Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 4 months agoIn push for more Ukraine troops, city of Moscow hikes pay for contract soldiers to $60,000 a yearwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkIn push for more Ukraine troops, city of Moscow hikes pay for contract soldiers to $60,000 a yearwww.reuters.comWilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 4 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoMaybe they just print the money. Isn’t that what dictatorships often end up doing?
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoYeah but if they send these troops to the areas that are most deadly, then they don’t have to pay them for very long in the first place. No need to print the money if you’re not actually spending it.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoI invite them to do that. I’m sure the oligarchs will love having their local savings massively devalued, and won’t support a coup of any kind. /s
Maybe they just print the money. Isn’t that what dictatorships often end up doing?
Yeah but if they send these troops to the areas that are most deadly, then they don’t have to pay them for very long in the first place.
No need to print the money if you’re not actually spending it.
I invite them to do that. I’m sure the oligarchs will love having their local savings massively devalued, and won’t support a coup of any kind. /s