The U.S. House of Representatives has approved $40 billion in aid and weapons for Ukraine.  The spending bill passed by a vote of 368 to 57.  I would suggest looking up your “representative” to see how they voted.

All of the “no” votes came from Republicans.  I don’t know if this is the Ron Paul effect or the Donald Trump effect or some combination of things, but a decent segment of the Republican Party has turned towards being less interventionist in terms of foreign policy.

Unfortunately, it has gone the other way with the Democrats.  It is especially disappointing to see someone like Barbara Lee – the only dissenting vote in approving the use of force in Afghanistan in 2001 – support this spending bill that funds the military industrial complex and will likely serve to only prolong the war in Ukraine.

Even if the U.S. government hadn’t helped fund and plan the coup in Ukraine in 2014, and even if the Ukrainian-backed militias hadn’t been slaughtering innocent ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine over the last 8 years, and even if the U.S. wasn’t entertaining the idea of admitting Ukraine into NATO and placing missiles on Russia’s doorstep, it still wouldn’t be an excuse to intervene in the matter in Ukraine.

Again, it will only serve to prolong the conflict there.  If anything, it will lead to more deaths, especially on the Ukrainian side.

If anyone in the United States or anywhere else wants to voluntarily donate their time or money to the cause of helping Ukrainians, they should be free to do so.  But we should not be forced through taxation and inflation to fund this.

Thomas Massie tweeted: “Counting last night’s rushed vote, Congress has now spent more money on Ukraine in six months than we spend on all US roads and bridges in a year.”

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted: “You can’t find baby formula in the United States right now but Congress is voting today to send $40 billion to Ukraine.  Let’s put America First for a change.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is heavily demonized by the establishment, pointed out something similar in her Twitter feed.  She was arguing with another Republican in the House, Dan Crenshaw.  The establishment won’t directly admit this, but they especially despise Greene because she goes against the establishment narrative, and she isn’t a war hawk.

The establishment media is calling this Ukraine spending a bipartisan effort.  On this, they are mostly correct.  As I like to say, whenever you hear that something is bipartisan, hold on to your wallet.

So while gas prices are hitting all-time highs and inflation is vastly outpacing wages, the American taxpayer is being forced to send funds to Ukraine and the military-industrial complex.

The establishment media, of course, supports this.  They are shills for the regime.  There are a few exceptions on Fox News like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, but almost everybody else talks as though there could be no legitimate reason to oppose this spending on Ukraine.

This is actually a winning issue for Republicans who are willing to stand against the war hawks.  Most Americans don’t want to see people getting killed in Ukraine, but it also isn’t on their priority list of issues and they intuitively understand that more government spending won’t help anyway.  Most Americans are dealing with problems at home.  They want less crime, better schools, and a less expensive life.

Libertarians should also capitalize on these issues.  You can take an anti war stance and an anti government spending stance while also being somewhat of a populist.  Most Americans would rather see lower gas and food prices than see their money thrown into an endless pit in a far-off land.