Better than nothing right now, Congress needs to unfuck itself. The free world needs to defeat putin and russia.
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Agreed. Though I worry that'll take pressure off the cantankerous legislators that are blocking true support for Ukraine.
How did US politics get to a point where Russia is tacitly if not explicitly being supported by half of the electorate? And all because of an π with an IQ to match?
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Money.
It's always the money isn't it? Ugh.
I doubt many people will make a profit on this, other than Trump himself.
Seems to me like Russian oligarchs benefit greatly from all these new trade lines with China but what do I know?
Which ones? China was always open for business.
Weren't there talks of a massive oil pipeline from Russia to China?
Maybe. They do export to China. The thing is China cuts a hard bargain, and so they really prefer to sell to Europeans, who will bid competitively. And also they could potentially sell to both, so I'm not sure how Ukraine figures in to any of it.
@CanadaPlus @Jax
China and India pay close to cost price for Russian oil and and have refused to pay in Rubles, which caused the Ruble to become an effectively non-exchangeable currency. Russia is spending 40% of its income on the war, and as its income is almost entirely derived from petrochemicals, the effect on the Russian economy is catastrophic. They are not exporting refined products due to failing infrastructure and Ukrainian attacks on refineries. The situation is serious.
Worry all you like. Kicker is a lot of people have been screaming at Biden/his administration to send aid to Ukraine again. I am definitely not his #1 fan, though he's trying and that should be recognized more often, despite his faults.
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No.
He is merely the lesser of two evils.
That is basically the steady-state outcome in a first-pass-the-post election system. What more would one expect?
Until our election system can better reflect the population it serves, the only real choice one will ever have is "which of these two do I dislike least?"
That's just drawing from a special Presidential fund. I forgot the name. It is only a couple of billions in total, and must last for a year and for everything the administration wants to support without Congressional approval.
And if the $60 billion main aid package is intended for a year, then $300 million is the equivalent of less than 2 day's worth.
"A drop on a hot stone", as we say in Germany.
Ein Tropfen auf eine heiΓe Stein?
Almost. It's: Ein Tropfen auf den heiΓen Stein.
300 million? Come on, man. We fined a single sex pest slash business fraudster more than that. Surely we can find more to help an entire nation.