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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/03/military-spending-2011-chart
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WOW you just enlightened the world with this new and shocking information. the world has changed forever.
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Sith_Mauler  Posts: 1,851
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everybody wants to cut military spending until its time to close that plant or base in your home town.
well there are exceptions to the rule but the majority will scream "what about the jobs?"
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DunesVladHarkonnen Title: Moderator
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I was shocked Canada didn't make the list...
 
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Brother_Tempus  Title: Patriot
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suntzukali2 posted:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/03/military-spending-2011-chart
Social security spending is bigger and mandatory spending is just a hair less than military
It's time to look at all three of them since they compose 53% of the budget ...
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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Brother_Tempus posted:
suntzukali2 posted:
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/03/military-spending-2011-chart
Social security spending is bigger and mandatory spending is just a hair less than military
It's time to look at all three of them since they compose 53% of the budget ...
Social security was a self funding program that worked until the GOP god/savior Reagan raided it to pay for his Cold War against the Soviets.
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Derrrr posted:
Even if they weren't, I don't buy the whole GDP thing. So we're rich. Does that really mean our military needs to be completely out of proportion with the rest of the world's armies? Would someone care to explain the logic on that? Because this is military imbalance.
If our spending/GDP ratio is in the same ballpark as other countries, how does that equate to our military being "completely out of proportion"? There's a whole lot of stupid the linked article.
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tillsb  Title: me
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I think we should cut back on military/defense spending. There are plenty of other areas we can cut into in addition that would make it work on the whole.
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Immortal_Haze posted:
Derrrr posted:
Even if they weren't, I don't buy the whole GDP thing. So we're rich. Does that really mean our military needs to be completely out of proportion with the rest of the world's armies? Would someone care to explain the logic on that? Because this is military imbalance.
If our spending/GDP ratio is in the same ballpark as other countries, how does that equate to our military being "completely out of proportion"? There's a whole lot of stupid the linked article.
because we are supporting a imperial war fighting force, not a defensive force.
how many other nations have troops stationed in a 135 countries?
really why do we need military forces spread out world wide?
the list
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Antigua
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote D'lvoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovenia
Spain
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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tillsb Title: me
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I have a theory that I developed during my time in the Army.
I think there is an immortal Bond-like villain who has been manipulating the US into where to station forces. At some point in the future the command will go out and we will decapitate other countries leadership and attempt to take over,
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