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HappySqurriel on 10 December 2011
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Dr.Grass said:
NinjaguyDan said:
Marks said:
NinjaguyDan said:
Marks said:
NinjaguyDan said:

There are enough resources and productivity in the world to provide for the basic needs of everyone alive right now.
Why isn't that happening?


FUCKING GREED! Plain and simple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRwIZ36po3Y

 

The rich are our masters and they're total fucking idiots, what does that make us?


That's the worst type of greed! I hate fucking greed. 

 

My solution is to elect Ron Paul and let him fix it. He knows what he's doing. 


His "free market" bullshit will only make things worse.


LMAO how did you come to that conclusion? You really think continued deficit spending and ineffective social programs are the solution?

You've given that a try for years now and things are worse, how about you guys give capitalism a try? I mean real capitalism i.e. free market. What America has now isn't capitalism. 


We are at the terminal stage of the Reagan Revolution.  I've been watching it unfold in excruciatingly slow real-time over the last 30 yrs.

And that's where we are.  Blame social programs all you want but it's obvious where the real waste is.

 

Let's put that in a global perspective

 

So, if the US is spending as much on defense as all of those countries combined, then we should be able to fight and win a war against all of them simultaneously.  Right?


I hope someone tries to answer this.


Look at Military spending as a percentage of GDP  ...

 

Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Korea, North: 22.9%  2003 
# 2     Oman: 11.4%  2005 
= 3     Qatar: 10%  2005 
= 3     Saudi Arabia: 10%  2005 
= 5     Jordan: 8.6%  2006 
= 5     Iraq: 8.6%  2006 
# 7     Israel: 7.3%  2006 
# 8     Yemen: 6.6%  2006 
# 9     Eritrea: 6.3%  2006 
# 10     Macedonia, Republic of: 6%  2005 
= 11     Burundi: 5.9%  2006 
= 11     Syria: 5.9%  2005 
# 13     Angola: 5.7%  2006 
= 14     Maldives: 5.5%  2005 
= 14     Mauritania: 5.5%  2006 
= 16     Kuwait: 5.3%  2006 
= 16     Turkey: 5.3%  2005 
= 18     El Salvador: 5%  2006 
= 18     Morocco: 5%  2004 
# 20     Singapore: 4.9%  2005 
# 21     Swaziland: 4.7%  2006 
= 22     Bahrain: 4.5%  2006 
= 22     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4.5%  2005 
= 22     Brunei: 4.5%  2006 
= 25     Greece: 4.3%  2005 
= 25     China: 4.3%  2006 
# 27     Chad: 4.2%  2006 
# 28     United States: 4.06%  2005 
# 29     Côte d'Ivoire: 4%  2006 
= 30     Tajikistan: 3.9%  2005 
= 30     Libya: 3.9%  2005 
= 30     Russia: 3.9%  2005 
= 33     Djibouti: 3.8%  2006 
= 33     Zimbabwe: 3.8%  2006 
= 33     Cuba: 3.8%  2006 
= 33     Cyprus: 3.8%  2005 
# 37     Namibia: 3.7%  2006 
# 38     Armenia: 3.5%  2006 
= 39     Turkmenistan: 3.4%  2005 
= 39     Gabon: 3.4%  2005 
= 39     Colombia: 3.4%  2005 
= 39     Egypt: 3.4%  2005 
= 43     Algeria: 3.3%  2006 
= 43     Botswana: 3.3%  2006 
# 45     Pakistan: 3.2%  2006 
= 46     Guinea-Bissau: 3.1%  2005 
= 46     Lebanon: 3.1%  2005 
= 46     Congo, Republic of the: 3.1%  2006 
= 46     United Arab Emirates: 3.1%  2005 
= 50     Ethiopia: 3%  2006 
= 50     Solomon Islands: 3%  2006 
= 50     Cambodia: 3%  2005 
= 50     Indonesia: 3%  2005 
= 50     Sudan: 3%  2005 
= 55     Zambia: 2.9%  2006 
= 55     Rwanda: 2.9%  2006 
= 57     Comoros: 2.8%  2006 
= 57     Kenya: 2.8%  2006 
= 57     Ecuador: 2.8%  2006 
= 60     Korea, South: 2.7%  2006 
= 60     Chile: 2.7%  2006 
= 62     Azerbaijan: 2.6%  2005 
= 62     France: 2.6%  2005 
= 62     Lesotho: 2.6%  2006 
= 62     Sri Lanka: 2.6%  2006 
= 62     Brazil: 2.6%  2006 
= 62     Bulgaria: 2.6%  2005 
= 68     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2.5%  2006 
= 68     Iran: 2.5%  2006 
= 68     India: 2.5%  2006 
= 68     Vietnam: 2.5%  2005 
# 72     Romania: 2.47%  2005 
= 73     Australia: 2.4%  2006 
= 73     United Kingdom: 2.4%  2005 
# 75     Croatia: 2.39%  2005 
= 76     Portugal: 2.3%  2005 
= 76     Sierra Leone: 2.3%  2006 
= 78     Uganda: 2.2%  2006 
= 78     Fiji: 2.2%  2005 
= 78     Taiwan: 2.2%  2006 
# 81     Burma: 2.1%  2005 
# 82     Malaysia: 2.03%  2005 
= 83     Estonia: 2%  2005 
= 83     Seychelles: 2%  2006 
= 83     Finland: 2%  2005 
= 83     Uzbekistan: 2%  2005 
= 83     Venezuela: 2%  2006 
= 88     Bolivia: 1.9%  2006 
= 88     Mali: 1.9%  2006 
= 88     Senegal: 1.9%  2006 
= 88     Lithuania: 1.9%  2005 
= 88     Norway: 1.9%  2005 
= 88     Afghanistan: 1.9%  2006 
# 94     Slovakia: 1.87%  2005 
# 95     Czech Republic: 1.81%  2005 
= 96     Italy: 1.8%  2005 
= 96     Guyana: 1.8%  2006 
= 96     Thailand: 1.8%  2005 
# 99     Hungary: 1.75%  2005 
# 100     Poland: 1.71%  2005 
= 101     Slovenia: 1.7%  2005 
= 101     Benin: 1.7%  2006 
= 101     Guinea: 1.7%  2006 
= 101     South Africa: 1.7%  2006 
= 105     Togo: 1.6%  2005 
= 105     Nepal: 1.6%  2006 
= 105     Netherlands: 1.6%  2005 
= 105     Tanzania: 1.6%  2006 
= 105     Uruguay: 1.6%  2006 
= 110     Germany: 1.5%  2005 
= 110     Nigeria: 1.5%  2006 
= 110     Bangladesh: 1.5%  2006 
= 110     Kazakhstan: 1.5%  2006 
= 110     Denmark: 1.5%  2005 
= 110     Sweden: 1.5%  2006 
= 110     Peru: 1.5%  2006 
# 117     Albania: 1.49%  2005 
= 118     Belize: 1.4%  2006 
= 118     Ukraine: 1.4%  2005 
= 118     Papua New Guinea: 1.4%  2005 
= 118     Belarus: 1.4%  2005 
= 118     Mongolia: 1.4%  2006 
= 118     Tunisia: 1.4%  2006 
= 118     Kyrgyzstan: 1.4%  2005 
= 125     Niger: 1.3%  2006 
= 125     Belgium: 1.3%  2005 
= 125     Malawi: 1.3%  2006 
= 125     Cameroon: 1.3%  2006 
= 125     Liberia: 1.3%  2006 
= 125     Argentina: 1.3%  2005 
= 125     Somalia: 1.3%  2006 
= 132     Latvia: 1.2%  2005 
= 132     Spain: 1.2%  2005 
= 132     Burkina Faso: 1.2%  2006 
= 135     Philippines: 1.1%  2006 
= 135     Central African Republic: 1.1%  2006 
= 135     Canada: 1.1%  2005 
= 138     Madagascar: 1%  2006 
= 138     Paraguay: 1%  2006 
= 138     Panama: 1%  2006 
= 138     New Zealand: 1%  2005 
= 138     Switzerland: 1%  2005 
= 138     Bhutan: 1%  2005 
= 144     Austria: 0.9%  2005 
= 144     Ireland: 0.9%  2005 
= 144     Tonga: 0.9%  2006 
= 144     Luxembourg: 0.9%  2005 
= 148     Ghana: 0.8%  2006 
= 148     São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.8%  2006 
= 148     Japan: 0.8%  2006 
= 148     Dominican Republic: 0.8%  2006 
= 148     Mozambique: 0.8%  2006 
= 153     Cape Verde: 0.7%  2006 
= 153     Malta: 0.7%  2006 
= 155     Jamaica: 0.6%  2006 
= 155     Nicaragua: 0.6%  2006 
= 155     Suriname: 0.6%  2006 
= 155     Honduras: 0.6%  2006 
# 159     Georgia: 0.59%  2005 
= 160     Bahamas, The: 0.5%  2006 
= 160     Laos: 0.5%  2006 
= 160     Mexico: 0.5%  2006 
= 160     Gambia, The: 0.5%  2006 
= 160     Antigua and Barbuda: 0.5%  2006 
= 160     Barbados: 0.5%  2006 
= 166     Haiti: 0.4%  2006 
= 166     Guatemala: 0.4%  2006 
= 166     Costa Rica: 0.4%  2006 
= 166     Moldova: 0.4%  2005 
= 170     Trinidad and Tobago: 0.3%  2006 
= 170     Mauritius: 0.3%  2006 
# 172     Bermuda: 0.11%  2005 
# 173     Equatorial Guinea: 0.1%  2006 
# 174     Iceland: 0%  2005 

 

Even though it is still much higher than most other developed nations, the amount the United States spends on their military as a percentage of GDP is reasonable considering they want to be a military super-power and are engaged in multiple wars.