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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