Tiny bits of truth about Lithuania's unrealistic militarization

"Shiaip:

 

Arithmetic ~6% GDP = ~25% of the budget. Is it forever, or planned differently?

 

Reader_DF2CFE

 

We will raise VAT, double property taxes and make them universal, increase income and profit taxes, increase car registration and environmental taxes, introduce new defense taxes, collect all the necessary billions and pay, as they are now rushing to do, to Trump in the USA, instead of paying EU weapons manufacturers. Congress will applaud us standing up, but then introduce some new restrictions, like with artificial intelligence blocks. And if we pay EU manufacturers, then the question is for what - what use have we of some 5 additional tanks, which, as is often the case in Ukraine now, do not even reach the firing line, if the other side has a good drone team in the relevant sector."