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Suprak the Stud 07/12/18 1:51:43 PM #48:	Just in case it isn't clear, Trump and his supporters are conflating two separate issues here. Direct and indirect funding of NATO. The direct funding of NATO can be found here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm?selectedLocale=en No member of this pact is deficient in this funding. This funding goes towards shared interests of the alliance. The US pays 22% of this, per an agreement, and it is based on the countries total GDP. You will notice Germany pays 14% and France 10.5% even though our GDP is much better than theirs. This works in our advantage. We pay more but we can afford to pay even more than we do. Any one who is beyond high school should understand why this alliance is beneficial to US interests. Then there is indirect funding. This is funding a country pays towards its OWN defense. The benchmark is 2% and yes, many countries don't reach this amount. BUT this isn't really for NATO funding. It is just money spent on your own defense in case of a conflict breaking out. The reason the US is much much higher than everyone else (3.6% of GDP) has nothing to do with a failure of these other countries, but just because we spend so much of our own budget on defense. We could absolutely cut this if we wanted to without permission from any of the other countries. People telling you otherwise are misleading you, either through ignorance or malice. Some reading if you're interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/europe/trump-germany-russia-gas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-nato-spending.html https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm?selectedLocale=en https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/07/10/defense-expenditure-of-nato-members-visualized-infographic/#7235b77114cf --- Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion." <cite>Suprak the Stud posted [p:904951510] in Chris' pol... [t:76797135]...</cite> <quote>Just in case it isn't clear, Trump and his supporters are conflating two separate issues here. Direct and indirect funding of NATO. The direct funding of NATO can be found here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm?selectedLocale=en No member of this pact is deficient in this funding. This funding goes towards shared interests of the alliance. The US pays 22% of this, per an agreement, and it is based on the countries total GDP. You will notice Germany pays 14% and France 10.5% even though our GDP is much better than theirs. This works in our advantage. We pay more but we can afford to pay even more than we do. Any one who is beyond high school should understand why this alliance is beneficial to US interests. Then there is indirect funding. This is funding a country pays towards its OWN defense. The benchmark is 2% and yes, many countries don't reach this amount. BUT this isn't really for NATO funding. It is just money spent on your own defense in case of a conflict breaking out. The reason the US is much much higher than everyone else (3.6% of GDP) has nothing to do with a failure of these other countries, but just because we spend so much of our own budget on defense. We could absolutely cut this if we wanted to without permission from any of the other countries. People telling you otherwise are misleading you, either through ignorance or malice. Some reading if you're interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/europe/trump-germany-russia-gas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-nato-spending.html https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm?selectedLocale=en https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/07/10/defense-expenditure-of-nato-members-visualized-infographic/#7235b77114cf --- Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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