Umthombo: Davidswanson.org
Anginamsebenzi wosopolitiki be-PEP (abaqhubekayo ngaphandle kwePentagon), kodwa kuzoba namalungu abalulekile e-US Congress ngonyaka ozayo angawesabi amafulegi nezingoma zempi. Kuzoba nokunye okuningi kune-(AOC+3) ezine zazo.
I-CORI BUSH
Omunye kuzoba u-Cori Bush wase-St. Muva nje ubhale ku-Twitter okulandelayo:
"Uma unosuku olubi, cabanga nje ngazo zonke izinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle esizozixhasa ngemuva kokukhipha imali yePentagon."
โImpi yenza u-64% wesabelomali sethu sikahulumeni. I-Medicare & Health yi-6%. Imfundo ingama-5%. Ukuvikeleka Komphakathi, Ukungasebenzi, kanye Nezabasebenzi ndawonye 3%. Ukungazi kucabanga ukuthi lezo zinto eziza kuqala zigcina imindeni yethu iphephile. โ
โAbantu abangu-220K+, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo abangu-1,700, bashonile ngenxa ye-COVID-19 ngenxa yokungakwazi kukahulumeni ukuvikela izakhamuzi kanye nokudlula ubhubhane. Ukungazi ukuthi iPentagon kaTrump ithatha imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 1 yokuxhasa ukukhiqizwa kwe-PPE ukwenza izingxenye zenjini yendiza.
"@BernieSanders futhi @EdMarkey iphakamise ukuncishiswa ngo-10% kwisabelomali sePentagon esizosetshenziselwa ukuxhasa ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, izindlu, ukunakekelwa kwezingane kanye namathuba emfundo emadolobheni amakhulu namadolobhana abhekene nezinga lobumpofu lika-25% noma ngaphezulu. Ukungazi kuvimbela lo mthethosivivinywa ngoba wazi ukuthi uzosindisa izimpilo zabantu.โ
โUkungazi kukhokhela u-Lockheed Martin imali engaphezu kuka-$1 trillion phakathi nenkontileka yeminyaka engu-60 yohlelo olungasebenzi lwe-F-35. Ukungazi kuvumela i-CEO yabo ukuthi ithathe iholo lama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-20 kuyilapho omakadebona bezempi bengenamakhaya. โ
โUMnyango wezokuVikela awukaze uphasise ucwaningo oluzimele, nokho sisaqhubeka nokubanika imali singahloliwe. Ukungazi ukuphathwa kukaTrump *KWAKHULISA* isabelomali sePentagon ngemali engaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-100 selokhu aqokwa.โ
โUkungazi kunikeza iminyango yamaphoyisa endawo izikhali zempi ngaphandle kokuziphendulela noma ukwengamela. Ukungazi kusibiza nge-radical ngokuthi akulungile lokho.โ
UCori Bush angase ajabule lelibhodi lokukhangisa ngikhuphukela eSt. Futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uyakwazisa ngokuphelele ukuthi uphikisana noJoe Biden kukho konke okungenhla njengoTrump. Kodwa ngeke ahlale yedwa.
JAMAAL BOWMAN
U-Jamaal Bowman waseNew York uthe ngomncintiswano wakhe oyinhloko osehluliwe:
โOmelene nami, omele u-Eliot Engel, nami asihambisani nombono ofanayo wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle. Uvotele enye yezinhlekelele zenqubomgomo ezimbi kakhulu empilweni yami - impi engenabulungisa nebiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili e-Iraq. Uvotele ukungahambisani nokusayinwa kukaMongameli u-Obama kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ebeke isivalo ohlelweni lwenuzi lwase-Iran. Uqhubekile ku-CNN kulo nyaka odlule futhi wathi akafuni ukubopha izandla zikaTrump uma kukhulunywa ngokuhlaselwa kwe-Iran. Ubengomunye wabangu-2 kuphela be-House Democrats ngo-16 ukuthi avotele ngokumelene nesichibiyelo esivimbe ukudluliselwa kwamabhomu e-Cluster e-Saudi Arabia ebilokhu iwawisa kubantu baseYemeni. Umbangi wami wamukela iminikelo evela ezinkampanini nabakhiqizi bezikhali abafana no-Lockheed Martin, uNorthrop Grumman, noRaytheon. Weseka i-ajenda yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ebizayo futhi ebizayo esikhundleni sokugxila emiphakathini yesifunda sethu enganakwa isikhathi eside. Kufanele sehlise ngokumangazayo isabelomali sePentagon eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo, siqede izimpi zaphakade, futhi sakhe kabusha indlela yokukhulumisana-kuqala ngoMnyango Wezwe. Sesibe se-Afghanistan iminyaka eyi-2016, e-Iraq iminyaka eyi-19, naseSyria iminyaka emihlanu. ICongress kumele iphinde iqinisekise igunya layo lokuletha amasosha ethu ekhaya. "
U-Engel wema eduze komshini wakhe wokufudumeza futhi wacwila nawo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi omunye umshisekeli uzoba usihlalo weKomidi Lezindaba Zangaphandle Lendlu, kuyilapho u-Engel engase ahambe ayokwenza izindodla kumthengisi wezikhali osazoqanjwa igama lakhe.
