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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by myaso on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:26PM (#16064742)
That's the price you pay for having a big country, there are quite a few benefits you enjoy from this -- carve it up into more easily manageable jurisdictions or deal with it. A bigger fraction of your tax dollars being absorbed by the bureaucracy in the US compared to let's say Canada or Estonia isn't something that can be changed -- your Congress doesn't seem to have an appetite for trimming waste or implementing responsible oversight. How is the Great Wall of Trump doing btw? ;)
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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by lutorm on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:21PM (#16065853)
More relevant is that a vastly larger fraction of your tax dollars go to things related to the military-industrial complex, aka "defense".
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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by myaso on Saturday January 06, 2018 @06:22AM (#16084789)
Naw. Take a look at the percentage of GDP the US spent on the military -- 3.3% according to wikipedia, higher than average overall but less than average if you look at other countries that are actively using their militaries -- not necessarily correct unless the mechanics of the tax system are known but it is a vastly closer approximation than what your comment implied.
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