Biden commits $500 million more US to Ukraine - how much have we sent total?

[wiredgeorge]

Through June 23, it looks like around $115,000,000,000 has been spent.

How much money has the US given Ukraine?

Since February 2022, the United States has allocated $113.4 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine in wartime.

usafacts.org

Earlier this week, obiden pushed for another $23,000,000,000 for Ukraine or roughly another 20% of what has already been handed over.

Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border

The requested package also includes $12 billion to replenish the U.S. federal disaster funds at home after a deadly climate season of heat and storms, and funds to bolster enforcement at the Southe…

www.bostonherald.com

Much of this is with little to no accountability regarding how the money of American taxpayers is being spent or where it is going....

America's billions in aid to Ukraine isn’t charity, but it can't be wasted

This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) first appeared in USA Today on June 2, 2023. The Ukrainian military is gearing up for a spring offensive fueled by two recent allocations from President Joe Biden totaling $675 million. We hope this funding will help Ukraine...

www.kennedy.senate.gov

Question:

How much should American tacpayers be forced to render to Ukraine?

It appears as if we won't actually get a vote on this until the elections in 2024.

 

[BigRed]

Big Governments’ One-Two Punch: Scope Creep, Then Wartime Deprivation | James Anthony

Voluntary cooperation gets commandeered by the government gradually in peacetime, then suddenly through war. Peace, then World War I Starting in 1894, the USA no longer had a small-government major party.

mises.org

 

[kbaxter60]

..and here we are:

Interest on national debt to become second largest government expenditure in '24: Watchdog says

Interest payments on national debt will exceed defense and Medicare spending this year, according to a Committee for Responsible Federal Budget analysis of Congressional Budget Office data

justthenews.com

 

[BigRed]

..and here we are:

Interest on national debt to become second largest government expenditure in '24: Watchdog says

Interest payments on national debt will exceed defense and Medicare spending this year, according to a Committee for Responsible Federal Budget analysis of Congressional Budget Office data

justthenews.com

Maybe we should start sacrificing politicians to the gods.

 

[red442joe]

Maybe we should start sacrificing politicians to the gods.

FTW!

Joe

 

[cycleguy2300]

How much as the USA given Ukraine in cash and weapons.....and how much has the rest of the world contributed in total to them?

I think this is getting ridiculous. We should not send any more than any other NATO country gives.

We don't give as much as many European nations based on GDP...


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[benenglish]

Why are we starting a new thread?

We're not.