Another way to look at military spending

pauldun170 · 04-02-2010, 10:13 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...itary-spending

sherri_chickie · 04-02-2010, 11:27 AM

That was interesting, thanks for posting that. Wonder where Canada would fit in with some of that info.

derf · 04-02-2010, 01:22 PM

#259

udman · 04-02-2010, 02:06 PM

This just proves that we've indeed taken our eye off the real threat. I say we invade Myanmar immediately.

pauldun170 · 04-02-2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by udman

This just proves that we've indeed taken our eye off the real threat. I say we invade Myanmar immediately.

Not to be confused with Malamars which should be consumed with care

udman · 04-02-2010, 04:20 PM

besides being a tasty cookie-marshmallow confection covered in chocolate, Malamar is also a slang term for vicodine. I'm having a really hard time figuring out which one you were refering to. Wait no....don't tell me. Let's just let it be one of those life mysteries...

Adeptus_Minor · 04-02-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by udman

besides being a tasty cookie-marshmallow confection covered in chocolate, Malamar is also a slang term for vicodine. I'm having a really hard time figuring out which one you were refering to. Wait no....don't tell me. Let's just let it be one of those life mysteries...

Why should we have to choose?
Just consume both with care and have fun.

101lifts2 · 04-03-2010, 05:08 PM

I don't think the problem is necessarily with the Military, moreso, then how the government uses it as a another money transfer scheme.

Other countries do not spend nearly as much as we do because they simply do not need to do so and really neither do we. Government will just use propaganda to convince us that the latest and greatest is needed or we need to invade this or that in the name of national security.

Cutty72 · 04-04-2010, 01:15 PM

And we use civilian contractors to do jobs that we have perfectly capable soldiers to accomplish. So we are double paying and getting half the output.

Papa_Complex · 04-05-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sherri_chickie

That was interesting, thanks for posting that. Wonder where Canada would fit in with some of that info.

If the charts are to be believed based on size, then roughly equivalent to China(!).

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04-02-2010, 04:20 PM	#6
udman You are not the Man!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin TX Moto: Hawk GT Posts: 750	besides being a tasty cookie-marshmallow confection covered in chocolate, Malamar is also a slang term for vicodine. I'm having a really hard time figuring out which one you were refering to. Wait no....don't tell me. Let's just let it be one of those life mysteries... __________________ You can put lipstick on a VS Forum, but it's still a VS Forum...

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101lifts2 WSB Champion Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Moto: 2009 Kawi ZX6R Posts: 5,570	I don't think the problem is necessarily with the Military, moreso, then how the government uses it as a another money transfer scheme. Other countries do not spend nearly as much as we do because they simply do not need to do so and really neither do we. Government will just use propaganda to convince us that the latest and greatest is needed or we need to invade this or that in the name of national security. __________________ Train Hard Ron Paul - 2012 Mark of Excellence GM Last edited by 101lifts2; 04-04-2010 at 02:19 PM..

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sherri_chickie WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary Moto: Gs500F Posts: 683	That was interesting, thanks for posting that. Wonder where Canada would fit in with some of that info.

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