Gwero: Ndemanga Yodziwitsa
Pa Tsiku la Misonkho, m’chipindamo muli njovu zoposa imodzi, ndipo zonse zili m’nyumba zazikulu.
Njovu zimakhala m'nyumba zazikulu za mabiliyoni 657 aku America, 43 mwa iwo atsopano chaka chatha cha mliri. Chuma chawo chophatikizidwa chinakwera kufika pa $ 4.2 trilioni - kukwera $ 1.3 triliyoni - pakati pa March 21, 2020 ndi February 6, 2021. Komanso mabiliyoniyawa salipira msonkho pa chuma chatsopano pokhapokha atagulitsa katunduyo pa phindu. Pa nthawi yomweyi, anthu ogwira ntchito oposa 78 miliyoni anachotsedwa ntchito.
Wina wawona njovuzi m'nyumba zawo zazikulu: Senator Elizabeth Warren ndi ogwira nawo ntchito m'Nyumbayi apereka lingaliro la Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act. Mamiliyoni amalipira masenti 2 pa dola iliyonse yachuma kuposa $50 miliyoni ndi mabiliyoni, masenti atatu pa dola iliyonse yachuma kuposa $3 biliyoni. Kodi iwo angamve? Kodi anthu olemera kwambiriwa sakanatha kukwanitsa ngati msonkho wa faifi tambala ndi masenti 10 pa dola motsatana, popeza kuti misonkho yambiri ya Trump-Republican ya 2017 imawapeza?
Koma njovu yayikulu kwambiri tsiku la msonkho mchipindacho imakhala m'mbali 5
Nyumba zankhondo, Pentagon, ndi bajeti yake yayikulu - pafupifupi madola thililiyoni chaka chilichonse amachotsedwa pamisonkho yathu. Chifukwa chiyani chigawenga? Taonani mfundo zisanu izi:
Nkhondo sizinapambane, mabiliyoni ambiri adagwiritsidwa ntchito, ndi mamiliyoni a anthu osalakwa omwe anamwalira: Kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa nkhondo yaku Korea ya 1950s, US yachita nkhondo zazifupi, zachangu komanso zazitali, zosagonjetseka zolimbana ndi anthu omwe si Azungu ndi akuda ndi kugwetsa maboma "osati chifukwa cha dziko. ” ( masulirani “sitiwakonda”): kuchokera ku Iran, Vietnam, Granada, Libya ndi Panama, mpaka ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq. Ngakhale ambiri mwa omenyera nkhondo aposachedwa aku US samachirikiza nkhondo zomwe adamenyamo.
M'nkhani ya 2013 ku Lafayette College, pulezidenti wakale wa United States komanso msilikali wankhondo waku Korea, Jimmy Carter analankhula mosapita m'mbali ponena za nkhondo ya ku America: "Chapafupi kuyambira nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, dziko lathu lakhala pankhondo." Ananenanso kuti sangaganize za malo aliwonse padziko lapansi masiku ano komwe United States ikugwira ntchito yolimbikitsa mtendere - komanso Mlembi wa boma John Kerry sakanatha kuganiza za Carter atamufunsa.
Kukhazikitsa zida padziko lonse lapansi: US idapereka 37% ya zida zazikulu kumayiko 96 mu 2020, potero ikudyetsa nkhondo ndi njala. Saudi Arabia idalandira ¼ ya mikono yathu, ndikupangitsa kuti pakhale vuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi lothandizira anthu pomenya nkhondo ndi kutsekereza ku Yemen, ndi zida zathu zamadola amisonkho. Kodi Mulungu amadalitsa chiyani Amereka chifukwa cha njala, kuluma ndi kupha ana aku Yemen?
Mavuto a nyengo ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe: Asitikali aku US ndi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, motero, ndi omwe amathandizira kwambiri pakutentha kwa gasi wowonjezera kutentha. Asilikali akanakhala dziko, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ikanakhala 47th kuchokera m’maiko 197 chifukwa cha kutulutsa kwake mpweya wotenthetsa dziko. Kuyambira 2003-2007, nkhondo yaku US ku Iraq idatulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha chaka chilichonse kuposa mayiko a 139.
Nkhondo zathu zawononganso maiko ndi Agent Orange ndi uranium yatha komanso asitikali athu omwe adakumananso ndi maenje oyaka moto omwe ali pamiyala ku Middle East.
Chinyengo cha "chitetezo cha dziko": andale athu safunsa anthu za zomwe zimatipangitsa kumva kukhala otetezeka kuti atipatse mawu ofotokozera chitetezo cha dziko. Ngati titafunsidwa, ndikanatha kuyembekezera kuti kuchira msanga ku mliriwu; ntchito zotetezedwa ndi malipiro amoyo; maphunziro abwino kwa ana; misewu yotetezeka ndi milatho; nyumba zotsika mtengo, ndikuyika ndalama zowonjezera kuti muteteze ku zovuta zanyengo zitha kukhala pamenepo, kuposa ziwopsezo zochokera ku China, chitetezo cha dziko.
