We’re supposed to believe this pea-brained idiot’s views on war?
He couldn’t do the job w/ tens of billions of our tax dollars thus far.
And now he’s threatening us.
Says all he needs is another 100 billion more....or else WE’RE in deep doo-doo.
Guy’s a joke.
Sen McConnell discloses that the endless US financed war in Ukraine has a “higher purpose:”
its a jobs program for the “military industrial complex”......to ‘reindustrialize’ the arms industry,
REALITY CHECK
About $113 billion tax dollars was 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 UKRANIAN economic support in UKRAINE;
<><>$7.9 billion for international disaster assistance for UKRAINE;
<><>$6.6 billion in assistance for refugees in UKRAINE;
<><>$1.5 billion for assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia;
<><>plus $3.1 billion for other UKRANIAN non-defense spending in UKRAINE.
US tax dollars to UKRAINE helped Ukraine
<><>pay the salaries of 618,000 UKRAINE educators, 517,000 UKRAINE health workers,
<><>and 56,500 UKRAINE first responders
<><>helped sustain critical UKRAINE healthcare services,
<><>helped meet UKRAINE pension responsibilities for 9.8 million UKRAINIANS,
<><>assisted 1.3 million internally displaced persons in UKRAINE,
<><>provided housing assistance to 4.1 million UKRAINIANS in UKRAINE,
<><>provided social assistance to 240,000 low-income UKRANIAN families in UKRAINE,
<><>helped subsidize 480,000 UKRANIANS with disabilities in UKRAINE,
<><>bought supplies for UKRANIAN farmers in UKRAINE,
<><>financed finding markets for UKRANIAN small businesses in UKRAINE.