Posted 2/28/2024, 6:33:39 PM
Ukraine Aid Debates Raise Questions on Priorities
- America spends $14 billion per day on domestic programs; Ukraine aid is a tiny fraction of that
- Ukraine aid mostly provides American-made weapons, benefiting US defense contractors
- Republicans blocking Ukraine aid want immigration fixes first, though they blocked an immigration reform bill
- Former President Trump wants to keep the border crisis going as a campaign issue
- "America first" claim is a smokescreen; America's domestic spending always comes first