UMNDAIRE JONES
UMondaire Jones waseNew York naye wawina ama-primary. Iwebhusayithi yakhe ithi:
"Izwe laseMelika belilokhu lisempini isikhathi esiningi sempilo yami - izimpi eziholele ekutheni amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abulawe kanye nezigidi zabantu zibaleke. Saholelwa empini eyinhlekelele e-Iraq ngaphansi kokuzenzisa okungamanga. Impi yase-Afghanistan isineminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-19 ishubile. Sifaka isandla enkingeni embi kakhulu yabantu emhlabeni, e-Yemen, ngokuhlinzeka ngezikhali kumfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi. Amandla empi eyedlulele, kanye nokungabaza kwamalungu eCongress ukusebenzisa ukwengamela, kwenze i-Trump Administration yasisondeza ngokuyingozi onqenqemeni lwempi ne-Iran. . . . Sakwanele. Ukuphepha kwethu kuzwelonke kuncike endleleni enengqondo yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika egxile ekukhulumeni, ukuthula, amalungelo abantu, kanye nokubambisana ezinseleleni ezibhekene nomhlaba wethu. Kufanele siyeke ukulwa izimpi ezingapheli. Njengelungu leKhongolose, ngizolwela ukuthi ekugcineni ngiqede ukugunyazwa kokusetshenziswa kwebutho lezempi langowezi-2001 (i-AUMF), okunikeze igatsha eliphezulu isheke elingenalutho lokuphishekela izimpi zakwamanye amazwe ezingahlangene nokuhlasela kwangomhla zili-11 kuSepthemba. Ngizosebenzela ukuqeda izingxabano ezikhona, okuhlanganisa nempi yase-Afghanistan, ngezinqubo zokuthula ezibandakanya wonke umuntu ezigxilisa amalungelo abantu, okuhlanganisa namalungelo abesifazane. Ngizokweseka ukuvimbela ukudayiswa kwezikhali kubahlukumezi bamalungelo abantu, okuhlanganisa ne-Saudi Arabia, futhi ngizokweseka ukuqondisa kabusha izimali eziqondiswe ekunqandeni izingxabano, okuhlanganisa nosizo lwentuthuko ukuze kuncishiswe ubumpofu nokungalingani kanye nokulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. . . . Izabelomali zethu zibonisa izindinganiso zethu nezinto ezibalulekile. Njengamanje, i-United States ikhethe ukubeka phambili ukutshala imali ezimpini nasezikhalini ngaphambi kokuhlinzeka ngezidingo eziyisisekelo zabantu bakithi. Umthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke wangowezi-2020 (i-NDAA) unikeza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-738 ukuze kusetshenziswe imali yezempi. Sichitha ngaphezu kwamazwe ayisikhombisa alandelayo ehlangene. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi sisebenzise cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6 ku-Global War on Terror iyodwa. I-United States igcina amakhulukhulu ezisekelo zamasosha ezibizayo emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Khonamanjalo, abaphathi bakaTrump sebeyichithile imali yokuxhasa uMnyango Wezwe kanye ne-USAID, okwenza i-United States ingakwazi ukuhola emizamweni yokusiza abantu ukubhekana nezinselelo ezinkulu emhlabeni. Njengelungu leCongress, ngizophusha ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezempi futhi ngiphinde ngitshale le mali eMnyangweni Wezwe, ukuqinisa izingxoxo kanye nokwakha ukuthula, kanye nasekhaya, ezinhlelweni ezihlangabezana nezidingo zabantu bethu. Ngizolwela ukubeka phambili ukutshalwa kwezimali ezindleleni zokuphepha kwabantu, ezigxile ekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo zabantu kanye nokuvikela indawo yethu.โ
Labo abathathu bazokwengezwa kuKhongolose kabusha. Lokho kuyintuthuko enkulu. Kungase kungene umbhangqwana, owokuqala maningi kakhulu kunowesibili.
