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ViewFromThePeak · 08-29-2008, 01:59 PM

I missed that commercial...

newsobserver.com | Don't ship us chickens, Russia tells 19 U.S. makers (http://www.newsobserver.com/business/nc/story/1198610.html - broken link)

BigJon3475 · 08-29-2008, 02:23 PM

That's fine we should stop all spending with them.

Russia's GDP is : $2.088 trillion (2007 est.)

Only 4.8% of their GDP is from us anyways.

$2.088 trillion (2007 est.)

Mircea · 08-29-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BigJon3475

That's fine we should stop all spending with them.

Russia's GDP is : $2.088 trillion (2007 est.)

Only 4.8% of their GDP is from us anyways.

$2.088 trillion (2007 est.)

Yeah, and people who make $400/month can afford to buy a house (1100 sq ft on an acre+ of land). Can't do that in the US.

BigJon3475 · 08-29-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mircea

Yeah, and people who make $400/month can afford to buy a house (1100 sq ft on an acre+ of land). Can't do that in the US.

Woops I left out.....

3.9% of their GDP is defense related. $89 billion as compared to 439 from the US.

Just numbers defuse them if you will.

AlRod · 08-29-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mircea

Yeah, and people who make $400/month can afford to buy a house (1100 sq ft on an acre+ of land). Can't do that in the US.

Are you talking about Russia now? Really?

Timberwolf232 · 08-29-2008, 03:50 PM

and some of you thought that the cold war was over.

66nexus · 08-29-2008, 04:06 PM

Well, I don't blame them...they gotta save that money to upgrade that ragtag military.

Alt Dach · 08-29-2008, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigJon3475

Woops I left out.....

3.9% of their GDP is defense related. $89 billion as compared to 439 from the US.

Just numbers defuse them if you will.

Right you are.And they get 20 planes or tanks for the price we spend
for one.And 20 good-enough beats 1 super esp. when the super doesn't
work half the time !

Defuse that.

HappyTexan · 08-29-2008, 08:59 PM

I don't blame them..I don't eat factory farm chicken myself.

Mircea · 08-30-2008, 05:07 AM

[quote=BigJon3475;5048888]Woops I left out.....

3.9% of their GDP is defense related.[quote]

That's a valid comparison....

Quote:

$89 billion as compared to 439 from the US.

.....that is not.

$89 Billion could be less than, equal to or greater than $438 Billion.