Why do liberals cheer when Squaw Elizabeth Warren screeches about wealthy people paying their "fair share".

But then they accuse President Donald Trump of offending other NATO countries when he points out that they're not paying their "fair share"?


Back in 2006, the NATO nations agreed that each should target 2% GDP for defense spending.
In 2018 only 5 countries comply, with the US by far the highest in both percentage and total dollars.
Everyone else is below. Some WAY below.

So now that Trump is revealing this scam to the world, the solution is:
To comply by 2024.

Bravo.

They couldn't do it in 12 years, so we'll just tack on another 6 years and hope for the best.

Fingers crossed...

tailgater wrote:

They all look left for a reason.

deadeyedick wrote:

.... Apples and oranges.

I agree that it would be nice if out NATO allies would comply with the agreements which have been made. But this has nothing to do with "paying their fair share".
The 2% gdp of troop expenditures doesn't go to anything. It's just an agreed amount of military readiness in the event that military force is needed.

This is the equivalent of the neighbors in a HOA not maintaining their lawn as the HOA requires.... "Paying your fair share" would be the equivalent of an HOA member not paying their dues. This is not that case.

So does it suck? Yes... It's a violation of an agreement. Is that a dumb, tortured false equivalency in tails poorly formed argument? Yes, yes it is a dumb, tortured false equivalency.... But he's degenerated to constant attempts at trolling...so we don't expect much else.

victor809 wrote:

You must love being wrong.

tailgater wrote:

It's funny that people like Victor don't see how the 2% makes it all work.

NATO is a group of nations that support each other militarily.
That only works when each carries their own load.

Look at Germany.
They're crying that they want NATO (the USA) to protect them from Russia.
Meanwhile, Germany (yes, the same Germany) is in deals with Russia (yes, the same Russia) for their fuel. A nice pipeline that makes Germany the biggest fuel export from Russia.

Germany is confident in this deal because if Putin flexes his muscle they have NATO support.
Support from the group where they refuse to own up to their obligations.

And vic wants to talk about his HOA dues.

I'd call it "Apples and bananas" but he might blush.

tailgater wrote: