[ConservativeMind]

It sounds like Alan accidentally gave the reason the US can't continue to subsidize those countries south of it, as well.

[BradyLS]

It sounds like Alan accidentally gave the reason the US can't continue to subsidize those countries south of it, as well.

Southern Europe ain't the only half with deadbeats. Northern Europe enjoyed fat "peace dividends" for decades that they spent on themselves courtesy of Uncle Sam.