By VT - Dr. Rich Swier -August 13, 2023

$40 billion to Ukraine but nothing for Hawaii. Make it stop. Americans are underwater–we can’t pay our taxes let alone our gas, electric, food etc. bills. But bribery Biden’s billions flow out weekly to that dictatorial hellhole.

Seniors in the USA are told to brace for a far lower social security payment boost in 2024 but hundreds of billions for Ukraine.

BIDEN SEEKS NEARLY $40 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR UKRAINE, DISASTER RELIEF, AND BORDER

Emma Kinery Amanda Macias

• The White House is seeking $12 billion for ongoing disaster relief, $60 million in wildland firefighter pay to cover pay increases and $3.9 billion to address border and migration issues.
• Biden’s request also seeks over $24 billion in additional funding for Ukraine’s slow-moving fight against Russia.
• In the nearly 18 months since Russian troops poured over Ukrainian borders, the U.S. has unleashed a war chest worth more than $43 billion to bolster Kyiv’s arsenal.

WASHINGTON — The White House unveiled a nearly $40 billion supplemental funding request on Thursday to provide additional aid to Ukraine and respond to natural disasters, including wildland firefighter pay and border management.

The White House is seeking $12 billion for ongoing disaster relief, $60 million to cover pay increases for firefighters, and $3.9 billion to address border and migration issues.

The request came as federal agencies, led by FEMA, mobilized to respond to deadly wildfires in Hawaii that already claimed three dozen lives. President Joe Biden said FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell would be on Maui by Friday, but he warned the danger is “not over yet.”

Biden’s request also seeks over $24 billion in additional funding for Ukraine’s slow-moving defense against Russia’s illegal invasion.

BIDEN SEEKS $13 BILLION FOR UKRAINE DEFENSE AS GOP PROTESTS

• Request included in $40 billion emergency spending bill
• The proposal seeks $12 billion in extra disaster-relief funding

By Jordan Fabian and Erik Wasson

Bipartisan support for Ukraine aid has held steady in the US Senate, but the funding has become controversial in the House, where McCarthy has promised not to bring an assistance package to the floor if it skirts defense-spending caps set in the May debt-ceiling agreement…

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             Dr. Rich Swier

Rich holds a Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, a Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Washington University, St. Louis, MO.