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2022-04-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

World Bank estimates infrastructure damage to Ukraine at $60 billion

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Posted by Fred 2022-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Effectively cutting off funds to Democrats and Soros scum.

Posted by Dale 2022-04-22 07:02|| 2022-04-22 07:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Where's the graft in that?

Posted by Bobby 2022-04-22 09:16|| 2022-04-22 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Under Saint Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn Rule," whoever broke it bought it.

Gerbilist Washington's inclinations to join the fun aside, wadn't us...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-22 09:19|| 2022-04-22 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 Where's the graft in that?

It's Ukraine. Half of the money will be stolen. Half the remainder will end up in the pockets of the Bidens and a hundred other D.C. grifters.

Posted by Thrusons Ulaimp2069 2022-04-22 10:32|| 2022-04-22 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 So, being China's wh*re isn't getting it anymore for the average swamp creature? Story in that somewhere.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-22 10:35|| 2022-04-22 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Economist David Malpass, head of the World Bank, notes that &60 billion doesn't cover the cost of replacing lost $GDP.

Ukraine's version of Hamid Karzai demands we pay him $7 billion a month just to grease the wheels.

The typical cost to rebuild is around 5x the lost GDP. Keeping the war going one more year will destroy $90 billion in Ukrainian GDP, so one year will cost us $450 billion to rebuild.

Let's be clear: "rebuild" means pour another $1 trillion of our money into ANOTHER overseas sinkhole brought to you by our liberal imperialist fools.

The THIRD time in a row that we've been suckered. Are we having fun yet?

Posted by Thrusons Ulaimp2069 2022-04-22 10:38|| 2022-04-22 10:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Let'sbe clear: "rebuild" means pour another $1 trillion of our money into ANOTHER overseas sinkhole brought to you by our liberal imperialist fools.

No worries. The US can always just do more "quantitative easing," right?

Or maybe not...

Jay Powell signals Fed is prepared to raise rates by a half-point in May

Posted by Punky Philing3543 2022-04-22 10:42|| 2022-04-22 10:42|| Front Page Top

#8 At least a quarter of the Iraq rebuilding project funds was stolen. Ukraine will cost us a trillion at least, and Ukraine us even more corrupt than Iraq. Plus, this time the US presidency is held by an actual crime family. And they know all the players in the Ukraine swamp.

Not hard to see that Save Ukraine! is the Mother of All Grifts. Now do you understand why the Swamp is so determined to keep the war going? They've got their eyes on $300 billion in loot.

Posted by Thrusons Ulaimp2069 2022-04-22 10:48|| 2022-04-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

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