Umthombo: Amaphupha aqhelekileyo
Iinkcitho zomkhosi zehlabathi ziye zagqitha I-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola okokuqala ngqa kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kunye ne-United States ichitha ngaphezulu kwisikhundla sayo sokwenza imfazwe kunezizwe ezisithoba ezizayo zidityanisiwe, ngokwedatha entsha epapashwe ngoMvulo.
“Ukuchitha imali ephindwe kali-12 emkhosini wethu njengoko iRashiya ingazange iyithintele imfazwe eYurophu. Ivele yasihlutha izixhobo zasekhaya.”
IZiko loPhando loXolo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe laseStockholm (SIPRI) umbiko Isantya esiphezulu se-2.1 yezigidi zezigidi zeedola kwinkcitho yasemkhosini yehlabathi ngo-2021, ukonyuka nge-0.7% ukusuka kumanqanaba angama-2020 kunye nonyaka wesixhenxe othe tye wokwanda kwenkcitho.
"Naphakathi kokuwohloka kwezoqoqosho kubhubhani we-Covid-19, inkcitho yasemkhosini yehlabathi ifike kumanqanaba erekhodi," utshilo umphandi ophezulu we-SIPRI u-Diego Lopes da Silva kwingxelo. “Kubekho ukwehla kwezinga lokukhula ngokwemigaqo yokwenyani ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso. Ngokwamagama, nangona kunjalo, inkcitho yasemkhosini ikhule nge-6.1%.
UTori Bateman, umnxibelelanisi womgaqo-nkqubo weAmerican Friends Service Committee, iqela lamaQuaker, wathi “kulo nyaka, siye sabona indlela inkcitho yasemkhosini esilela ngayo ukusigcina sikhuselekile. Kulihlazo ukuba oorhulumente, ngakumbi i-United States, baqhubeke nokudodobalisa umhlaba wethu ngezixhobo ezininzi, ngelixa besilela ukujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu, impilo yoluntu kunye nezinye iingxaki zehlabathi. ”
“Lixesha lokuba i-United States, kunye neenkokeli zehlabathi kuyo yonke indawo, zinciphise inkcitho yasemkhosini kwaye zizibophelele ekusombululeni iingxaki zethu ngokwenyani,” wongeze watsho.
Nge-801 yeebhiliyoni zeedola-okanye i-38% yenkcitho yomkhosi yehlabathi iyonke-i-United States ichithe ngaphezulu ngo-2021 kunezizwe ezisithoba ezilandelayo zidityanisiwe: iTshayina (iibhiliyoni zeedola ezingama-293), i-Indiya (iibhiliyoni ezingama-76.6 zeedola), i-United Kingdom (iibhiliyoni ezingama-68.4 zeedola), iRussia (iidola ezingama-65.9 zeedola) amawaka ezigidi zeerandi), iFransi (ii-$56.6 zamawaka ezigidi), iJamani (ii-$56 zamawaka ezigidi), iSaudi Arabia (ii-$55.6 zamawaka ezigidi), iJapan (ii-$54.1 zamawaka ezigidi), noMzantsi Korea (iibhiliyoni ezingama-50.2 zeerandi).
Inkxaso-mali yase-US kuphando nophuhliso lwezomkhosi inyuke phantse ngekota phakathi kuka-2012 no-2021, ngelixa inkcitho yokuthengwa kwezixhobo yehle nge-6.4% kwangelo xesha linye, umkhwa “icebisa ukuba iUnited States igxininisa ngakumbi kubugcisa besizukulwana esilandelayo,” ngokutsho komphengululi weSIPRI uAlexandra Marksteiner.
"Urhulumente wase-US uye wayigxininisa imfuneko yokugcina iteknoloji yomkhosi wase-US ngaphezu kwabo bakhuphisana nabo," wongeze watsho.
Uhlalutyo lwamva nje lwe-SIPRI luza kwiiveki emva kokuba uMongameli wase-US uJoe Biden ekhabile iminxeba yabenzi bomthetho eqhubekayo yokuncitshiswa kwenkcitho yePentagon kunye. Xa ebuzwa ICongress ukuya kukukhanya okuluhlaza ngaphezu kwe-813 yeedola kwinkcitho emitsha yasemkhosini kunyaka-mali olandelayo-i-31 yeebhiliyoni zokunyuka kumanqanaba angoku.
Eso sixa-mali sibandakanya phantse i-146 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zokuthengwa kwezixhobo ezitsha, kuquka iijethi zokulwa zikaLockheed Martin F-35, iibhombu zeNorthrup Grumman B-21, kunye neenkwili ezikwinqanaba leNyukliya ezisebenza ngamandla enyukliya ezenziwe nguGeneral Dynamics kunye neHuntington Ingalls Industries.
Ingxelo entsha ye-SIPRI nayo iza njengoko ezinye zezixhobo ezinkulu zase-US zilungiselela ukuba yintoni kulindeleke iya kuba yiveki enkulu yomvuzo njengempendulo yaseNtshona kuhlaselo lwaseRussia lwaseUkraine-ukubonelela ngemikhosi yaseUkraine ngeebhiliyoni zeedola kwizixhobo-amafutha iingeniso kushishino lwezixhobo.
ULindsay Koshgarian, umlawuli weProjekthi yeSizwe ePhambili kwiZiko laseWashington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies, kutshanje. phawula ukuba “ukuchitha imali ngokuphindwe kali-12 emkhosini wethu njengoko iRashiya kungazange kuthintele imfazwe eYurophu. Ivele yasihlutha izixhobo zasekhaya.”
"Nangexesha lobhubhani, ingxaki yokubonelela, kunye nokunyuka kwamaxabiso okubuhlungu, siya kubeka izixhobo ezininzi emkhosini kunye nemfazwe kunempilo yoluntu, imfundo, imisebenzi eluhlaza, izindlu ezifikelelekayo, uphando lwezenzululwazi kunye nonyango, ukhathalelo lwabantwana, kunye nazo zonke ezinye iimfuno zasekhaya. —zidibene,” wabhala watsho. "Olu nyango lukhethekileyo lwePentagon luchitha ngokungakhathali izixhobo ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe ukomeleza iintsapho zethu kunye noluntu ngokuchasene nentlekele yethu eyandayo ekhaya."
Kwiveki ephelileyo, uhlalutyo olwenziwe ngu Ngale maxesha kunye noZain Rizvi kwiqela leenkxaso zabathengi Ummi woLuntu phendla ukuba i-US ichithe imali ephindwe ka-7.5 ngaphezulu kwezixhobo zenyukliya kunakwiminikelo yokugonya ye-Covid-19 yehlabathi, ngaphandle kweBiden. isibambiso ukuba "iMelika iya kuba sisixhobo sokugonya njengoko sasiyindawo yedemokhrasi ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi."
“Yintoni esigcina sikhuselekile,” Xa ebuzwa Koshgarian, "Ngaba igcina le mpahla inkulu yenyukliya okanye ihambisa ezi zitofu zokugonya?"
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