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Is this a joke or what??
Don't be surprised if china does the same kind of circus in SCs and claims any one who enters SCS has to obey Chinese laws.
This air defense diktat do not work and china will become joke if Japan violates repetitively.
I'm not talking about 25% of GDP, I'm talking about 25% of central government spending.
Current central government spending is $1.14 trillion. So 25% of that is around $280 billion.
GDP numbers of every country are not reliable (understated and overstated), only thing is what you are spending and how much of that spending goes towards military.
I wonder which side is going to flinch first. This is quite the game of chicken being played. A major regional war could break out.
I wonder which side is going to flinch first. This is quite the game of chicken being played. A major regional war could break out.
Food, education, healthcare and housing are the strong foundations of a stable society. Without a stable society, economy cannot be prosperous. Without a prosperous economy, there cannot be a capable military.Military spending should always be the main priority of the central government. Education, infrastructure, pension, etc should be left up for local government and private investors. When you devote the central budget to welfare you end up like a failed European state.
China is being fully contained by US, Japan, India, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia.
PLA is still decades behind Japan in technology let alone the US military. Unless more money is given to military, the technology gap will never close between the PLA and Japan. Forget about the US. Even lowly India has 3 aircraft carriers.
25% of the central budget should be the bare minimum that should be allocated to military spending. 75% for other things is more than enough. Infact even 75% for other things is too much. Local government should be spending money on education, infrastructure, etc.
The main priority of the central government is national security, that is its primary role.
Central budget is $1 trillion. 25% of that is $250 billion. $250 should be the floor on military spending for China.
Only loony liberals wants to waste money on useless welfare projects that gives ZERO benefit to China's future.
Soviet Union didn't collapse because of its military spending, it collapsed due to its rigid economic system where there was no market for goods & services, factor prices, etc.