President Biden will deliver remarks this morning to explain why US taxpayers need to send another $33 billion of “aid” to Ukraine to “Support Ukrainians Defending Their Country and Their Freedom Against Russia’s Brutal War.”
As AP reports, Biden’s latest proposal – which the officials said was expected to last for five months – has more than $20 billion in military assistance for Ukraine and for bolstering defenses in nearby countries.
There is also $8.5 billion in economic aid to help keep Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government functioning and $3 billion for food and humanitarian programs to help civilians and other spending, said the officials, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
The proposal would more than double the initial $13.6 billion package of defense and economic aid for Ukraine and Western allies that Congress enacted last month.
Biden last week warned that $6.5 billion earmarked for security assistance for Ukraine could soon be “exhausted” and that Congress would need to approve supplemental funding. More than half of the approved money for weapons and equipment for Ukraine’s military has already been drawn down.
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It seemed to signal a long-term U.S. commitment to staving off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to expand his nation’s control of its neighbor, and perhaps beyond.
We have one quick question – how many billions of dollars does it take to turn a ‘proxy’ war into a ‘direct conflict’?
As Politico’s Christopher Miller noted, this proposal “dwarfs the annual defense budgets of most nations.”
WOW, this is a biggie.
White House sends Congress $33B request for Ukraine
The White House package is by far the largest single funding proposal of the war and dwarfs the annual defense budgets of most nations.https://t.co/5EXMNPIdcj via @politico
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 28, 2022
Watch live below (due to start at 1045ET):
Such headlines are meant to stab, to enrage. Here, take that!! Take that, as every day we raise the amount of what we’re giving away of your wealth, just to leave you destitute.
The figures hardly matter. They can claim any amount. But today, it’s the magic 33, just to pour a little salt in the wound and to assert their dark power.
Axl-speak:
“Welcome to the jungle, it gets worse here everyday
You learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see, you’ll take it eventually
You can have anything you want, but you better not take it from me.”
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Of course! Keep sending more money. Just go ahead and double what you gave the past three weeks. Who cares? We can just print more money and raise more taxes on everyone for another country’s business. No biggie. I’m sure they’ll triple or quadruple it by next month now that they got everyone acclimated to it and know they can get away with it.
Unfrigginbelievable…..