--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Not to mention that in the US 48% of the yearly Federal > > > budget goes to paying for America's current wars, pre- > > > paring for the next ones, or paying off the debts from > > > the last ones. This is true of no other country on the > > > planet. The other countries actually have some of their > > > tax revenue to use on services for their citizens. > > > > A broader and perhaps more relevant view is defense spending as > > a % of the total economy. > > Only if what you want to do is pretend that America > is not based on war and in service of the military- > industrial complex that Eisenhower warned about.
Spending as a %of GDP has decreased from 10% when Eisonhower left office to the current 3.7%. The MI complex has been cut into a third of its former self. Personally I would liek to se it smaller. But to deny the decrease is simply putting your head in the sand. > You are free to believe what you want, What does belief have to do with it? Are you suggesting the figures are a conjecture? > but I prefer the > following more realistic (IMO) chart: Thats fine, but both charts together give a far broader perspective -- unless you have a conclusion you are trying to find facts to fit. > http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm > > But, as Winston Churchill said, "There are three kinds > of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Believe > the lie you prefer. I hope you don't live your life based on platitudes as certitudes. You seem to have more of a brain than that. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
