On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:47:35 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > On 1/30/2013 1:03 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:26:51 AM UTC-5, rclough wrote: >> >> Hi John Mikes >> >> That's the argument of the Far Left, that miltary strength >> induces our enemies to attack us, so we should cut back on >> defense spending. And any defensive actions we have made >> in the past only count against us. >> > > Maybe our enemies want to just attack us enough for us to keep pouring > more money into the military, thereby diverting the entire budget away from > services and institutions which hold the society together, and dumping it > into a bottomless toilet of corrupt defense contractors and debt service. > > It's a funny thing: When there's peace and prosperity - A good time to > increase the military for a strong defense. When there's war and financial > trouble - A good time to increase the military because we can't afford not > to. > > Since our military is larger than the next 12 or 13 countries combined > (nearly all of whom are allies) - the question is, will there ever be a > time when expanding the military should not be a top priority for the US? > > Craig > > > > > Umm, the defense budget is, at most, only 25% of the US gov budget. > http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/budget_pie_gs.php > > That makes it the largest expense in the entire government, certainly the only expense could be massively reduced and still keep us well ahead of every other country.
This is a more informative pie: http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/files/2008/07/wa_japan_milexp_graph_new.gif (from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/japans-about-face/data-global-military-expenditures/1220/ ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Military_expenditure_percent_of_GDP.svg "The 2009 U.S. military budget accounts for approximately 40% of global arms spending. The 2012 budget is 6-7 times larger than the $106 billion of the military budget of China, and is more than the next twenty largest military spenders combined. The United States and its close allies are responsible for two-thirds to three-quarters of the world's military spending (of which, in turn, the U.S. is responsible for the majority)." (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#Comparison_with_other_countries ) Then there's all of that black-budget stuff too... Craig > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
