So, Brian, what do you conclude from that? We should increase our military spending (without, of course, paying for it with taxes)? Or decrease our military spending and let the USA be invaded by France? yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:00 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end > Thank you for looking this up, Ursula. I knew we weren't in the top > ten but this shows we aren't even in the top thirty-five! > > B. > > On May 24, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Ursula Stange wrote: > >> Brian wrote: >> As a percent of GDP the U.S. isn't even in the top ten in military >> spending. >> >> U.S.: Brian's right. But look who you're keeping company with.... >> Here's the CIA's list of top military spenders (and the CIA >> wouldn't lie...) >> >> http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html >> >> Ursula > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html