▲ 115 ▼ Biden drafts $100 billion foreign aid package, including money for Israel and Ukraine (abcnews.go.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 years ago (1 child) Biden: "Hey! Stop the genocide of those Palestinians!" Also Biden: "By the way, here's $10 billion" permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wolf6152@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 100 billion. One hundred billion dollars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) The article said most will go to Ukraine, with $10 billion for Israel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it should all go to Ukraine in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent [–] wolf6152@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago This report says $40 billion of the $100 billion. The dollar amount doesn’t matter. At the end of the day the US doesn’t have a nationwide healthcare system and 18% of the population is in some sort of housing insecurity. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-expected-seek-60b-ukraine-aid-israel-100b-funding-request-rcna121095 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wolf6152@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 100 billion. One hundred billion dollars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) The article said most will go to Ukraine, with $10 billion for Israel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it should all go to Ukraine in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent [–] wolf6152@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago This report says $40 billion of the $100 billion. The dollar amount doesn’t matter. At the end of the day the US doesn’t have a nationwide healthcare system and 18% of the population is in some sort of housing insecurity. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-expected-seek-60b-ukraine-aid-israel-100b-funding-request-rcna121095 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) The article said most will go to Ukraine, with $10 billion for Israel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it should all go to Ukraine in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent [–] wolf6152@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago This report says $40 billion of the $100 billion. The dollar amount doesn’t matter. At the end of the day the US doesn’t have a nationwide healthcare system and 18% of the population is in some sort of housing insecurity. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-expected-seek-60b-ukraine-aid-israel-100b-funding-request-rcna121095 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it should all go to Ukraine in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wolf6152@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago This report says $40 billion of the $100 billion. The dollar amount doesn’t matter. At the end of the day the US doesn’t have a nationwide healthcare system and 18% of the population is in some sort of housing insecurity. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-expected-seek-60b-ukraine-aid-israel-100b-funding-request-rcna121095 permalink fedilink source parent