Seems like our mainstream media could help out here and make clear what a small part of the US budget goes to Ukraine or foreign aid in general. Today's Letters from an American Substack by Heather Cox Richardson had this good quote:
"Foreign affairs writer Tom Nichols of The Atlantic explains that foreign aid is normally about 1% of the U.S. budget—$60 billion—and 18 months of funding for both the military and humanitarian aid in Ukraine have been about $75 billion. Israel usually gets about $3 billion; the new bill would add about $14 billion to that. (For comparison, Nichols points out that Americans last year spent about $181 billion on snacks and $115 billion on beer.)"
Yes indeed. Nor is the vote a great stretch on our resources. As noted in a WSJ article today, the combined GNP of the EU and the USA is twenty times that of Russia. All that is needed is willpower to get the Ukrainians the sustained support they need, and have shown themselves more than willing to employ with great skill and determination, to preserve their independence from a rogue, mafia-like state that Putin has created in Russia.
No, it is not. It is very cruel to send the Ukrainian youth do die in order to weaken Russia so Biden can get re-elected. It is a time for a reasonable deal to end the war.
Dear friends, I kindly ask to sign the petition to U.S. Congress’s support for President Biden’s urgent budget request to fund America’s national security needs, to support critical partners, including Israel and Ukraine.
Seems like our mainstream media could help out here and make clear what a small part of the US budget goes to Ukraine or foreign aid in general. Today's Letters from an American Substack by Heather Cox Richardson had this good quote:
"Foreign affairs writer Tom Nichols of The Atlantic explains that foreign aid is normally about 1% of the U.S. budget—$60 billion—and 18 months of funding for both the military and humanitarian aid in Ukraine have been about $75 billion. Israel usually gets about $3 billion; the new bill would add about $14 billion to that. (For comparison, Nichols points out that Americans last year spent about $181 billion on snacks and $115 billion on beer.)"
Yes indeed. Nor is the vote a great stretch on our resources. As noted in a WSJ article today, the combined GNP of the EU and the USA is twenty times that of Russia. All that is needed is willpower to get the Ukrainians the sustained support they need, and have shown themselves more than willing to employ with great skill and determination, to preserve their independence from a rogue, mafia-like state that Putin has created in Russia.
No, it is not. It is very cruel to send the Ukrainian youth do die in order to weaken Russia so Biden can get re-elected. It is a time for a reasonable deal to end the war.
Thank You, Mr.McFaul!
Dear friends, I kindly ask to sign the petition to U.S. Congress’s support for President Biden’s urgent budget request to fund America’s national security needs, to support critical partners, including Israel and Ukraine.
https://chng.it/5B2nS8hQrp