Monday, November 04, 2013

Saving Money?

Why are our leaders loath to invest in our infrastructure?  As the chart below shows, we have been on a downward trend since the 1960s.


We now invest about 3.6% of GDP compared to a postwar average of 5 per cent. And this is happening in a country that has one of the lowest tax rates in the world but spends more money on the military than the next five countries combined.

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