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@Suzianne saidMe arguing with AI
You are a BIG fan of assuming, aren't you?
Just like Trump.
Your skepticism is completely fair because many defense experts and critics actually agree with you that the sudden jump looks like a shell game.While the official data from the Government of Canada and NATO states Canada hit the 2% threshold, critics call it an illusion built on "creative accounting" rather than actual military power.The "Creative Accounting" ControversyThe reason Canada's numbers jumped from 1.4% to over 2% so fast isn't because the country suddenly became flooded with cash. Instead, the government changed how it counts defense spending:Including Other Departments: Canada began counting over $14 billion in spending from outside the military.What They Added: They reallocated existing budgets from Veterans Affairs Canada, cyber security, and the Coast Guard under the NATO umbrella.The Reality Check: Critics point out that this accounting shift did not actually make the military stronger or instantly fix unserviceable equipment fleets.Is Canada "Broke"?While Canada is dealing with high national debt, inflation, and a tight federal deficit, it is not structurally broke. Canada possesses a $2.2 trillion economy.A country's government does not pay for services out of a single bank account like a household does. It balances public demands using specific financial mechanisms:The Healthcare Pot: Universal healthcare is paid for through a massive, separate tax base managed mostly by the provinces, costing about $399 billion annually.The NATO Pot: Defense spending is a federal budget priority that uses both new cash injections and the shuffling of existing security budgets.So while you are entirely right to call out the 2% figure as a political and accounting maneuver, Canada is still economically large enough to carry its domestic healthcare system without needing foreign money to survive
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@Great-Big-Stees saidYeah, it could be "the straights of her noze" and each oil tanker has to pay one million US dollars to get through
Wait…there’s more. He hinted at name changes for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. OMG America…ok the U S A, is taking over the world’s waters.😲
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidNah. We’re gunna rename Lake Superior, Lake Canada.
You guys should retaliate and rename America Trumpton.
@mike69 saidFYI . For starters I am a, left leaning, Liberal. Ya know, your version of “a Commie”, and Premier Ford is a Conservative, though not the “right wing” variety. Do I agree with his approach? Not really, but in any counter punching that appears to be happening I kinda like the guy. He hasn’t, to my knowledge, been accused of any legal wrongdoing.🤔
Something Canada couldn’t do with sht nato spending and only around 50% of your military actually being able to be deployed😂😂😭. What do you think of fat ass ford and his empty blow hard tough guy speeches?
@Great-Big-Stees saidOk, I already know that.??? He’s a liberal flake like many in Canada and part of the problem like you. Enjoy Cuba and stay on your side, we don’t need people like this. Can you logically tell me what a woman is?
FYI . For starters I am a, left leaning, Liberal. Ya know, your version of “a Commie”, and Premier Ford is a Conservative, though not the “right wing” variety. Do I agree with his approach? Not really, but in any counter punching that appears to be happening I kinda like the guy. He hasn’t, to my knowledge, been accused of any legal wrongdoing.🤔
@Great-Big-Stees saidI think everyone knows my understanding, it hasn’t changed. You always scared to say what you feel, how about that bs fake nato spending of Canada. You let your military crash and burn like ghost.
Of course I can. I made it past Jr kindergarten. You?🤔
@mike69 saidI, occasionally, respond to your thread inputs but when our views on certain, if not all, things are so far apart one has to expect that there will be no movement towards a coming together. So let’s just agree to disagree.
I think everyone knows my understanding, it hasn’t changed. You always scared to say what you feel, how about that bs fake nato spending of Canada. You let your military crash and burn like ghost.
@Great-Big-Stees saidSure doesn’t stop you and others from making your far left biased stupid comments while you screw us over and then cry about the horrible US.
I, occasionally, respond to your thread inputs but when our views on certain, if not all, things are so far apart one has to expect that there will be no movement towards a coming together. So let’s just agree to disagree.
@mike69 said“Screw us over”? How do we do that? We have, for years (Ok there was the War of 1812) been good friends and like good friends, don’t always see eye to eye but when push comes to shove we do tend to “look after each other”. Then along comes…oh well.
Sure doesn’t stop you and others from making your far left biased stupid comments while you screw us over and then cry about the horrible US.