Unyaka ka-2022 uqinisekisile kwakhona ukuba ukwamkela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhulu lomkhosi kutshintshiselwano lokuqhekeka kwenkxaso-mali yezibonelelo zentlalo-isivumelwano esiqhelekileyo sikasathana esibethwe ziiDemocrats kwiCongress-ayisokuze sihambise uhlobo lwehlabathi esiphupha ngalo.
Isivumelwano sebhajethi yasemkhosini esandula kufikelelwa yiCongress siya kubeka inkcitho yePentagon $ 858 billion - ngaphezulu kwe-118 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngaphezulu kunokuba uMongameli Biden wangena esikhundleni, nangaphezulu I-180 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngaphezulu kunohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lokugqibela oluvunyiweyo phantsi koMongameli Obama. Oko kwanda bekuya kuba ngaphezu kokwaneleyo ukuhlawula iindleko ze yonke Build Back Better ajenda.
Xa kuthelekiswa nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali oluhlala lukhula lwe-Pentagon, impumelelo kwizinto eziphambili kwinkcitho eqhubela phambili kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo iye yabethwa okanye yaphoswa, kunye nokuphoswa okuninzi okuphawulekayo. Amathamsanqa ezopolitiko kuMthetho wokuNcitshiswa kwexabiso lentengo eyimpumelelo kunye nesicwangciso esingaphumelelanga soBuild Back Better sasiqondwa ngokubanzi njengeevoti ezimbalwa ezikwiprofayili ephezulu, kodwa amandla amakhulu kunye nethatha ixesha elide kwezopolitiko nawo ayedlala.
Amalungu eNkongolo athanda inkcitho ephambili ngokubaluleka rhoqo enza izivumelwano zokwamkela ukonyuka komkhosi omkhulu kutshintshiselwano lokunyuka kwenkcitho yasekhaya, ipateni emiselwe ukudlala kwakhona kulo nyaka. Isiphumo solu kuqondana kucwangcisiweyo kwiNkongolo ibe kukuba izinto eziphambili kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka olunokuvela zihleli zikhexile, ngaphezu kwesigamu yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka oluya emkhosini ngonyaka oqhelekileyo.
Ngaphandle koncedo lobhubhane, naxa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukhula, inkcitho yasekhaya ayithathi nxalenye enkulu kakhulu. Ukuphumelela izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka, olo lungelelwano kufuneka lutshintshe. Inkcitho yePentagon kufuneka ibekwe kwibhloko yokunqunqa - zombini ngenxa yokuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi luphezulu kakhulu, kwaye ngenxa yokuba isivumelwano sokusebenzisana sithetha isabelo sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olungapheliyo kwizinto eziphambili eziqhubekayo.
Iinjongo eziqhubela phambili zilahleka xa iPentagon izuza
Ibingunyaka oxubeneyo kwizinto eziphambili kwinkcitho eqhubekayo. Umthetho wokuNcitshiswa kwexabiso lentengo, isenzo sokuqala esikhulu seNkongolo ukujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu, yayilixesha eliyimbali kunye noloyiso olukhulu lwabaqhubela phambili - kodwa yayikwanjalo. incinci kakhulu ukujongana nomcelimngeni omkhulu obangelwe yingxaki yemozulu.
ICongress ivumele i ukwandiswa kweTyala yeRhafu yoMntwana, nto leyo eyanceda ekunciphiseni ubuhlwempu kubantwana, baphelelwa ngamandla. Ithemba lokuyibuyisela kwiNkongolo yangoku ibonakala iphazamisekile ngokukhutshwa kwayo kwi-bipartisan budget deal echazwe kule veki. Kwaye ngaphandle kweenzame ezinkulu zabaququzeleli kunye nethuba eliyimbali njengoko ubhubhani wenze umonakalo kubomi bethu kunye noqoqosho lwethu, akukhange kubekho ntshukumo inentsingiselo kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi kunye nokhathalelo lwabantwana okanye kukhathalelo lwezempilo olwandisiweyo, ezibini zezindululo Ayiphumelelanga Yakha Umva Ngcono kwidayari.
