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E13 – The Defense Budget: too much or too little?

The Merge

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The Pros and Cons of Spending More

In the 80s early to like late 80s, we were spending about 7% of gdp on defense. Where do you guys think it is today? And I know mike already knows but i'm gonna ask the question anyway. We're spending about 3% of gDP on defense then at the height of the global war on terror sort of surge time frame We were spending about 5% of us g GDP on defense.

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