To the removal of military budget into research...
And suddenly without the money to pay the soldiers, clerks, the U.S. military is without personnel. Without any money to spend on new equipment and with no one to maintain old equipment it sits in a hall and rusts. Ships, tanks and jeeps are forgotten or disarmed and sold to the public or made into statues.
Suddenly, the resources of America look mighty dandy to the world. Every citizen must now pick up a dictionary to help them learn their new language while Canada suddenly has to spend every penny they have to keep out their not so friendly new neighbor, as their economy plummets into nothing because their greatest trade partner suddenly vanished.
Hmmm... I'll live without learning through Osmosis.