Saturday, March 4, 2023

Covid money

When the US sends military equipment to Ukraine we are just unloading inventory which will be replaced with newer and better stuff but if the US is sending cash then that is subject to misuse. The $113 billion appropriated approaches the $146 billion spent in 20 years in Afghanistan. "When you spend so much money so quickly, with so little oversight, you're going to have fraud, waste and abuse," John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said in an interview. "Massive amounts." In May of 2020 polls showed that 60% of the American people favored providing weapons to Ukraine and by January of 2023 that number dropped to 48%. This trend will likely continue and at some point the tide will turn. Let's hope there is still something left of Ukraine when and if this time comes.

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