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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We are sending them old equipment, and spending the “money” on replacing that old equipment with new equipment.

In fact, it’s great for the US. Get rid of old stuff, get new stuff in its place, create jobs and stimulate the economy in the process. It’s win win win.

Apart from the fact that the US spends way too fucking much on military, but it was going to happen regardless

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

According to this article, of the 61 BILLION dollars sent to Ukraine in the latest aid package, only 7 billion is being put back into our own production. That’s still a major deficit that has to come from someplace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Agreed, and I was overly simplifying for brevity. Though it’s still not us just handing them billions of dollars to do whatever they want.

I’m definitely going to keep that article handy though, I appreciate the link.