$1 Billion For Ukraine. Why not? It's Not Like We're Broke Or Anything...

[paulitician]

Only $18 Trillion in Debt. That's all. This is criminal.


The House has approved a $1 billion loan guarantee package for Ukraine, as part of the U.S. effort to support the new government as Russia continues to occupy the Crimean Peninsula.

The measure was approved on a 385-23 vote, and goes next to the Senate. The "no" votes came from conservative Republicans.

The Obama administration announced the energy and aid package on Tuesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Kiev for talks with the new government.

The White House said the $1 billion loan guarantee was aimed at helping insulate Ukraine from reductions in energy subsidies. Russia provides a substantial portion of Ukraine's natural gas and U.S. officials said they are prepared to work with Kiev to reduce its dependence on those imports.

The assistance is also meant to supplement a broader aid package from the International Monetary Fund.

House approves $1B loan guarantee package for Ukraine | Fox News

 

[waltky]

Russia scarin' the bejeebers outta Ukraine...

RUSSIAN TROOPS ENGAGE IN WAR GAMES NEAR UKRAINE
Mar 13,`14 -- Russia conducted new military maneuvers near its border with Ukraine on Thursday, and President Vladimir Putin said the world shouldn't blame his country for what he called Ukraine's "internal crisis."

In Crimea, where the public will vote on Sunday whether to break away from Ukraine and become part of Russia, jittery residents lined up at their banks to withdraw cash from their accounts amid uncertainty over the future of the peninsula, which Russian troops now control. Violence engulfed the eastern Donetsk region, where violent clashes between pro-Russia demonstrators and supporters of the Ukrainian government left at least one person dead. "These people are afraid their bank will collapse and no one wants to lose their money," said resident Tatiana Sivukhina. "Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plan to meet in London on Friday in a last-ditch bid to end the international standoff over the Crimean referendum, which Ukraine and the West have rejected as illegitimate. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticized Russia, saying the territorial integrity of Ukraine cannot be compromised. Speaking to Germany's Parliament, Merkel said Russia risks "massive" political and economic consequences, if it does not enter into "negotiations that achieve results" over the situation in Ukraine. She said the only way out of the crisis is through diplomacy and that "the use of the military is no option."

On Wednesday, Moscow rejected the Ukrainian government's claim that a massive Russian military buildup near the countries' border was raising the threat of a possible invasion. But on Thursday Russia's Defense Ministry announced that thousands of Russian troops in the regions of Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk and Tambov bordering Ukraine are involved in the exercises, which will continue until the end of the month. In the southern Rostov region, the maneuvers involved parachuting in 1,500 troops, the ministry said. The drills included the military conducting large artillery exercises involving 8,500 soldiers and artillery and rocket systems in the south.

During the Ukrainian crisis, the U.S. has sent additional fighter jets to Poland and Lithuania. Russian responded on Thursday by deploying six fighter jets to Belarus, its ally. Ukraine's parliament voted Thursday to create a 60,000-strong National Guard to help protect the country as its under-staffed and under-funded military was in disarray. In New York on Thursday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk condemned Russia's "military aggression," but told the U.N. Security Council he doesn't believe Moscow wants a conflict. "If we start real talks with Russia, I believe we can be real partners," he said.

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UKRAINE ACCUSES RUSSIA OF `MILITARY AGGRESSION'
Mar 13,`14 -- Ukraine's prime minister told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that Russia had carried out "military aggression" in Crimea, and dramatically switched from English to Russian to ask Russia whether it wants war.

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin gave him a direct answer: "Russia does not want war and neither do the Russians, and I'm convinced the Ukrainians don't want that either." Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Ukraine has had "warm and friendly relations" with Russia for decades and he is also convinced "that Russians do not want war." "And I hope that the Russian government and the Russian president will heed the wishes of their people and that we return urgently to dialogue and solve this conflict," he said.

Churkin did not respond to Yatsenyuk's call to return to talks. Instead, he criticized the "illegal" and "forceful overthrow" of President Viktor Yanukovich and asked why a European-mediated plan signed by Yanukovych and Ukraine's protest leaders to form a new government and hold an early election wasn't seized upon and implemented. Russia refused to sign the agreement but now supports it. "Instead of a government of national unity as provided for in the Feb. 21 agreement," Churkin said, "in Kiev what you had was a government of the victors."

In his brief speech, Yatsenyuk accused Russia of violating the U.N. Charter and several treaties and urged Moscow to pull back its troops in the Crimean Peninsula to barracks and to start real negotiations to tackle the conflict. The public in Crimea will vote on Sunday whether to break away from Ukraine and become part of Russia. Russia on Thursday conducted new military maneuvers near its border with Ukraine. "This aggression has no reasons and no grounds," Yatsenyuk said. "This is absolutely and entirely unacceptable in the 21st century, to resolve any kind of conflict with tanks, artillery and boots on the ground."

