{"id":2081563,"date":"2023-10-27T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid-is-not-rebuilding-our-industrial-base\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:08:07","slug":"no-mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid-is-not-rebuilding-our-industrial-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid-is-not-rebuilding-our-industrial-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell, Ukraine aid does not rebuild our industrial base."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fno-mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid-is-not-rebuilding-our-industrial-base%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=2081563&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--><h2>Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell: Majority of Ukrainian Aid Going Overseas<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Senate Republican Minority \u200cLeader Mitch McConnell wants to reassure Ukrainian aid skeptics that billions in foreign assistance \u2062is being spent\u200c on\u200c American \u2062manufacturers to build \u200bweapons at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the Ukraine assistance,\u201d McConnell said on CBS, \u201ca significant portion of what\u2019s being spent in the United States and 38 different states, replacing\u200d the\u2062 weapons \u2062that we send to Ukraine with \u200cmore \u2064modern weapons, so we\u2019re rebuilding our industrial base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But a closer examination of\u2064 the aid for Ukraine \u200creveals an\u200b overwhelming majority of taxpayer dollars are going overseas. Just a fraction \u200bof the $113 billion spent has gone \u200dto \u200c\u201crebuilding our industrial base.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeaderMcConnell<\/a> says &#8220;a significant portion&#8221; of Ukraine aid from Congress\u2063 is being spent in states to\u2062 make weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re rebuilding our industrial base. The Ukrainians \u200dare destroying the army of one \u2062of our biggest rivals. I have \u2063a hard time finding anything \u2062wrong with that.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/24janX3kbr\">pic.twitter.com\/24janX3kbr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    \u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1716109625144070322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2023<\/a>\n  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Committee for a Responsible \u200cFederal\u2063 Budget, about $67 billion \u200cof the $113 billion in Ukrainian \u200baid went to defense \u200dspending. Of that $67 billion, about $27\u200c billion went\u200b to \u201cdrawdown replenishment,\u201d and $15 billion went to the U.S. military. Another $18 billion went to the Ukraine security assistance initiative, \u2062nearly $5 billion went to the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-sen-blackburn-republicans-introduce-legislation-to-crack-down-on-china-russia-digital-currency\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Blackburn, Republicans Introduce Legislation To Crack Down On China, Russia Digital Currency\">foreign military financing program<\/a>, and $2 billion went to \u201cother defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard \u2063Stern is \u2063the director of the Grover M. Hermann \u2062Center for the Federal Budget at the \u200cHeritage Foundation. An August analysis from\u2063 the conservative think\u2064 tank found the total aid to Ukraine cost taxpayers <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/10\/while-you-pinch-inflated-pennies-congress-sent-900-of-your-household-income-to-ukraine\/\">$900<\/a> per household.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the money that\u2019s not military support,\u201d Stern told The Federalist, \u201cis\u200c just aid we gave\u200b them. A lot of \u200bthat \u2062is just cash, and \u2064so\u200c none of that directly comes back to the U.S. in any kind of real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the military\u2063 spending, Stern explained, \u201cNone of it is money. All \u200cof its equipment. A lot of it\u2062 is equipment that had already been produced, so\u2062 that\u2019s not supporting \u2063U.S. defense\u200b industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, President\u2062 Joe Biden proposed another\u200b $61 billion in aid \u2064to Ukraine packaged\u2064 with spending for Israel, \u2064the southern U.S. border, and global humanitarian assistance for a combined $100 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/20\/bidens-security-proposal-earmarks-four-times-as-much-for-ukraines-border-as-our-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden\u2019s \u2018Security\u2019 \u200cProposal Earmarks Four Times As Much For Ukraine\u2019s Border As Our Own<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u200bproposal drew swift condemnation from Republicans on \u2064Capitol Hill, with Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance\u2062 slamming the\u200d president for leveraging\u200b dead Israelis to extort more\u200d money for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he \u200bwants to \u200csell the American people on $60 billion \u2063more to Ukraine,\u2062 he\u2062 shouldn\u2019t\u2064 use dead Israeli children to do \u2063it,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1715326307947450841?