DeathSandwich Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/118020322_f5132e3fba.jpg?v=0 link if pic doesn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primera Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yay! We win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Flyer1647545514 Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Think of it in a way as you are very protected. All of the other countrys combined are about equal to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSandwich Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Think of it in a way as you are very protected. All of the other countrys combined are about equal to us. I consider it bad accounting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUGT Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I consider it bad accounting. You should move to Canada...sounds like a better deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 You should move to Canada...sounds like a better deal. Free healthcare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I am not surprised by that graph. What would be interesting to know is how much of that money goes for funding soldiers and bases in other countries. I am quite sure that is where most of our money goes and very little of everyone elses moneys goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I did not think Israel spent any of their own money on defense... We fund them with billions per year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUGT Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Free healthcare. If momma say they aint no free lunches...how is there free healthcare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scooter Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Germany has free health care, too. But their taxes are at 19%. Canada is something like that. Sure, everyone has "free" healthcare, but that cost is made up in taxes you pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 lots of taxes.....and today pricing on various consumer goods isn't very good. for example, a friend of mine came down to stay with me and bought a new Digital SLR for about a $1,500 savings and can then just carry it back to his home. Way different from when I was in Toronto back in the early 1999-2001 time frame. If momma say they aint no free lunches...how is there free healthcare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I consider it bad accounting. In all honesty you really don't know shit about our MIlitary spending. All DoD appropriations are counted in U.S. Military spending. If you want, you can challenge my accounting skills and knowledge of U.S. Military spending, and I guarantee you will lose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUGT Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Germany has free health care, too. But their taxes are at 19%. Canada is something like that. Sure, everyone has "free" healthcare, but that cost is made up in taxes you pay. 19%??? Sign me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate1647545505 Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 In all honesty you really don't know shit about our MIlitary spending. All DoD appropriations are counted in U.S. Military spending. If you want, you can challenge my accounting skills and knowledge of U.S. Military spending, and I guarantee you will lose Do you act like a prick when you aren't behind a keyboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Do you act like a prick when you aren't behind a keyboard? When someone who doesn't know what they are talking about attacks your livelihood you would as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 My older brother is going to Iraq in November for 15 months. If that graph needs to grow another threefold in order to bring him home safely (and everyone else over there) I wouldn't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 My older brother is going to Iraq in November for 15 months. If that graph needs to grow another threefold in order to bring him home safely (and everyone else over there) I wouldn't mind. That doesn't include war spending, that is just the regular appropriations per year for the DoD, Iraq is a separate budget. Milpers accounts for $110 billion O&M is like $150 billion So just paying the soldiers (over 1.4 million active) and keeping EVERYTHING running costs $250 billion dollars a year... Now RDT&E, which would go towards keeping your brother safe is about $70 Billion, So technology, paying the soldiers, and keeping everything in operating order (and feeding the soldiers!) is about 65-70% of DoD spending The budget does not even include revolving funds and reimbursables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I worked in Sweden a few years back, they have socialized education (if you join the military) and socialized medicine (no cosmetic procedures like teeth or lasik). Their tax rate is a full 50% straight off of the top before you contribute to retirement. If you get a second job, there is no break on that income same deal full 50%. How do you want it, "free" or paid for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 And BTW, all Defense Agencies are Lean6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest No-cones Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 you're just too cool for school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckeyeGT Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 In all honesty you really don't know shit about our MIlitary spending. All DoD appropriations are counted in U.S. Military spending. If you want, you can challenge my accounting skills and knowledge of U.S. Military spending, and I guarantee you will lose an accounting and military spending challenge?! sign me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyctsv Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I didn't know France had a military Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 if only that much money and effort was spent on helping improve shit right here in our own country, like our schools, health care, manufacturing, immigration reform, retirement protection/SS, etc.....the things that affect those of us here keeping the country going, we might actually become the nation we once were.....oh and stop buying shit from China and outsourcing everything. I hate the fact that we are so damn Dependant on everyone else that we have to spend so much on trying to protect what we really shouldn't need oil and overseas labor, etc.... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/118020322_f5132e3fba.jpg?v=0 link if pic doesn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORourke Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I think that chart is at least a little bit off since the Chinese undervalue their currency so much compared to the dollar. There's no way in hell the Russians could spend the same amount, or nearly the same amount, as the Chinese do on defense even if they wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I didn't know France had a military i googled it http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c80/CamaroAJ/412_image-1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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