What could 40 billion do for our veterans?

[The Booman]

Do you mean use the money for Ukraine for vets instead?

I guess my point is we have had a problem caring for our vets for decades and the VA is not in good shape and yet a war pops up thousands of miles away and just like that Congress allocates billions with no trouble at all. Back at home there is never the same urgency for problems in our own backyard.

[Ethereal]

It's not a zero sum. We can do both.

No, "we" can't. The country is drowning in debt and inflation.

[Ethereal]

We can continuing adding to the debt until the USD crashes.

Oh wait, that seems to be the plan.

The US economy is strong, but it does have its limits. Fools like Richard seem intent on testing those limits, mostly because their party is gorging themselves on the tax dollars flowing into Ukraine.

[Ethereal]

And that is likely going to be the justification for spending more money this country has, which will increase the inflation, and the rest of the country who has retirement accounts or savings will have their money worth less.

Our Veterans should come FIRST, not behind another country's people.

With $40 billion, we could give a $5,000 tax credit to 8 million American families. Instead, the money is going straight into the pockets of arms dealers, big banks, and politicians.

The American revolution was fought primarily because Americans didn't want to spend their blood and treasure on Europe's endless wars and intrigues. So, in many ways, we've reached a point in our country's history where the American revolution no longer means anything. We're right back to where we started.

[Ethereal]

I guess my point is we have had a problem caring for our vets for decades and the VA is not in good shape and yet a war pops up thousands of miles away and just like that Congress allocates billions with no trouble at all. Back at home there is never the same urgency for problems in our own backyard.

Exactly.

The lack of urgency that characterizes their response to our domestic problems says it all.

$40 billion could transform the lives of millions of Americans for the better almost overnight. But it won't do anything to change the long-term trajectory of the war in Ukraine, and nobody, not even the people who support this spending, are pretending that it will.

They just want to spend the money, with basically no oversight, so they can plunder it for themselves.

[QuaseMarco]

[The Booman]

Primary the $#@!s