Later, speaking to reporters, he wondered aloud whether "the final destination" of Russia's military is Crimea, Kiev or other cities ruled by the Soviet Union 60 years ago. Yatsenyuk stressed that the conflict goes beyond his country's borders, reminding the council that Ukraine gave up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal in 1994 in exchange for guarantees of its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence by three nuclear powers - Russia, the United States and Britain. "After these actions, it would be very hard to convince anyone in the globe not to have nuclear weapons," he said.

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[frigidweirdo]

Buying allies, that's what it is.

 

[Gracie]

Where is all this money coming from? Why is it not spent on us, with jobs, a stronger military, more space exploration, building a border fence to secure us, our own starving and homeless? WTF?

 

[tyroneweaver]

Jugears ran on the principle that America was pushing its will to much on other nations,,, well?

 

[frigidweirdo]

Where is all this money coming from? Why is it not spent on us, with jobs, a stronger military, more space exploration, building a border fence to secure us, our own starving and homeless? WTF?

Because the government isn't run by the people for the people. It's run by large corporations with a ton of money for large corporations and rich people.

You didn't know this?

The sooner the US gets PR the better. It will allow democracy to come back.

 

[frigidweirdo]

D'oh-ble post!

 

[Votto]

Where is all this money coming from? Why is it not spent on us, with jobs, a stronger military, more space exploration, building a border fence to secure us, our own starving and homeless? WTF?

No, that would be a waste. The money is better spent on a hopelessly corrupt government that is basically a communist one already.

 

[paulitician]

It's a sad shame the American People have no input on Foreign Aid. $1 Billion to Ukraine? Why? Makes no sense.

 

[Brain357]

Only $18 Trillion in Debt. That's all. This is criminal.


The House has approved a $1 billion loan guarantee package for Ukraine, as part of the U.S. effort to support the new government as Russia continues to occupy the Crimean Peninsula.

The measure was approved on a 385-23 vote, and goes next to the Senate. The "no" votes came from conservative Republicans.

The Obama administration announced the energy and aid package on Tuesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Kiev for talks with the new government.

The White House said the $1 billion loan guarantee was aimed at helping insulate Ukraine from reductions in energy subsidies. Russia provides a substantial portion of Ukraine's natural gas and U.S. officials said they are prepared to work with Kiev to reduce its dependence on those imports.

The assistance is also meant to supplement a broader aid package from the International Monetary Fund.

House approves $1B loan guarantee package for Ukraine | Fox News

We are already throwing away 37 billion a year in foreign aid, what's another bil?

 

[paulitician]

Only $18 Trillion in Debt. That's all. This is criminal.


The House has approved a $1 billion loan guarantee package for Ukraine, as part of the U.S. effort to support the new government as Russia continues to occupy the Crimean Peninsula.

The measure was approved on a 385-23 vote, and goes next to the Senate. The "no" votes came from conservative Republicans.

The Obama administration announced the energy and aid package on Tuesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Kiev for talks with the new government.

The White House said the $1 billion loan guarantee was aimed at helping insulate Ukraine from reductions in energy subsidies. Russia provides a substantial portion of Ukraine's natural gas and U.S. officials said they are prepared to work with Kiev to reduce its dependence on those imports.

The assistance is also meant to supplement a broader aid package from the International Monetary Fund.

House approves $1B loan guarantee package for Ukraine | Fox News

We are already throwing away 37 billion a year in foreign aid, what's another bil?

Yeah, i think it's criminal. The People have no say in these decisions. Ukraine is not our business. And we certainly don't have a $Billion in Tax Dollars to throw their way.

 

[nodoginnafight]

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) got a $1 billion federal grant for high-speed internet service for Chattanooga, TN.

Apparently, these guys don't deal with numbers unless they are in the billions.

 

[paulitician]

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) got a $1 billion federal grant for high-speed internet service for Chattanooga, TN.

Apparently, these guys don't deal with numbers unless they are in the billions.

They truly love stealing. That's why i always say, Governments are the most powerful organized crime syndicates on Earth. They rule by intimidation and force.

 

[Truthmatters]

see they want this Union killed

 

[paulitician]

see they want this Union killed

Nothing to do with giving Ukraine $1 Billion in Tax Dollars. You're way off topic. Perhaps in your meds/alcohol-induced stupor, you posted your deranged ramblings on the wrong thread? What do ya think?