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Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border (apnews.com)

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can we go ahead and just declare a state of emergency on the climate crisis? Or do we need the rest of the states to burn down as well? Shit's getting me frustrated

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

no that would be totalitarian, and too much money is made by the capitalists who own the politicians to ever do anything real about it.

you need a kind of central planning that the US hasn't done since world war 2, and you're not going to get it from liberals.