NgoMeyi 18, uMnyango Wezindaba Zomakadebona (VA) wethula uhlelo lokupha olufana neSalvation Army olucela umphakathi ukuthi unikele ngemali, ukudla kanye nomakhalekhukhwini ukuze usize omakadebona abangenamakhaya abalinganiselwa ku-40,000 ngesikhathi sodlame. Bangaphezu kwengxenye yabo bonke omakadebona abangenamakhaya abangama-African American kanye nama-Hispanic, kuyilapho bebala amaphesenti angu-15 kuphela omakadebona base-US, omunye umphumela oyisijeziso wobandlululo oludlangile.
Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi izwe elichitha cishe isigidintathu sezigidigidi zamaRandi unyaka nonyaka kwezempi, ezokuphepha kwezwe, ezokuvikela nge-inthanethi nezikhali, izwe elizishaya ngamandla amakhulu ezempi emhlabeni, elinamasosha nezikhali kuwo wonke amazwekazi ngaphandle kwase-Antarctica, lidinga usizo komakadebona bayo?
Ukuphela kokugcina komakadebona beMpi Yezwe II eHolyoke Soldiers Home eMassachusetts kwabonisa ngendlela edabukisayo okwenzeka ngesikhathi sempi. Yakhelwe okokuqala ngo-1952, iKhaya Lamasosha libe nokushoda okukhulu kwamagiya okuvikela ngesikhathi se-COVID-19 futhi belilokhu lithola imali encane futhi linabasebenzi abancane, kangangokuthi umlawuli wahlanganisa amawadi abesilisa abangatheleleki namagciwane. Kumakadebona angama-210 ahlala lapho, angama-89 ayeseshonile ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi - phakathi kwesibalo esiphezulu sabantu abashona kunoma yisiphi isikhungo sokuphela kwezwe.
Ngasekupheleni kukaMashi, uKaputeni uBrett Crozier wathumela i-imeyili uchungechunge lwemiyalo yakhe mayelana nezimo eziyingozi zamalungu ezisebenzi ezingu-4,800 10 phakathi kwendiza ethwala izindiza eziqinile i-USS Theodore Roosevelt, lapho amacala e-coronavirus ayekhula khona. โAsizimpini. Akudingeki ukuthi amatilosi afe,โ kubhala yena. โUma singathathi isinyathelo manje, siyehluleka ukunakekela kahle impahla yethu esithembeke kakhuluโAmatilosi ethu.โ Lapho umlayezo wakhe uputshuka kuSan Francisco Chronicle, ukaputeni wasuswa esikhundleni sakhe. "Sonke sinomsebenzi owodwa futhi ukuvikela izwe," kusho uNobhala weNavy uThomas Modley owasusa uCrozier, ephakamisa ukuthi amatilosi asengcupheni angasetshenziswa. Kusukela ngoJuni 1,200, amalungu ayi-4,800 kwabangu-XNUMX XNUMX ababekhwele endizeni ethwala indiza i-USS Theodore Roosevelt babenenkontileka ye-coronavirus.
Uma amasosha nomakadebona belahlwa kangaka, yini ebalulekile ephaketheni elijulile lamadola ethu entela, uMnyango Wezokuvikela?
Selokhu kwaqala lolu bhubhane, ukuvumelana kwaseWashington kwaqinisekisa ukuthi abenzi bezikhali abakhulu, abanjengo-Lockheed Martin noRaytheon bazothola inkokhelo ngaphambi komsebenzi. Umzuzi omkhulu wobhubhane u-Lockheed Martin uthole imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-450 zamaRandi ukuze agcine uxhaso lwakhe lwezikhali luxhaswe ngemali. Lukhulu kakhulu uxhaso lwangaphambili kangangokuthi inkampani ikhangisa izinkulungwane zemisebenzi emisha. Lokhu ngenkathi izigidi zabangasebenzi zilinde ngabomvu usizo lwazo lwe-$1,200 kanye nenkokhelo yosizo evela kuhulumeni wobumbano.
Kwenye indawo, okubekwe eceleni ku-House Heroes Act iyilungiselelo lokubuyisela osonkontileka bezokuvikela, hhayi kuphela kubasebenzi abangasebenzi kodwa namaholo abaphathi kanye nezindleko zebhizinisi zokumaketha nokudayisa.
Kungani kuthandwa imboni yempi nokufa, ngaphezu kwezilwane zayo namasosha? Okokuqala, i-Pentagon iqhutshwa ukuthi ihlale inamandla amakhulu ezempi emhlabeni, uma kubhekwa amandla ezomnotho aseChina. UMarshall Billingslea, umxhumanisi wezikhali e-US, usebheke ukuchitha iRussia neChina "ekukhohlweni" emjahweni wezikhali. UNobhala Wezokuvikela uMark Esper ukhathazekile ngokuthi ukungena kwe- $ 3 trillion emnothweni, phakathi kokunye, amaphesenti ayi-16 manje angasebenzi, labo abangakwazi ukukhokhela irenti noma ukudla noma imithi, "kungase kusilahlekisele ukukhulisa isabelomali se-DOD 3. kuze kufike ku-5%.
Konke โokuhleโ kusabelomali sethu sombuso sokuzikhethelaโimfundo, izindlu, ezempilo, amandla avuselelekayo, idiplomacy, nokunyeโkunqunywa kusabelomali esihlongozwayo sika-Trump sika-2021, kuyilapho izikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu, izibaso ezimbiwa phansi, abasebenzi abalwa nokufika kwabantu kwamanye amazwe kanye nezinsiza kunyuswa. Okubi nakakhulu, i-DOD ivikele abakhiqizi bezikhali ekuwohlokeni komnotho kwe-COVID-19 ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukubusa kwethu kwezempi emhlabeni.
Ngokuphatha okusha, sinethuba lokunciphisa isabelomali sezokuvikela. Nokho, njengoba omunye umhlaziyi ebhala โngisho nezishaya-mthetho ezikhululekile cishe zigijimela ekuvikeleni izitshalo [nemisebenzi] esifundeni sazo.โ Kodwa, i-Green New Deal lapha, njengohlelo lwaseJalimane lokuvuselela umnotho, ingangena esikhundleni semisebenzi yokuvikela elahlekile ngemisebenzi yobuchwepheshe belanga nomoya.
Kudingeka sikuchaze kabusha ukuphepha kwezwe lethu elihlomile elifakwe izikhali kanye nesimo sengqondo samaphoyisa aphezulu emhlabeni wonke ngokushesha njengoba amadolobha nezifunda zidinga ukucabanga kabusha ngokuphepha komphakathi okufakwe emaphoyiseni ahlomile. Sidinga ukufaka esikhundleni semboni yezikhali โedingekayoโ ngesivumelwano esisha esidingekayo esingavuselela umnotho wethu, sibambezele isimo sezulu esibucayi esiphezu kwethu, futhi sakhe indlela yokuthula emhlabeni wethu. Z
UPat Hynes, uProfessor osethathe umhlalaphansi Wezempilo Yezemvelo, uqondisa iTraprock Center for Peace and Justice. https://traprock.org