UMIKE SIEGEL
UMike Siegel, owawina ama-primary eTexas, akanalo igama kuwebhusayithi yakhe kodwa ukushilo lokhu:
โAke sakhe kabusha uMnyango Wezwe kanye nezinhlaka zethu zamanxusa. Masibuyekeze ukusetshenziswa kwemali kosizo lwangaphandle ukuze sikhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa kwemiphakathi yomphakathi kanye neminotho yakuleli. Futhi esikhundleni sokusebenzisa imali ngokweqile ezimbonini zempi, asitshale ekuvikelekeni kwasekhaya nasezimeni zokuthula emhlabeni wonke.โ
QASIM RASHID
U-Qasim Rashid, owawina i-primary eVirginia egcwele impi, uthi kuwebhusayithi yakhe:
"I-United States isebenzisa imali ephindwe kabili kwezokuvikela izwe njengoba iChina neRussia zihlangene. Le mali singayisebenzisa ngobuhlakani futhi sithole izindlela zokunciphisa izindleko. Okubalulekile ekusetshenzisweni kwezimali kwezokuvikela e-US kumele kugxile ezinsongweni zakwamanye amazwe, kuhlanganiswe ingqalasizinda yezokuvikela edingekayo ukuze kuvikelwe abantu baseMelika kulezi zinsongo, futhi kusekele amadoda nabesifazane abavikela indlela yethu yokuphila, ngenkathi bekhonza nangemuva kokusebenza.
โ[W]e akufanele ngabe siqhuba inqubomgomo yethu yezangaphandle ngePentagon. Sekuyisikhathi sokutshala imali kwezokuxhumana, futhi uzinike isikhathi phakathi nobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 ukuze ucabange ukuthi kusho ukuthini ngempela ukuphepha kwezwe ezweni lekhulu lama-21. โ
Bese kuba khona abasezikhundleni.
UPRAMILA JAYAPAL
Lo sihlalo ovela eWashington State we-Progressive Caucus engathembeki kakhulu muva nje uthe:
"Lokhu kuzoba yinto ehamba phambili kwikhokhasi eqhubekayo - ukuthola ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali okunengqondo ePentagon echitha lo mjikelezo olandelayo."
Muva nje ubhale ku-Twitter:
โKufanele sizihoxise izinsuku zoshintsho olukhulayo futhi singenise inkathi entsha yenguquko enesibindi, eqhubekayo. Lokho kusho ukuthi ekugcineni kuncishiswe ukusetshenziswa kwemali emoshayo kwezokuvikela ukuze kutshalwe imali isikhathi eside ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, ingqalasizinda namandla ahlanzekile. โ
UMAKA POCAN
UJayapal noPocan, baseWisconsin, basanda kubhala:
โIdola ngalinye elichithwe ePentagon liyidola elingasetshenziselwe ukuthenga izinto zokuhlola, izinto zokuzivikela noma ukulandela umkhondo wokuxhumana nabantu. Konke okunikezwa u-Lockheed Martin noma iNorthrop Grumman yimali ebingasetshenziselwa ukuqeda lolu bhubhane, ukugcina amabhizinisi amancane esebenza futhi kuvinjwa ukuwohloka komnotho. Sithemba ukuthi ozakwethu bazosihlanganyela nathi ekuvoteni ukunciphisa isabelomali sePentagon, ukuze sikwazi ukuqondisa kabusha uxhaso lapho ludingeka khona emiphakathini yethu.โ
KATIE PORTER
Kungenzeka ukuthi umlingani nguKatie Porter osanda kubuza isikhulu se-Lockheed Martin:
"Kungani umkhokhintela kufanele akhokhe umthethosivivinywa wokusiza u-Lockheed Martin ngalesi sikhathi?"