Kwaye emva konyaka onomdla womsebenzi olungelelanisiweyo, kunye Iimanyano zeStarbucks zikhula kuyo yonke indawo kunye neManyano yaBasebenzi yaseAmazon ukulwa ngokuchasene corporate union-busting, National Labour Relations Board ekhusela imisebenzi yemanyano kwaye iye yindlala imali iminyaka sibhiyozela yayo ukwanda kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokuqala kwiminyaka elithoba - i-25 yezigidi zeerandi zonyuso ezilingana nempazamo ejikelezayo xa kuthelekiswa nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon.
Ngeli xesha, iPentagon iqhubeka nokunyuswa kwebhajethi emva kokunyuka kwebhajethi.
Indlela iPentagon yokuchitha ngayo iPasa
The I-858 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ukuba iNkongolo isandula ukuvunywa emkhosini, ngokwesiseko se-bipartisan, yinxalenye yoMthetho wokuGunyanyiswa koKhuseleko lweSizwe (NDAA). I-NDAA ithathwa ngokubanzi njengomthetho "kufuneka upasiswe", upasiswe ngenkxaso ebanzi ye-bipartisan minyaka le ngaphezu kwe-60 iminyaka. Akukho mthetho ungomnye ngaphandle kwesivumelwano sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali (kwaye mhlawumbi umda wamatyala) ithathwa njengento efunekayo ngendlela efanayo.
Ngapha koko, i-NDAA ayisiyiyo ekufuneka ipasiswe njengoko inokubonakala. Inkokeli yeNdlu encinci uKevin McCarthy wagrogrisa ukuba lizike ityala lalo nyaka ukuba uMongameli uBiden akawususanga umqathango wokuba amalungu enkonzo afumane ugonyo lwe-COVID-19 - ngaphandle kwento yokuba iinkokeli zePentagon ziwuxhasile lo myalelo. Nangona kunjalo umthetho oyilwayo awukhange ujongane nenkcaso emandla esekwe kumlo ophambili malunga nezinto eziphambili kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali.
Akukho kunqongophala kwezizathu zokuba kutheni amalungu amaninzi eqhubeka nokuxhasa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-NDAA kunye ne-Pentagon ngokubanzi. Uninzi lweCongress lusadibanisa inkcitho yasemkhosini kunye nokhuseleko, kwaye bacinga ukuba akunakuze kubekho nto ininzi kakhulu-okanye ngenye indlela kukuqhuba kwezopolitiko ukunqanda ukubonwa njengobuthathaka ekukhuseleni. Kwaye neekontraka zePentagon zifefa igalelo lephulo kwaye ixhaswa ngemali ngumanyano imisebenzi kwizithili zeCongress ezifana nothuli oluninzi, kukho izizathu ezininzi ezifanelekileyo kwezopolitiko zokuvotela ukonyuka kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon.
Kodwa inxalenye engaqondwayo yengxaki sisiqhelo esenziwe ngoku sokurhweba ngenkcitho ephezulu yePentagon kwinkcitho ethe kratya yasekhaya. Indlela eqhelekileyo eyamkelekileyo yokuthethathethana ngohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhulu lwePentagon ukutshintshiselana nokuqhekeka kwe inkcitho encinci yangaphakathi iyanyuka lithambise amavili othethathethwano lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olunobuqhophololo lwezopolitiko iminyaka. Ikwathetha ukuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon luyonyusa ukuhamba ngenqanawa ngokujongwa okuncinci kakhulu, nakwixesha elinje ngoku xa iarhente isandula ukusilela uphicotho lwayo lwesihlanu.
Bekungasoloko Kunje
Ipatheni eyamkelwe ixesha elide yokurhweba inkcitho ephezulu yePentagon ngokutshintshiselana nenkcitho ephezulu yasekhaya iqiniswe ngoMthetho woLawulo lweBhajethi yowama-2011, etshixeke ngokucacileyo kwizabelo zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olunokuzikhethela lonyaka ngeenjongo zomkhosi nezingezizo ezomkhosi.
