Chapter 859: Conflict of Interests

The US military was praised as a national hero.

But it has only been a short time since then, and the US military has been criticized.

Some even accused the injured US soldiers of cutting or beating themselves just to get a pension and retire.

As the commander, ‘Schwarzkopf’ has been dismissed.

Then it is to cut military spending, cut government spending, and reduce debt.

Although Bush did not borrow much, Reagan borrowed on a large scale, which made the scale of US debt so large that it is a headache.

The interest rate of US debt borrowed by Reagan during that period was very high, and double-digit interest rates on US debt were normal.

This also means that when it comes to repaying debts now, a large proportion of the government’s annual revenue will be used to pay US debt interest and repay US debts that have matured.

The US military expenditure is huge, so it is naturally targeted and has become the first choice for cuts.

This year alone, the military budget of 291.086 billion US dollars submitted by the military was cut by more than 80 billion US dollars, and the military budget was reduced to 209.903 billion US dollars, which was directly cut by 27.89%.

This made the US military very dissatisfied. Military spending has always been rising but not falling. Now that so much military spending has been cut, how can it purchase equipment and ammunition, how can it improve the welfare of the US military, and how can it maintain the huge naval base of the US military.

Now, the whole country is approving a large number of special approvals for the Reagan era. Before the Reagan era, the military expenditure was 133.995 billion US dollars. At the end of the Reagan era, the US military expenditure was as high as 303.559 billion US dollars, which was more than doubled.

And this is only eight years!

In the past ten years, the US military has spent an extra 144.52 billion US dollars on military spending.

If all this money was used for economic construction, the US economy would not be like this.

William's duty is to suppress the increase in military spending and prevent the military from using force abroad, so as to kill first and report later.

It's really the military, it's too much, always doing some incredible things.

For example, against some small countries, it can be easily defeated, but in the end it always spends a lot of military expenses.

It seems that the US military no longer exists to win wars, but to spend military expenses, and spend dollars for the mission.

And then for so many years, there has been no hearty and satisfying war.

In this case, why does the US military need so much military expenditure.

What William and his team have to do is to use two years to reduce military expenditure to about 130 billion US dollars, or even lower.

As for NATO and its allies, European NATO countries should increase military expenditure and increase the proportion of military to GDP, instead of the United States taking the lion's share and bearing the brunt.

Obviously, the United States is the savior, the savior of Europe, and the hero of Europe. How come the United States has become a bodyguard hired by Europe to guard the house?

And with the establishment of the European Union, the differences between Europe and the United States have further increased.

Even many things run counter to the United States.

Now Germany is actually going to pay for the construction of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline and the Nord Stream oil pipeline to increase the import of natural gas and oil from polar bears and supply the whole of Europe.

Even a voice has appeared in the European media, saying that Europe and polar bears are not mortal enemies, and the two sides have strong complementarity. Europe needs the vast market of polar bears, the raw materials of polar bears, and the oil and natural gas of polar bears.

This is simply outrageous!

As for the airport on an island, is it important whether it is a civil airport or a military airport?

It doesn't matter at all!

In William's view, it is just an excuse for the military to increase military spending.

Liu Tao is on Qiong Island at this time.

Until now, Qiong Island has experienced the initial panic and has now stabilized.

Panshan Group has taken over all the stalls. Some of the unfinished buildings continue to be built, and some have been completed. There is also a part of the shoddy tofu project that cut corners and was demolished and rebuilt.

The reconstruction of the project has created a large number of jobs, so that the people of Qiong Island have jobs, and they don't feel that the sky is falling at the beginning.

At this time, they are holding a meeting.

This is the latest overall planning design of the entire Qiongdao Island.

The projector projects a huge map of Qiongdao on the wall, with a plan rendering on it.

The chief planning engineer is giving an introduction.

From the perspective of ports, according to the needs of the next 30 years, they are divided into super-large ports, large ports, medium-sized ports, and small ports. The annual throughput of each port is determined, and then a part of the land is reserved for expansion.

According to the purpose, they are divided into commercial ports, military ports, fishing ports, industrial ports, and safe havens. The purpose of each port is very clear.

For example, the military port is planned in conjunction with the future of the Navy's South China Sea Fleet, and the construction funds are also provided by the Navy.

The commercial port is a port for merchant ships to dock and handle passenger and cargo transportation business. It has various equipment and conditions required for docking ships, loading and unloading passengers and cargo, supplying fuel and other supplies, and repairing ships. Originally, Panshan Group built some ports, and more ports were developed by Qiongdao and related investors, but now Qiongdao has no money and the investors have all run away, so all these ports have been taken over by Panshan Group.

There are comprehensive ports and professional ports, such as oil ports.

Qiongdao's natural gas and oil must be transported by sea, so professional ports are naturally needed.

Then there is the road planning. The whole Qiongdao will build a ring expressway, and then three horizontal expressways, basically covering the main places of Qiongdao. The rest is composed of provincial roads and county roads, thus covering the road traffic network of the entire Qiongdao.

The ring expressway and three horizontal expressways total 1,200 kilometers, which are invested by Panshan Group.

The provincial roads are invested and constructed by Qiongdao, and the county roads are invested and constructed by various cities and counties.

In addition to road planning, there is the planning of various functional areas, including the first-level ecological functional area, the second-level ecological functional area, the development functional area, and other land. Among them, the first-level ecological functional area is 11,535 square kilometers, accounting for 33.6% of the land area. This is the ecological red line area, which refers to the area where the ecological protection red line is strictly controlled and rigidly constrained.

The second-level ecological functional area is the area where ecological indicators are controlled. It is not only the production space for agriculture and forestry, but also an important ecological space. This part of the area reaches 15,984 square kilometers, accounting for 46.4% of the land area of ​​Qiongdao.

The development functional area, which is where Qiongdao is actually developing, has a total of 3,571 square kilometers, accounting for 10.4% of Qiongdao's land area. There is no industrial development zone in the development functional area, and it is all centered on tourism and shopping. After all, Qiongdao's future positioning is to focus on tourism and shopping, supplemented by tropical agriculture and forestry.

In the next 30 years, Panshan Group will invest a total of 300 billion yuan in Qiongdao. Of course, this does not mean that Panshan Group will continue to invest, but that Panshan Group will not withdraw profits from Qiongdao in the next 30 years, and all profits will remain in Qiongdao for investment.

And 300 billion yuan is just an estimate.

In it, a space center area has even been built in Wenchang, and a space tourism will be built with Wenchang Space Center as the core.

Updates will resume tomorrow, and at least three more chapters will be updated tomorrow.

I have something to do recently, so I can only keep updating on the basics. Sorry. Updates will resume tomorrow!