Abameli abachasene nemfazwe bahlasele i-US abenzi bomthetho ngoLwesine, ngolunye usuku emva kokuba kuxelwe ukuba iCongress kulindeleke ukuba ipasise i-847 yezigidigidi zebhajethi yasemkhosini kunyaka-mali ozayo nangona iPentagon kutshanje. Yahluleka uphicotho lwayo lwesihlanu olulandelelanayo lonyaka kwaye phantse abantu abazizigidi ezingama-40 kwilizwe lonke baphila entluphekweni.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, "i-Pentagon yaphinda yasilela ukuphumelelisa uphicotho-zincwadi olusisiseko olubonisa ukuba iyayazi apho iya khona imali," iProjekthi yeSizwe ePhambili kwiZiko leZifundo zoMgaqo-nkqubo yatsho kwingxelo. mazwi. "Kwaye endaweni yokubamba naluphi na uhlobo lokuphendula, iCongress imile ukulungele ukunika unyuso olukhulu kwi-arhente engazange ikwazi ukunika ingxelo ngaphezu kwe-60% yezinto zayo."
Echaza abantu abane abaqhelene nothethathethwano, Politico umbiko NgoLwesithathu ukuba "ukuchasana okuvelayo kumthetho wokhuseleko wonyaka wokhuseleko" kumiselwe ukongeza i-45 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwisicelo sikaMongameli uJoe Biden esele sisikhulu senkcitho yasemkhosini. I-White House ngoMatshi isicelo kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi lwe-813 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunyaka-mali ka-2023 imele i-31 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngaphezulu yangoku, imali eyaphula irekhodi ye-782 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Ngoku ka Politico, "Isivumelwano siza kubeka i-topline yebhajethi ye-fiscal 2023 yoMthetho wokuGunyanyiswa koKhuseleko lweSizwe kwi-847 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokukhusela ilizwe, kwaye iya kuhamba phezulu njenge-858 yeebhiliyoni zeedola xa iquka iinkqubo eziwela ngaphandle kolawulo lwe-Senate kunye neekomiti zeeNkonzo zeNdlu. โ Iphaneli yeSenethi kuvunywe ukunyuswa kwenkcitho yasemkhosini okulinganayo ngoJuni.
IProjekthi yeSizwe ePhambili (i-NPP) ibize isindululo se-bipartisan sokwandisa inkcitho yasemkhosini nangona iPentagon iqhubeka. accounting kwaye amalungelo abantu ukusilela "uphawu lwearhente enkulu kakhulu, ecacileyo kwaye elula."
โEzinye ii-arhente zikarhulumente ezinkulu kudala zaluphumelela uphicotho-zincwadi,โ yatsho iNPP. โKodwa iPentagon, kunye nokugcwala kwayo kwihlabathi liphela Ufakelo lwemikhosi engama-750, kunye nokwandiswa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali okukodwa nje okunokwenzeka ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwezozakuzo kwiSebe likaRhulumente, inkulu yaye ayidibanisi kangangokuba akukho mntu waziyo apho imali yayo ingena khona.โ
Ngokutsho kwe-NPP, esinye isisombululo iya kuba kukwenza iPentagon "incinci kakhulu."
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, u-Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) kunye noMark Pocan (D-Wis.)-i-co-chairs ye-Defence Spending Reduction Caucusโyavulwa IPentagon Act ka-2022, ecebisa ukucuthwa kwenkcitho yePentagon kunyaka-mali olandelayo nge-100 leebhiliyoni zeedola kwaye iphinde yabelwe ezo mali kwizisongelo โezingezizo ezomkhosi ngokwendalo,โ ezinje ngobhubhani we-Covid-19, imeko kaxakeka yemozulu, kunye nokuba mandundu. ukungalingani.
Nangona uninzi lwabavoti baseMelika chasene kwinkcitho yasemkhosini engaphaya kwe-800 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, iinzame zangaphambili zokunciphisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon aziphumelelanga ukufumana inkxaso eyaneleyo yokudlulisa iNdlu okanye iSenethi, ngokuyinxenye kubenzi bomthetho. ukufumana izixa ezikhulu zemali yephulo ukusuka kushishino lwezixhobo, leyo iinzuzo ukusuka kwinkcitho eyandayo engayekiyo.
