It is a broken system that will collapse. There is no need to pay tribute to the US. The money would be better spent elsewhere.
Perhaps that Pine Gap early warning system sitting in the middle of oz should be rethought.
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What are Australia's options?
Don't pretend that Australia can just continue as is without US protection.
It won't last long before someone else comes to demand tribute.
That has always been the way of the world.
Thucydides c.455–c.400 bc
History of the Peloponnesian War bk. 5, ch. 89