Also, US military spending is truly enormous. There is a big return on that (obviously opinions differ as to whether it's worthwhile...) (Edit for fact-checkin

Also, US military spending is truly enormous. There is a big return on that (obviously opinions differ as to whether it's worthwhile...) (Edit for fact-checking: hmm, while the USA's military budget is by far the largest in the world, as a fraction of GDP it's not that extreme. Wikipedia says it's 3.3% of GDP, high compared to the world average of 2.3%, but way behind the likes of Israel, Russia and Saudi Arabia.)