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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:37 PM Original message |
Jennifer Rubin (WAPO) says US Defense Budget is at "historic low" -- readers aren't buying it. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's about normal as a % of the GDP |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Spending on "Defense" alone is about what it was during the Cold War in |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Neat graph! |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not only that but |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. interesting chart. Where did you get it? |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Its 20% not 5% |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Lol, they locked the comments pretty quickly. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. not before rubin & the wapo bought a clue, hopefully. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. I have a problem with using a % of GDP as a metric for gaging defense spending. |
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Welibs (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Make GE, Harley, McDonald's pay back 3.3 trillion in bailouts from 2008. |
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