Did they include the US paying for it’s own defense, and also the gift of defending the rest of the nearly free world, and patrolling the seas to protect free shipping?
“Did they include the US paying for it’s own defense, and also the gift of defending the rest of the nearly free world, and patrolling the seas to protect free shipping?”
Nope, and that is a good point. Despite that, we are still always among the top nations, if not the top nation in charitable giving - while we get chastised by countries like France - who are not nearly as charitable (France ranked 72 on the list on the latest assessment).