In all fairness, though, the US does pay about 40% of the UN's bills.
Is it not closer to 22% of the regular budget and 27% of the peacekeeping budget?
Busted.
Okay, I was just pulling a number out of the air. How did I know anyone was actually going to look it up?
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For your bedside reading: the assessed national contributions to the
UN peacekeeping budget – it contains the data for the percentage contribution for the regular budget as well.
Still, the point stands. 22 to 27 percent of the overall budget ought to buy us permanent bullying rights, even if permanent bullying rights hadn't been established in the original founding documents.
Japan is the second biggest contributor at around 12.5% for both budgets. Germany around 8%.
The EU member states’ contributions amount to 38.9% and 41.3% of the respective budgets.
Not sure at what level of contribution bullying rights should be acquired?
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