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So one country spends more than the next 13 countries combined yet most are allies and none are enemies. Why aren't those allies classed as moochers? I know us here in Australia are mooching off of the back of US superiority (for the time being at least). What is it that makes the US inherently wrong in doing this and all the other countries right?

I do not know the answer to this but it is just another way of interpreting the data (even though I adhere to Maher's interpretation).

Yes, we are letting other countries mooch, but in reality, we spend all that money on the military in order to have a global presence which props up our business interests. What it really is, is subsidizing global corporations. Remember, we've got the number one military by a huge margin, and we also have the largest GDP by a huge margin. Interestingly, our GDP is not as proportionally huge as our military is. We're not getting the best bang for our buck...

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Watch this. This is way more than you're typical new rules.

Actually America's GDP is only 1st in the world because our population is 3rd in the world. Our GDP per capita is about 8th.You probably have a better standard of living if you live in Singapore, Norway, Switzerland or Hong Kong. I think we'd be doing even better if were were spending more on education and wasting less on the military.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita

I certainly wouldn't argue with that. The problem is that the rich fellas at the top don't give a crap about the average person's standard of living. So they take all our tax money and spend it on a military to protect their investments. I really wish the people of this country would figure that out. It's gonna bite us in the ass before too long.