Should America bill host contries for military expenses?

No, since those bases are about projecting our military strength, not about protecting the host countries.

In many cases, the US is “paid.” They get to use the country’s airspace, and/or airstrips in the US’s many conflicts.

As far as the debt, it will soar far higher than that. The new tax reform, and military budget will skyrocket the debt. Those are just two variables…

The opposite should be the case.
In fact, the EU should send the colonies a substantial invoice for all the expenses made taking on all those Syrian refugees, and the damages on European soil from islamist terrorism, which are a clear result of colonial “foreign policy” of the last two decades.

@ragingloli Go ahead, bill us honey. :)

On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the “United States” of America. This replaced the term “United Colonies,” which had been in general use.

You’re asking if victims of US imperialism should then have to financially support military occupation of their country?

@k
Since the opportunity exists right now, we could just call them import tariffs.

It would be simpler just to promise not to bomb any country prepared to pay us money.

@notnotnotnot I just got a Star trek flashback. When the Cardasians enslaved the Bajorians. Sounds like a dick move to charge your victims. I wouldn’t put it past Trump to try to pass it into law. At least we stopped stealing the worlds oil reverses.~ Have we? Or is it still a thing?

Host countries already pay part of the expenses. Japan pays the highest percentage.

The South Koreans I know are glad we are there.