na Medea Benjamin da Nicolas JS Davies, CODEPINK don Aminci, Oktoba 7, 2021
Shugaba Biden da Jam'iyyar Democrat suna fuskantar rikici yayin da sanatocin dimokuradiyya guda biyu suka yi garkuwa da mashahurin ajandar cikin gida da suka fafata a zaben 2020. burbushin mai consigliere Joe Manchin da ranar biya-mai ba da bashi fi so Kyrsten Sinema.
Amma a makon da ya gabata kafin Dems '$ 350 biliyan a kowace shekara kunshin cikin gida ya buge wannan bangon jakar kuɗi na kamfani, duka ban da 38' Yan Democrat na Majalisar Wakilai sun zaɓi su ba da fiye da ninki biyu na adadin ga Pentagon. Sanata Manchin ya nuna munafunci ya kwatanta lissafin kashe kuɗaɗen cikin gida a matsayin "hauka na kasafin kuɗi," amma ya zaɓi babban kasafin Pentagon mafi girma kowace shekara tun 2016.
Hauka na gaske na kasafin kuɗi shine abin da Majalisa ke yi kowace shekara, yana ɗaukar mafi yawan abin da ya dace na kashewa daga kan tebur tare da miƙa shi ga Pentagon kafin ma la'akari da buƙatun cikin gida na gaggawa na ƙasar. Kula da wannan tsari, Majalisa kawai ta fantsama $ 12 biliyan don ƙarin jiragen yakin F-85 guda 35, 6 fiye da yadda Trump ya saya a bara, ba tare da yin muhawara game da cancantar siyan ƙarin F-35s da saka jarin dala biliyan 12 a ilimi, kiwon lafiya, makamashi mai tsabta ko yaƙar talauci.
Na biyu asusun soja lissafin (NDAA ko Dokar Ba da izinin Tsaro ta Kasa) wanda ya wuce Majalisar a ranar 23 ga Satumba zai ba da dala biliyan 740 ga Pentagon da dala biliyan 38 ga wasu sassan (galibi Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta makamin nukiliya), na jimlar dala biliyan 778 a soja kashewa, karin dala biliyan 37 akan kasafin kudin aikin soja na bana. Ba da daɗewa ba Majalisar Dattawa za ta yi muhawara game da sigar wannan lissafin - amma kada ku yi tsammanin za a yi muhawara a can ma, saboda yawancin sanatoci “maza ne” idan ana maganar ciyar da injin yaƙi.
Gyaran gidan guda biyu don yin sassaucin raunin duka duka sun gaza: ɗayan ta Wakiltar Sara Jacobs ta tube $ 24 biliyan wannan ya kara da bukatar kasafin kudin Biden ta Kwamitin Ayyukan Soja na Majalisar; da kuma wani daga Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez don tsallake-jirgin 10% yanke (in ban da albashin sojoji da kiwon lafiya).
Bayan daidaitawa don hauhawar farashin kaya, wannan babban kasafin kuɗi kwatankwacin kololuwar ginin makamai na Trump a cikin 2020, kuma yana ƙasa da kashi 10% kawai rikodin bayan WWII Bush II ya kafa a 2008 a ƙarƙashin murfin yaƙe -yaƙe a Iraki da Afghanistan. Zai ba wa Joe Biden banbancin banbanci na kasancewa shugaban Amurka na hudu bayan Yaƙin Cacar Baki don yakar duk wani shugaban Yakin Cacar Baki, daga Truman zuwa Bush I.
A zahiri, Biden da Majalisa suna kulle a cikin dala biliyan 100 a kowace shekara na kera makaman da Trump ya baratar da su m ikirarin cewa Tarihin Obama kashe kudin soji ko ta yaya ya rage sojan.
Kamar yadda gazawar Biden ta koma cikin sauri JCPOA tare da Iran, lokacin yin aiki akan rage kasafin kuɗin soji da sake saka hannun jari cikin abubuwan da aka fi maida hankali a cikin gida shine a farkon makonni da watanni na gwamnatinsa. Rashin aiwatar da shi kan waɗannan batutuwan, kamar fitar da dubunnan masu neman mafaka, wanda ke nuna cewa yana farin cikin ci gaba da manyan manufofin Trump fiye da yadda zai yarda da shi a bainar jama'a.
