Costing the poor of USA and the rich!!

Japan, Germany and others totals are less than 10 billion!

Total U.S. aid, per 2 websites in my reply
below, is $73 to $77 billion.

On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 6:48:45 AM UTC-6, DLS S wrote:

> Costing the poor of USA and the rich!!

Taxes. As for income tax, slightly over 40%
of households paid no income tax in 2022.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/242138/percentages-of-us-households-that-pay-no-income-tax-by-income-level/

Summary of the Latest
Federal Income Tax Data, 2023 Update
https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data

As for amount of financial, military & humanitarian
assistance the U.S. & over 40 other countries are
providing to Ukraine:
https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts

As for financial aid, the U.S. is 2nd to the European
Union in financial aid, the U.S. is 1st in humanitarian
aid, & the U.S. is 1st in military aid:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303432/total-bilateral-aid-to-ukraine/

By total wealth, the United States has the most total
wealth in the world, at 31%:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wealth

By military spending, the United States the most
military spending of any country in the world, at 38%:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
February 20, 2023

In total, the United States has committed more
than $30.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine
since the beginning of the Biden Administration,
including approximately $29.8 billion since the
beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal
invasion on February 24, 2022.

United States security assistance committed to
Ukraine includes:

 Over 1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
 Over 8,500 Javelin anti-armor systems;
 Over 54,000 other anti-armor systems and munitions;
 Over 700 Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
 160 155mm Howitzers and over 1,000,000 155mm artillery rounds;
 Over 6,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
 Over 10,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems;
 100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition;
 45,000 152mm artillery rounds;
 20,000 122mm artillery rounds;
 50,000 122mm GRAD rockets;
 72 105mm Howitzers and 370,000 105mm artillery rounds;
 298 Tactical Vehicles to tow weapons;
 36 Tactical Vehicles to recover equipment;
 30 ammunition support vehicles;
 38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition;
 30 120mm mortar systems and over 175,000 120mm mortar rounds;
 10 82mm mortar systems;
 10 60mm mortar systems;
 Over 2,500 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
 545,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition;
 120mm ammunition;
 Precision-guided rockets;
 Ten Command Post vehicles;
 One Patriot air defense battery and munitions;
 Eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and munitions;
 Two HAWK air defense firing units and munitions;
 RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
 12 Avenger air defense systems;
 Anti-aircraft guns and ammunition;
 Equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with
Ukraine’s air defense systems;
 Equipment to sustain Ukraine’s existing air defense capabilities;
 High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
 Precision aerial munitions;
 4,000 Zuni aircraft rockets;
 20 Mi-17 helicopters;
 31 Abrams tanks;
 45 T-72B tanks;
 109 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
 Four Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles;
 Over 1,700 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
 Over 100 light tactical vehicles;
 44 trucks and 88 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
 300 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
 250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles;
 Over 500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
 Six armored utility trucks;
 Mine clearing equipment and systems;
 Over 13,000 grenade launchers and small arms;
 Over 100,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;
 Over 75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
 Approximately 1,800 Phoenix Ghost Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
 Laser-guided rocket systems;
 Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems;
 15 Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial Systems;
 Two radars for Unmanned Aerial Systems;
 Unmanned Coastal Defense Vessels;
 Over 70 counter-artillery and counter-mortar radars;
 20 multi-mission radars;
 Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems and equipment;
 Counter air defense capability;
 18 air surveillance radars;
 Two harpoon coastal defense systems;
 58 coastal and riverine patrol boats;
 M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
 C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment for obstacle clearing;
 Obstacle emplacement equipment;
 Tactical secure communications systems;
 Four satellite communications antennas;
 SATCOM terminals and services;
 Thousands of night vision devices, surveillance systems, thermal imagery systems,
optics, and laser rangefinders;
 Commercial satellite imagery services;
 Explosive ordnance disposal equipment and protective gear;
 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment;
 100 armored medical treatment vehicles;
 Over 350 generators;
 Medical supplies to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment;
 Electronic jamming equipment;
 Field equipment, cold weather gear, and spare parts;
 Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.

The United States also continues to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with
additional capabilities to defend itself.

https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/fact-sheets/feb-2023-one-year-later-helping-ukraine-win-war-and-build-lasting-peace

..> Japan, Germany and others totals are less than 10 billion!

Follow-up:

Excellent 1:12:51 video with historical
details of what the actual costs of aid
to Ukraine have been:
https://youtu.be/Qj9HD8MdAFs

On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 9:38:51 AM UTC-6, observer wrote:

..> Total U.S. aid, per 2 websites in my reply
..> below, is $73 to $77 billion.
..> On Friday, February 24, 2023 at 6:48:45 AM UTC-6, DLS S wrote:
~> > Costing the poor of USA and the rich!!

