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To: nickfrost1
Sanctions are hurting Europe less than Russia. Europe's total GDP is over 10 times that of Russia. It was Europe and the US that built and paid for much of the world's energy infrastructure. Both the US and Europe is in better position to adjust to the changing market and supply issues, although it is going to take time and hurt while it happens.

According to Russia, This winter the US, Germany, and the rest of Europe were supposed to freeze up and surrender. Instead it was Russian conscripts in open fields without winter uniforms and basic field gear that froze to death. So much for that plan.

Russia is having to make deep cuts in oil production as its projected revenues nose dive. Putin is going to run low on money to fund the war no matter how many left over Soviet weapons and untrained conscripts he orders into the fight.

RUSSIAN Revenue Destroyed by Oil Price Cap & Bans as Russia Loses Over $1 Billion Revenue Per Week .

31 posted on 01/30/2023 2:51:30 AM PST by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - No CCCP 2.0)
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To: Widget Jr

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/12/06/1140120485/why-the-sanctions-against-russia-arent-working-yet


32 posted on 01/30/2023 3:04:19 AM PST by MarMema (Orange Putin Bad)
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To: Widget Jr

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-27/car-repossessions-grow-as-inflation-slams-consumers#:~:text=Now%2C%20more%20Americans%20are%20falling%20behind%20on%20their,2.58%25%20in%20April%202021%2C%20according%20to%20Fitch%20Ratings.

Americans Fall Behind on Car Payments at Higher Rate Than in 2009
Automobile repossessions are climbing as inflation forces struggling consumers to make tough choices.


33 posted on 01/30/2023 3:12:39 AM PST by MarMema (Orange Putin Bad)
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To: Widget Jr
"Imagine the brainwashing it took to convince over 300 million people that over half our budget should go to defense when we have no real military threat .." https://twitter.com/blackintheempir/status/1619544289360629761?s=19
34 posted on 01/30/2023 3:15:03 AM PST by MarMema (Orange Putin Bad)
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To: Widget Jr

Europe’s total GDP is over 10 times that of Russia. ==

GDP in dollars is deceiving. Say if euro rate to dollar goes up or down for 10%. Quite frequently happens, Does it mean that GDP of Europe goes also u or down 10%? Quite substantial move isn’t it?

Better look to electricity production and consumption per capita. Here we see that there NOT a 10 times bigger of economy of US and Europe.
Maybe 2 times but considering also that Russian electricity sector is on development I think it will not that bigger soon.

BTW if you add US with EU why not comparing Russia and China then? May be your propaganda will stop be so big, isn’t it?


45 posted on 01/30/2023 2:23:45 PM PST by nickfrost1
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