White House Throws Support Behind Seizing Frozen Russian Assets
www.bloomberg.com
President Joe Biden’s administration is backing legislation that would let it seize some of $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to help pay for reconstruction of Ukraine, a shift as the White House seeks to rally support in Congress to further fund the war against Vladimir Putin’s forces.
  • disablist@lemdro.idEnglish
    185·
    10 months ago

    This is one of those actions that is completely understandable and an unambiguously moral decision, but the blowback has the potential to upened the entire post-WW2 American centric global financial order. Maybe for the better, maybe for the worse, I don’t know, but it’ll probably depend alot on what your vantage point is.

    • Corkyskog
      17·
      10 months ago

      Don’t matter. If you have enough guns to wipe any complaint out, payment is more of a formality.

      • disablist@lemdro.idEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        The blowback I’m referring to wouldn’t be kinetic, it’d the loss of the monetary hegemony provided by American lead banking system and the USD being used as the global reserve currency.

  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    55·
    10 months ago

    Why only Russian Assets? There are probably a few $Trillion assets in tax-shelters within America’s own borders. Charities, Churches and Foundations, and that’s before you even get to shell companies and holding companies.

    More then enough money to pay for literally anything, including paying down the federal deficit if you don’t understand monetary policy and you feel like that is important for some reason.

    • Ook the Librarian@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      But your missing a step. You need a bill to make that illegal before you can support a bill for the government to seize it.

      These are frozen Russian assests. There is an interloctary injunction on this money. That’s why it is simpler to seize this money than to start seizing money from churches.

      Edit: I’m sure as shit with you that we should start collecting money from churches, but this isn’t that.

    • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      10 months ago

      Because Russia is the one killing Ukrainian civilians and should be the first to pay reparations?

      • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        53·
        10 months ago

        I’m pretty sure executives at Lockheed, McKinsey, Honeywell, as well as the senators on the FISA court who authorize civilian targeted drone strikes also have foundations here in the US that we can and should draw reparations from as well.

        Let’s not forget the late Henry Kissinger as a board member for the National Endowment for Democracy or Kissinger and Associates Board, that should certainly be on the list too.