"Israel could survive without US military aid - after all it would only increase its % of GDP on defence by a few percent to where it was less than a decade ago and it survived then."
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The GDP is not money available to the national budget. If foreign aid is deducted, you either raise taxes to maintain the budget as before, shift the budget towards defense at the expense of other sectors, or cut defense expenditure.
Or a combination of these measures. But "less money" means less money, no way out. |
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