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secondwind

(16,903 posts) Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:18 PM Jul 2012

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Does anyone have handy the percentage of our GDP that goes toward military spending?

And does that include medical costs, prostheses, etc.??

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Does anyone have handy the percentage of our GDP that goes toward military spending? (Original Post) secondwind Jul 2012 OP

someone did post a graph KT2000 Jul 2012 #1

Last time I looked it was 40% RegieRocker Jul 2012 #2

40% is probably relative to the federal budget caraher Aug 2012 #4

Not quite 6% Angleae Jul 2012 #3

KT2000

(20,586 posts)

1. someone did post a graph

Reply to secondwind (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:25 PM

Jul 2012

but this I do know - Medical costs come under the VA budget, not the Dept. of Defense. It is kept separate intentionally.

RegieRocker

(4,226 posts)

2. Last time I looked it was 40%

Reply to secondwind (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 05:55 PM

Jul 2012

caraher

(6,279 posts)

4. 40% is probably relative to the federal budget

Reply to RegieRocker (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:17 AM

Aug 2012

or perhaps of discretionary spending

Angleae

(4,491 posts)

3. Not quite 6%

Reply to secondwind (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:12 AM

Jul 2012

$903 billion military spending (http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_military_spending_30.html)
GDP of $15.596 trillion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States)

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