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From: Pat Flannery on 27 Jul 2010 05:35
On 7/26/2010 9:55 PM, G. L. Bradford wrote:
> You say "totalitarian." Well, the USSR DID upstage us because a
> DICTATORSHIP can commandeer public funds at will, without public
> support. I've heard the USSR spent up to 90% of its GNP on defense
> (one reason they were non-competitive, in the long run, in the attempt
> at the moon).

Although it probably wasn't that bad, it certainly was a lot higher
proportion of USSR GDP than the US - which is spectacular enough; right
around 24% currently.
As Hitler figured out, you can blow your economy right through the roof
be throwing vast amounts of money at "National Defense", as it's
constantly getting obsolete and needs updating...and your populace will
be far more ready to save their nation by building the world's best
fighter plane than spending billions to come up with a way to save five
MPG in average car gas consumption...even though that would save them
more money in a personal sense in the long run.

Pat
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