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-105 points

Why? Spend the money here.

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15 points

Jesus fucking Christ, do you think we are shipping crates of Benjamins to Ukraine?

Are you really this fucking stupid? Clearly the majority of people in the United States are the dumbest motherfuckers alive, so I just need clarification.

That money is spent here. The money gets pumped into the US economy.

We get rid of ancient military equipment, Ukraine gets a boost, and the US economy gets billions of dollars pumped into it

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0 points

Please educated one tell us how many schools do the weapon manufacturers that get these checks build?

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-2 points

Mmm no, I’m aware they don’t send money. I certainly never said that. And by spend, I mean on the people, not giving it to weapons manufacturers who definitely aren’t putting that money back into the economy.

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68 points

Fucking idiot. The replacement weapons will be made here and paid to companies here

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-41 points

We don’t need to give money to conservative owned weapon manufacturers.

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13 points

Then buy a weapons plant

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12 points

Good lord you’re stupid.

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5 points

What’s your opinion about lend lease on WW2?

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Bro he is on crack & opium. Also known als copium 😂 He doesn’t even now what his Point was to begin with 😂

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1 point

That’s not how it works bub.

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-2 points

How what works?

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11 points

The money stays in the US if that’s what you meant?

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-22 points

Yes. As much as I support Ukraine, it’s a waste of money at this point. Russia can go forever. We need to spend money here to brace for impact.

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11 points

Russia+NKorea surely can’t go longer than US and Europe, look at the numbers in economy, population etc. Even if the US pulls out, Europe on its own would have more than enough resources to outspend Putin. It’s a matter of political will, that’s all. If Europe would be equally commited to Ukraine then Russia wouldn’t stand a chance. So whether it’s a waste of money or not now is a question of whether Europe is willing to properly support Ukraine. I guess you could make the point that it’s about time we finally decide this, but the means surely are there and at our disposal.

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Russia actually can’t go on forever. There’s a reason they’re having to buy bottom of the barrel artillery shells from North Korea of all places. They’ve had gigantic reserves from the cold war to burn through, but they have been burning through it.

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36 points

You think they are venmoing Ukraine?

The aid is for weapons delivery via 2 paths:

  1. Write off appropriation and backfill of mothballed stock we already needed to rotate out or destroy, due to shelf life

  2. Net new construction of weapons for immediate delivery to Ukraine. That construction happens in the US and us partner nations, and provides the US valuable use Intel as a cherry on top.

It’s valuable spending either way.

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-20 points

I do not think they use Venmo.

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13 points

Bro they do. Just today I got a message from Zelensky asking me to send him $500 for a tank ticket to Donetsk. Being a patriot I am, I obviously did my part.

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11 points

There are also direct money transfers and guarantees for loans and other financial instruments.

As for mothballed weapons, it’s often cheaper to deliver them to Ukraine than to dispose of them.

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That, along with Russia not congratulating Trump are the only things giving me some hope Trump might pivot with the right push. “We made an amazing deal, Ukraine will cheaply dispose of our old weapons and punish those filthy ungrateful Russians” would be very much on brand for Trump if you insert a bunch of rambling in the middle.

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