claim: "we spend less on defense today as % of gdp than at any time since pearl harbor."
author: newt gingrich
evidence_1: jan 14, 2018 ... problem is procurement process, not defense spending. as for the cost of the f- 22, the ... percentage of gdp on defense is too little. today, the us spends less  on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he  japanese attack on pearl harbor. for the world's only superpower, ...
evidence_2: "we spend less on defense today as % of gdp than at any time since pearl  harbor." — politifact georgia on monday, august 29th, 2011. pants on fire!
evidence_3: sep 27, 2015 ... "congress should pass the defense budget on time and...insist that the ...  domestic product spent on defense is less than at any time since the pre-korean  war days. ... that since it takes a long time to build a ship, the size of today's navy  ... claiming that we now field the smallest army since pearl harbor, the ...
evidence_4: nov 30, 2013 ... the cost of all that military materiel was simply added to gdp, as if it reflected  increased production. ... did the american civil war reflect a time of soaring  economic prosperity ... i am not a pacifist who thinks defense spending has no  value. ... than would result from the total elimination of government today.
evidence_5: nov 13, 2012 ... again, from a gdp perspective, the us was virtually debt-free ... with more than  $25 billion in debts, or about $334 billion in today's ... and this was all before  pearl harbor. ... spending jumped on both defense and social programs. ...  economy shows signs of gathering long-term strength any time soon. we ...