• Enkrod@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    This is PATENTLY wrong. It’s 1.49% of GDP, not budget.

    Defense budget is 10.9% of the governments budget, it’s the second largest budgeted item after social wellfare and in front of infrastructure (which is crumbling) and debt. To increase it to 2% of gross domestic product means spending an additional amount equal to the entire budget for education and research.

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      6 months ago

      Oh wow, this is the first time I see this difference mentioned. NATO really expects that much military spending?

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      6 months ago

      Apologies for the mistake.

      But the point remains: 2% of GDP is the NATO target, getting even to that point for Germany has been like pulling teeth, and a serious implementation of universal conscription would be a much bigger ask.

    • Miaou@jlai.lu
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      6 months ago

      Dead children don’t need education, problem solved!