Oh, I almost forgot.....snx. Sen McConnell disclosed 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.
It is wise not to think of the Ukraine funds as expense but investment.
There are great future dividends to be paid by having a crippled and destitute Russia.