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Almost as much as their GDP! yay!
yes, we are in a proxy war with Russia/China and other fascist states that supply russia. 
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yes, its money well spent.
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hopefully its over soon with a total Ukrainian victory. >

Sure. Though it always makes me wonder how billions of dollars to war and corporations fly through congress but they squabble about money that goes to Americans. >

because corporations pay republican lawmakers to block most funding that helps the average person.
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if they lose any ground, its harder to gain back than it is defend it. >

The people just need to get together and toss like $2 each to pay off these politicians like corporations do. They’re pretty cheap to buy. >

It’s not just the money. It’s the promise of jobs, but not only for themselves, it’s for them to fill out and use as favors/bribes. It’s the lean-on-this-guy pressure. 
It’s the “rid me of this troublesome priest” power. It’s mostly about power >

So what hope is there then? Seems futile. >

Well if we could get money out of politics it would help a lot, but in reality access to power will always corrupt. Maybe if we could also have tighter tax laws that make it really expensive to donate to a PAC or otherwise access elected people without really tight oversight. 
But none of that can happen because it’s meant to be futile >

Well, so let’s just party then! >

Absolute bargain. >

Almost half of what it should have been. >

Biden cut the budget deficit by $1.4 trillion in 2022. Republicans have no standing to lecture him on fiscal responsibility. >

Kickass. Keep it coming. 
Love that Lil Pootie and his Orcs are getting lit the fuck up. >

Fuck Putin. Money well spent, particularly because we are not sending money to Ukraine, we are sending weapons manufactured here. Not to mention that we are testing them under combat conditions. >

Worth every penny >

It was worth doing for humanitarian reasons. Holding off a genocide.
But the Ukrainians have destroyed a lot of Russian firepower with that aid. That alone was worth a multiple of the US cost - if Ukraine wins out. >

Lot of people in this head didn't read the article. That's not how much was spent, just approved. We've actually spent like a third of that.