On 05/11/2010, at 5:32 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > Charlie wrote: > >> ...and judging by GDP figures, the USA is still fighting the Cold War. > > Hmmm, I looked it up, and military outlays under GWB as a % of GDP were less > than they were under Carter, around 4% or a bit less. vs. Carter's 5%+. And > he said that the US was going to have to increase defense spending. Under > Kennedy, they were about 10% of GDP, Reagan close to 6%. They've risen > under Obama, but that's due to the slowdown in the GDP more than anything. > > So, only if you take the bottom of the Cold War spending, when anti-war > Democrats were in the forefront, and this year under Obama, which is a > special circumstance (defense spending rates are projected to fall to 3.6% > in the budget), is that close to true.
Now compare it to everyone else in the world... Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
