“Hey guys we’re here to help, we’re gonna be staying in the most expensive luxury vacation hotels 1-3k a night rooms”

“Also you guys aren’t allowed to have any of this local aid donated by neighbors, it’s not approved”

“Also we’re broke and don’t actually have aid”



Btw, you guys willing to sell your scorched contaminated land yet? We’re gonna send in inspectors to determine how much remediation will be required, last chance to sell now

Why does FEMA need anymore money. Shouldn't it be solace enough for the victims to know that Ol' Joe almost lost his corvette in a fire.

I think you're misinformed here. The NDAA includes specific funding for operations in Ukraine.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Bolstering Support for Ukraine and NATO
- Authorizes the full fiscal year 2023 budget request for the European Deterrence
Initiative (EDI).
-Extends and modifies the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and authorizes
$800 million in fiscal year 2023, an increase of $500 million above the President’s
budget request.
- Requires a report on DOD plans for the provision of security assistance to Ukraine in
the short and medium term.
-Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States' commitment to NATO is
ironclad, and emphasizes the importance of maintaining a unified response to Russia's
unjust war in Ukraine and other shared security challenges.
- Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States must continue to assist Ukraine
in its fight against the unjust and unprovoked attack by Russia, and that oversight and
transparency for such assistance is essential to ensure effective and sustained support.
-Requires a report on the framework the Inspectors General have adopted to oversee
U.S. assistance to Ukraine and whether there are any gaps in oversight or funding for
such activities.
- Requires an assessment of the required U.S. force posture and resourcing needed to
implement the National Defense Strategy in Europe and uphold U.S. commitments to
NATO.


https://www.armed-services.senate.go...nt_summary.pdf

Even if there is money coming from "other buckets" which have yet to be identified, it will end up indirectly supporting the MIC.

The bill proposes $25.89 billion in funding for FEMA

And we had more events than a regular year, i think it was 15-18, much more than average.
increased emergency funding.....regular year=regular funding.

Welp, I can admit that I was wrong about that... it happens.

Doesn't change the fact that I still don't think Ukraine should even get $1 of US taxpayer money.

Not gonna rebut that, we agree on that front. I just want to take the chisel further down the DoD budget. Appreciate you at least owning up on that specific issue, measlies!

Your beliefs are wrong because they're stuck in the wrong century. Obama ramped up the wars, particularly in Afghanistan. And historically Democrats have been more the party of war.

-Wilson entered the US into WW1 after promising not to
-FDR for WWII, though that was just
-Tiny, insecure Truman dropped the atomic bombs on Japan
-Tiny, insecure Truman put the US into the Korean War
-Overt racist Lyndon Johnson put the US into the Vietnam War
-Obama bombed this schit out of the Middle East, killed A LOT of brown people
-Obama's admin repeatedly lied trying to get the US into Syria

To be fair chicken hawks are on both sides. Fuk Bush and Cheney. Thank God one of the biggest chicken haws in all of DC, Hillary wasn't elected or we'd already be 5 years balls deep into a 3rd world country's anus.

There is nothing with my beliefs, you're chasing ghosts in my post. You won't catch me defending Democrats on their war record, either. That post was just pointing out that Republicans in Congress largely enable the war machine by passing the NDAA, which is true. So, picking out one sliver of war funding as unconscionable when the whole thing is a monstrous waste of money seems like missing the forest for the trees.

I agree with your last sentence. It's both parties that engage in war-mongering, because both parties support US imperialism. That's probably at odds with majority of American voters, but alas, here we are.

They should give us an opt out option on where our funds go for international disputes.



I opt out on giving anything more than $0.00 to Ukraine.

The option is always there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relinq...es_nationality