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pretzelcoatl posted...

i don't think the US should be getting involved in any foreign wars or distributing billions of dollars in foreign aid for any reason until we can fix our poverty and homelessness in our own country, period.

This part I disagree with. Only because you'll find that almost all of our military investment in other countries results in a net-positive to our economy (except for the War in Afghanistan). Our involvement in the Middle East gets us cheap-ish oil without ruining our own environment.

Preventing Russia from trying to re-establish the Eastern European bloc is mutually beneficial. We get to keep tabs on our allies, and in exchange, they let us build military bases to prevent our known enemies from getting too powerful.

ALL of our military aid to Ukraine is in the form contracts where US military companies get to hire US workers and pay taxes on profits. Giving aid to Ukraine does not prevent us from trying to fix homelessness or poverty in this country.

So you can't argue that military aid make us poor. In fact, I contend that America's economic strength is predicated on its imperial strength as a military and diplomatic power. We benefit economically, because we rely on cheap labor and cheap natural resources, while also controlling the banking system, as every non 1st world country uses the US Dollar as their reserve currency.

If you're going to argue based on moral reasons, then that's more than OKAY. But if it's based purely on economic terms, then I'd have to correct you on several points.