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Good. Amazing how people are suffering here but we always have the money for foreign countries. Next time they say how can we fund Healthcare, homelessness or some program designed to help us people remember this.
Yeah, let's pretend that these people aren't the same ones that vote against healthcare, homeless shelters and giving women a choice...How stupid are you?
I never said I'm with them. I'm simply saying that our money shouldn't be diverted else where when people here are suffering. Don't put words in my mouth.
Well, it's not either/or. The same people that voted against aid to Ukraine are the same people that vote against spending money on the stuff that you wish they'd spend money on. But you're ignoring all that, so I assume you're just arguing in bad faith
It's a pretty selfish take. The US is (iirc) the largest economy on the planet. We take an absurd amount for granted and our standard of living compared to the vast majority of the world is insane. And yes - we've built it on the backs of damn near every culture on the planet. We deserve to give up aid to other nations. It is the least we can do. And frankly, this is a drop in the federal budget. Almost a rounding error. And even more, the majority of the money is gonna come right back into our economy because guess what - those weapons and ammo are going to be bought from U. S. defense contractors.
Perhaps you may live a privileged life but many of us don't. And that money will end up in the pockets of corporations and those who own them, not us peasants. If standards were better and we had what some would say are basic rights such as Healthcare then it would be less of a problem
If a small number of Repubs would vote for that it would probably pass also.