I've said from the beginning that Ukraine is far more Europe's problem than America's. A hard push to get them to support the Ukrainians, rather than continue to bankrupt ourselves and deplete our own stuff.
We've steadily raised the notion of "poverty" to the point where American poverty has the lifestyle of the western European middle class. Meanwhile, government transfer payments enable the bottom two quintiles to not work while enjoying a better standard of living than if they did.
And how, then, do we respond to Ukraine?
I've said from the beginning that Ukraine is far more Europe's problem than America's. A hard push to get them to support the Ukrainians, rather than continue to bankrupt ourselves and deplete our own stuff.
There's always going to be the next instance of "if not us, then who?" When do we realize we can't keep covering for our "allies" forever?
Yeah, me too ... just not with as much authority as you're able to muster.
Social Security was enacted in the 1930’s
We've steadily raised the notion of "poverty" to the point where American poverty has the lifestyle of the western European middle class. Meanwhile, government transfer payments enable the bottom two quintiles to not work while enjoying a better standard of living than if they did.