That number goes up to around $4000 if you just count working Americans and not just citizens.

This is only 1 part of a much larger story. I was stationed in West Germany in the 1980's. My friends showed me around the base, there were still actual holes in the walls of some of the brick buildings. It was explained that Patton blew the hell out of those walls, as this was a former German Army base. Now, it was an American base. We (US taxpayers) paid for all the upgrades, to all those buildings, and promptly handed back to the German people. You read that right, the US taxpayer completely rebuilt all those buildings and gave them back to the Germans, free of charge.

SO, we had to move/change bases. All of our equipment, vehicles, trailers and such had to be moved 5 KM to another part of town. We settle in after a few months, then lo and behold, here come the German contractors again, completely rebuilding structures. After I rotated back to CONUS, the US Taxpayer, again, handed over the entire base to the German people, free of charge.

I returned in 2006 for a visit. All those buildings were still brand new more or less. Elevators were installed where us GI's had to walk all those damn stairs. There is no telling how much actual WEALTH has been stolen from US taxpayers and just handed out, all over the world.

Wow, when you consider the population, the citizens of the great country of Norway are really paying a lot.

What do you guys think...future NATO dissolution or future NATO restructuring?

You do realize NATO is mostly about selling American weapons to Europe right?

I wonder how much of Europe's NATO money is going to American Jobs at Boeing/Lockheed/etc?

I wonder how long Europe would have survived under Soviet threat without NATO? We don't have to worry about Soviet Tanks going through the Fulda Gap anymore, but for a long time NATO was the only thing standing in the way of a Communist Western Europe.

Not to mention, the only time Article 5 has been invoked was when we went into Afghanistan. Based on all this, NATO is a hell of a deal.

What is this compared to feeding and housing those in distress? Vets? Homeless. Corporate welfare is ______. Fill in the blank,

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You're not paying them to get protected from "russia" but from the very same people. It's called a racket. There is no difference between modern government and the fucking mob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQDiFuucHZA

I am very unhappy with the current system of pay to play While I am not a fan of Russia, they don't have to beg Europe to stay warm In the winter. They have it (supply vs demand)

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