Germany U-turns on commitment to meet NATO spending target annually (www.politico.eu)

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[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Why shouldn't it include VAT?

[-] TheYang@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

because if the government spends 100€ on whatever, it gets 19€ back.
So it only actually spent 81€.

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