Lachisanu lachinyezi m'mawa kwa masiku 11 boma litayimitsidwa, oyendetsa magalimoto "owerengeka" adapita ku Capital Beltway pachiwonetsero ndi Twitter hashtag #T2SDA (Magalimoto Oyendetsa Kutseka America). Amafuna kuuza opanga malamulo kuti akwiya, ayambitsa kampeni yotsutsa purezidenti, ndikukakamiza Congress kuti ithetse.
Iwo anali pa "kukwera kwa Constitution," kutsutsa boma lalikulu koma zisankho zinali zomveka. Ndipotu manambalawo anali odabwitsa. Mmodzi pambuyo pa mnzake, adawonetsa kuti aku America amatsutsa kuyimitsidwa ndipo amawawa chifukwa cha izi. Panthawiyo, malinga ndi zisankhozo, pafupifupi munthu m'modzi mwa atatu aliwonse aku America adanena kuti amakhudzidwa osati ndi boma lochulukirapo, koma pang'ono, chifukwa cha kuzizira kwadzidzidzi kwa ntchito zovuta.
Kunena zoona, kutsekedwa kwa boma kumeneko kunali tsankho ndi kusankha. Malipiro, mwachitsanzo, adapitilirabe kwa opanga malamulo omwe adathandizira kwambiri, pomwe opambana masewera olimbitsa thupi a Congress ndi dziwe lake lotentha, mabwalo a mpira wa paddleball, ndi ma TV a flat screen adakhalabe otsegula. Ndi chifukwa chakuti mautumiki โofunikaโ anapitirizabe, ngakhale โzosafunikaโ zitatha. Ndipo zidapezeka kuti kaya ntchito zomwe mumazikonda zinali zofunika kapena ayi inali nkhani ya yemwe ayenera kukufotokozerani. Mโkusiyanitsa kumeneko pakati pa zimene zinali zofunika ndi zosafunikira, zinali zosavuta kuzindikira makhalidwe a oimira anthu. Ndipo zomwe tidaziwona zinali zowopsa. Kuchucha m'mimba.
Zofunikira koposa zonse zinali, zachidziwikire, "chitetezo cha dzikoโ ntchito, zomwe zimaonedwa kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri pansi pa mbendera ya โkuteteza moyo ndi katundu.โ Kuyang'anitsitsa ku National Security Agency, mwachitsanzo, idapitilirabe, mosadodometsedwa, ngakhale idamasulidwa kuzinthu zake zosafunikira komanso, ngakhale munthawi zolipiridwa bwino kwambiri, udindo wocheperako kuwulula zomwe zikuchitika pansi pa Ufulu Wachidziwitso Act. Kuwulula koteroko kunkaonedwa kuti ndi kosayenera mu nthawi yotseka, ndikukazonda anthu aku America (osanenapo za Anthu aku Brazil, Anthu aku Mexico, Azungu, Amwenye, ndi zina padziko lonse lapansi) zinkaonedwa kuti nโzofunika kwambiri.
Kenako panali magulu ankhondo a Special Operations Forces omwe anakonzedwa mosamala kwambiri ntchito ku Libya kuti agwire munthu yemwe akuwakayikira m'misewu ya Tripoli masana, kutsimikizira kuti panthawi yotseka, asitikali aku US sanafune kuzimitsa magetsi. ndipo musaiwale kutera usiku kwa gulu la Navy SEAL ku Somalia poyesa kosatheka kulanda zigawenga zina. Izi zidawonedwa kuti ndizofunikira kuti dziko lipulumuke, ngakhale mwayi woti munthu waku America aphedwe pachigawenga, pakadali pano, akuyerekezeredwa mozungulira. imodzi mwa 20 miliyoni. Kumbukirani nambala imeneyo, chifukwa tibwereranso.
Zowonadi, kwakanthawi kochepa pomwe kuyimitsa kunachepetsa gusher wa madola amisonkho, mabiliyoni ndi mabiliyoni a iwo, m'nkhokwe ya Pentagon. Patatha masiku angapo pomwe ogwira ntchito ku dipatimenti yoteteza anthu wamba adachotsedwa ntchito, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel adalengeza kuti 90% yaiwo atha kuyambiranso ntchito chifukwa "kuthandizira makhalidwe abwino, luso, ndi kukonzekera kwa mamembala a utumiki. " Izi kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito kuti, malinga ndi Malonda Achilendo, adapita patsogolo, kulimbikitsa mtima wa $ 5 biliyoni kuwononga ndalama madzulo oti atsekedwe kuti awononge ndalama zilizonse zomwe zatsala kuyambira chaka chotseka, kugula ma satellites, ma drones, makamera a infrared komanso, inde, masewera olimbitsa thupi atsopano okwana $ 9 miliyoni a Air Force Academy, odzaza ndi CrossFit malo ndi "situdiyo yakanema. .โ
Kulera Ana
Ndiye panalinso zinthu zosafunikira.
