It is percentage of the unemployed.

[quote]What I am saying is that, in the United States, we waste too much money on defense, and that it would be much more practical to spend that money domestically[/quote]

Economic globalism won't stop Russia from annexing half of Ukraine.

The fact is, the aggressor loves peace. He would rather take our goods without a struggle. What we have to do is convince him we have the resolve to respond. Having a giant military which is superior to his in every way convinces him not to provoke us, since a very lopsided war requires less resolve than a very close, contentious one. Already we're having difficulty proving to China that we have the resolve to do serious damage to them if they play too many games in the Senkakus, and you want to make sure they know we don't?