If we want to be independent – we need to lift Military, Aid and Diplomacy spending to 5% GDP

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If we want to be independent – we need to lift Military, Aid and Diplomacy spending to 5% GDP

New Zealand spends  0.3% of its gross national income on official development assistance. Our diplomatic arm is even less than that with a cost annually of around $500million. Our military spend is 1.2%. I believe we have four choices confronting our new geopolitical reality as a friction point between America and China. 1 – We capitulate to our Chinese Economic Overlords. 2 – We capitulate to our American Political Masters. 3 – We freeze in ter…