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Conor has idea on decreasing of US defense expense and put this money to feed the whole planet (IT)<br> | Conor has idea on decreasing of US defense expense and put this money to feed the whole planet (IT)<br> | ||
The official budget in 2010 for US defense spending is $533.8 Billion. If you include supplementary spending for the war in Iraq/Afghanistan that number jumps to somewhere between $880 billion and | The official budget in 2010 for US defense spending is $533.8 Billion. If you include supplementary spending for the war in Iraq/Afghanistan that number jumps to somewhere between $880 billion and $1.03 trillion. (these are wiki numbers so I will have to confirm). | ||
Basically, the US spends about 5% of GDP on defense where most other countries spend around 2-2.5%. So our thesis can be, "What America could do (or buy) if it decreased its defense spending to normal levels. That would mean cutting the US defense budget by half. So depending on what numbers we use it will be between $250 billion to $500 billion per year. My idea was to come up with a bunch of neat things the world could do with $250-$500 billion. Such as: lift x% of people out of poverty, give everyone in africa a laptop, etc. We could all come up with like 2 profound examples and tell the class. Let me know what you think. (CR). | Basically, the US spends about 5% of GDP on defense where most other countries spend around 2-2.5%. So our thesis can be, "What America could do (or buy) if it decreased its defense spending to normal levels." That would mean cutting the US defense budget by half. So depending on what numbers we use it will be between $250 billion to $500 billion per year. My idea was to come up with a bunch of neat things the world could do with $250-$500 billion. Such as: lift x% of people out of poverty, give everyone in africa a laptop, etc. We could all come up with like 2 profound examples and tell the class. Let me know what you think. (CR). | ||
== Research Questions == | == Research Questions == | ||