Oct 5, 2010
TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect
And today, with the Soviet Union gone, we account for most of the world’s defense spending — 54 percent in 2009, according to a recent report. That’s right: There are 195 countries on planet Earth, and if you added up the military spending of the 194 of them that aren’t the United States, you’d still have less than what we are spending.
Unbelievable. Yet we’re not marching in the streets over military spending, it’s the healthcare bill that must be repealed. Taking care of people is never as sexy as killing them.
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