Koma mkati mwa nyumba ya Pentagon pali malamulo oyambira. Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ndi makontrakitala awo a zida akufuna kuwonjezera ndalama zowononga chitetezo chaka chilichonse ndi 3-5% kukonzekera nkhondo ndi China, yomwe tsopano ikuwoneka ngati yathu. #1 chiwopsezo cha chitetezo cha dziko chifukwa cha mphamvu zake zachuma ndi zankhondo. Ndipo Senate ndi Congress, kupatulapo a 50 House Democrats, amagula ku Beltway kukhudzidwa ndi chitetezo cha dziko kupyolera mu utsogoleri wa asilikali, ngakhale kuti sitipambana nkhondo ndipo asilikali athu ankhondo ali ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha kudzipha kuposa anthu ena onse.
Makampani achitetezo adasokonekera panthawi ya mliri; "zida pamaso pa nzika":
"Bungwe la Congress lidapereka $130 biliyoni kuposa zomwe zidapemphedwa kwa omanga zida zankhondo zankhondo za nyukiliya zaku Columbia" pomwe "adapereka malipiro olimbikitsira anthu aku America mpaka $600 ..." akutero Trystan Guyette wa Beyond the Bomb. Chiyambireni mliriwu, mgwirizano wa Washington udatsimikizira kuti opanga zida zazikulu, monga Lockheed Martin ndi Raytheon, alandila ndalama zambiri ntchito isanakwane.
Mkulu mliri profiteer Lockheed Martin adalandira ndalama zokwana $450 miliyoni kuti asunge ndalama zake zothandizira zida. Ndalamazo zinali zowolowa manja kwambiri kotero kuti kampaniyo idatsatsa masauzande a ntchito zatsopano panthawi ya mliri. Opanga zida zazikulu a Raytheon ndi Northrop Grumman adanenanso kuti akhutitsidwa pokwaniritsa zosowa za makasitomala awo panthawi yonseyi.
Will Roper, yemwe adatsogolera kugula gulu lankhondo la US Air Force, adadzitama kuti, "Ndinkaona ngati Covid anali wongotumiza chizindikiro kwa adani kuti palibe vuto lapakhomo lomwe lingasokoneze kukonzekera usilikali." Katswiri wazachuma Jim McAleese posachedwapa adalongosola zida zazikulu za makontrakitala ngati "kusambira ndalama zambiri" chifukwa cha zoyesayesa za boma - izi, pomwe 24 miliyoni aku America ali ndi njala, theka la iwo ana.
Tiyeni tiwone zomwe ndalama zathu zamisonkho zidapita chaka chathachi.
Masenti 57 a dola iliyonse yomwe tidalipira pamisonkho yathu yanzeru amapita kukathandizira asitikali, nkhondo zathu, zida zathu, ndi mabwalo, kuphatikiza mabwalo ankhondo a 800 kunja ndi ntchito zankhondo m'maiko pafupifupi 150.
Ndalama zochepa za dola ya msonkho ya discretionary iliyonse zinapita kukathandizira zofunikira zonse za chitetezo cha anthu: chitetezo cha chilengedwe, maphunziro, nyumba, thanzi la anthu, chakudya ndi ulimi, kufufuza za mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa, misewu ndi milatho, malo a anthu ndi mapaki, zokambirana ndi zina zambiri. .
Ndizosadabwitsa kuti kukonzekera kwankhondo kudakhalabe mchaka 1 cha Covid pomwe magawo ena ambiri amoyo wadziko adavutika.
Purezidenti Eisenhower adalanda mgwirizanowu popereka zida zankhondo pa anthu mukulankhula kwake kwa 1953 ku American Society of Newspaper Editors:
…Mfuti iliyonse yomwe imapangidwa, zombo zankhondo zilizonse zoyambitsidwa, roketi iliyonse yomwe imawombera imayimira, pamapeto pake, kuba kwa omwe akumva njala ndi osadyetsedwa, omwe akuzizira ndi osavala. Dziko lino lankhondo silimawononga ndalama zokha. Ikuwononga thukuta la antchito ake, luntha la asayansi ake, ziyembekezo za ana ake…Iyi si njira ya moyo konse, m’lingaliro lenileni lenileni…ndi umunthu wolendewera pa mtanda wachitsulo.
Nzeru zosatha izi zochokera kwa munthu yemwe adakumana ndi Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse zidaperekedwa pomwe Cold War ndi Soviet Union idamanga moyipa koyambirira kwa 1950s. Kodi boma lathu silinaphunzirepo kalikonse m'zaka zotsatira za 70 pamene likupitiriza kugwiritsa ntchito gawo la mkango wa madola athu amisonkho kuwonetsetsa kuti asilikali adziko lonse akunyalanyaza chitetezo ndi moyo wathu kunyumba?
Ndikudabwa: kodi kufunitsitsa kumeneku kwa zida zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi kwabwera kudzativutitsa ndi zigawenga za Januware 6 zoukira boma ku Congress, ambiri atavala zovala zakale ndi zatsopano zankhondo? Kodi Nkhondo Yachigawenga yabwera kunyumba kudzakhazikika pomwe ziwopsezo zazikulu zauchigawenga ku US ndizokwiya kwambiri, azungu okhala ndi zida mkati, monga momwe Pentagon imavomerezera.
Izi ndi zathu mtanda wachitsulo?
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