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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by LunaSea on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:05AM (#46132632)
> Just a handful of countries are spending 5% of their GDP on defense

And the US is not one of them

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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by ExoticPearTree on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @09:21AM (#46134776)
The US spends more than the EU combined. If the US would spend 5% of GDP on defense we would all speak english and drive Suburbans.
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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by LunaSea on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:19AM (#46136271)
So proportionally it's spending less than certain EU countries
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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by ExoticPearTree on Thursday December 04, 2025 @04:32AM (#46145593)
Wow, the mental gymnastics needed to conclude that while the US spends more than the whole EU combined is less than certain EU countries. Just wow.
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