Kwakabva: Mhinduro Yakaziviswa
PaZuva reMutero, pane nzou dzinopfuura imwe chete mumba, uye dzose dziri mudzimba.
Nzou dzinogara mudzimba dzakakura dze657 mabhirioni eAmerica, makumi mana nematatu acho matsva gore rapfuura denda. Hupfumi hwavo hwakabatana hwakakwira kusvika pamadhora 43 tiririyoni - kusvika $4.2 tiririyoni - pakati paKurume 1.3, 21 naKukadzi 2020, 6. Uyewo mabhirioni aya haabhadhare mutero paupfumi hutsva kunze kwekunge vatengesa zvinhu izvi nepurofiti. Panguva imwe chete iyi, vanhu vanopfuura mamiriyoni 2021 vanoshanda vakarasikirwa nemabasa.
Mumwe munhu akaona nzou idzi mudzimba dzadzo: Senator Elizabeth Warren nevamwe vaanoshanda navo muImba vakaronga mutemo weUltra-Millionaire Tax Act. Mamirioni aizobhadhara masendi maviri padhora rega rega rehupfumi rinopfuura madhora mamirioni makumi mashanu uye mabhirioni, masendi matatu padhora rega rehupfumi pamusoro pemadhora bhiriyoni. Vaizozvinzwa here? Ko ava mega-vapfumi havakwanise here kuwana yakawanda senge nickel nemasendi gumi mutero padhora zvichiteerana, zvichipihwa kuti mazhinji e10 Trump-Republican mutero akaderedzwa anowedzera kwavari?
Asi nzou huru yezuva remutero mukamuri inogara mu5-sided
imba yemauto, Pentagon, ine bhajeti rakakura rehutsotsi - ingangoita mabhiriyoni emadhora gore rega rega inotorwa kubva mumitero yedu yemadhora. Sei tsotsi? Funga nezvezvinhu zvishanu izvi:
Hondo dzisina kukundwa, mabhiriyoni akashandiswa, uye mamirioni evasina mhosva vakafa: Kubva pakutanga 1950s Hondo yeKorea, US yakarwa hondo pfupi, nekukurumidza uye refu, hombe dzisingakundiki dzinopesana nevanhu vasiri vekuMadokero uye vane ganda dema uye kupidigura hurumende "kwete mukuda kwenyika. โ (shandura kuti โhatizvideโ): kubva kuIran, Vietnam, Granada, Libya nePanama, kuenda kuAfghanistan neIraq. Kunyangwe ruzhinji rwevachangobva kuUS varwi vehondo havatsigire hondo dzavakarwa madziri.
Muhurukuro ya2013 kuLafayette College, aimbova mutungamiri weUS uye murwi weHondo yeKorea, Jimmy Carter akataura pachena nezvechiuto cheAmerica: "Nguva zhinji kubva Hondo Yenyika II, nyika yedu yanga ichirwa." Akawedzera kuti haakwanise kufunga nezve chero nzvimbo yepasi pano nhasi iyo United States iri kushanda kusimudzira runyararo - uye aisagona kuve Secretary of State panguva iyoyo John Kerry apo Carter akamubvunza.
Kudzivirira nyika: IUS yakapa makumi matatu nenomwe muzana ezvombo zvikuru kunyika makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu muna 37, nekudaro ichidyisa hondo uye vanhu vane nzara. Saudi Arabia yakagamuchira ยผ yezvombo zvedu, ichigadzira dambudziko rakaipisisa revanhu muhondo yavo uye kuvharika kuYemen, nezvombo zvedu zvedhora remutero. Ndiani Mwari anokomborera America nekuziya nenzara, kuremadza nekuuraya vana veYemen?
