Randahl Fink2d ago

The two most important numbers I have read this week:

In Congress, The House is proud that they have finally agreed to send $1 billion in aid to Ukraine.

At the same time, Trump has spent $50 billion on contracts given to his ballroom "sponsors".

In other words, Ukraine surviving Putin's evil invasion has been budgeted one 50th of Trump's ballroom expenses.

Priorities, ladies and gentlemen… Priorities.

Show threadromanoff2d ago
@randahl wouldn’t those $50b create jobs, though?
Show threadzbrown2d ago

@shootingtsar @randahl adjusted for cost per job the number of USian jobs created by the blatant corruption is basically a rounding error, even more so when factoring how short term they'll be.

That military aid on the other hand supports a great many US jobs, and ensures US arms remain fresh and cutting edge, for better or worse.

Show threadromanoff
@zbrown @randahl well then aren’t all construction jobs too short term to matter? I agree that military aid is excellent too in terms of creating opportunity through government spending
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