What's your policy solution or position?
True, but he also can't run in Florida again so I could see it.
I think they knew and it didn't matter to them which is oddly prophetic when I look at the state of the world today lol
I was referring to the perception from the results of the trial by the public, but you've given me quite a bit to mull over. Appreciate the context.
Haven't heard this take yet. Any sources I could take a look at?
This is a good take but it disregards the realities of the financial recipients being unable to account for funds spent. I agree there are special circumstances but we need to have visibility to those realities as benefactors. Otherwise how can we allocate funds democratically.
Lol literally no way to find out because they don't track it and have no reason to do it.
Not an argument at all but rather a discussion on what has been provided. I think we're both in the same page in terms of support for Ukraine. We can always do more but I just wanted to provide insight into what has been done. Unfortunately the US isn't all aligned on this issue which causes the roadblock.
From a policy perspective what would you like to see from the US?
It's looking like no one really knows - seeing mixed signals in the recent reporting. They are reporting higher GDP but the concern seems to be projected inflation increases and a possible housing bubble.
When diving into the reporting, I found some interesting nuggets referring to Putin directing his interior ministers toward manual economic controls since 2014. The thought is in mitigating crises (Crimea and now Ukraine). From looking at China, manual controls seem to work in the short term before mistakes set in long term. Curious to see how much longer Russia can hold out.
Yeah I did a bit of looking around recent headlines and see similar sentiments:
- https://www.ft.com/content/b3206a9f-e667-4e53-8a16-a8096188d4ae
- https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/russias-economy-will-suffer-brawl-top-2023-12-18/
I guess we'll see if they can dodge another bullet
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100% agree but curious on your speculation as to why.