I-NPP ithe ngoLwesine ukuba "emva kweminyaka engama-20 yemfazwe, kwaye ngexesha apho inkcitho karhulumente ifuneka kakhulu kwenye indawo, iPentagon's uphicotho lwesihlanu aluphumelelanga kwiminyaka emininzi (kwaye engazange idlule, idlule) kufuneka ibe yinto yokugqibela. "
โOku akuzisebenzisi ngobulumko iidola zethu zabarhafi,โ iziko lophando elingenzi nzuzo liqhubekile. โKukuphanga iinkqubo esizidingayo, njengetyala eliyekiweyo lerhafu yabantwana unciphise ubuhlwempu babantwana ngesiqingatha. Kwaye iyaqhubeka nelifa lemfazwe lePentagon, konke oko kusenzelwa iikontraka ezilawula ngokurhabaxa. isiqingatha sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon nakuwuphi na unyaka.โ
Malunga ne-55% yayo yonke inkcitho ye-Pentagon iye kwiikontraka zomkhosi zabucala ukusuka kwi-FY 2002 ukuya kwi-FY 2021, ngoku ka UStephen Semler weZiko loHlaziyo loMgaqo-nkqubo woKhuseleko. "Ukuba olu shishino lwabucala lwezinga lemali kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo lubambe," utshilo uSemler kuDisemba ophelileyo, abathengisi bezixhobo baya kufumana imali eqikelelwa kwi-407 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwimali yoluntu kwi-FY ka-2022.
Umlawuli weNPP uLindsay Koshgarian xelelwe Thunti NgoLwesithathu ukuba "aba bawisi-mthetho abafanayo abala ukuqhubeka nekhredithi yerhafu yabantwana eye yanciphisa intlupheko yabantwana kwisiqingatha ngoku bakhetha ukongeza amashumi eebhiliyoni zeedola kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon esele inkulu."
"Ibhonasi yePentagon ingaphezulu kotyalo-mali lwemozulu yonyaka yonke phantsi koMthetho wokuNcitshiswa kwexabiso lokunyuka kwamaxabiso," wongezelela uKoshgarian. "Ekuphela kwabo baya kuxhamla ngamaqumrhu athengisa izixhobo e-US nakwihlabathi jikelele."
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iNPP yapapasha a umbiko ebonisa ukuba i-US ichithe ngaphezulu kwe-21 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwi-militarization ukususela ngoSeptemba 11, 2001.
Echaza olo hlahlelo, Jacobin's Luke Savage ba phi kisana Ngexesha apho inkcitho yelizwe emkhosini-ngoku iphezulu nangaphezulu kunokuba yayikwinqanaba eliphezulu leMfazwe Yomlomo-ayiyinkcitho nje kuphela kodwa ikwachasene nedemokhrasi:
Inkcitho yasemkhosini eyabelwe u-2022 igqithisa kakhulu ixabiso lamatyala amahlanu ahlukeneyo eSivumelwano esitsha sokuHlaza. Ye iqhezu elincinci yento yaseMelika eyichithileyo โkwimfazwe yobugrogrisiโ yeminyaka engamashumi amabini, ibinokuphelisa ngokupheleleyo igridi yombane, yacima amatyala omfundi, yabonelela ngesikolo samabanga aphantsi simahla, kwaye yaxhasa ngemali i-Covid-era edumileyo nesebenzayo. Ityala lerhafu yomntwana lokulwa nentlupheko iminyaka elishumi ubuncinane. Ukuchitha imali kawonke-wonke kakhulu emfazweni kuthetha ukuba ungayisebenzisi kwenye indawo, kwaye iyamangalisa ukucinga ukuba iqhezu lemali elifunxayo minyaka le linokufezekiswa ngumkhosi waseMelika okhuphisanayo wemizi-mveliso ukuba utyalomali ngokwahlukileyo.
Ngokusisiseko, nangona kunjalo, ityala elichasene nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali oluhlala lukhula lwe-Pentagon yeyedemokhrasi. Rhoqo ngonyaka, urhulumente welona lizwe linamandla kwihlabathi ngoku unikezela ngaphezu kwesiqingatha semali ebekelwe okunokuvela kwinto ebizwa ngokuba โyinkcitho yokhuseloโโkungakhathaliseki oko, kuvela, yokuba ilizwe lisengozini yokuhlaselwa okanye emfazweni ngokusemthethweni.
"Ukubanjwa kweCongress yingxaki kwiindawo ezininzi zemigaqo-nkqubo," wabhala uSavage, "kodwa iikontraka zezokhuselo kunye nezinye iinkxalabo zomkhosi zinobunzima obungenakuthelekiswa nanto."
Njengoko i-NPP yaphawula ngoLwesine, ukwenza umthetho ka-Lee kunye ne-Pocan "kuya kuvula umnyango olunye utyalo-mali olubalulekileyoโkwaye yeka ukuvuza iziko elingazi nokuba imali iya phi.โ
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