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WaltPurvis | 5 months ago

Exporting fossil fuels nets the government <$150 billion per year, while the federal government's debt is >$37 trillion (and growing by trillions per year). It's impossible to expand the sale of fossil fuels enough to make any kind of noticeable dent in the debt.

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roamerz|5 months ago

While 150 Billion isn’t going to solve our deficit issue it will help. By comparison that is almost 3 times the total $$ of military assistance we have provided to Ukraine since the invasion began.

jjk166|5 months ago

This illuminates how little has been provided to Ukraine more so than the benefit of increasing government revenue by such a modest amount.

plorg|5 months ago

It wouldn't cover half of the deficit he's added just this year.

codezero|5 months ago

most of that money wasn't cash assistance but the retail value of old military equipment we sent them as a write down, equipment that was already paid for by taxpayers.