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The Terrible Consequences Of The Sanctions Against Putin
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2022 Jun 20, 4:17am 15,775 views 107 comments
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AmericanKulak
2023 Feb 5, 10:08am
https://www.csis.org/analysis/aid-ukraine-explained-six-charts
No nuclear in the US, subsidize Nuclear for Ukraine (and it seems, export of surplus to the EU which pretends it's done with nuclear)
By the way:
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This was last year, so in a little over a year, $105B for Ukraine.
AmericanKulak
2023 Feb 5, 10:08am
U.S. government operations and domestic costs related to Ukraine, which covers the increased expenses to government agencies for operations like moving embassy personnel and prosecuting war criminals. It also includes $2 billion for support to energy companies, particularly the nuclear industry, to offset higher supplier costs. Some observers might exclude the energy subsidy as only tangentially related to the war in Ukraine. This tabulation includes the item since the administration categorized it as Ukraine related.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/aid-ukraine-explained-six-charts
No nuclear in the US, subsidize Nuclear for Ukraine (and it seems, export of surplus to the EU which pretends it's done with nuclear)
By the way:
A1: Congress has passed three aid packages. The first in March ($13.6 billion) was tacked onto the massive $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations for FY 2022. The package in May ($40 billion), which contained the major portion of the aid, was a standalone bill. The package in September ($13.7 billion) was attached to the continuing resolution. It was designed to provide aid through December, when Congress will consider full-year appropriation bills. As the chart below shows, the three packages total $68 billion.
On November 15, the administration submitted a new aid request of $37.7 billion which, if passed, would bring the total to $105.5 billion. This new aid package is designed to last through the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2023). However, at the current rate of spending ($6.8 billion per month), this would last until about May. At that point, unless the war has ended or settled into a stalemate, the administration would need to ask for additional money.
(Same Source)
This was last year, so in a little over a year, $105B for Ukraine.
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Putin is engaging in some cold-blooded calculus here. "Make things very uncomfortable for people in the west and they will cave in and let me do what I want to do." Long ago, Western democracies caved into Hitler in hopes of appeasing him and stopping a second world war. We know what happened afterward. We are going to have high gasoline and diesel prices. We are going to suffer high prices for food, timber, and natural gas for a long time to come. We are going to see large numbers of people face starvation. We cannot let Putin win this battle!!!! Decades ago, Stalin and Chairman Mao engineered famines that killed millions of people. Putin is the same kind of monster