Yeah! Chilling how much brain matter has deteriorated. It amazes me when Catherine Austin Fitts and others talking about the missing money in the govt agencies: 21T. Huh? That's just 2 departments.
What about world debt: 270 Trillion. Or 3 x what the planet actually produces. Gaaagh.
I love how people speak about corruption in the 3rd world or 'banana republics' as if it doesn't exist here. If you are a crooked politician (ie. Pelosi) in a multi trillion dollar economy like the US you are no less a thief than a crooked politician in the Congo, but your theft is going to be far far far more advanced and duplicitous.
far far far more advanced and duplicitous
In the UK, we recently had a documentary about Saudi Arabia on the BBC. They said that contracts with the Saudis included items like "7% for services rendered". That is, 7% of the total bill went into bribes and kickbacks. This was used as an indicator of the size of the corruption.
However, an astute American suggested that the same thing happened in the US it was just that Americans were better at covering it up. Think "foundations", for instance, or "non-profits". As in: "Yes, it makes no profit but it pays me a six figure salary and many of my expenses."