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Originally Posted by firstdown
Its also said that the spending has kept our freedom and what price would you put on freedom. I agree we need to cut military spending. As far as GDP we really do not spend that much more then other Countries.
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When ranked by % of GDP we are 9th behind mostly smaller countries like Oman, Jordan & Chad. Israel also spends more (%GDP wise) than us. We spend 4.7%. Russia spends 4.3% - it's just that GDP is so small compared to ours that, although they spend roughly the same percentage, the US's budget is about 13 times more than Russia in actual dollars spent.
Not judging - just pointing out the numbers.