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Wow, talk about cherry picking. > The Soviets spent 25% of their national income > United States spends low single digits of its GDP Why are you comparing in
by iooi 8y ago
Wow, talk about cherry picking.
> The Soviets spent 25% of their national income
> United States spends low single digits of its GDP
Why are you comparing income vs GDP? Apples and oranges, please..
"In FY 2017, the Congressional Budget Office reported spending of $590 billion for defense, about 15% of the federal budget." [1]
[1] https://www.cbo.gov/system/files?file=115th-congress-2017-2018/graphic/53624-fy17federalbudget.pdf https://www.cbo.gov/system/files?file=115th-congress-2017-20...
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> Why are you comparing income vs GDP? GDP is a measure of national income, alongside GNP, GNI, NNI and NMP [1][2]. The article finds "one would say that military spending was around 10-20% of Soviet GDP, so perhaps a compromise figure of 15%, around twice USA spending." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measures_of_national_income_and_output https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measures_of_national_income_an... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_material_product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_material_product