Originally Posted by
Bob Viking
I bet we do better financially in the UK than our Russian counterparts on the wage front.
The hundreds of thousands of military veterans drawing a pension all need to be paid for as well.
So, if you’re retired and you are wondering what you can do to help our poor, beleaguered military just hand your pension back. Take one for the team.
BV
That's going to extend into almost all spending. If you follow expenditure down the chain, it almost always ends up being spent on someone's wages, and for defence a higher proportion of that spending is likely to remain in country.