Jan 14, 2018 ... Problem is procurement process, not defense spending. As for the cost of the F- 22, the ... Percentage of GDP on defense is too little. Today, the US spends less  on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he  Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, ...
We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl  Harbor. — PolitiFact Georgia on Monday, August 29th, 2011. Pants on Fire!
Sep 27, 2015 ... "Congress should pass the defense budget on time and...insist that the ...  domestic product spent on defense is less than at any time since the pre-Korean  War days. ... that since it takes a long time to build a ship, the size of today's Navy  ... claiming that we now field the smallest Army since Pearl Harbor, the ...
Nov 30, 2013 ... The cost of all that military materiel was simply added to GDP, as if it reflected  increased production. ... Did the American Civil War reflect a time of soaring  economic prosperity ... I am not a pacifist who thinks defense spending has no  value. ... than would result from the total elimination of government today.
Nov 13, 2012 ... Again, from a GDP perspective, the US was virtually debt-free ... with more than  $25 billion in debts, or about $334 billion in today's ... And this was all before  Pearl Harbor. ... Spending jumped on both defense and social programs. ...  economy shows signs of gathering long-term strength any time soon. We ...
We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor.