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Ashartus · 09-03-2014, 09:48 AM

Arbitrarily saying 2% of GDP seems to be a recipe for mismanaging money and resources to me. I'd rather see an approach where clear goals are set for the role, size and make-up of our military as well as how often equipment needs to be upgraded/replaced, and using that to establish the cost. It could be 1% of the GDP or it could be more than 2%, but the budget should be based solely on what is needed to do the job properly.

09-03-2014, 09:48 AM	#77
Ashartus First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Exp:	Arbitrarily saying 2% of GDP seems to be a recipe for mismanaging money and resources to me. I'd rather see an approach where clear goals are set for the role, size and make-up of our military as well as how often equipment needs to be upgraded/replaced, and using that to establish the cost. It could be 1% of the GDP or it could be more than 2%, but the budget should be based solely on what is needed to do the job properly.