Seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars per person for defence? That’s barely pocket change in today’s world—we’re getting robbed at the till. Triple it to twenty-three hundred, and stop nickel-and-diming our security like it’s some charity case. We want our money’s worth, not the bare minimum—because when the chips are down, we don’t want to be told we didn’t spend enough.
The numbers behind the demand
Previous
$779 / person
Per-person spend when demanded
Right now
$2303 / person
Current per-person spend
— delivered
What voters want
$2300 / person
Target per-person spend
🎉 Delivered on July 13, 2019 via the budget that passed.
Next election on 18 September 2025 (in 8 months).
Pledges (1)
New Social Democratic Front
pledged May 3, 2019
Delivered
“If we get into power we will complete the following pledge”