Biden and the Democrats are OK with arming foreign countries but grabbing guns from Americans is an obsession w/ them. The same “Congress” that gleefully tramples 2A rights, is hell bent on supplying weapons to foreign countries.
Not content w/ the mega billions already in his pocket, Zelensky now says
he wants US tax dollars to Ukraine “according to the Israeli model”......here’s what he means:
Congressional Research Service
US Foreign aid to Israel
60 page detailed report
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222/44
The concerned Israeli lobby made sure Congress is required by law to ensure that U.S. military aid in the Middle East region doesn’t damage Israel’s military superiority over its neighbors. That requirement enjoys broad bipartisan support and has served as a benchmark for ensuring Israel receives robust U.S. support.
Biden keeps gaslighting Americans about the “need” for
American foreign aid tax dollars to Ukraine and Israel.
Here’s why they DONT need it:
About $113.1 billion in tax dollars were authorized in 2022 for Ukraine, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Most of it–about $67.1 billion–was defense-related. The other $46 billion included:
<><>$26.9 billion for economic support;
<><>$7.9 billion for international disaster assistance;
<><>$6.6 billion in assistance for refugees;
<><>$1.5 billion for assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia;
<><>plus $3.1 billion for other non-defense spending.
US tax dollars helped Ukraine
<><>pay the salaries of 618,000 educators, 517,000 health workers, and 56,500 first responders
<><>helped sustain critical healthcare services,
<><>helped meet pension responsibilities for 9.8 million people,
<><>assisted 1.3 million internally displaced persons,
<><>provided housing assistance to 4.1 million people,
<><>provided social assistance to 240,000 low-income families
<><>helped subsidize 480,000 persons with disabilities,
<><>bought supplies for farmers,
<><>financed finding markets for small business.
Backstory: Since 1973, Israel has received more than $120 billion US tax
dollars in MILITARY assistance alone, including “three special aid” packages.
<><>billions for signing the Israel-Egypt peace treaty
<><>billions for Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai.
<><>billions for redeployment of Israeli forces
<><>rebuilding Israeli air bases in the Negev cost $5 billion.
Besides weaponry, Israel also receives economic and humanitarian foreign aid, which supports broad economic development and sociopolitical stability and can include non-military support related to the country’s pressing security needs.
Bttt
We’ve had an annual ‘budget crisis’ for over 20 years, i.e. our govt. cannot do what most American families manage to do: match spending with income.
Well, a big part of the problem is because the US congress & executive is “Diamond Jim” Brady when it comes to giving away our treasure (and military material), sometimes to our enemies.
We are at the point now where America spends more in the national budget servicing the public debt than it does on our armed forces. This is outrageous. Can you imagine a household spending more to pay credit card interest than on the mortgage and groceries?
But yeah, in their next breath these brassbound, fierce defenders of the borders of every country in the world—save One—have the temerity to propose “buying back” our personal firearms ... with public tax dollars.
“And, uhh, let’s make it mandatory (gulp).”
Paging Thomas Paine.
$67.1 billion “defense related” support to Ukraine may have been authorized in 2022, but now 5/6th’s of the way through 2023,
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12040
a bit under $50 billion has actually been committed, with not all of that yet sent.
Don’t get me wrong, ~$50 billion is still a nice chunk of change, but, exaggerating does not help the argument when accurate numbers are not that hard to find.
$50 billion over 2 years is actually pretty weak support for a war this size... OTOH, Trump’s policy of not looking weak in the 1st place and thereby deterring Pooty would have been vastly preferable.