A cikin 2019, Shirin Tattaunawar Jama'a a Jami'ar Maryland ya gudanar binciken inda ta yi wa talakawa Amurkawa bayanin gibin kasafin kudin tarayya kuma ta tambaye su yadda za su magance ta. Matsakaicin wanda ake kara ya fi son rage gibin da dala biliyan 376, galibi ta hanyar haɓaka haraji a kan attajirai da kamfanoni, amma kuma ta hanyar yanke matsakaicin dala biliyan 51 daga kasafin kuɗin soja.
Hatta 'yan Republican sun fifita yanke dala biliyan 14, yayin da' yan Democrat suka goyi bayan rage dala biliyan 100 da yawa. Wannan zai zama fiye da 10% yanke a cikin Canjin Ocasio-Cortez da ya gaza, wanda goyon baya daga 'yan Majalisar Dimokuradiyya guda 86 kawai kuma Dems 126 da kowane dan Republican sun yi adawa da shi.
Yawancin 'yan Democrat da suka zaɓi yin gyare -gyare don rage kashe kuɗi har yanzu sun zaɓi zartar da ƙudirin ƙarshe na kumburi. 'Yan Democrat 38 ne kawai suka yarda zabe da lissafin kashe sojoji na dala biliyan 778 wanda, da zarar an haɗa Harkokin Tsofaffi da sauran kuɗaɗe masu alaƙa, za su ci gaba da cinyewa akan 60% na kashe kuɗi na hankali.
"Yaya za ku biya shi?" a sarari ya shafi kawai "kuɗi don mutane," ba "kuɗi don yaƙi" ba. Yin dabarun siyasa mai ma'ana zai buƙaci kishiyar tsarin. Kuɗin da aka saka a ilimi, kiwon lafiya da koren makamashi shine saka hannun jari a nan gaba, yayin da kuɗi don yaƙi yana ba da kaɗan ko babu koma baya kan saka hannun jari sai dai ga masu kera makamai da masu kwangilar Pentagon, kamar yadda lamarin ya kasance tare da dala tiriliyan 2.26 na Amurka kuka da kansa on mutuwa da halaka a Afghanistan.
A binciken ta Cibiyar Nazarin Tattalin Arzikin Siyasa a Jami'ar Massachusetts ta gano cewa kashe kuɗaɗen soji yana haifar da ƙarancin ayyukan yi fiye da kusan kowane nau'in kuɗin gwamnati. Ta gano cewa dala biliyan 1 da aka saka a aikin soja yana samar da matsakaitan ayyuka 11,200, yayin da adadin da aka saka a wasu fannoni ke samun: 26,700 ayyuka lokacin da aka saka su cikin ilimi; 17,200 a cikin kiwon lafiya; 16,800 a cikin tattalin arzikin kore; ko ayyuka 15,100 a cikin kuɗin tsabar kuɗi ko biyan jindadin.
Yana da ban tausayi cewa kawai nau'i na Ƙarfafa Keynesian wanda ba a yi takara da shi ba a Washington shi ne mafi karancin amfanin ga Amurkawa, haka kuma ya fi barna ga sauran kasashen da ake amfani da makaman. Waɗannan abubuwan da ba su da mahimmanci ba su da wata ma'ana ta siyasa ga membobin Dimokiradiyya na Majalisa, waɗanda masu jefa ƙuri'a masu ɗimbin yawa za su rage kashe kuɗin soji da matsakaicin dala biliyan 100 a shekara. bisa zaben Maryland.
Don haka me yasa Majalisa ba ta da alaƙa da muradun manufofin ƙasashen waje na mazabarsu? An yi rubuce-rubuce da kyau cewa membobin Majalisa suna da kusanci sosai tare da masu sheqa masu ba da gudummawa ga kamfen da masu fafutuka na kamfanoni fiye da mutanen da ke aiki waɗanda suka zaɓe su, da kuma cewa "tasirin da bai dace ba" na ƙaƙƙarfan Soja-Masana'antu na Eisenhower ya zama mafi gindin zama kuma mafi yaudara fiye da kowane lokaci, kamar yadda ya ji tsoro.
