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14 years ago
Both Israel and the USA have been having protests over the unaffordability of modern life.
In Israel, in the midst of an eighty-plus-year war, the government decided to cut defense spending in order to fund its social-spending commitments. Because such cuts cannot reduce salaries or benefits paid to soldiers and veterans, the money came out of the purchasing budget for Merkava IV tanks, Namer APCs, Trophy vehicle defense systems, and Iron Dome tactical missile defense systems.
In the USA, which has no conventionally-armed enemies threatening, the government has decided to cut spending on salaries and benefits to soldiers and veterans in order to fund purchases of additional tanks, other AFVs and the hardware upgrades for them.
Kind of depressing.
In Israel, in the midst of an eighty-plus-year war, the government decided to cut defense spending in order to fund its social-spending commitments. Because such cuts cannot reduce salaries or benefits paid to soldiers and veterans, the money came out of the purchasing budget for Merkava IV tanks, Namer APCs, Trophy vehicle defense systems, and Iron Dome tactical missile defense systems.
In the USA, which has no conventionally-armed enemies threatening, the government has decided to cut spending on salaries and benefits to soldiers and veterans in order to fund purchases of additional tanks, other AFVs and the hardware upgrades for them.
Kind of depressing.
DireWolf505
~direwolf505
This is true.
