The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 979: $898 billion is only enough to pay the US military

Yes!

According to the US military, $898 billion is only enough to pay US military salaries.

The number of US troops has now reached 180 million. According to this calculation, the average annual salary of the US military is 5 US dollars.

Impeccable!

Yes, absolutely flawless!
According to the latest statistics, the average annual income of Americans is $3.62.

Being a soldier is a dangerous profession, so it's normal for the salary to be higher. Otherwise, who would join the army?
Not to mention, a large portion of the U.S. troops are stationed at military bases outside the United States, which receive relevant subsidies, as well as some pensions and work-related injuries.

The U.S. military has complained a lot, believing that if the United States wants to maintain its strong military strength and maintain its hegemony, its military spending should reach at least $3000 billion, otherwise it will face the decline of its hegemony.

The U.S. military industry has also been complaining that there are not enough orders, military factories have to lay off employees, and production lines cannot be updated or repaired. In the future, the United States will face the dilemma of having no military factories to produce weapons.

In the United States, military spending is not just military spending, it is also a business. I don’t know how many parties want to cut this delicious cake.

The continuous cuts in military spending are undoubtedly affecting everyone.

This has led to a significant increase in the frequency of shootings, and even a handsome guy was almost shot in the head.

Moreover, the United States’ current focus is not in Asia, let alone Southeast Asia, but in Europe.

Starting from May 5nd, the countdown to the euro begins!
The United States deeply feels that the euro will pose a serious threat to the US dollar.

Because once the euro is truly launched, it means that most EU countries, except for a few countries such as the United Kingdom, will use the euro and will no longer need the US dollar as foreign exchange reserves.

This is a huge blow to the U.S. dollar.

Even the US government doesn’t know the exact amount by which the U.S. dollar has been over-issued over the years, but it roughly knows the number.

The massive amount of over-issued US dollars needs to be made into an international currency and the currency of foreign exchange reserves of various countries, so that the US dollars will not all flow back to the United States.

If the massive amount of over-issued US dollars flows back to the United States, the United States will be doomed.

Moreover, with the birth of the euro, will other countries hold part of the euro as foreign exchange reserves?

You know, Europe has a great influence all over the world.

The size of foreign exchange reserves of various countries is roughly the same. If you hold more euros, you will hold fewer US dollars or US bonds.

How can the United States continue to over-issue dollars and issue U.S. bonds in the future?
It can be said that the threat posed by the euro to the US dollar is clearly visible.

In this situation, the United States' attention is on Europe and it wants to make some trouble.

The birth of the euro means that Europe has ushered in monetary integration, which is an important measure and symbol of completing economic integration. After economic integration, political integration and military integration will inevitably follow.

When Europe truly realizes economic integration, political integration, and military integration, that will be the true integration of Europe. By then, the strength of an integrated Europe will be no less than that of the United States, or even stronger than that of the United States. Then why does the United States need to station troops in Europe? ?

At that time, the United States will truly lose Europe!

The United States has always had a clear understanding that its greatest overseas interests are in Europe, and Europe is where America's greatest interests lie.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation that the United States, as the savior, was squeezed out of Europe by Britain and France after World War I, the United States directly joined forces with the Soviet Union after the end of World War II to dismember the British and French colonial system, causing Britain, France and European countries to lose their vast colonies and completely lose the possibility of becoming a superpower.

Before World War II, Britain and France were the first and second most powerful countries in the world. They had been fighting for hundreds of years. No matter how they fought or how much they lost, they recovered quickly. The reason was that they both had vast colonies, from which they could continuously absorb blood to make up for their losses. France has a land area of ​​only 55 square kilometers, but it has more than million square kilometers of colonies.

Britain is known as the empire on which the sun never sets. It has vast colonies covering more than 3000 million square kilometers and rules over a population of nearly 4 to 5 million, accounting for a quarter of the world's total population. Its territory also accounts for a quarter of the world's total land area.

And this does not include China becoming a semi-colony.

If all were counted, the colonies of Britain and France at their peak would have been even larger.

Why do the British still miss the era of Queen Victoria? Because that era was the most prosperous period for Britain. At that time, Britain was the empire on which the sun never sets, the maritime hegemon, and the world hegemon!

If the United States loses its hegemony, it may have no choice but to retreat to its homeland and continue to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity.

The U.S. military and related interest groups use this statement to intimidate.

Sometimes the United States describes a certain party as a threat and exaggerates it. You can just listen to it. Maybe the U.S. military wants to use this reason to exaggerate the threat and get money from the congressional masters.

There was a lot of quarreling during the meeting, but after the meeting everyone was talking and laughing and went out to eat together.

During the meeting, everyone represents the interests of their respective countries and must argue based on reason.

After the meeting, everyone is a colleague and a friend.

In this small place, everyone knows each other every day and is an old acquaintance.

At this time, CNN was reporting that CNN reporters were interviewing refugees who had crossed the ocean to Indonesia in Australia.

War is the easiest way to destroy the original order.

When war breaks out, there is chaos and disorder, and ordinary people are the most miserable and have to be displaced.

War is also the most likely cause of refugees.

In order to survive, some refugees travel across the ocean to Australia, because only Australia is safe.

But even the nearest large island is more than 400 kilometers away from Australia, and the farther ones are 1,000 to 2,000 kilometers or even 2,000 to 3,000 kilometers away.

We often couldn't reach Australia on a small fishing boat, so we went to the sea to feed the fish.

For example, the refugee that the CNN reporter was interviewing had tattered clothes and a numb look on his face.

He said that their fishing boat was carrying a hundred people and it capsized. He was lucky enough to reach the shore by holding on to a piece of wood, but the others all died.

Then he told reporters how horrible the situation was in their country. The government forces were capturing able-bodied men everywhere, even pregnant women were not spared and were sent to the battlefield. All the food had been snatched away by the government forces.

Representatives from various countries who were watching the news had different thoughts while eating.

There is not a single year in this world without war.

Africa is still in the midst of war, with countless refugees. Many refugees are heading north to Europe, and Americans are organizing fleets at the docks to transport refugees to Europe. There are also some human rights organizations that deliver food and other necessities to the refugees on shore, and then confront the Spanish police.

Aren’t many African refugees buried in the Mediterranean Sea? Aren’t they pitiful?

Being able to come to this big stage to argue, everyone's mental qualities have already been trained to be very strong.

(End of this chapter)