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America’s decline is a reality.It will continue to do so.Any one, be it an individual or a nation who lives beyond its means are bound to do so.Back in 1963 President Kennedy two weeks before his assassination saw that national debt was 300 billion and told Douglas Dillon his treasury secretary that it was avoidable in peace time.Later presidents,Johnson , Nixon and Ford piled up more debt and by the time Carter became president debt was marching towards trillion.Carter was acutely aware of the danger and tried to control it by fiscal measures.But if Kennedy was assassinated carter was politically assassinated.Later presidents did not care about borrowing more.And innocent people like this reader were given to understand that accumulating debt is a planed to boost economy and it is was good.We did not hear Paul Samuelson or Milton Friedman saying anything otherwise.Come Reagan adventures first Iraq war etc the debt was 4 trillion the debt was 4 trillion.Years and years later we hear that those in the know were aware that America (thanks advent internet) would not be able to repay the debt but would go by servicing it.What a deception.!!When Clinton demitted office it was 5 trillion.And BushJr. ni the wake of second Iraq disaster not did not raise the tax,(as one doses to raise resources for war) but lowered and even boastfully refunded so that as we saw on TV” to enjoy”.Obama took over with 10 trillion debt.It had to grow exponentially and irreversibly for the simple reason that even to service the debt money had to be borrowed even with interest rates held ridiculously low.The final straw, almost, is the election of Trump.With huge reduction in corporate tax,huge increase in defence spending and interests on existing borrowings, statisticians will find it difficult to calculate thew debt by the time Trump leaves.One thing is certain Debt once incurred will have to be payed back.Who and haw all these trillions will pay back is the question.America cannot and will not.America’s decline is complete and fall is inevitable.That is an imperative.Be prepared for that.No measure military strength can avoid it
The emerging parity between China and the United States is something India should factor into its foreign policy choices, over the course of this century. Natural allies is a nice phrase to use sometimes, but it is not easily converted into a durable, mutually beneficial special relationship, of the sort Britain and Japan have had. China’s rise is no longer entirely peaceful. It will not become a democracy by choice. The wise course for India would be to engage with it comprehensively, give more salience to trade and investment, accept the asymmetry that has developed and is largely irreversible, avoid bravado and adventurism.
America’s decline is a reality.It will continue to do so.Any one, be it an individual or a nation who lives beyond its means are bound to do so.Back in 1963 President Kennedy two weeks before his assassination saw that national debt was 300 billion and told Douglas Dillon his treasury secretary that it was avoidable in peace time.Later presidents,Johnson , Nixon and Ford piled up more debt and by the time Carter became president debt was marching towards trillion.Carter was acutely aware of the danger and tried to control it by fiscal measures.But if Kennedy was assassinated carter was politically assassinated.Later presidents did not care about borrowing more.And innocent people like this reader were given to understand that accumulating debt is a planed to boost economy and it is was good.We did not hear Paul Samuelson or Milton Friedman saying anything otherwise.Come Reagan adventures first Iraq war etc the debt was 4 trillion the debt was 4 trillion.Years and years later we hear that those in the know were aware that America (thanks advent internet) would not be able to repay the debt but would go by servicing it.What a deception.!!When Clinton demitted office it was 5 trillion.And BushJr. ni the wake of second Iraq disaster not did not raise the tax,(as one doses to raise resources for war) but lowered and even boastfully refunded so that as we saw on TV” to enjoy”.Obama took over with 10 trillion debt.It had to grow exponentially and irreversibly for the simple reason that even to service the debt money had to be borrowed even with interest rates held ridiculously low.The final straw, almost, is the election of Trump.With huge reduction in corporate tax,huge increase in defence spending and interests on existing borrowings, statisticians will find it difficult to calculate thew debt by the time Trump leaves.One thing is certain Debt once incurred will have to be payed back.Who and haw all these trillions will pay back is the question.America cannot and will not.America’s decline is complete and fall is inevitable.That is an imperative.Be prepared for that.No measure military strength can avoid it
The emerging parity between China and the United States is something India should factor into its foreign policy choices, over the course of this century. Natural allies is a nice phrase to use sometimes, but it is not easily converted into a durable, mutually beneficial special relationship, of the sort Britain and Japan have had. China’s rise is no longer entirely peaceful. It will not become a democracy by choice. The wise course for India would be to engage with it comprehensively, give more salience to trade and investment, accept the asymmetry that has developed and is largely irreversible, avoid bravado and adventurism.