Posted on 12/28/2023 5:18:19 PM PST by Mariner
Ukraine may have to prioritize spending on defense above paying salaries if the EU and U.S. do not approve more aid soon, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said in an interview with the Financial Times on Dec. 27.
Congress has been unable to pass a $61 billion funding package for Ukraine amid months of infighting, while Hungary vetoed a four-year EU funding package for Ukraine worth $55 billion at the European Council summit in mid-December.
"The support of partners is extremely critical," Svyrydenko told the Financial Times. "We need it urgently."
"There's a huge risk of underfunding of certain social sectors," including delaying wages paid to 500,000 civil servants and 1.4 million teachers.
Payments to 10 million pensioners would also be at risk if foreign aid stops, according to Svyrydenko.
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That’s just heartbreaking /s
Yachts aren’t cheap.
Pretty sure that’s not the problem of the American taxpayer!
I have no love for either side here. But US taxpayers paying salaries and pensions of foreigners is absolutely insane. There’s no constitutional authority for Congress to spend our money on this.
None.
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I guess Biden needs some deposits.
So we're going to stop paying Uke Nazis to shell Russian Children? The horror!
Biden just gave these vampires another 250 million.
Geesh, it never ends.
But but, it’s for “national security.”
There I said it. Now you need to turn your brain off and do as told.
Funny thing is, no one can articulate a viable national security argument based on a just war theory/concept of why we are involved at all!
TFB. Don’t care. OUR country is broke.
Most of the productive men in Ukraine are now dead, What exactly was the plan once the war was over? The US was going to finance all the Ukrainian payrolls for the foreseeable future? Where is the corrupt MSM asking these very questions?
500,000 civil servants sounds like quite an army.
In WW2 the US paid for its warriors and its bureaucrats itself.
It’s expensive, paying others to cover up Joe Biden’s influence-peddling
“1.4 million teachers”
I thought Ukraine had a population of 40 million before the war.
Was about 8% of its workforce teachers?
“500,000 civil servants”
Here is your rifle, serve Ukraine.
Slava[Glory]! Slava! Slava!
Why are we paying enough for them to get their retirement?
So our largesse didn’t go toward weapons and hardware. We are supporting office workers.
Look for “The ‘rat That Roared” in your favorite bookstore for full details.
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