Pathetically Freeloading canucks

[irksomesauce]

Only five of NATO's 28 member countries last year met the alliance goal of spending at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. A breakdown, based on 2016 figures provided by NATO:

United States, 3.61 percent.

Greece, 2.38 percent.

Britain, 2.21 percent.

Estonia, 2.16 percent.

Poland, 2 percent.

France, 1.78 percent.

Turkey, 1.56 percent.

Norway, 1.54 percent.

Lithuania, 1.49 percent.

Romania, 1.48 percent.

Latvia, 1.45 percent.

Portugal, 1.38 percent.

Bulgaria, 1.35 percent.

Croatia, 1.23 percent.

Albania, 1.21 percent.

Germany, 1.19 percent.

Denmark, 1.17 percent.

Netherlands, 1.17 percent.

Slovakia, 1.16 percent.

Italy, 1.11 percent.

Czech Republic, 1.04 percent.

Hungary, 1.01 percent.

Canada, 0.99 percent.

Slovenia, 0.94 percent.

Spain, 0.91 percent.

Belgium, 0.85 percent.

Luxembourg, 0.44 percent.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11801604

 

[Lancecastor]

With the exchange rate, that's actually 4%.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Yeah, them Canucks should pay their fair share of the cost of defending their country from . . . from . . . let me think . . .

 

[silver gurl]

I'm sorry

 

[cfuhrer]

Good paper stock for apology notes isn't that expensive.

 

[Conager]

To be fair, one half of US defence spending is boondoggles and pork for various districts.

Abandoning all defense plants in California and Washington would save a fortune.

 

[KingOrfeo]

You know, no country in the world really needs American military protection any more, not even South Korea. So what's the point of NATO anyway?

 

[EternalFantasy]

I'm sorry

Vote O'Leary!

 

[silver gurl]

Vote O'Leary!

I don't have my dual citizenship yet, so I cannot vote.

 

[EternalFantasy]

I don't have my dual citizenship yet, so I cannot vote.

No need to be sorry then

I should be apologizing to you.

 

[hashtag46]

This caught my attention:

Greece 2.38
Germany 1.19