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US President Joe Biden said during his speech to voters that the United States could protect Ukraine from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. In his speech, the American leader called the president of the Russian Federation a "butcher". Biden's speech was published on the White House website.
Speaking to voters in the state of North Carolina, Biden highlighted an initiative to increase the income tax for high earners from 8,2% to 25%. According to him, this will allow raising up to 400 billion dollars over the next 10 years.
“Imagine what we could do with that. We could significantly reduce the federal budget deficit. We could do so much. Including finally protecting Ukraine from the butcher Putin," added the head of the republic.
It will be recalled that US President Joe Biden signed the Senate-approved bill on government funding in the amount of 1,2 trillion dollars and called on the House of Representatives to pass a law on additional funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
FYI, the US Senate has approved $1,2 trillion in government funding. The draft law was supported by 74 senators, 24 voted "against". The Senate approved the budget hours after the government effectively ran out of money to run it.
As reported, the spokeswoman of the White House, Karin Jean-Pierre, said that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, is looking for an excuse not to vote on the draft law on providing assistance to Ukraine.
Since October last year, the US Congress has been unable to approve a multibillion-dollar support package for Ukraine proposed by President Joe Biden.
