Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’
by jules on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:50PM
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The US spends 3.3% of GDP on military whereas France spends 2.3%, so while excluding this makes the delta larger, it won't make a significant dent.
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Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’
by curun1r on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:34PM
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IIRC, that 3.3% is just for the 5 branches of the military and doesn't include intelligence spending (~$80b/yr) or the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq which are around $2.4 trillion dollars thus far over ~14 years. A more honest number is probably above 4%.
Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’
by huac on Friday September 29, 2017 @03:14PM
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Fair, though France's military spending is the highest in Europe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_...).
My understanding is that US spending is relatively 'inefficient' compared to European countries, esp for healthcare. We spend more for comparatively worse outcomes (this is definitely true when compared to UK NHS, probably for France too).