Dammit, man, when you’re in a hole, stop digging. We’re using English here, & “A spends x% of Y” is normal usage, regardless of whether Y is A’s income.
Nonsense! Defence budget as a share of government revenue is not a better way of measuring the impact of military spending on the economy than its share of GDP.
Consider this – in 1944 defence spending was 71% of British government spending. In 1692 it’s estimated to have been about the same. But in 1944 it was 46% of GDP, & in 1692 about 5%. Same impact on the economy? Or did the 33% of government spending on the military in 1700 & 1701 have more impact on the economy than the 25% in 1956? One was 1.6% of GDP, the other 9%.
I said G-REVENUE not G-spending & YES I KNOW “A spends x% of Y usage”.
What about UK’s national debt as percent of GDP? What about budget deficits? :rolleyes:
1692 UK debt/GDP = 10%
1944 UK debt/GDP = 200%
BTW: Anyone who thinks Uncle Sam’s massive budget deficits (+$1 trillion) are sustainable is smoking cra##.
Map of Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan)
note: ROC/Taiwan claims all of Mongolia and small parts of Siberia and India as part of its territory.
Su-50’s long range is a must in case of war with Japan over Kuril islands.
Su-50 dogfighting F-35 over Sea of Japan. 😀 😉
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