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Posted on 12/02/2024 10:19:25 AM PST by USA-FRANCE
The budget for 2025, which was published Sunday, allocates about $126 billion (13.5 trillion rubles) to national defense – amounting to 32.5% of government spending.
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Drill baby drill and mine baby mine and Iran has less money for war.
Drill baby drill and mine baby mine and export baby export and more countries will try to please us and be less likely to try to please other energy-rich countries like Russia and China and the "Death to America" countries.
So, how much of our tax dollars will Brandon send to Vlad?
America spends $1 Trillium, not counting money for NATO, the UN and the Ukraine
It's not in the best interest of US or French citizens to see their tax dollars wasted on a proxy war solely being fought so Western elitists can get their grubby hands on the $12 trillion of natural resources in Ukraine, so George Soros can make more money setting up NGOs and so corrupt politicians like the Biden can get paid off by Ukrainian oligarchs.
That’s highly inflationary.
You forgot to mention NATO and the USA.
I bet Russia’s Ministry of Defense hasn’t failed their last 7 audits.
And what NATO aggression are you imagining here?
Russia invaded Ukraine, which isn't a member of NATO.
Russia invaded Ukraine, which was a part of Russia in our lifetimes.
Russia invaded Ukraine, on multiple occasions... but only when Democrats are in the White House.
Is electing Democrats seen as an aggressive action by Putin?
Its a nice slogan, but in reality, it is estimated US oil companies lost a collective $300 billion in the 2010s decade because zero-interest Federal reserve money financed a new fracking-technology investment bubble and production boom, which drove prices below cost of production.
None of those conditions are in place to repeat.
As to mining, Trump and State Govts had better loosen up on super-environmentalist, tort-lawyer, and NIMBY bans on mining, or that will never come back either.
We spend multiple times what Russia spends, and our military strength is declining especially if you consider the problems with recruitment.
Not criticizing your post, just asking for my own education. Does that include all of the big drilling companies that had to all of a sudden compete will smaller drilling companies? If a new small company can do the job cheaper and for profit using new techniques (i.e. fracking), that's just part of capitalism. I've never been a fan for the govt owning tons of oil rich land and controlling which few big companies can drill there using standard drilling techniques. Unless I'm wrong, fracking made prior inaccessible oil available, and much of it on private land (meaning the govt had less means to stop drilling).
Russia’s whole GDP is just slightly higher than the state of Texas.
Feel free to criticize. I am looking for the analysis which mentioned the collective losses of oil companies during the 2010s
Here’s a couple articles which discuss the issue
Nearly 33% of Russia’s entire national budget now oriented towards war against Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, financing the Russian troops in Africa, the endless Russian-NeoSoviet Propaganda Farms, the financial support for FR trolls, the support for North Korean troops, the Houthies and the help to IRAN and its Hezbollah / Hamas proxies. All of this costs a lot for the Russian taxpayers... Imagine if Biden or Trump had oriented 33% of America’s budget for WAR!? There would have been a revolution by taxpaying Americans all over the Nation. When a country orient 33% of its entire national budget for war... That goes beyond warmongering. It’s psychedelic madness.
Russia is not protecting its borders, it has invaded another country. If this were truly about protecting Russia, Putin would have accepted Zelensky's offer of no NATO in exchange for Russian withdrawal. Putin could have that deal today just by asking. Rather, the cry of "NATO expansion" is just a cover for grabbing Ukrainian territory and the forced imposition of pro-Russian government in Kyiv, reducing Ukraine to a satellite country. Be honest!
Mother Russia has proven beyond any doubt that she is incapable of Protecting her borders. Her borders were easily breeched and occupied. She is losing more than a thousand soldiers a day in a vain attempt to repel the assault and reclaim the lost territory. Last week, Friday I think, Mother Russia suffered 2,000+ casualties in only one day.
The real terror for mother Russia is that now, all her borders are vulnerable snd she is abaolutely powerless to prevent invasion and capture of still more lands.
And Canada and other NATO countries spend a piddle on their national defense.
Putin puts his money where his mouth is it causes higher inflation in Russia but its happening.
Thanks for the info.
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