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Military expenditures
I was a bit generous, the US spends 47% of the worlds share on military
expenditures(2003). Point being this is eight times the expenditure of
any country, interesting Japan is second with no "military".
This is from the Sipri(link below). Used as source for time and
Wall Street Journal so data is accurate as can be expected. Calculation
methodology is on there web site. GDP data is in another article I can't
find and a pay version is on the web site.
2003
billion $ %World share
US
417.4 47%
Japan
46.9 5%
UK
37.1
4%
France
35
4%
China
32.8
4%
Germany 27.2 3%
Italy
20.8 2%
Iran
19.2
2%
Saudi Arabia 19.1 2%
South Korea 13.9
2%
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http://taxfoundation.org/article/federal-taxing-and-spending-benefit-some-states-leave-others-paying-bill-0