Daga Greta Zarro, Virginia Defender, Mayu 19, 2022
A watan da ya gabata, Shugaba Biden ya ba da shawarar haɓaka kasafin kudin Pentagon zuwa dala biliyan 770, wanda ya zarce yawan kudaden da Trump ke kashewa a fannin soji. Ta yaya wannan ya shafi 'yan Virginia? A cewar hukumar Tsarin Mulki na kasa, Matsakaicin mai biyan haraji na Virginia ya biya $4,578 akan kashe kuɗin soji a cikin 2019 kaɗai. A lokaci guda, Virginia a halin yanzu yana matsayi na 41 a cikin al'ummar kasar wajen kashe kudi ga kowane dalibi kan ilimi, kuma bincike ya nuna cewa kawai a Dala $1,000 na kashe kuɗin kowane ɗalibi ya isa ya ɗaga maki gwaji, ƙimar kammala karatun digiri, da shiga kwaleji. Wannan misali ɗaya ne kawai na karkatattun abubuwan kashe kuɗi na al'ummarmu.
Hakazalika, rugujewar gadar Pittsburgh a farkon wannan shekara babban abin tunatarwa ne game da haɗarin yin watsi da bukatun cikin gida, da kuma wanda ke kusa da gida, tunda. ɗaruruwan gadoji a cikin Virginia suma sun yi ƙarancin tsari da kuma bukatar gyara. Kayan aikin mu shine a zahiri durkushewa a daidai lokacin da kasafin kudin sojan kasarmu ke kara karuwa duk shekara. Muna ba da biliyoyin kuɗi don haɓaka makaman nukiliyar mu da kuma kiyaye sansanonin soji 750+ a ƙasashen waje - da kuma Pentagon ba zai iya ma wuce binciken bincike ba don lissafin inda duk kuɗinsa ke tafiya. Lokaci ya yi da za mu yanke kumbura kuma mu sanya dalolin harajinmu a inda ake buƙatar su da gaske.
"Matsar da Kudi" wani yunkuri ne na kasa wanda ke kira ga gwamnati da ta sake karkatar da kudaden da ake kashewa na soja zuwa ga muhimman bukatun bil'adama da muhalli. Maimakon Dala tiriliyan 2.3 da aka kashe a yakin da bai yi nasara ba a Afghanistan, yi tunanin idan an kashe wannan kuɗin kan ainihin bukatun Amurkawa, kamar kayayyakin more rayuwa, ayyuka, Pre-K na duniya, soke bashin ɗalibai, da ƙari mai yawa. Misali, $2.3 tiriliyan zai samu ya biya malaman makarantun firamare miliyan 28 na shekara 1, ko kuma ya samar da ayyukan yi mai tsafta miliyan 31 na makamashi tsawon shekara 1, ko kuma a samar wa gidaje biliyan 3.6 da hasken rana tsawon shekara guda. Abubuwan cinikin suna da yawa.
Motsin Kudi yana farawa ne a garuruwanmu, inda da dama daga cikin kananan hukumomi a fadin kasar - ciki har da Charlottesville a nan Virginia - sun riga sun yi nasarar zartar da kudurori masu kira da a yanke kasafin kudin Pentagon.
Ya kamata Amurkawa su sami wakilci kai tsaye a Majalisa. Kananan Hukumomin mu da Jihohinmu ma yakamata su wakilce mu a Majalisa. Galibin mambobin majalisar birni a Amurka sun yi rantsuwar aiki tare da yin alƙawarin tallafawa Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Amurka. Wakilan mazabarsu zuwa manyan matakai na gwamnati, ta hanyar kudurorin kananan hukumomi kamar yakin Move da Kudi, yana daga cikin yadda za su iya yin hakan.
A haƙiƙa, yunƙurin Motsa Kuɗi ya ginu ne a kan al'adun ƙasarmu na aiwatar da ayyukan gundumomi kan al'amuran ƙasa da ƙasa. Misali, tun a shekarar 1798, Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Virginia ta zartar da wani kuduri ta hanyar amfani da kalmomin Thomas Jefferson na yin Allah wadai da manufofin tarayya da ke hukunta Faransa. Misali na baya-bayan nan, yunkurin yaki da wariyar launin fata ya kwatanta karfin da birane da jihohi za su iya rikewa kan manufofin kasa da na duniya. Kusan biranen Amurka 100 da jihohin Amurka 14 ne suka fice daga Afirka ta Kudu, lamarin da ya sanya matsin lamba ga Majalisar Dokokin ta amince da dokar hana wariyar launin fata ta 1986.
Hannun jari a Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, da sauran manyan masu kera makamai a halin yanzu suna karuwa saboda rikicin Ukraine da ya kunno kai da kuma shigar Amurka makamai na soji. Wannan yakin shine kawai nau'in haɓakar da kamfanonin makamai ke buƙata don tabbatar da ci gaba da fafutukar neman manyan kasafin kuɗi na tsaro da tallafin kamfanoni, kowace shekara. Amma aika makamai zuwa yankin yaƙi zai ƙara rura wutar yaƙi, wani abu da muka shaida akai akai a tsawon shekaru 20 na 'Yaƙin Ta'addanci.'
Har ila yau, dole ne gwamnatinmu ta sake daidaita ta cikin gaggawa own ciyar da abubuwan da suka fi dacewa don magance buƙatun haɓakar Amurkawa: yunwar da ta tashi sama, rashin matsuguni, rashin aikin yi, bashin ɗalibai, da ƙari. Kuma akasin ra'ayi na mutane, bincike ya nuna cewa zuba jari a fannin kiwon lafiya, ilimi, da makamashi mai tsabta zai samar da karin ayyukan yi fiye da kashe kudaden sashen soja. Lokaci yayi da za a motsa kuɗin.
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