In the UK right now, the 'guns or butter' debate is a waste of time | The National
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Source: The National (UAE)
Published: 2026-06-17 17:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Europe, Military & Defence, Ukraine/Russia, Labour & Workers, Food & Agriculture, International Orgs, War & Conflict
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In 1936, one of the leading Nazis, Hermann Goering, coined a phrase that resonates almost a century later. Goering told Germans that taxes needed to pay for weapons, not subsidise cheaper food. As he put it: “Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.”
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