Dambudziko remamiriro ekunze uye kusvibiswa kwemamiriro ekunze: Mauto eUS ndiye anonyanya kushandisa mafuta pasirese, uye nekudaro, mukuru wemasangano anopa mukudziya gasi rinopisa. Dai mauto aive nyika, Dhipatimendi reDziviriro raizotora makumi mana nemanomweth kubva munyika 197 nekuda kwekuburitsa kwayo gasi rinopisa. Kubva 2003-2007, hondo yeUS muIraq yakaburitsa mamwe magreenhouse gasi emhepo pagore kupfuura nyika zana nemakumi matatu nepfumbamwe.
Hondo dzedu dzakaisawo muchetura nyika neAgent Orange uye yakapera uranium pamwe nemasoja edu akaoneswawo nemakomba akavhurika ane muchetura pazvigadziko muMiddle East yese.
Ruse ye "chengetedzo yenyika": vezvematongerwo enyika vedu havambobvunzi veruzhinji nezve zvinoita kuti tinzwe takachengeteka kuitira kuti vatipe izwi rinotsanangura kuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Kudai taizobvunzurudzwa, ndaizobhejera kuti kukurumidza kupora kubva mudenda; mabasa akachengeteka ane mari inorarama; dzidzo yemhando yepamusoro yevana; migwagwa yakachengeteka uye mabhiriji; dzimba dzinodhura, uye kuisa mari muzvekudzokororwa kudzivirira kubva kumatambudziko emamiriro ekunze kwaizokwira kumusoro uko, pamusoro pekutyisidzira kubva kuChina, se national security.
Asi mukati mePentagon mansion iyo reverse inotungamira inotonga. Dhipatimendi reDziviriro uye makondirakiti avo ezvombo vanoda kuwedzera mari yekudzivirira gore negore ne3-5% kugadzirira hondo neChina, iyo yava kuonekwa seyedu. #1 tyisidziro yechengeteko yenyika nokuda kwesimba rayo rezvemari nerehondo. Uye Seneti neCongress, kunze kwemakumi mashanu House Democrats, tenga mune iyi Beltway obsession nekuchengetedzwa kwenyika kuburikidza nehukuru hwemauto, kunyangwe isu tisingakundi muhondo uye veterans vedu vane mwero wepamusoro wekuzviuraya kupfuura vamwe vanhu.
Indasitiri yekudzivirira yakavharwa panguva yedenda; "zvombo pamberi pevagari":
"Congress yakapa $130 bhiriyoni kupfuura yakakumbirwa kuvagadziri vezvidziviriro vechirongwa chenyukireya-yakashongedzerwa Columbia class submarine" ivo "vachirova chikamu chechipiri chekubhadhara mari kune vanhu vekuAmerica kusvika $600 ..." anodaro Trystan Guyette weBeyond the Bomb. Kubva pakatanga denda iri, kubvumirana kweWashington kwakavimbisa kuti vagadziri vezvombo zvikuru, vakaita saLockheed Martin naRaytheon, vaizowana mubhadharo wakakura pamberi pebasa.
Mukuru pandemic profiteer Lockheed Martin akagamuchira mari inofungidzirwa kuti inosvika mazana mana nemakumi mashanu emamiriyoni emadhora kuti ichengetedze cheni yezvombo ichipihwa mari. Yaive nerupo mari yekumberi zvekuti kambani yakashambadza zviuru zvemabasa matsva panguva yedenda. Makondirakiti makuru ezvombo Raytheon naNorthrop Grumman vakashuma kugutsikana mukusangana nezvinodiwa nevatengi vavo panguva yese yedenda.
Will Roper, aitungamira kutorwa kweUS Air Force, akazvitutumadza achiti, "Ndainyatsonzwa sekuti Covid aingoda kutumira chiratidzo kuvavengi kuti hapana dambudziko remumba rinogona kukanganisa kugadzirira mauto." Muongorori wezvemari Jim McAleese nguva pfupi yadarika akatsanangura zvombo zvikuru zvemakondirakiti se "kushambira mumari yakawandisa" nekuda kwekusanganiswa kwekuedza kwehurumende - uku kukuru, nepo mamirioni makumi maviri nemana vekuAmerica vane nzara, hafu yavo vari vana.
