President Joe Biden has invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said, after the administration warned it will run out of money for Ukraine aid…
This argument is only marginally less lazy than the we could fund X if we didn’t fund Y. Money is finite, blindly sending funds to a country with ongoing corruption and embezzlement issues is foolish. Major oversight needs to happen.
It’s not an argument, it’s just a fact I’m stating to draw attention to the false dichotomy presented by the other comment. If you think it’s worth sending aid is another issue altogether. You have to look at the costs, the results and weigh it against the cost of not sending the aid to figure out your position.
Governments can do multiple things at once
This argument is only marginally less lazy than the we could fund X if we didn’t fund Y. Money is finite, blindly sending funds to a country with ongoing corruption and embezzlement issues is foolish. Major oversight needs to happen.
It’s not an argument, it’s just a fact I’m stating to draw attention to the false dichotomy presented by the other comment. If you think it’s worth sending aid is another issue altogether. You have to look at the costs, the results and weigh it against the cost of not sending the aid to figure out your position.
I agree it’s not much of an argument.