Ku Arkansas, mwachitsanzo, ndalama za federal zopangira mkaka wakhanda wodyetsa ana 2,000 omwe ali pachiwopsezo anali obadwa kumene. pachiwopsezo, monganso zakudya zokwana 85,000 za ana ovutika mโchigawocho. Zakudya za ana opeza ndalama zochepa zinkaonedwa kuti nโzosafunika ngakhale kuti mwana mmodzi mwa ana anayi alionse mโdzikoli alibe mwayi wopeza chakudya chopatsa thanzi, ndipo kafukufuku wachipatala akusonyeza kuti zakudya zosayenera zimasokoneza kamangidwe ka ubongo mwa ana, zomwe zimasokoneza luso lawo lophunzira. ndi kucheza ndi anthu. Zinthu zinafika poipa kwambiri mpaka banja lina la ku Texas kukumba nkhokwe zawo kuti pulogalamuyo ikuyenda m'maboma asanu ndi limodzi.
Ngati ana osoลตa โanathetsedwa,โ akazi ozunzidwa nawonso. M'dziko lonselo, malo obisalira nkhanza zapakhomo adavutika kuti apereke chithandizo pomwe ndalama za federal zidachotsedwa. Malo ena ogona adalimbikitsa kusintha kocheperako kuchokera kumadera awo kuti atsegule zitseko. Malinga ndi ziwerengero, akazi pafupifupi XNUMX miliyoni chaka chilichonse amachitiridwa nkhanza zapakhomo. Pa avareji mdziko muno, azimayi atatu amaphedwa tsiku lililonse ndi anzawo apamtima.
Koma ndalama zothandizira nkhanza zapakhomo: sizofunikira.
Ndalama zophunzitsira ana aang'ono nazonso zidatsekedwa. Ana zikwi zisanu ndi ziwiri omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa kuchokera ku maiko 11 adathamangitsidwa. "Kuyambira kwawo" mwachiwonekere kunali kochepa kwambiri, ngakhale umboni limasonyeza kuti maphunziro aang'ono kwa ana omwe ali pachiopsezo ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yowathandizira kuti azitha kudziwana ndi anzawo olemera komanso amawawonjezera kuti asatuluke m'ndende akadzakula.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) sinalandire odwala atsopano chifukwa chotseka. Nthawi zambiri odwala 200 atsopano amafika sabata iliyonse kwa chithandizo choyesera. Pafupifupi 30 mwa iwo ndi ana, 10 mwa iwo ali ndi khansa.
Cancer, kwenikweni, ndi chifukwa chachikulu imfa ya ana azaka zapakati pa 14 mpaka 20. Koma chithandizo kwa iwo sichinali chofunikira. Mosiyana ndi kulimbana ndi uchigawenga - kumbukirani kuti mwayi wocheperako-kuwombedwa ndi mphezi wa m'modzi mwa XNUMX miliyoni - kuchitira ana omwe ali ndi khansa sikunapangitse "kuteteza moyo ndi katundu."
Bambo wina wa atsikana aลตiri aangโono mโtauni ya Eliot, Maine, mosakhulupirira anauza wogwira ntchito ku National Priorities Project mosakhulupirira kuti, โNgati ngakhale mwana mmodzi sangalandire chithandizo cha khansa, kodi sikokwanira kuthetsa vutoli?โ
Ino ikakhale nthawi yomaliza kuti tidzipeze tili kumbali yolakwika ya funsolo. Chifukwa tsiku lililonse ife monga fuko timalola opanga malamulo athu kuti boma litseke lidali tsiku lomwe ife monga anthu tinali kuyankha kuti "ayi."
Ino ikakhale komaliza kuti oyendetsa magalimoto angapo a Tea Party ndi okhawo omwe akwiya kwambiri kuti apite m'misewu. Ambiri aku America, mosasamala kanthu za mkwiyo wawo atakumana ndi anthu ochita kafukufuku kapena ofunsa nkhani pa TV, adatseka izi atagona, mwina poganiza - molakwika - kuti alibe mphamvu.
Ino ikakhale komaliza kuti tidzilole tokha kuchita ulesi. Kupatula apo, pali anthu aku America 243 miliyoni omwe atha kuvota, zomwe zikutanthauza 243 miliyoni njira kufuna boma lotumikira anthu mโmalo mowatsekera kunja. Kumbukirani kuti muofesi ya membala aliyense wa Congress muli anthu omwe amatsata mafoni. Ndipo zomwe osankhidwawo akunena ndizofunikira pa momwe aphungu amavotera. Iwo akudziwa kuti kuchuluka kwa mafoni okwiya ochokera m'maboma awo kumatanthauza kuti magulu ankhondo okwiya omwe ali okonzeka kutenga nawo mbali pachisankho chotsatira ndipo mwinanso kuwachotsa paudindo.
