Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 03:36:07PM -0700, Pierce T.Wetter III wrote:
> On Jul 12, 2004, at 3:05 PM, Frank T. Pohlmann wrote:

> I specifically said it would be ok to spend money on aid instead of
> the military. The US spends a lot of money as a % of GDP on the
> combination of military power and foreign aid. Several countries in
> Europe don't even match our spending on foreign aid.

> However, I specifically said that if Europe doesn't want to spend it on 
> guns, then they should actually spend it on aid. Europe in general 
> spends a lot less as a % of GDP then the US does on foreign aid.

I'm too lazy to check up on a representative portion of Europe, so I
checked only a few:

 - USA: $6.9 billion (1997) out of $10.98 trillion (2003 est.) GDP

 - France: $5.4 billion (2002) out of $1.654 trillion (2003 est.) GDP

 - Germany: $5.6 billion (1998) out of $2.271 trillion (2003 est.) GDP

 - UK: $4.5 billion (2000) out of $1.664 trillion (2003 est.) GDP

Source: CIA http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/

Hmm? Say again? Exactly which one of the "rich" European countries
were you hinting at when you said they didn't "even" match the US
spending on foreign aid? (I take that you were talking % GDP, not
absolute figures, "obviously".)

-- 
Lionel