The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent …

Smedley Butler
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The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. ✨ War Is a Racket. Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book War Is a Racket, www.businessinsider.com. 1935.
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