Yall are so easily distracted by the current shiny thing.

We racked up 30 trillion in debt before ukraine became a charity case. The amount we’ve sent Ukraine in money and material is wholly insignificant in comparison to our annual deficit.

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Posted by OccamsStubble

Member since Aug 2019

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 8:17 am to LSUnation78

There’s no amount that’s insignificant when every person holds $101,000 in national debt. At that point you stop and reverse course, you don’t punch the gas and steer for the abyss.

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Posted by Ten Bears

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 8:22 am to LSUnation78

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We racked up 30 trillion in debt before ukraine became a charity case. The amount we’ve sent Ukraine in money and material is wholly insignificant in comparison to our annual deficit.

Easy now. There are some in here that think that we could pay down our debt and fund Social Security if we just cut Ukraine funding.

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Posted by Achilles Hill

Member since Mar 2024

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 8:33 am to LSUnation78

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We racked up 30 trillion in debt before ukraine became a charity case.

This!

Running up a $36 trillion dollar debt was a BIPARTISAN effort.

Our politicians are doing nothing to fix this problem.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 8:43 am to LSUnation78

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Yall are so easily distracted by the current shiny thing.

We racked up 30 trillion in debt before ukraine became a charity case. The amount we’ve sent Ukraine in money and material is wholly insignificant in comparison to our annual deficit.

Correct.

Citing Ukraine money as a concern for our debt/inflation shows that person is being irrationally partisan and not serious about the topic.

What we've sent Ukraine in dollars is less than 1 month of Social Security spending.

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Posted by LegalEazyE