UMthetho woLawulo loHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali uvaleleke kwiipatheni zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali ezazikhona kwindawo ephakamileyo yeemfazwe zasemva kwe-9/11, ixesha lenkcitho ephezulu yePentagon ngokwembali. Kodwa umthetho uphelelwe lixesha ngo-2021, kwaye uthethathethwano luhleli lubambekile kubumba olufanayo.
Iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu phambi kokuba kuwiswe uMthetho wokuLawulwa koHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali, iNkongolo yayisandul’ ukugqiba ukuthotywa kwembali yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon. Kwiminyaka emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yomlomo, kwavunyelwana ngokubanzi ukuba i-US inokubuyela umva ngezomkhosi, kwaye isizwe sadlula kwixesha yehla inkcitho emkhosini. Oko kwaphela ngeemfazwe zasemva kwe-9/11-kodwa ngoku i-US iziphelise ngokusemthethweni ezo mfazwe, ikhupha imikhosi yokugqibela e-Afghanistan kulo nyaka uphelileyo, akukho zithintelo zomkhosi ziye zenziwa imizimba. Yeyona okokuqala kwirekhodi ukuba akukho "isabelo soxolo" sisiphumo sokuphela kwemfazwe enkulu yase-US.
IPentagon luRhwebo oluLahlekileyo
Unyaka nonyaka, i-saga iyaqhubeka: Iidemokhrasi zamkela ukonyuka kwePentagon ngokutshintshiselana nokonyuka okuncinci okuthe kwadityaniswa, asongezi ncam koko kufunyanwa yiPentagon.
Intshukumo yenkqubela phambili iye yaphumelela, kodwa ngeendlela ezininzi, iye yamisa kwizinto eziphambili kwinkcitho ephambili. Ukusilela ukuthatha nzulu inkcitho yePentagon sesinye sezizathu.
Iyaqala ukutshintsha lonto. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iintshukumo eziqhubekayo kunye neentshatsheli eziqhubela phambili kwiCongress ziye zaqala ukuthatha inkcitho yePentagon. I Iphulo labantu abahluphekileyo kwaye i Abantu ngePentagon umfelandawonye uqhagamshele imfuno yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusezantsi lwePentagon ekuphumeleleni ezinye izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka. Kulo nyaka, uninzi lweeDemokhrasi zeNdlu avotele ukususa i-37 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ukuba iKomiti yeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo zeNdlu ivotele ukongeza kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon. Kwakhona kulo nyaka, abameli uBarbara Lee kunye noMmeli uMark Pocan baziswa Abantu abangaphezu koMthetho wePentagon, ukusika i-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwi-Budget ye-Pentagon kwaye uyityale kwakhona kwizinto eziphambili zasekhaya.
Ezo nzame azikaphumeleli okwangoku. Kodwa ziyimfuneko zombini ngokwemigaqo nangokuziphatha. IPentagon ayisiyiyo enye iarhente karhulumente. Kukubonakaliswa komgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US owonga imfazwe kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwediplomacy kunye ne-multilateralism. Yeyona arhente iqhube iimfazwe emva kohlaselo lwe-9/11, olukhokelela ngaphezu kwe-900,000 yokufa. Uluhlu lomonakalo oqhubekayo owenziwe yiPentagon luhamba ixesha elide, ukusuka amanzi okusela anetyhefu, Ukuya ukuba nenxaxheba kwiimfazwe ezingekho sikweni kunye nomonakalo ongalungiswanga amalungu ayo enkonzo.
Ngokwenyani, ukulwa ukusika uhlahlo lwabiwo mali lomkhosi kukwayimfuneko kuba ezopolitiko njengesiqhelo ziya kuhlala zikhokelela kwiziphumo ezifanayo njengesiqhelo. Ukuba abaqhubela phambili bafuna ukuphumelela ngakumbi kutyalo-mali oluqhubela phambili ukusuka kukhathalelo lwempilo ukuya kukhathalelo lwabantwana ukuya kutshintsho lwemozulu, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon kufuneka lube yithagethi.
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