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To: gleeaikin
Almost half of Russia’s GDP growth is the direct result of miliary materiel production because their materiel is being destroyed so systematically in the Ukraine war.

I notice that you omitted that the lower US GDP is also mostly made up of government spending.

Quite selective of you to omit that.

You also omit Russian oil exports have hit record highs recently.

It is clear that you are blinded to the charade taking place and believe Biden that his tough sanctions are actually working.

Russian Crude Shipments Surge to the Highest in Almost a Year

78 posted on 04/27/2024 2:23:50 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: Erik Latranyi; 2CAVTrooper; buwaya

Here is a link with a good graph showing US military expenses as percent of GDP over a number of years. Since 2017 it has hovered around 3% and more recently showed signs of moving slightly lower.

https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2002099941/

Below is a detailed examination of the Russian GDP and budget over several recent pre and post war years up to the present. A few years ago GDP was at least 5% and then moved up to 6% with the start of the current war. However, this article also considers costs for intelligence, care of war wounded and related war expenses and estimate Russia’s actual GDP expense is around 10%

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/russias-unprecedented-war-budget-explained


79 posted on 04/27/2024 2:59:08 AM PDT by gleeaikin ( Question authority.)
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