Bese kuba namaLungu eCongress amahlanu anokwethenjelwa kakhulu aphikisana nempi eminyakeni yamuva:
ILHAN OMAR
RO KHANNA
RASHIDA TLAIB
AYANNA PRESSLEY
I-ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
Lokho kwenza ishumi nambili lombhaki kumalungu eNdlu angama-435, singabali amaSenatha ayi-100. Kukhona okwengeziwe:
UBARBARA LEE
NgoJulayi, uKhongolose u-Lee wase-Oakland kanye noKhongolose u-Pocan bamemezele ukwakhiwa kwe-Defence [sic] Ikhokhasi Yokuncishiswa Kwezindleko. Angikwazanga ukufunda ukuthi ubani okuyo.
PETER DEFAZIO
U-EARL BLUMENAUER
U-Defazio no-Blumenauer base-Oregon bakhulume ngokungananazi, ngisho nakuwebhusayithi yabo.
U-JIM MCGOVERN
UCongressman McGovern waseMassachusetts uyivoti elithembekile.
Bakhona abanye.
Kulo nyaka Amalungu eNdlu angama-93 uvotelwe ukuhambisa i-10% yezindleko zezempi ezidingweni zomuntu ngevoti elingasondelene nalapho kungekho noyedwa kubo owasatshiswa noma wafumbathiswa "ubuholi" beqembu labo ukuze bavote ngendlela engafanele, futhi noTrump etholakala njengenhloso yenkulumo yabo. . Kungenzeka yini ukukhulisa isibalo samalungu azimisele ukukhuluma ngokumelene nezempi ukuthi angaphezu kweshumi nambili kukhuphule inani elizimisele ukuvota ngokumelene nalo ngisho nasezindleleni ezibuthaka kakhulu ezingaphezu kwama-93, noma ngabe i-White House ishintsha?
Baningi abanye abazongenela uKhongolose abantu abathi kumele bengezwe โeqenjiniโ kodwa ngaphandle uma bezokhuluma ngempi nokuthula, abalitholi ijezi eqenjini lami futhi abazimisele ngalokho abathi bayakwenza. zimisele ngakho.
Kungenzeka ukuthi kukhona abanye engingabazi. Sicela ubangeze kumazwana ngaphansi kwalesi sihloko ku-davidswanson.org.
Alikho nelilodwa kulawa malungu eCongress oseke waphakamisa isabelomali sawo esifanelekile sombuso. I-Progressive Caucus ine- isiphakamiso sesabelomali lokho kuthuthuke kakhulu eminyakeni edlule ngoba kuzokhipha imali encane emalini esetshenziswa ezempi, ikakhulukazi amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-63 esikhwameni se-off-the-books slush fund, amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-38 ekusetshenzisweni okungeziwe, kanye namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-62 kusabelomali sePentagon. Lokho kungu-$163 billion ohanjiswe ezintweni eziwusizo ngaphezu kuka-$1 trillion eya kwezempi.
Iningi lama-Democrats nawo wonke ama-Republican kuCongress awabaliwe ngenhla. Okufanayo kuya cishe kuwo wonke amalungu eCongress "amhlophe". Okunye futhi okumelelwe kancane lapha: amadoda kuCongress. Cishe wonke ama-Democrats agijimela uKhongolose akanayo inqubomgomo yezangaphandle noma izikhundla zesabelomali kuwebhusayithi yawo nhlobo, ngaphandle kothando lwabo olukhulu komakadebona. Ngokubona kwami, okwenzekayo kuzoncika kakhulu ekulweleni umphakathi. Singakwazi ukwenza impi ephikisayo ibe yinto evamile, ihlonipheke, yamukeleke? Singakwazi yini ukwenza ukufudumala kube okuphansi, okuyihlazo, okudelelekile? Kufanele sizame.
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SHAHID BUTAR
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