The classic debate of guns versus butter is a deciding factor of what is prioritized in the society we live in. The debate is over how much money a government should dedicate to the military versus how much money it should dedicate to domestic needs. Out of all the money spent worldwide for military purposes, the United States accounts for half of that. However, the United States is accredited for only about 25% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). Our percent of the world’s GDP is about twice of our percent of the world’s military spending. China, on the contrary, has a larger percent of the world’s GDP than it does of the worlds military spending. Furthermore, Japan’s portion of the worlds GDP is about three times the amount of its