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America Before Ukraine

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Posted By: Imright, 3/5/2025 9:53:38 PM

By March 2025, the United States has poured over $175 billion into Ukraine’s war chest—a staggering sum that could have rebuilt every crumbling bridge in the Rust Belt, funded a decade of veteran care, or slashed the tax burden on families buckling under inflation’s weight. Yet here we stand, bankrolling a foreign conflict while our own house frays at the seams. It’s time to say it loud and clear: America before Ukraine. This isn’t isolationism—it’s stewardship. It’s not callousness—it’s clarity. It’s a conservative creed for a nation at a crossroads, and it demands we rethink our priorities with both heart and head.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: mifla 3/6/2025 5:03:07 AM (No. 1909413)
It is not so much America first, as it is throwing money around the world with no accountability.
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