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This article originally appeared in Barron's and is based on material from Budget Therapy. From 1981 to 1995 the U.S. spent about $4 trillion on defense, more than all our allies and adversaries put together. Americans contributed $16,000 per capita to this task. In the same interval, European allies devoted less than $8,000 per capita, and the Japanese less than $3,000. The excessive U.S. contribution to global security costs during the past 15 years has been the largest single cause of federal budget deficits and debt accumulation, foreign-trade imbalances, the lowering of the average American’s living standard and the transformation of the U.S. from the world’s leading creditor to the biggest debtor. This misguided policy has subsidized U.S. competitors in the marketplace and has helped finance social spending and entitlement programs abroad while reducing them at home. An estimated $3 trillion of the federal debt accumulation during the Reagan-Bush-Clinton era was attributable to unfunded defense spending and related interest costs. This drain on the U.S. government’s financial resources is continuing at an annual rate estimated at $200 billion. Unless this problem is properly addressed, the government’s predicament will continue to worsen and all private wealth will be placed at risk. Money is the most fungible of all commodities. By relying on the United States to pay the bulk of global security costs, our trading partners were able to strengthen their economies and improve their competitive positions in the marketplace. American companies have found themselves competing with foreign enterprises that have enjoy financial advantages bestowed on their countries by the U.S. defense umbrella. In effect, the taxes Americans have paid and the deficits our governments has incurred have helped finance our foreign competitors. This self-destructive behavior has harmed American business, caused the loss of millions of quality jobs and resulted in massive foreign-trade deficits. Moreover, the disproportionate U.S. contribution to global security costs has enabled socialist governments in Western Europe to implement social spending and entitlement programs far more generous than those available to the American people. Unwittingly, U.S. taxpayers have subsidized universal health care, free quality education from nursery to university, generous welfare and unemployment benefits and munificent support for the arts in European countries while our government has curtailed such expenditures at home. The time is long overdue to make a fundamental re-examination of global security policies, which cost the U.S. an estimated $200 billion annually. A realistic solution to this challenge is crucial to the long-term security and prosperity of the U.S. and its allies. The implementation of isolationist policies, including withdrawal of U.S. troops from most overseas locations and drastic cuts in defense spending would be unwise. It would destabilize the existing world order. It would encourage the emergence of old and new rivalries, a global arms race and nuclear proliferation. It would be particularly hazardous for Japan and Germany, whose economic power and strategic locations would make them the most likely candidates for filling the vacuum left by a U.S. withdrawal. Neither of them wants to play that role. Moreover, their neighbors would be alarmed if Germany and Japan emerged once again as major military powers. The best option is to maintain the predominant U.S. military role, but to negotiate a fair sharing of all the costs with the beneficiaries of this policy. An equitable approach would be for the U.S. to continue paying half the costs while the allies would contribute the other half. In effect, those who benefit from U.S. global security services should compensate the U.S. at an annual rate of $100 billion. The implementation of this policy would create realistic conditions for sustaining long-term global security. Moreover, this procedure would be implemented in a manner that would bring major financial and economic benefits to all parties. The $100 billion the federal government would receive annually from America’s foreign partners should be dedicated to reducing the budget deficit. As a result, the government’s borrowing requirements would be cut sharply and interest rates would drop. U.S. business would enjoy a more level playing field in global markets. The foreign trade deficit would largely disappear. Millions of quality jobs would be created. The tax base would be broadened and revenues for all levels of government would increase, which would further bolster their financial status. The average American’s living standard would improve. The U.S. would be restored as a major supplier of capital to the rest of the world. Conditions would be favorable for a sharp upsurge in the value of the dollar. The transformation of the U.S. currency from weakness to strength would have positive implications for our foreign partners. Their large holdings of U.S. investments would increase in value. Moreover, the dollar’s rise would strengthen the financial resources of foreign central banks, which hold large quantities of the U.S. currency. They could use these funds to stimulate their economies, create more jobs and raise the living standard of their people. As the world’s leading reserve currency, the strong dollar would bring many benefits that would counteract the deflationary pressures currently afflicting the global economy. If the U.S. Congress cooperates with the executive branch in negotiating a fair sharing of global security costs with U.S. allies and trading partners, the nation would take a giant step in the right direction. This policy would usher in an era of greater prosperity and improved security on a global scale. It would lay the foundation for a Pax Americana that could last for centuries. Copyright 1996 by Ernest J. Oppenheimer, Hardcover, Edition: 1, Label: Pen & Podium, Pen & Podium, Product group: Book, Published: 1997-06-01, Studio: Pen & Podium, Sales rank: 18636837.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Phatpocket Limited [8420744], Waltham Abbey, HERTS, United Kingdom.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
Pen & Podium, 1997-06. Hardcover. Good.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Phatpocket Limited, Essex, Waltham Abbey, [RE:5].
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