"If [Elon] Musk and [Vivek] Ramaswamy are really serious about this idea of taking a hatchet to government spending, they should do so by starting with the programs that are most detrimental to the world and U.S. interests... On balance, the NED has been a detrimental force that would not be missed if it disappeared tomorrow."
"The NED's mission to 'promote freedom around the world' has over the decades translated into countless cases of counterproductive meddling that puts truly organic 'people-powered' movements at risk by fomenting regime change and revolution for Washington's political aims..."
#government-spending #national-endowment-for-democracy #policy-critique #us-foreign-policy #taxpayer-dollars
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