Kutseka Misonkho
Anthu aku America, komabe, sanakwiye mokwanira kuti aletse kuyimitsidwa, mwina mwina mwa zina chifukwa mawu oyipa adatsimikizira ambiri kuti boma silinali kanthu koma mbewa yayikulu, yowononga - mpaka, itatseka. pa iwo. Ganizirani za masabata apitawa ngati phunziro lomveka bwino, m'njira zomwe America aliyense amalumikizidwa kwambiri ndi mautumiki aboma, kaya ndi kusangalala ndi chakudya ndi madzi otetezeka komanso misewu yayikulu ya Interstate, kapena kudzera pa Chakudya pa Wheels, chithandizo cha khansa, kapena thandizo la maphunziro. kwa maphunziro apamwamba, osanena za macheke a Social Security ndi Medicare.
Kuzama mu ndale za kutsekedwa kuli chowonadi china: kuti chinali zonse za misonkho - za, kunena zachindunji, kusafuna kwa a Republican kukweza ndalama zamisonkho zatsopano, ngakhale kutseka kwakukulu. zotupa zomwe zimapereka mabiliyoni kwa anthu olemera kwambiri aku America. Kungotseka misonkho pazopindula zazikulu ndi zopindula (pa $ 83 biliyoni pachaka) kungakhale kokwanira kuwirikiza katatu ndalama za Head Start, kuteteza nkhanza zapakhomo, Akazi, Makanda, ndi Ana pulogalamu ya zakudya, ndi chithandizo cha khansa ku NIH.
Tsono ikakhale nthawi yomaliza ife monga dziko kulola osankhidwa athu kuti achepetse chithandizo cha zakudya kwa ana omwe ali pachiwopsezo nthawi yomweyo kuti amateteza misonkho yakuya kwa olemera ndi mabungwe. Ndipo tiyeni titchule zomwe zachitika posachedwa ku Washington monga momwe zilili: umbombo wodabwitsa wophatikizidwa ndi kusowa kodera nkhawa kwa omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri pakati pathu.
Yakwana nthawi yoti tipange chipongwe ndikuyitanitsa opanga malamulo omwe adathandizira kuyimitsidwa, akudziwa zomwe zidachitika: Mark Meadows (North Carolina, chigawo cha congressional cha 11), Walter Jones (NC-3), Rodney Davis (IL-13) , John Mica (FL-7), Daniel Webster (FL-10), Jim Gerlach (PA-6), Justin Amash (MI-3). Ndipo ndikungoyambitsa mndandanda womwe ukuwoneka kuti sutha.
Oimira oterowo mwachiwonekere sayenera kusankhidwanso, koma tikufunikanso njira yayitali - kusintha kosasangalatsa koma kofunikira komwe kudzawonetsetse kuti boma lathu likuyimiradi anthu. Mizere yachigawo cha Gerrymandered ikuyenera kukonzedwanso mwachilungamo, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti nzika m'boma lililonse liyenera kuwongolera kuletsanso mabungwe andale okondera. California ndi perekani chitsanzo. Ndiye ndalama zazikulu ziyenera kuchotsedwa pamakampeni andale, kuti andale athu aphunzire momwe angakhalire china osati aluso (ndipo akuwona) opeza ndalama.
Pomaliza, tiyenera kumanga, munthu ndi munthu, osankhidwa omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chokwanira cha momwe boma lathu liyenera kugwirira ntchito kuti likwaniritse udindo wawo mu demokalase iyi: kuwonetsetsa, ndiko kuti, kuti ikugwira ntchito mokomera anthu osiyanasiyana aku America. .
Kutsogolo kuli nkhondo zazitali. Iwo atenga zaka. Ndipo kudzakhala koyenera ngati, pomalizira pake, tingapereke yankho lolondola kwa atate amene anafunsa funso limene likanayenera kukhala pamilomo ya aliyense.
Mattea Kramer ndi wotsogolera kafukufuku ku Project Priorities Project, pomwe Jo Comerford ndi mtsogoleri wamkulu. Iwo analemba Buku la People's Guide ku Federal Budget ndikukhala opereka ndemanga pafupipafupi pazofalitsa nkhani m'dziko lonselo.
Nkhaniyi idayamba kupezeka TomDispatch.com. Pulogalamu ya American Empire Project, Mlembi wa Mapeto a Chikhalidwe Chogonjetsa, monga za novel, Masiku Otsiriza a Kusindikiza. Buku lake laposachedwa ndi The American Way of War: Momwe Nkhondo Za Bush Zinakhalira za Obama (Mabuku a Haymarket).
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