Ƙungiyar Soja-Masana'antu tana amfani da kurakurai a cikin abin da ya fi rauni, tsarin siyasa na dimokuraɗiyya don ƙin son jama'a da kashe ƙarin kuɗin jama'a akan makamai da rundunonin sojoji fiye da na gaba na duniya. Ƙarfin soja 13. Wannan abin takaici ne musamman a lokacin da yaƙe -yaƙe na halakar jama'a waɗanda suka zama hujja don ɓata waɗannan albarkatun na tsawon shekaru 20 na iya ƙarshe, alhamdu lillahi, ta zo ƙarshe.
Manyan manyan masana'antun makamai na Amurka guda biyar (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman da General Dynamics) suna da kashi 40% na gudummawar kamfen ɗin tarayya na masana'antun makamai, kuma sun karɓi $ 2.2 tiriliyan a cikin kwangilar Pentagon tun 2001 don dawo da waɗannan gudummawar. Gabaɗaya, 54% na kashe kuɗin soji ya ƙare a cikin asusun 'yan kwangilar soja na kamfanoni, inda suka sami $ 8 tiriliyan tun 2001.
Kwamitin aiyuka na Majalisar da Majalisar Dattawa suna zaune a tsakiyar Cibiyar Soja-Masana'antu, da su manyan membobi sune mafi yawan masu karɓar tsabar kuɗin masana'antar makamai a Majalisa. Don haka rage nauyi ne ga abokan aikinsu don yin amfani da robar-tambarin kuɗin kashe sojoji a kan abin da suke faɗa ba tare da yin bincike mai zurfi ba.
The Ƙarfafa kamfanoni, dumbing down da cin hanci da rashawa na kafofin watsa labarai na Amurka da warewar “kumburin” Washington daga ainihin duniya suma suna taka rawa a cire haɗin manufofin ketare na Majalisar.
Akwai wani, dalilin da ba a tattauna sosai ba don cire haɗin tsakanin abin da jama'a ke so da yadda Majalisa ke jefa ƙuri'a, kuma ana iya samun hakan a cikin binciken 2004 mai ban sha'awa ta Majalisar Chicago kan alaƙar kasashen waje mai taken "Zauren Madubai: Tsinkaye da Kuskure cikin Tsarin Manufofin Kasashen Waje."
The"Hall of Miridai"Abin mamaki binciken ya sami babban yarjejeniya tsakanin ra'ayoyin manufofin ƙasashen waje na 'yan majalisa da jama'a, amma" a yawancin lokuta Majalisa ta yi zaɓe ta hanyoyin da ba su dace da waɗannan matsayi na yarjejeniya ba. "
Marubutan sun yi binciken da bai dace ba game da ra'ayoyin ma'aikatan majalisar. “Abin mamaki, ma’aikatan da ra’ayoyinsu suka yi hannun riga da mafiya yawan mazabarsu sun nuna tsananin son kai ga dauka, ba daidai ba, cewa mazabunsu sun yarda da su,” binciken ya gano, “yayin da ma’aikatan da a zahiri ra’ayinsu ya yi daidai da na mazabarsu. fiye da zaton wannan ba haka bane. ”
Wannan ya kasance abin birgewa musamman game da ma’aikatan Demokraɗiyya, waɗanda galibi suna gamsu da cewa ra’ayoyinsu na sassaucin ra'ayi sun sanya su cikin tsirarun mutane yayin da, a zahiri, yawancin wakilansu suka yi ra’ayoyi iri ɗaya. Tun da ma’aikatan majalisa su ne masu ba da shawara na farko ga membobin Majalisa kan batutuwan da suka shafi dokoki, waɗannan rashin fahimta suna taka rawa ta musamman a cikin manufofin ketare na dimokuraɗiyya na Majalisar.
Gabaɗaya, akan muhimman lamurra guda tara na manufofin ƙasashen waje, matsakaicin kashi 38% ne kawai na ma'aikatan majalisa za su iya gane ko yawancin jama'a sun goyi bayan ko adawa da fannoni daban -daban na manufofin da aka tambaye su.
