Here are the 70 House Republicans who voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine

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Here are the 70 House Republicans who voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine - Lemmy.world

Gaetz said they should focus on domestic issues instead, like republicans care about domestic issues

So let me get this straight……

The republicans are telling the democrats “stop sending hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine, spend it here in the USA”. The democrats are the ones controlling the spending, so they could spend it domestically to, for example, try and clean up the homeless criminal hell holes that at are places like San Francisco and LA.

You, clearly a democrat voter: “As if republicans care about domestic issues”, when it’s the democrats that are choosing to send all the money to Ukraine instead of caring about domestic issues.

Is that right?

Go look at where and how that money is being spent. I think you will find that the vast majority of it isn’t leaving America. American businesses who already do business with the American government will do a little bit more, sending consumables and other assets to Ukraine. From an economic standpoint this is little different than a 10% increase in the American military budget, with the bonus of no expectation that it will be the new baseline going forward.
A 10% increase on the biggest part of your budget by far is a ridiculous increase.
Giving a trillion dollars to businesses with no oversight is also a ridiculous expendititure, but also 10 times more than this and happily supported by the Republicans. Or the tens of trillions spent in the Middle East over the last couple decades. This relatively minor expense is cheap political good will with a massive ROI.

Giving a trillion dollars to businesses with no oversight is also a ridiculous expendititure, but also 10 times more than this and happily supported by the Republicans.

That’s not funding a proxy war though. Kinda different.

Sometimes the only options are war or capitulation. I guess if Ukraine had just stopped…existing…next to Russia this could have all been avoided. How foolish of them.
Those aren’t the options available to America though. America wouldn’t be “capitulating” by not sending $100bil along with weapons and military vehicles to ukraine.