Europe only needs to spend about 3-3.5% to catch up, and we are not (politically) able to do even that?
Because usually extra spending comes from the healthcare and pensions of the population who are already having problems after the inflation what doesn´t get much votes and probably pushes more people to the far right who rather invite Putin in.
Actual war funding generally comes from taxing the rich too. In USA during WW2 the rich had to pay 90% taxes!!!
All of Europe has been giving the rich lower taxes for decades, raise the taxes on the rich could easily cover most, also without going to extremes. We only need about 1% extra tax to cover the increased military expenditure.
To claim we can’t afford that without sacrificing healthcare and services is based on propaganda by the 1%.
Because usually extra spending comes from the healthcare and pensions of the population who are already having problems after the inflation what doesn´t get much votes and probably pushes more people to the far right who rather invite Putin in.
Actual war funding generally comes from taxing the rich too. In USA during WW2 the rich had to pay 90% taxes!!!
All of Europe has been giving the rich lower taxes for decades, raise the taxes on the rich could easily cover most, also without going to extremes. We only need about 1% extra tax to cover the increased military expenditure.
To claim we can’t afford that without sacrificing healthcare and services is based on propaganda by the 1%.
Yes, a lot of modern politics is based on it unfortunately