The White House on Friday asked Congress for nearly $106 billion to fund ambitious plans for Ukraine, Israel and U.S. border security, but offered no strategy for securing the money from a broken Congress.
So really, it’s a proposal to give US Defense contractors $100b+ to replenish and restock the DOD with new kit and munitions for the old kit and munitions that we’re providing to Ukraine.
Interesting distinction, but I don’t think it changes the fact that US taxpayers paid defense contractors to produce these weapons which we then give away to other nations. It’d be one thing if we sold them, then that’d be a foreign nation’s money helping the US economy. But because these were paid for with US tax dollars and will be given away, it’s essentially a free payday for defense contractors while US citizens see none of the benefit.
This is what makes defense spending different than other social services. The money spent on weapons that we give away could be better spent on things that help us here, like housing, healthcare, education, food, etc.
Interesting distinction, but I don’t think it changes the fact that US taxpayers paid defense contractors to produce these weapons which we then give away to other nations. It’d be one thing if we sold them, then that’d be a foreign nation’s money helping the US economy. But because these were paid for with US tax dollars and will be given away, it’s essentially a free payday for defense contractors while US citizens see none of the benefit.
This is what makes defense spending different than other social services. The money spent on weapons that we give away could be better spent on things that help us here, like housing, healthcare, education, food, etc.