Ngatitarisei kuti mari yedu yemutero yakaendepi gore rapfuura.
Masendi makumi mashanu nenomwe edhora rega rega ratakabhadhara mumitero yedu yekuzvisarudzira akaenda kunotsigira mauto, hondo dzedu, zvombo, nezvigadziko, kusanganisira zvigaro zvemauto mazana masere kunze kwenyika uye mashandiro emauto munyika dzinofungidzirwa 57.
Mapeni mashoma ega ega ega discretionary mutero dhora akaenda kunotsigira chimwe nechimwe cheizvi zvakakosha kuchengetedzwa kwevanhu: kuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza, dzidzo, dzimba, hutano hweveruzhinji, chikafu nekurima, tsvakiridzo pamusoro pesimba rinodzoreredzwa, migwagwa nemabhiriji, nzvimbo dzeveruzhinji nemapaki, diplomacy nezvimwe. .
Hazvishamisi kuti kugadzirira kwechiuto kwakaramba kwakasimba mukati megore 1 reCovid nepo mamwe akawanda zvikamu zvehupenyu hwenyika achitambura.
Mutungamiri Eisenhower akatora kutengeserana uku mukupa zvombo pamusoro pevanhu mukutaura kwake muna 1953 kuAmerican Society of Newspaper Editors:
โฆPfuti yose inogadzirwa, ngarava dzose dzehondo dzinotangwa, roketi rose rinopfurwa zvinoratidza, mupfungwa yokupedzisira, kuba kune avo vane nzara uye vasingadyiswa, avo vanotonhora uye vasina kupfeka. Nyika ino mune zvombo haisi kushandisa mari chete. Riri kupedza ziya revashandi varo, nyanzvi dzesainzi, tariro yevana varoโฆIyi haisiriyo nzira yehupenyu zvachose, neimwe nzira yechokwadiโฆ vanhu vakarembera kubva pamuchinjikwa wesimbi.
Hungwaru husina nguva uhwu hunobva kumurume akabatwa neHondo Yenyika II hwakapihwa sezvo Hondo Yemashoko neSoviet Union yakanga ichivaka zvakashata mukutanga kwema1950. Hurumende yedu haina chayakadzidza here mumakore makumi manomwe anotevera apo ichiri kuramba ichishandisa chikamu cheshumba chemadhora edu emitero kuona hukuru hwemauto epasi rose tichiregeredza kuchengetedzwa kwedu uye kugara kwedu zvakanaka kumba?
Ndinoshamisika: uku kuda kwekuda kwehutongi hwezvombo pasi rose kwauya kumba kuzotitambudza nekurwisa kwevapanduki kwaNdira 6 paCongress, vazhinji vakapfeka zvipfeko zvekare uye zvitsva zvehondo? Hondo yeKutyisa yauya kumba kuzogara apo kutyisidzira kukuru kwehugandanga kuUS kwakatsamwa, varume vachena vane zvombo kubva mukati, sekubvuma kunoita Pentagon.
Ndeyedu here iyi muchinjikwa wesimbi?
Isu tinoziva painotariswa nenyika apo makondirakiti ezvombo zvemauto akakandwa nzira uye mamwe ese chikamu akaiswa mabhendi anobatsira kuburikidza nekugadzirisa zviito zvekuyamura kwenguva pfupi. Izvi zvinongochinja chete kana mwana kuchengetedzwa kwevanhu kwakava kwechigarire, mubairo wekurarama wemadhora gumi nemashanu kana anopfuura uchirairwa, tinoisa mari mubazi rakafuridzirwa, rakazvipira veruzhinji, uye isu tine hunyanzvi hwekushandisa nekupa mibairo mumamiriro ekukonana kungangoitika.
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