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EX500rider

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14. "This is why Americans can't have nice things," doubtful

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 09:35 PM

Dec 7

62 billion in 3 years in only around 20 billion a year, the US Defense budget was 916 billion in 2023.

In the 2022 fiscal year, the total amount spent on public K-12 education in the United States was $857 billion.

In 2022, the total amount spent on healthcare in the United States was $4.5 trillion.

I don't think 20 billion would have moved the needle much on those. YMMV

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US announces nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support for Ukraine [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 7 OP

Message approved Evolve Dammit Dec 7 #1

Can Donald cancel said contract........ and forward it to Vlad? keithbvadu2 Dec 7 #2

Congress appropriated the money BumRushDaShow Dec 7 #3

please get it to the Ukraine before 4catsmom Dec 7 #4

I'd love for the Biden administration to allot all fed funds now kimbutgar Dec 7 #5

Awesome news! n/t iluvtennis Dec 7 #6

Ship it all. Ship it all now. paleotn Dec 7 #7

It's hard to pin down which weapons are manufactured where, but... surfered Dec 7 #8

Oh well.... AZ8theist Dec 7 #9

The US is getting a great return on its investment LetMyPeopleVote Dec 7 #10

" The U.S. has provided Ukraine with more than $62 billion in military aid since Russia's invasion in February 2022." Aussie105 Dec 7 #11

Sad! nt pazzyanne Dec 7 #12

We don't have nice things for a variety of reasons. tavernier Dec 7 #13

"This is why Americans can't have nice things," doubtful EX500rider Dec 7 #14

what good is all that for the democracies of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia? cadoman Dec 7 #15

Get it all in, I guess... Montauk6 Dec 8 #16