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>House\u2062 Republican Speaker \u2062Mike Johnson, who \u2063was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/25\/louisiana-rep-mike-johnson-wins-drawn-out-race-for-house-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elected<\/a> to lead the\u200b lower \u2063chamber\u200c on \u2063Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4279128-speaker-johnson-ukraine-israel-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> he\u200b supports\u2062 more aid to Ukraine, but \u200che\u2064 believes lawmakers should break up\u200b the president\u2019s proposal and vote on \u200deach bill \u200cseparately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told the\u200b staff\u2063 at the White \u200bHouse today that\u2063 our consensus \u2064among House Republicans \u200dis that we need to \u200bbifurcate those issues,\u201d\u2063 Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4279128-speaker-johnson-ukraine-israel-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on Fox News Thursday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent\u200d for The\u2062 Federalist and the author of Social Justice \u200cRedux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He\u2062 has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear \u200dPolitics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan\u200b or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How much aid to Ukraine has been allocated for defense and military purposes, and how does this \u200bimpact\u200d American taxpayers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell: Majority of Ukrainian Aid Going Overseas<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican\u200c Minority Leader Mitch McConnell \u2063recently addressed concerns about the allocation of Ukrainian aid. McConnell emphasizes\u200b that a considerable portion\u200d of the aid is being spent in \u2064the United \u200dStates, supporting American\u2064 manufacturers \u200cin building weapons domestically. However, a closer examination reveals that\u2063 the majority of taxpayer dollars allocated for\u200d Ukraine actually go\u200c overseas, with \u200conly a fraction dedicated \u2062to &#8220;rebuilding our industrial base.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Reality of Ukrainian Aid Allocation<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to McConnell&#8217;s claims, a significant\u200d portion of the $113 billion in Ukrainian aid has been directed abroad. The Committee for a Responsible Federal\u200b Budget reports that nearly $67 billion of \u2062the total \u200baid went\u200c into\u200c defense spending. Out of this amount,\u2063 approximately $27 billion was allocated for\u200b &#8220;drawdown replenishment,&#8221; \u200cwhile\u2064 $15 billion went to the U.S. military.\u200c Additionally, $18 billion was assigned to the Ukraine security assistance initiative, close to $5\u2062 billion to the foreign military financing program, and $2 billion to &#8220;other defense&#8221; purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis from the conservative think tank, the Grover \u200bM. Hermann\u200d Center for the Federal Budget\u2064 at the Heritage Foundation, corroborates the\u2064 notion that\u200b Ukrainian aid has a significant financial impact on American taxpayers. In \u2062their\u2062 August analysis, it\u200b was revealed that the aid amounted to approximately $900 \u200bper household.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Misconception of \u200dAid Components<\/p>\n<p>The \u200ddirector of \u200dthe Grover M. Hermann Center for the\u200c Federal Budget, Richard Stern, clarifies \u2062how aid to Ukraine does not directly benefit the\u2064 United States. Stern highlights\u2063 that funds allocated, which are not part of military support, \u2063essentially translate into aid given to Ukraine, often in the form of \u2062cash. Consequently, these\u200d funds do not return to the U.S. \u2063in any tangible manner.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Stern emphasizes that military spending primarily \u200dconsists of \u200dequipment, rather than monetary contributions. Much\u200b of\u2063 this equipment has already been produced, implying that it\u200c does\u200d not directly support U.S.\u200c defense industries.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing\u2064 Aid Proposals<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden recently proposed an additional $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, which would be \u2063combined with spending for Israel, the \u200dsouthern \u2064U.S. border, and\u200c global humanitarian assistance, totalling $100 \u200dbillion.\u200c This new aid proposal raises\u200d further questions\u200d about the allocation of resources and the potential impact on American \u200btaxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>Senate\u200c Republican Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s assertion\u2064 that \u2062the majority of Ukrainian aid is being spent\u2063 on American manufacturers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid-is-not-rebuilding-our-industrial-base\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell, Ukraine aid does not rebuild our industrial base.\">bolster domestic\u200d weapon production<\/a>\u200c is not \u200daccurate. An analysis of the aid\u200b reveals that the bulk of taxpayer dollars allocated to \u200cUkraine are indeed going overseas. While the aid package does include funding for defense\u200b and military purposes, the money is primarily allocated for equipment and\u200d does not \u200ddirectly \u2063contribute to the support of U.S. defense industries. With\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-struggles-to-reach-agreement-on-russian-oil-embargo\/\" title=\"EU Struggles to Reach Agreement on Russian Oil Embargo\">ongoing proposals<\/a>\u2062 for\u2064 substantial aid packages, it is essential\u200d to\u2064 evaluate the allocation of resources and ensure transparency \u2064in the \u2064distribution of taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell aims to address concerns about Ukrainian aid by emphasizing that a substantial amount of the foreign assistance is allocated to American manufacturers. 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