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[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Borrowing huge sums of money to fund military expenditures sure seems silly, and the interest payments will be absurd. Interest on debt has already eclipsed health transfers, so its going to be a sacrifice for sure.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Borrowing huge sums of money to fund military expenditures sure seems silly,

TBH it's no worse than any other government jobs program, or the civil service in general. It's all just a vehicle to redistribute government funds as salaries.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well its still not really sustainable is it, it has no yield.

Keynes would disapprove.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 0 points 19 hours ago

Neither does any other government subsidy. That's an odd argument against.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Infrastructure would generate a future yield, and Keynes would like that. Otherwise why aren't we funding it with taxes, and why pay interest on it?

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

An industrial base generates a future yield too.

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