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A comment on How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways. Parent comment

Re:How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways by briandear on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:14AM (#15740414)
Not true. US military spending as a percentage of GDP is comparable to many countries. In sheer dollars, it’s vastly more, but then so is the GDP. It isn’t like MTA money is being diverted to buy tanks.
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Re:How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways by mullen on Monday November 20, 2017 @12:16PM (#15741455)
No true at all. Of the developed industrialized western nations, not only is the US the highest by total dollars ($611b), it is also the highest by percentage of GDP (3.3% GDP).
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