>De Croo emphasizes that all delivered F-16s will be paid for with taxes on Russian assets. “You know that a lot of Russian money is parked in our country,” he says. “We use the taxes on that to give to the Ukrainians so that they can defend themselves against the Russians. So the planes are not paid for with the Belgians’ tax money.”
What strange thing is this? As if that money taxed from rich Russians was not able to be used for Belgian roads, schools, hospitals or pensions? All the Belgian money invested in supporting Ukraine, is Belgian money.
Mr De Croo: I do not discuss your measure with the F-16, but do not treat people as stupid.
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>De Croo emphasizes that all delivered F-16s will be paid for with taxes on Russian assets. “You know that a lot of Russian money is parked in our country,” he says. “We use the taxes on that to give to the Ukrainians so that they can defend themselves against the Russians. So the planes are not paid for with the Belgians’ tax money.”
What strange thing is this? As if that money taxed from rich Russians was not able to be used for Belgian roads, schools, hospitals or pensions? All the Belgian money invested in supporting Ukraine, is Belgian money.
Mr De Croo: I do not discuss your measure with the F-16, but do not treat people as stupid.