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Honor guards salute Ukrainian serviceman Andrii Trachuk during his funeral service on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Trachuk was a veteran of Revolution of Dignity and was killed by Russian forces on Dec. 9 near Kherson.
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The U.S. already has provided Ukraine with $111 billion since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his grinding invasion more than 21 months ago.
That’s a lot of money. Where’s it coming from?
According to 2023 Tax Foundation data, the top 50% of all taxpayers paid 97.7% of all federal individual income taxes, while the bottom 50% paid the remaining 2.3%.
Why is our government giving billions of dollars to kill men, women and children and destroy everything?
James Arcate
Manoa
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