Obama stretched the facts in his final SOTU

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(01-13-2016, 10:35 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: The military spending bit is interesting, because that is not something we often hear, just that we spend more dollar-wise. I still don't like being 4th based on a percentage of GDP, though, just as I don't like being proud that we spend so much on our military in dollars.

I like the GDP measure a lot better. You won't hear about it as much because it doesn't fit the narrative. If a country has more money in their economy it makes sense that they'd spend a higher dollar amount than one who doesn't.