Making His Homeland More Secure on His Last Day in Office
February 21, 2017
On his last day in office Obama arranged a $418 million arms deal with Kenya, allowing them to purchase aircraft that are supposedly to be used against Kenyan “rebels.” A North Carolina congressman smells a rat, since the company that got the contract has never manufactured these aircraft before, whereas a company in his district has a long record of doing so, and put in a bid at about half the cost of what Obama signed off on.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is president of the Mises Institute. He is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.

