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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:49:16 -0400
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On 6/21/2025 2:27 PM, cyclintom wrote:
> On Fri Jun 20 19:20:30 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
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>> How is it, then, that we spend more on military than the next dozen or
>> more countries combined?
>>
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures>
>>
>> Oh hey, maybe _that's_ why we're "broke."
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> 
> 
> 
> We're broke because you Democrats needed to destroy America to please your own George Soros. That hasn't worked and now you're in d4eep shit with misstatement after misstatement.
> 
> Franki, we only spend 13% of our budget on defense and the largest line item is social security. Please try to know something before trying to tell us all about it.
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> https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/

Somehow, many other nations - and most prosperous nations - seem able to 
spend more per capita on their versions of Social Security.
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/19/social-security-global-charts/>

Probably in part because they spend less on their military.

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- Frank Krygowski