’s money on others (you care about neither)
The last one is how government spending works
🇺🇸 The U.S. is sending a ton of military equipment to the Middle East right now.
They’ve already moved in three full squadrons of fighter jets that are basically made for hitting hard and fast.
Planes that fuel other planes and haul gear are flying non-stop.
Big missile defense systems like Patriot and THAAD are apparently on the way too.
And there’s a huge Navy ship group, including an aircraft carrier, getting ready to show up any minute.
Source: iej, @ianellisjones
🚨🇺🇸 REP. RASKIN: BE CAREFUL, A LOT MORE ABOUT EPSTEIN IS ABOUT TO COME OUT
“Are you saying anybody on your side of the aisle who had a phone call with Jeffrey Epstein should be censured?
Be careful with your answer there, because there’s a lot more that’s about to come out.”
Source: @CollinRugg
🇺🇸 SCOTT JENNINGS: KIRK WAS ENORMOUSLY COURAGEOUS
Scott Jennings called Charlie Kirk “one of the most unique and special people in the conservative movement.”
He said Kirk inspired people to enter politics who might not have otherwise gotten involved.
Jennings remembered him as “a Godly person,” “unapologetic about his views,” and someone who made people move when he spoke.
Source: CNN
🇺🇸🇿🇦 TRUMP TO SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT: “YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO CALL FOR GENOCIDE”
SA President, Ramaphosa:
"As government, as my own party, we are completely opposed to that [type of language]."
Trump:
“But why wouldn’t you arrest that man?
That man said, 'Kill the white farmers,' and then he danced."
Source: @EricLDaugh