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Public-works plan pitched as alternative to rearmament spending

Original: How # AI would have fixed it: "Get people back to # work without # rearming . Start a temporary, debt-financed public-wo

Commentators are floating a counter-proposal to Europe's push for rearmament: use debt-financed public spending to get people back to work instead. The plan calls for a temporary public-works and relief programme covering housing, transport, repairs and unemployment support, so households keep spending and businesses keep operating. Supporters argue this would address economic weakness without channelling funds into defence.

Why now: Ongoing European debate over prioritising defence rearmament versus domestic economic relief amid weak growth.

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• How # AI would have fixed it: "Get people back to # work without # rearming . Start a temporary, debt-financed public-works + relief program # housing , # transport , # repairs + # unemployment support so families could keep spending + businesses could keep operating. A similar… · wordmark@mas.to · 1

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