If this is done properly, the money has a 2x effect: creates jobs in the domestic defence industry, collects taxes from those jobs to spend elsewhere. And "stu

If this is done properly, the money has a 2x effect: creates jobs in the domestic defence industry, collects taxes from those jobs to spend elsewhere. And "stuff" is useful for both military and diplomatic purposes. Shoulder launched weaponry, drones, APCs, arms/ammo even artillery/shells. There also seems to be a military pay raise which might help recruiting. And more boots on the ground will provide more assistance when the bloody fires burn. They have extra steel/aluminum due to tariffs and already make much of this. With luck, they'll help Europe rearm - more manufacturing to trade. Gotta be more to a country than digging sh*t out of the ground.