I heard something very nice the other day. The role of government is concentrated benefits and dispersed losses. It really is a theft of people's money. We all fantasize that if every american gave you only 1c you would be filthy rich, well the government puts that into practice.
The last numbers that I heard regarding China military spending (let's just cut the bullshit and quit calling this type of spending 'defensive'), was $90 billion. I remember it because Rumsfeld was having a kinipsion-fit over the "30% increase". (The same year that we increased our 300+ billion budget over 30% (the hypocrisy makes me sick)). In that case, 90 billion spread around 2 billion people comes to $45.00 per person. They don't even bother taking control of Taiwan which has been 'China' for the past 10,000 years. Not defending China; just want to deal with OUR problems & sins before worrying about others.
The U.S. is now the DISHONORABLE "Blackwater" type tool used by the globalists to conduct their military ops......on the backs of the current/future U.S. taxpayers!