Polk377 wrote:dakomish23 wrote:Polk377 wrote:
It's not a conservative opinion. It is a common sense opinion. Some of you never left 2020.
Aiding a morally bankrupt country with billions of dollars of relief for absolutely no benefit to the country is completely asinine. Our country is a disaster right now the majority of its citizens are losing their quality of life. There is an entire generation right now who can't afford homes, can't afford to start families, to live a happy life without being a slave to work because there is not enough money to match the cost of living.
Our Ukraine aid is 3% of our military budget. Do you know what the % of our military budget would be in a world war as Russia's march to expansion crosses Europe? Not counting the human cost which is immeasurable.
The morally bankrupt country is the one who attacked Ukraine and is pushing propaganda that justifies it.
Yes we have a crap ton of issues here. But with or without Ukraine the corporate hacks aren't going to spend the $ on us. They are choosing to not spend our own tax money on us. Don't believe me? The same ppl in Congress complaining about the spending on Ukraine are literally approving another round of tax cuts for the wealthy to continue trickledown nevernomics.
https://itep.org/gop-tax-bills-expand-corporate-tax-breaks/Oh, and to "pay for it" they're going to repeal the clean energy tax credits that have fueled multiple projects, most in red states btw, that employ thousands of well paying jobs.
If someone came out against the funding but then actually wanted to use the money to benefit americans, then they'd have a firm foundation to stand upon. But that person doesn't exist in Congress.
You are not going to find me sticking up for or defending anyone in congress. Those career con-men and women do not have our best interests at heart and never have. This country is at its weakest right now in terms of foreign diplomacy. We don't have a strong leader and we don't have a united front. We are being embarrassed on the world stage where previous "allies" are jumping ship.
What is going on in the world right now is an attempted power grab by several countries. Prior to the Ukraine conflict, our adversaries saw the United States as "war-avoidant", since the US just "recently" ended the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. They believed that the American public had zero stomach for additional conflict... thus, they saw this weakness as an opportunity. Why wouldn't they? The US completely dropped the ball in Syria. There was no consequence over Crimea. China really had no consequence for their man-made islands and territorial grabs within the South China Sea. Then, to top it all off, Trump completely backstabbed the Kurdish and allowed Russia/Turkey/Iran to move in to take land that US troops held, in order to withdraw from the regions near the Iraq/Syria/Turkey border.
America showed nothing but weakness. Then, after Biden took over, the withdrawal from Afghanistan was a disaster, and made it even worse.
As a result, Russia never expected the United States to have any appetite to support Ukraine. Just think, while in office, Trump wanted the US to leave NATO... look at how foolish that appears now. Thus, when NATO and America stepped up, they were probably shocked. Russia mis-calculated... and there has been a definite effect on China, who has been watching closely.
Make no mistake, many countries want to reshape the world and gain power. There is no question. The best response is an extremely defiant, strong and responsive United States, and NATO. They are constantly lingering and waiting to take advantage of a slip up. They must be challenged at every sign of aggression.
With that said, numerous counties are certainly concerned about the impact that 'Western sanctions could have on their countries if the West decides to target them. To an extent, there is a good reason for this...because the sanctions are effective. It's somewhat of a verification of how strong the unified sanctions are.. With that said, a majority of the global skilled labor, technology, innovation and financial systems are concentrated in the West. The economies are extremely advanced and strong. Just look at three key statistics: the unemployment rate of BRICs countries, their GDP per capita and average educational achievement/literacy. The West is so much more robust and will keep attracting/pumping out intellectual talent as a result. This is not going to change anytime soon. These other countries still have major hurdles to overcome.
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