..> Taxes. As for income tax, slightly over 40%
..> of households paid no income tax in 2022.
..> https://www.statista.com/statistics/242138/percentages-of-us-households-that-pay-no-income-tax-by-income-level/
..>
..> Summary of the Latest
..> Federal Income Tax Data, 2023 Update
..> https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data
..>
..> As for amount of financial, military & humanitarian
..> assistance the U.S. & over 40 other countries are
..> providing to Ukraine:
..> https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts
..>
..> As for financial aid, the U.S. is 2nd to the European
..> Union in financial aid, the U.S. is 1st in humanitarian
..> aid, & the U.S. is 1st in military aid:
..> https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303432/total-bilateral-aid-to-ukraine/
..>
..> By total wealth, the United States has the most total
..> wealth in the world, at 31%:
..> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wealth
..>
..> By military spending, the United States the most
..> military spending of any country in the world, at 38%:
..> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
..>
..> IMMEDIATE RELEASE
..>
..> Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
..> February 20, 2023
..>
..> In total, the United States has committed more
..> than $30.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine
..> since the beginning of the Biden Administration,
..> including approximately $29.8 billion since the
..> beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal
..> invasion on February 24, 2022.
..>
..> United States security assistance committed to
..> Ukraine includes:
..>
..>  Over 1,600 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
..>  Over 8,500 Javelin anti-armor systems;
..>  Over 54,000 other anti-armor systems and munitions;
..>  Over 700 Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
..>  160 155mm Howitzers and over 1,000,000 155mm artillery rounds;
..>  Over 6,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
..>  Over 10,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems;
..>  100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition;
..>  45,000 152mm artillery rounds;
..>  20,000 122mm artillery rounds;
..>  50,000 122mm GRAD rockets;
..>  72 105mm Howitzers and 370,000 105mm artillery rounds;
..>  298 Tactical Vehicles to tow weapons;
..>  36 Tactical Vehicles to recover equipment;
..>  30 ammunition support vehicles;
..>  38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition;
..>  30 120mm mortar systems and over 175,000 120mm mortar rounds;
..>  10 82mm mortar systems;
..>  10 60mm mortar systems;
..>  Over 2,500 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
..>  545,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition;
..>  120mm ammunition;
..>  Precision-guided rockets;
..>  Ten Command Post vehicles;
..>  One Patriot air defense battery and munitions;
..>  Eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and munitions;
..>  Two HAWK air defense firing units and munitions;
..>  RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
..>  12 Avenger air defense systems;
..>  Anti-aircraft guns and ammunition;
..>  Equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with
..> Ukraine’s air defense systems;
..>  Equipment to sustain Ukraine’s existing air defense capabilities;
..>  High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
..>  Precision aerial munitions;
..>  4,000 Zuni aircraft rockets;
..>  20 Mi-17 helicopters;
..>  31 Abrams tanks;
..>  45 T-72B tanks;
..>  109 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
..>  Four Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles;
..>  Over 1,700 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
..>  Over 100 light tactical vehicles;
..>  44 trucks and 88 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
..>  90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
..>  300 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
..>  250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles;
..>  Over 500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
..>  Six armored utility trucks;
..>  Mine clearing equipment and systems;
..>  Over 13,000 grenade launchers and small arms;
..>  Over 100,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;
..>  Over 75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
..>  Approximately 1,800 Phoenix Ghost Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
..>  Laser-guided rocket systems;
..>  Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems;
..>  15 Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial Systems;
..>  Two radars for Unmanned Aerial Systems;
..>  Unmanned Coastal Defense Vessels;
..>  Over 70 counter-artillery and counter-mortar radars;
..>  20 multi-mission radars;
..>  Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems and equipment;
..>  Counter air defense capability;
..>  18 air surveillance radars;
..>  Two harpoon coastal defense systems;
..>  58 coastal and riverine patrol boats;
..>  M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
..>  C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment for obstacle clearing;
..>  Obstacle emplacement equipment;
..>  Tactical secure communications systems;
..>  Four satellite communications antennas;
..>  SATCOM terminals and services;
..>  Thousands of night vision devices, surveillance systems, thermal imagery systems,
..> optics, and laser rangefinders;
..>  Commercial satellite imagery services;
..>  Explosive ordnance disposal equipment and protective gear;
..>  Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment;
..>  100 armored medical treatment vehicles;
..>  Over 350 generators;
..>  Medical supplies to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment;
..>  Electronic jamming equipment;
..>  Field equipment, cold weather gear, and spare parts;
..>  Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
..>
..> The United States also continues to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with
..> additional capabilities to defend itself.
..>
..> https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/fact-sheets/feb-2023-one-year-later-helping-ukraine-win-war-and-build-lasting-peace
~> .> Japan, Germany and others totals are less than 10 billion!