12-06-2016, 05:29 PM
(12-06-2016, 02:42 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Point is: our Military spending is not out of line with the rest of the world when it comes to percentage of GDP.
Yes it is when you consider that we don't have a single enemy on our border. Only 3 countries on eart spend a higher percentage of GDP on military than the US (Saudi Arabia, Isreal, and Russia) and all three of them have enemies on their border.
The US is fourth in percentage of GDP spent on military (3.5%) but that is almost 50% more than the next highest (India 2.4%)
The US accounts for less than 20% of the world GDP, but 40% of the worlds military spending.
