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McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)
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Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

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[–] 41 points 3 years ago (3 children)

It's interesting how the republicans believe in Keynesian economics, but exclusively when it's applied for feeding the military industrial complex.

In this situation I agree with the need to support Ukraine, but I wish they would make the same realization about infrastructure investments as well.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Feeding the MIC is a bipartisan effort, never forget that.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    A key difference being that the Democratic party supports state spending on infrastructure in other areas as well. So their understanding of the economy is at least consistent, and your moronic effort to equate "both parties" is, sadly, irrelevant to the point being made here.

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