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First of all, we’re not getting jack shit: capitalists in the military-industrial complex are. And second of all, that’s not how US federal taxes work.
Edit: And third of all, Ukraine isn’t getting any of this for free but as lend-leases which their people will be paying off for generations while living under neoliberal austerity measures.
I thought you guys had nothing to do with the war and were just passive observers there for humanitarian reasons?
If you lot actually wanted to kill invaders, you'd wipe out your own government before worrying about other countries.
In total, America's pumped nearly $25 billion of non-military aid into Ukraine's economy since the invasion began – and you can see it working at the bustling farmers market on John McCain Street in central Kyiv. The late senator is revered in Ukraine because he pushed the U.S. government to start sending arms to the country after Russia first invaded – back in 2014.
Good to hear that Ukraine is just as enamored with American fascists as it is with European ones.
The US delivers X dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine. In most cases, this is used weaponry that would otherwise be held in a depot waiting for WW3 or desposed of. The US is not taking new taxpayer money for this. Instead older weapons paid for by taxpayers to counter Russian agression...are used to counter Russian agression. Newer weapons like Patriot and Himars are donated but the US gains valuable information from the battlefield in exchange.
I guarantee you that every single weapon sent to Ukraine will be replaced by a new one to rust in the depot, at the tax payers expense. That's the whole point of the Military Industrial Complex; to sell weapons to the government.
