Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?
MortUS@lemmy.world 2 days agoYou keep trying to make this a party issue, when it’s not. Biden also increased the National Debt by a similar amount. You’re right, 1 Billion dollars in a pool of Trillions really is a drop in the bucket. I don’t think we need to get anything from Ukraine in return of our support. They’re fighting a foreign offender, they deserved much more than throwing money at the problem, but here we are. Everything we send out of the U.S. that’s not accounted for in the U.S. budget goes into debt; as the National Debt climbed, the U.S. needs to find ways to pay that down, and they’re trying to do that without offending the Billionaire Class buying politicians. So, from Trumps perspective, Ukraine is an easy cut, regardless if we think he’s Putins Puppet, it’s clear Trump doesn’t care for what’s happening in Ukraine.
I support funds for Ukraine over funds for Isreal any day of the week, but that’s just not going to happen under this administration.
zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Right-wingers make it a partisan issue, by conveniently dangling the debt over any spending they dislike. Also, while you mention Biden’s debt increase, not only was Trump worse, but not all increases are equal in kind. If a president increases the debt to keep the country standing during a difficult period, sure, good stuff. On the other hand, if the president increases the debt just to provide tax cuts that mainly benefit his rich friends, then not so good, these aren’t the same in any way despite both being increases.