Wisdom from Ike.

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This is the guy that coined the term Military-Industrial-Complex. 

He warns against it and then we fell directly for it.  We outspend the next 26 countries on the military. Ike also had 70% Marginal Tax Rates...

Rank	Country	Spending  (US$ Bn.)
1	United States	643.3
2	China	168.2
3	Saudi Arabia	82.9
4	Russia	63.1
5	India	57.9
6	United Kingdom	56.1
7	France	53.4
8	Japan	47.3
9	Germany	45.7
10	South Korea	39.2
11	Brazil	28.0
12	Australia	26.6
13	Italy	24.9
14	Israel	21.6
15	Iraq	19.6