[rollei_list] Re: OT: Zeiss Agencies
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:37:29 -0700
I did not mean you Frank. And yes, I agree with you on the last sentence. If
you actually look at percentage of GDP spent on military, the US is #28 with
4.06%. But since it has the largest GDP the actual value of $ is higher. So
using one statistic you can say the US Spends a lot, using another based on
% of GDP the US is further down the list, and the top 5 being:
1 Oman 11.40% 2005 est.
2 Qatar 10.00% 2005 est.
3 Saudi Arabia 10.00% 2005 est.
4 Iraq 8.60% 2006
5 Jordan 8.60% 2006
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Not at all, I am trying to explain the apparent disparity in Doug's list
> pointing out that the USA uses defence expenditure, probably an order of
> magnitude more than necessary, to help keep the domestic economy healthy.
> This has been happening for decades, as a result of which US arms are state
> of the art, often a NATO standard, and that the UK buys lots of them, but of
> course much less than the US, not least because a vast amount of our taxes
> have been spent on public health care provision amongst other things.Each
> government chooses how to spend their tax revenues differently.
>
>
> It means he is trying to paint the US as a war mongering nation. Statistics
> used this way can show a very distorted view.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> This may have had some validity 20 years ago, but in a
>> global/outsourced economy, what exactly does this mean today?
>>
>> Eric Goldstein
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:37 PM, FRANK
>> DERNIE<frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Not so. The US targets domestic suppliers for defen ce items. The
>> majority of the UK budget is probably spent in the US too.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- On Fri, 19/6/09, RM WISER <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: RM WISER <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Zeiss Agencies
>> >> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Date: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 12:22 AM
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Intersting! Most of this
>> >> stimulus is probably for
>> >> foreign countries.
>> >>
>> >> Roger
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message
>> >> -----
>> >> From:
>> >> Douglas Nygren
>> >>
>> >> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, June
>> >> 18, 2009 1:04
>> >> AM
>> >> Subject:
>> >> [rollei_list] Re: OT: Zeiss
>> >> Agencies
>> >>
>> >> Here's a stimulus package in the U.S. that
>> >> doesn't get much
>> >> press:
>> >>
>> >> Top
>> >> 10 Military Spenders in 2008
>> >> (in
>> >> billions of dollars)
>> >> 1. United
>> >> States — 607.0
>> >> 2. China — 84.9
>> >> 3. France — 65.7
>> >> 4. United Kingdom — 65.3
>> >> 5. Russia — 58.6
>> >> 6. Germany — 46.8
>> >> 7. Japan — 46.3
>> >> 8. Italy — 40.6
>> >> 9. Saudi Arabia — 38.2
>> >> 10. India —
>> >> 30.0
>> >>
>> >> Source: Stockholm International Peace Peace Research
>> >> Institute
>> >>
>> >> Doug
>> >>
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