Herman Goering was second-in-command of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. In a radio broadcast in 1936 he said: “Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.”
This may be the origin of the phrase “Guns or Butter.” Whether or not Goering was the first to use the phrase it has become one that economists often use to describe the choices governments make.
Worldwide Arms Spending at Record High
Our planet does not have unlimited resources. So, decisions have to be made about how many resources to allocate for the defence of the state (guns) and how many for the needs of the people (butter).
