E ʻike ana ua piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai o ke kulanui ʻo US i 500% mai ka makahiki 1985, ʻo ka Hawaii Post makemake ʻehiku mau ʻāina kahi e hiki ai i nā haumāna ʻAmelika ke hele i ke kulanui no ka manuahi me ka pilikia ʻole e aʻo i ka ʻōlelo a nā kamaʻāina a i ʻole kekahi mea kahiko.
ʻO kēia nā lāhui me ka liʻiliʻi o ka waiwai ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ua hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia ke kulanui a kokoke ʻole paha, no nā kamaʻāina a me nā poʻe hewa hewa e kipa ana i ko lākou ʻāina.
Pehea la lakou e hana ia mea?
ʻEkolu o lākou he kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ka ukuʻauhau ma mua o ko ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ʻehā o lākou ʻaʻole.
He aha kā ʻAmelika e hoʻolilo ai i kāna kālā ma luna o kēia mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe? He aha ka papahana lehulehu nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa? He aha ka mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50% o nā hoʻolimalima koho federal ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa?
Inā ʻōlelo ʻoe he "kaua," ua aʻo ʻia ʻoe ma kahi ʻāina ʻē.
ʻO ka helu piha ʻana o ka hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa US e kau ana ma luna o $ 1 trillion i ka makahiki. ʻO ka International Institute for Strategic Studies kau ia ma $645.7 biliona i ka makahiki 2012. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā helu liʻiliʻi, e hoʻohālikelike kākou i nā lāhui ʻehiku kahi e loaʻa ai i nā ʻAmelika ko lākou pono kanaka i kahi hoʻonaʻauao i mahalo ʻia:
Palani $48.1 biliona a i ʻole 7.4% o ʻAmelika
Kelemānia $40.4 biliona a i ʻole 6.3% o ʻAmelika
Brazil $35.3 biliona a i ʻole 5.5% o ʻAmelika
Norewai $6.9 biliona a i ʻole 1.1% o US
Kuekene $5.8 biliona a i ʻole 0.9% o US
Finland $3.6 biliona a i ʻole 0.6% o US
Slovenia $0.6 biliona a i ʻole 0.1% o ʻAmelika
ʻAe, akā he mau ʻāina liʻiliʻi kēlā. ʻAe, e ʻae kāua e hoʻohālike hoʻolilo pūʻali koa no kēlā me kēia kanaka:
ʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia $ 2,057
Norewai $1,455 a i ʻole 71% o US
Palani $733 a i ʻole 35% o US
Finland $683 a i ʻole 33% o US
Kuekene $636 a i ʻole 31% o ʻAmelika
Kelemānia $496 a i ʻole 24% o US
Slovenia $284 a i ʻole 14% o US
Palakila $177 a i ʻole 9% o ʻAmelika
Pono e hoʻomaopopo i ka waiwai o kēlā me kēia kapita, ʻoi aku ka waiwai o Norewai ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka liʻiliʻi o kēlā me kēia kanaka no ka hoʻomākaukau kaua. Hoʻolilo nā mea ʻē aʻe ma waena o 9% a me 35%.
I kēia manawa, manaʻoʻiʻo paha ʻoe i ka militarism, a ke hoʻōho nei paha ʻoe i kēia manawa: "Ua hāʻawi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka hoʻomehana ʻana no lākou. I ka wā e luku ai ʻo Kelemania a i ʻole Farani iā Iraq a i Afghanistan a i ʻole Libia, ʻo wai ka mea e hana i ka hana kaumaha?
A i ʻole he hoa kūʻē paha ʻoe i ka militarism, a ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i kāna mau kumukūʻai hou aku. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e uku nui loa i nā kālā, akā ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i ka nui o ka inaina, pepehi i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, hana i ka pōʻino loa i ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe, a nalowale ka hapa nui o ke kūʻokoʻa i ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka manaʻo, ua koho kēia mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻonaʻauao, ʻoiai ua koho ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi papahana e kākoʻo ʻia paha ka poʻe i hoʻonaʻauao maikaʻi ʻia, akā ʻaʻohe o mākou ala e hoʻāʻo ai i kēlā manaʻo, ʻaʻole ia. me he mea lā e hele koke ana mākou.
Loaʻa iā mākou kahi koho ma mua o mākou: kulanui manuahi a ʻoi aku paha ke kaua?
