Mu sabata iliyonse, zovuta zanyengo - mvula yamkuntho, kusefukira kwa madzi, moto wolusa, kapena chilala zikuwononga dziko lonse lapansi. Koma mosiyana ndi 2016, pamene izo sanayenere funso limodzi muzokambirana zapurezidenti, kusintha kwanyengo ndi nkhani yayikulu yomwe ikubwera mu 2020. A ovota ambiri olimba tsopano perekani chithandizo chakusintha kwa Green New Deal framework, ndipo opikisana nawo a 2020 akupikisana m'maholo amatawuni apawailesi yakanema kuti afananize nsanja zanyengo.
Kumbali ya demokalase, omenyera ufulu wapurezidenti akulonjeza kuti ataya chuma chambiri pachiwopsezocho - kuyambira $ 2 thililiyoni mpaka $ 16.3 thililiyoni pazaka khumi zikubwerazi - ndikuwunikiranso momwe angalipire, kutsatira kutsogolera kwa olimbikitsa nyengo omwe akhala akuyang'ana zakale. makampani amafuta ndi Wall Street ngati opindula omwe ayenera kulipira njira zothetsera kuipitsa kwawo.
Koma pali chopinga china chachikulu pachuma chobiriwira: Pentagon. Monga wogula wamkulu wamakampani Padziko lapansi, gulu lankhondo la United States lili ndi "carbon bootprint" yayikulu. Likadakhala dziko, kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta okha kukanapangitsa kuti likhale dziko 47th-ikuluikulu mpweya wowonjezera kutentha emitter padziko lapansi, pakati pa Peru ndi Portugal.
Ndipo kwazaka zambiri zapitazi, ntchito yayikulu ya asitikali yakhala yopezera mwayi kwamakampani aku US kuti azipeza zida zamafuta ku Middle East ndi kwina. Ndizovuta kulingalira momwe angapangire "obiriwira" zida zankhondo zaku US popanda kukayikira cholinga chake m'zaka za zana la 21 zomwe zimatanthauzidwa ndi kufunikira kwa mgwirizano wapadziko lonse polimbana ndi zovuta zanyengo.
Ndiye pali ndalama.
Asilikali athu, ndi makontrakitala ake amakampani komanso akuluakulu aboma, nthawi zonse amagwiritsa ntchito theka la bajeti ya boma ya federal pachaka. Pa $ 716 biliyoni chaka chatha, bajeti yankhondo yaku US ndi yayikulu kuposa ya maiko 144 pamodzi. Bungwe la Poor People's Campaign ndi Institute for Policy Studies posachedwapa linawerengetsera kuti US ikhoza kudula bwino kwambiri. $ Biliyoni 350 Kuchokera pakugwiritsa ntchito kwa Pentagon pakadali pano ndikusiyidwabe ndi bajeti yayikulu yankhondo kuposa China, Russia, Iran, ndi North Korea kuphatikiza.
Ndi ndalama zambiri zomwe zitha kubwezeretsedwanso pazinthu zina zofunika monga Green New Deal - zokwanira osati kungothandiza kuthana ndi masoka owopsa a nyengo, koma kuwongolera moyo wa anthu ambiri omwe akuvutika ndi chuma chamasiku ano.
Mwachitsanzo, 11% yokha ya bajeti yapachaka ya Pentagon - pafupifupi $ Biliyoni 80 - imatha kupanga mphepo yokwanira komanso mphamvu yadzuwa kuti ikhale ndi mphamvu pafupifupi pafupifupi Nyumba 128 miliyoni ku United States. Zowonjezeredwa zikatsika mtengo, kagawo kakang'ono kameneka kamacheperachepera. Ndipo ndi njira zoyenera zoyendetsera magetsi, magetsi opangidwanso ndi zero-carbon amatha kupangidwa mwaulere pambuyo popanga ndalama zomanga.
Palinso ndalama zina zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi kusamukira ku magetsi opanda mafuta, ndithudi - monga kukonza mabatire osungira, gridi yokhazikika yotumizira mphamvu kumadera akuluakulu, ndi magwero ena a mphamvu zopanda mpweya monga geothermal ndi mafunde. Koma ngakhale kuwerengera izi, kuyerekezera kumodzi kumawerengera mtengo wonse wosinthira magetsi athu kukhala 100% mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa pazaka 10 $ 4.5 zankhaninkhani,. Izo zikadali zocheperapo $ 6 zankhaninkhani, zomwe takhala pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri zankhondo zosatha zomwe zachitika kuyambira 9/11.
Ndiye pali ntchito. Pentagon kwenikweni ndi ya US pulogalamu yayikulu kwambiri ya federal jobs; madera ambiri amadalira ntchito zotetezeka zomwe zimapezeka m'magulu osiyanasiyana ankhondo ndi mafakitale, kuphatikizapo asilikali omwe.
Koma kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito zachindunji m'magawo azachuma omwe ali ndi mpweya wochepa, monga maphunziro, chisamaliro chaumoyo, ndi mphamvu zoyera, zitha kukhala ndi zotsatira zabwino pazachuma pa dola yamisonkho kuposa ntchito zokhudzana ndi nkhondo. Asilikali amapanga pafupifupi ntchito zisanu ndi ziwiri pa $ 1 miliyoni zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito, malinga ndi a kuphunzira kuchokera ku Costs of War Project, pamene mphamvu zoyera ndi zowonongeka zimathandizira ntchito za 10, chithandizo chaumoyo chimathandizira 14, ndipo maphunziro amathandizira 15. Nzosadabwitsa kuti Green New Deal amalimbikitsa kuthandizira chitsimikiziro cha ntchito za anthu monga gawo la ndondomeko.
Chilichonse chomwe timafunikira kuti tisinthe US kukhala chuma chobiriwira ndichotheka mwaukadaulo komanso mwachuma. Koma ndalama za boma zathu zazikulu komanso zosafunikira zankhondo, zomwe zikuyandikira Nthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, tasokoneza malingaliro athu a zomwe zingatheke. Izi zatipusitsa kwa zaka zambiri kuti tikhulupirire kuti sitingakwanitse kupanga ndalama zazikulu kuti tipititse patsogolo moyo wathu kapena kuti dziko lathu likhale lotha kukhalamo.
Koma kulumphira pa kupulumuka kwa chitukuko cha anthu si njira. Kusachitapo kanthu pa kusintha kwa nyengo zingawononge ndalama posachedwa ndalama zonse zapakhomo pamlingo wa Great Recessions asanu pachaka - poganiza kuti njira zachuma zili ndi zida zowerengera mtengo wa Dziko lapansi losatheka kukhalamo.
Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti tikudziwa komwe tingapeze ndalamazo. Pamene nyengo ya kampeni ikupitilira, ofuna kuvotera ambiri - ndi ovota - akuyenera kuyamba kulumikiza kupulumuka kwanyengo ndi kuchotsedwa kwankhondo.
Ashik Siddique ndi wofufuza wa National Priorities Project ku Institute for Policy Studies.
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