İt won't bring additional burden on tax payers. İf there weren't 400 Kaan , people would have to same amount and percentage of taxes.
Government just allocates funds in budget. For instance instead payment of health care and other costs of refugees, having 400 Kaan sounds Better.
Or 92 billion TL ( 3 billion USD) 2024 budget of diyanet
10yeaer x3billion: 30billion USD . Here is your new air force.
I am afraid you are missing a very important point. Let me explain again.
- If you buy a truck from abroad for military, that truck stays inert in a warehouse waiting to be used in case of war. But you have used foreign currency reserves to buy it.
- If you produce in house a truck for your military, then you have not used foreign currency reserves. But your truck is still sitting in a warehouse not contributing to anything.
- If you buy a truck from abroad for your haulage industry, then you are contributing to economy. Employing people, carrying goods etc , even if you used foreign currency reserves to buy it.
- If you produce the truck for your military or your haulage industry and also export it; then you have maximum contribution to your economy.
Your definition of “war-economy” is only applicable to some extent if you have endless natural resources like Russia, China and USA. Even then, these countries would not be utilising their resources to their full extent.
War is an expensive business. In the end it could deplete your natural resources that feeds it.
So as per both
@what ’s and
@Huelague ’s comments ; the money has to come from somewhere and that is from taxpayers and country’s natural resources that are ill used..
Having a strong military, however, has certain economic and diplomatic advantages that help the country. A few can be listed as:
It would be a deterrent for countries that may otherwise have ulterior motives towards you. It would help insure and to consolidate safe trade with overseas markets. It would help your voice as a country to be heard louder. It would make it easier for your defence industry products to be sold.