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...about the same in the U.S. as in Western Europe. He does concede that bringing the troops home would improve the balance of payments picture, perhaps by as much as $700 million. But he also hints that the U.S. is trying to get West Germany to increase the offset payments that already counterbalance much of the cost of keeping U.S. troops in Europe...
...notion that the Establishment 'buys' elections by campaign financing is a myth," Winter writes. It ignores the fact that the "outs" depend upon adequate financing to offset, at least in part, the advantages that the Establishment enjoys simply by being the Establishment. Winter further suggests that spending limitations would increase candidate reliance on fat cats. Why assemble a campaign kitty from a variety of sources with a variety of interests, when a small coterie of like-minded contributors can provide all that the law allows...
Shops will be built eventually, along with a refrigeration plant, laundry, bakery, and five additional hotels. There is talk of constructing a shopping center under a Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome which would be air-conditioned to offset temperatures that reach 125°. Another problem to be overcome is the water shortage. Yehoshua Shapiro, the Caravan Hotel manager, who wears a jacket, tie and cuff links in spite of the heat, says: "We get our water by tank truck from a military desalination plant down the road. If the tanker breaks down, we're in trouble." Even so, Shapiro intends...
...going to Viet Nam. For advisers and military aid together, the U.S. check for Indochina is likely to continue at $2.5 billion a year at least, and perhaps much more. By comparison, the American forces in West Germany now cost $1.2 billion a year, though much of that is offset by $800 million in military purchases by Bonn from the U.S.; the price of American commitment in South Korea has been running well over $1 billion annually for military aid and maintenance of U.S. troops...
Boycott Cheese. The SST supporters have deluged Congress and potential backers elsewhere with a mail blitz of 400,000 pieces of literature. In smooth prose, they seek to rebut each criticism of the plane and to stress its economic benefits. One broadside claims that "one SST sold overseas will offset the import of 20,000 Volkswagens or 200,000 Japanese TV sets...