• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    11 hours ago

    Not becoming part of Russia sounds like a decent return.

    Over and above that, if the defence spending could put people in Europe to work at decent wages and serve as a Keynesian stimulus, that would be good. If we can get some dual-use goods (like upgrades to infrastructure of use for defence), that would also be useful.

  • huppakee@feddit.nl
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    13 hours ago

    European taxpayers would want to see a return in the form of job creation and defence industry development on European soil.

    Include me as well, if we’re spending all that money on us tech I am not going to be happy about that.

  • Beacon@fedia.io
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    13 hours ago

    “Our technology is working great, we don’t need an IT department, fire them.”

    This stuff all falls under the umbrella of “you can’t prove a negative.” If your military defense is doing a good job then you won’t see much of anything at all.

  • nebulaone@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Like what, more land taken by invasion? I’m also a European taxpayer and I would love a EU defense force, which would be the only other “return” that comes to mind.

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      14 hours ago

      More likely they would overthrow governments that refuse to let them extract natural resources, as they have done in the past.

  • johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl
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    15 hours ago

    Well, i’m a Europian tax payer, and i just want my country to be safe. And i’ll happily spend some extra tax dollars for that.