SHAME ON US
I recall a time in the not too distant past when, as high school students, we used to scoff and sneer at those backwards countries that built up their militaries while their people and their most vulnerable suffered want and need. The blinds are off. We no longer have that moral authority.
The so-called "fiscal conservatives" don't even want to spend the money to take care of the vets after they've used them up, much less the poor, the uneducated, the unemployed, the sick, or anything else that won't turn a profit for their super-wealthy, corporate and industry donors.
What the hell have we become? Just how ignorant are we? Bickering over which party has the religious high ground, trying to dictate who can marry who, encouraging the government to regulate what goes on in bedrooms and in doctor's offices in the name of morality when this is the REAL IMMORALITY that is tearing this nation up from its foundations.
We don't need to have a military budget larger than the next ten largest combined. We only need to have a military budget larger than the second largest. SHAME ON US!
LARGEST NATIONS BY POPULATION*
1 | China | 1.36 billion people |
2 | India | 1.28 billion people |
3 | United States | 319 million people |
4 | Indonesia | 247 million people |
5 | Brazil | 200 million people |
LARGEST NATIONS BY AREA*
1 | Russia | 6.593 million mi^2 |
2 | Canada | 3.855 million mi^2 |
3 | United States | 3.719 million mi^2 |
4 | China | 3.705 million mi^2 |
5 | Brazil | 3.288 million mi^2 |
LARGEST MILITARY EXPENDITURES*
1 | United States | $503.4 billion per year
2 | China | $114.7 billion per year
3 | France | $55.29 billion per year
4 | United Kingdom | $53.43 billion per year
5 | Germany | $41.8 billion per year
6 | Japan | $35.48 billion per year
7 | Italy | $31.72 billion per year
8 | Saudi Arabia | $30.98 billion per year
9 | Russia | $29.81 billion per year
10 | Brazil | $27.76 billion per year
11 | South Korea | $23.57 billion per year
2 | China | $114.7 billion per year
3 | France | $55.29 billion per year
4 | United Kingdom | $53.43 billion per year
5 | Germany | $41.8 billion per year
6 | Japan | $35.48 billion per year
7 | Italy | $31.72 billion per year
8 | Saudi Arabia | $30.98 billion per year
9 | Russia | $29.81 billion per year
10 | Brazil | $27.76 billion per year
11 | South Korea | $23.57 billion per year
*http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=largest+military+budget (2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 estimates)
United States: $503.4 B vs. Next 10 Largest Military Expenditures Combined: $444.54 B
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