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    Feb 22, 2024, 07:24 AM
    It's the jobs stupid
    So why spend $billions of monopoly war bucks for Ukraine ?

    Is it for national security reasons ? Nah

    Is it for some moral obligation like defending democracy or supporting an ally ? Nah

    It's the jobs stupid !!!

    Industrial production in the U.S. defense and space sector has increased 17.5% since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago, according to Federal Reserve data.
    Biden administration officials say that of the $60.7 billion earmarked for Ukraine in a $95 billion supplemental defense bill, 64% will actually flow back to the U.S. defense industrial base.
    “That’s one of the things that is misunderstood…how important that funding is for employment and production around the country,” Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, said in an interview Wednesday.
    How War in Europe Boosts the U.S. Economy - WSJ


    Under that logic ;why not massively increase military aid to Israel ?

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