A month or two back we were discussing the amount by which the U.S. military outspends other countries. The figures for last year have been tallied. Approximately $960 billion was spent worldwide. The U.S. spent approximately
%47 percent of that.
Number to was Japan, who spent %5 of that total. That sounded really strange to me at first since their mission to Iraq was the first time they have sent soldiers abroad since WWII. It makes sense though if you figure they also have the world's number 2 economy and probably have a lot of high dollar items.
No other country reached the %5 mark, though a couple reached %4.
i remember that. i wanted to ask how much of that spending amount on our US budget goes to benefits? the gi bill? housing, provisions for family, contractors on us bases - which i worked as myself, and i know there are A LOT of contractors on the base i was at. how much of the spending amoutn actually goes to that? could you answer that?
seriously, not trying to BS, i would hate to think the incredible amount we spend goes towards ONLY war machines. I would like to think we have diversified spending in our military to help the families out considering how little they make. isnt there housing stipends? could be wrong. bt do other countries provide as much for thier military as we do or is this kind of spending handled through other departments of govt that would not show such amounts on a military spending bill?
