https://www.isegoria.net/2025/03/payments-to-allies-amounted-to-14-per-cent-of-british-government-revenue/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2025/03/payments-to-allies-amounted-to-14-per-cent-of-british-government-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-3748397 Bruce Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:10:33 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52704#comment-3748397 Keynes said the British were bankrupt by 1915. If they’d found mercenaries to feed German artillery they’d have been better off even if they’d paid high dollars (thanks John) for the meat.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2025/03/payments-to-allies-amounted-to-14-per-cent-of-british-government-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-3748287 John L. McCormack Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:57:47 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52704#comment-3748287 That 12.5 pounds the British paid for each Russian soldier was significantly more than the seven pounds and six shillings the British paid annually to the Grand Duke of Hesse for each of his soldiers during the American War of Independence.

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