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jfc i was hoping you weren't gonna choose to be an idiotic pedant but here we are.
the us government signs incredibly expensive contracts with weapons manufacturers. aka "buys weapons." then gives those weapons to its allies. https://www.vox.com/world/2022/12/16/23507640/dc-party-invite-military-contractors-money-ukraine-russia-war-us
wtf do you think these votes in the senate about giving military aid mean? the idea that paying defense contractors to replenish our arsenal is somehow funding local infrastructure is utterly deranged.
edit, to be clear, im not saying that supplying our allies is wrong (well, at this point it might be wrong in israel's case. certainly not in ukraine's though). I'm just saying that your earlier statement about the wars making money for the US is wrong. Some US companies are making money, but only because it's being spent by the US government. Not a positive for the rest of us.
Like I said, you are wrong, please listen to what I'm saying. We can play the fun game of "Define words!" anytime but I already urged you to research into the subject. A scandalous Vox article on GOP politics is not researching. I literally work in the business and know a thing or two on how these aid contracts are written.
Please research before replying to me. Your lack of education is seeping through.
Good lord you're infuriatingly stupid. That isn't at all the subject of the article I linked, and you didn't even read my comment!? "The game of define words" is a game YOU played, not me, moron, by conflating 2 sentences about "freely given" and "profits" without thinking for even a fraction of a second about WHO the weapons are being given to, and WHO is making the profits!
Enough with the "do your own research" bullshit. Either explain yourself or fuck off.
I have explained myself. I don't see a reason to hold your hand and explain things that are beyond your comprehension to you, when I can just ask you to research before having an opinion on a subject you know nothing of. Personally I think you have all the rights in the world to be as wrong as you want, but I will of course call you out on it. Being misinformed unfortunately seems to be fashionable and it's either that or plain laziness to research into it that makes you wrong.
I only know about the "ink printer" or "Gillette" aspect of the aid contracts. How does the money get back to fixing potholes? You mean through taxes on the consumables?
He's a liar who has no idea what he's talking about. "Do your own research" style moron. I'm sure his dad works at Nintendo.
Please don't waste both of our time by replying to comments you have not read.