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by thomastjeffery 2916 days ago
And it's $700bn now, which is almost as much as the entire rest of the world spends on defense.

GDP is not what that defense budget is protecting. People and property are what that budget exists to protect.

China has the second highest defense budget. We have about 1/4 the population of China, yet we spend several times more on defense.