[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I think the answer is they could just throw an extra $15 billion at defence or whatever, but in order to do it in a way that makes sense rather than just saying, "we'd like to place an order for $15 billion in new fighter jets ASAP, thanks", it takes some time to ramp up. Like, part of that increase in spending is going to be on people in a whole bunch of different roles, which takes time to recruit and train those people and place them within the military infrastructure in a manner that actually helps achieve defense objectives.

I mean they could meet the obligation immediately by just saying, "I'd like to buy 1 new standard issue rifle, please, and I'd like to pay 15 billion dollars for it", but that would be extremely dumb.

Find some collector somewhere and offer him 15 billy for his vintage Lee Enfield.