Ths issue is not the economy, most charts put the USA in the top ten in terms of GDP per capita, the wealth is there, its just the politicians who are not willing to raise taxes. If Americans were paying taxes on the same level as citizens in Canada or the UK, the US would have a large bdget surplus.
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Originally Posted by Skybird
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you really think Russia and China are releasing the real numbers?
Russia has said its 5th generation plane program will only cost $10 billion. Russia is replacing 50% of all the weapons used by the Russian Army by 2020. Russia, which supposedly only has a small military budget has still managed to export arms at the same level as the US for the past 10 years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_arms_exports
Most financial analysts have serious doubts about the numbers the Chinese government is releasing about its economy, why should military spending be any different? China has not released the projected cost of the J-20 program.