A daya gefen lissafin, binciken ya gano cewa “hasashen Amurkawa game da yadda kuri'un membobinsu ke bayyana ba daidai bane akai -akai… memba yana yin zabe ta hanyoyin da suka yi daidai da yadda suke son membarsu ya yi zabe.
Ba koyaushe ne mai sauƙi ga memba na jama'a ya bincika ko Wakilinsu ya jefa ƙuri'a yadda suke so ko a'a. Rahotannin labarai ba kasafai suke tattaunawa ko haɗi zuwa ainihin ƙuri'un kiran kira ba, kodayake Intanet da Majalisar Ofishin magatakarda yi sauki fiye da kowane lokaci don yin hakan.
Ƙungiyoyin farar hula da ƙungiyoyin fafutuka suna wallafa cikakkun bayanai na zaɓen. Govtrack.us yana ba wa mazabu damar yin rajista don sanarwar imel na kowane ƙarar kira ɗaya a Majalisa. Ci gaba Punch yana bin diddigin ƙuri'a da ƙima Reps akan yawan lokutan da suke zaɓan matsayin "ci gaba", yayin da ƙungiyoyin fafutuka masu alaƙa ke bi da bayar da rahoto akan lissafin da suke tallafawa, kamar yadda CODEPINK yayi a Majalisar CODEPINK. Bude asirin yana bawa jama'a damar bibiyar kuɗi a cikin siyasa kuma su ga yadda wakilansu suke ga ɓangarorin kamfanoni daban -daban da ƙungiyoyin sha'awa.
Lokacin da membobin Majalisa suka zo Washington ba tare da ƙwarewa ko ƙwarewar manufofin ƙasashen waje ba, kamar yadda da yawa ke yi, dole ne su ɗauki matsala don yin karatu mai zurfi daga wurare da yawa, don neman shawarar manufofin ƙasashen waje daga wajen ɓarna na Soja-Masana'antu, wanda ya kawo mana yakin da ba shi da iyaka, da kuma sauraren wadanda suka zabe su.
The Hall of Miridai Yakamata a buƙaci karatu don ma'aikatan majalissar, kuma yakamata suyi tunani kan yadda su da kan su suke haɗar da kuskuren da ya bayyana.
Yakamata membobin jama'a suyi hattara da tunanin wakilan su na kada kuri'a yadda suke so, a maimakon haka su yi kokari sosai don gano yadda da gaske suke yin zabe. Yakamata su tuntubi ofisoshin su akai-akai don jin muryoyin su, kuma suyi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin farar hula masu alaƙa da su don ɗaukar nauyin su akan ƙuri'un su akan abubuwan da suka damu.
Da fatan za a yi yaƙi da kasafin kuɗin soja na shekara mai zuwa da na gaba, dole ne mu gina ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan hukunci wanda ya ƙi yanke shawarar ƙin mulkin dimokiraɗiyya don canzawa daga mummunan hali da zubar da jini, ci gaba da “yaƙi da ta’addanci” zuwa daidai ba dole ba kuma mai ɓarna amma har ma mafi haɗari tseren makamai tare da Rasha da China.
Yayin da wasu a Majalisa ke ci gaba da tambayar yadda za mu iya kula da yaranmu ko tabbatar da rayuwa ta gaba a wannan duniyar, masu ci gaba a Majalisa dole ne kawai su yi kira don biyan haraji ga attajirai amma yanke Pentagon –kuma ba kawai a cikin tweets ko maganganu ba. amma a hakikanin siyasa.
Duk da cewa yana iya yin latti don jujjuya hanya a wannan shekara, dole ne su fitar da layi a cikin yashi don kasafin kuɗin soji na shekara mai zuwa wanda ke nuna abin da jama'a ke buƙata da duniya ke matukar buƙata: don jujjuya mashin ɗin, gargantuan yaƙi da saka hannun jari a harkar kiwon lafiya da yanayi mai saukin rayuwa, ba bamabamai da F-35s ba.
Medea Biliyaminu shi ne mai haɓaka CODEPINK don Aminci, kuma marubucin littattafai da yawa, gami da A cikin Iran: Gaskiya da Tarihin Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies ɗan jarida ne mai zaman kansa, mai bincike tare da CODEPINK kuma marubucin Blood On Our Hands: Ƙasar Amirka da Rushewar Iraq.
