{"id":1788450,"date":"2022-12-28T08:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788450"},"modified":"2022-12-28T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T14:19:34","slug":"u-s-aid-to-ukraine-surpasses-most-world-military-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-aid-to-ukraine-surpasses-most-world-military-budgets\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. aid to Ukraine surpasses most world military budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-aid-to-ukraine-surpasses-most-world-military-budgets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"subheading\">The $113 billion U.S. assistance to Ukraine has exceeded the annual military budgets of all other countries except China and the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The passage of the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill grants Ukraine $45 Billion in military and economic assistance, bringing the total to $113 Billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Quincy Institute\u2019s Ben Freeman and William Hartung <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2022\/12\/23\/new-ukraine-aid-is-a-go-and-its-more-than-most-states-get-in-a-year\/\">cataloged<\/a> some of the ways that aid to Ukraine has exceeded many other of our own government\u2019s expenditures and even other countries\u2019 entire military budgets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">According to the Quincy Institute, aid to Ukraine was eclipsed by:<\/p>\n<p> In one year, American aid to any country since \u201cat least\u201d the Vietnam War Russia\u2019s 2023 $84 billion military budget Every country\u2019s military budget except for China and the United States American aid for communities affected by drought, hurricanes, flooding, wildfire, and natural disasters \u2014 by $4 billion  <\/p>\n<p>American aid to Ukraine almost matches the total baseline spending of both the State Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State.<\/p>\n<p>It is nearly as large as the $118 trillion \u201cthe United States will spend on medical care for all U.S. military veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Ukraine were an American country, it would be ranked 11th in terms the amount of federal funds it receives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cIn other words, in the past 12 months Ukraine has been awarded more U.S. taxpayer dollars than 40 U.S. states,\u201d Hartung and Freeman noted.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional leaders such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) remain vigorously in favor of aid to Ukraine, despite Americans\u2019 increasing skepticism of entanglement in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Morning Consult poll\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/04\/poll-majority-republicans-less-foreign-aid-congress-poised-grant-ukraine-37-billion\/\">found<\/a>\u00a0A majority of registered Republican voters (48%) want to reduce foreign aid. 48% of respondents also wanted to decrease foreign aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $113 billion U.S. assistance to Ukraine has exceeded the annual military budgets of all other countries except China and the United States. The passage of the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill grants Ukraine $45 Billion in military and economic assistance, bringing the total to $113 Billion. 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