SSTF@lemmy.world to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoA kick right in the selbstbildlemmy.worldimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIf anyone’s interested in further reading the MEFO Bills are definitely interesting from an economic perspective. I’m sure it wasn’t the first army built on credit, but it was definitely the biggest.
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago but it was definitely the biggest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe Nazis had about 4 million people in uniform at the start of the war, America has about 1.5 million today, but it’s not a bad comparison considering the last time American debt exceeded the GDP was the end of WW2.
If anyone’s interested in further reading the MEFO Bills are definitely interesting from an economic perspective.
I’m sure it wasn’t the first army built on credit, but it was definitely the biggest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1
The Nazis had about 4 million people in uniform at the start of the war, America has about 1.5 million today, but it’s not a bad comparison considering the last time American debt exceeded the GDP was the end of WW2.