Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Military spending

A way to go - Economist.com

Being first is so important. So important that we ignore all of our other needs just to stay on top. Don't you feel safer? (And it's so nice to see your tax dollars at work for you)

"China is increasing its military budget by 17.8%, to $44.9 billion (at market exchange rates) in 2007. The country has raised military spending by over 10% every year since the early 1990s. America, though, is by far the biggest spender, allocating over eleven times as much as China to its defence budget, and more than the other nine biggest combined."

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