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AlexeiSadeski | 12 years ago

Less than a fifth of US public budget is spent on defense...

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notimetorelax|12 years ago

It's a lot, no?

mpyne|12 years ago

By GDP it's really not, no (about 4.7% for much more ability than any other nation). It's a lot in absolute terms, but so is the American economy.

It is higher as a proportion of GDP than many of our NATO allies, but then again that's actually one of our complaints as Americans... ;)