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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Part of the problem, in my opinion is we're providing security for everyone.
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Are you saying that there are a bunch of nations out there who are freeloading? 
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Basically started during the cold war and once the ball got rolling no one even tried to stop it. So now we're it. We're the one super power left. Last man standing so to speak and willing to spend billions to maintain that status.
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You mean hundreds of billions. The second ranked military, China, spends billions (or tens of billions, if you will).
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