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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
The percentage is meaningless.
Canada doesn't have the national defense bill that we have.
If we got rid of the pentagon the percentage we spend on everything else would go way way up, but it doesn't mean we're spending more money.
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Canada doesn't have the national defense bill that you do because Canada, and Europe, have lived under the American security blanket for over 50 years. Instead of having to spend money on "useless" things like national and continental defense Canadians and Europeans have been able to build up massive welfare states by spending money on social programs instead.
The European welfare states are unsustainable and are heading for disaster.