Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Iune 28, 2020
ʻO ka hana o ka malama i hala aku nei ua hoʻololi nui ʻia. Hoʻokahi mea e kōkua ʻia me ke kāwele ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa luhi kahiko e pili ana inā nui a nui paha ke aupuni. Ma kāna wahi i loaʻa ai kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa he nui a maikaʻi paha e pono ai ke aupuni ma mua o ka ikaika a me ka hoʻopaʻi, a i ʻole e nānā ana i ka lawelawe a me ke kōkua.
Inā makemake mākou i nā aupuni kūloko a me ka moku'āina e hoʻolako nei i nā loea i ka hakakā o ka hakakā, ʻoihana nā mea kōkua e kōkua i ka poʻe me ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ka maʻi noʻonoʻo, a me ka poʻe loea i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka holo a pane ʻana paha i kēlā me kēia ʻano hiki mai, Loaʻa. ^ E Ha yM. Noho ia i ka oversized nā pūlāwaiwai no nā mākaʻi kaua a me ka incarceration.
Ma ka pae o ke aupuni pekelala, aia kahi manawa nui hou aʻe e neʻe i ke kālā mai ka poʻe make kino i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā ʻano kanaka āpau a me nā pono kanaka āpau. ʻOiai he mākaʻu liʻiliʻi nā mākaʻi a me nā hale paʻahao ka pakeneka i ka palena aupuni a me ka mokuʻāina, ua manaʻo ʻia ke aupuni US ke lilo aku, i loko o kūlā kālā ma 2021, $ 740 billion i kā ka pūʻali koa a me $ 660 biliona no nā mea āpau ʻē aʻe: nā pale e kū ana i ke kaiāulu, ka ikehu, hoʻonaʻauao, halihali, diploma, hale, ʻona, ʻepekema, ʻatikala maʻi maʻi, nā māka, nā haole (kōkua ʻole nā mea kaua), a pēlā aku.
ʻAʻohe lāhui ʻē aʻe hoʻolimalima ʻo ka hapalua paha ia a ka United States e hana ai i ka militarism. Hoʻolilo ʻo Lūkia ma lalo o 9 pākēneka a me Iran ma kahi o 1 pākēneka (e hoʻohālikelike ana i nā 2019 budget). ʻO kā Kina pūʻali koa pūʻali koa koʻikoʻi ma ka pālākiō o nā mākaʻi o US a me nā lilo o ka hale paʻahao - ʻaʻohe mea e like me ka lilo ʻana o ka pūʻali koa US.
Koa US hoʻolimalima i mālama i nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, a ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kaua āna i hana ai hana kūʻokoʻa a paʻakikī loa e hoʻopau. ʻO kēia ʻano paʻepaʻi he mea liʻiliʻi loa ia e pale aku ai i kekahi mai COVID-19, mai ka pōʻino i ke kaiapuni, mai nā kamepiula o nā pōʻino nuklea, mai nā wahi palekana ʻole ʻia, mai nā pilikia a pau i hana ʻia e ka ilihune, ai ʻole ka loaʻa ʻole o ka olakino olakino.
Ma nā hale ʻelua o ka ʻĀnekele i kēia manawa ke hoʻoponopono nei i ka National Defense Authorization Act e hōʻiliʻili ana i ke kākoʻo e hōʻemi i ka $ 740 biliona kālā no kēia makahiki e 10% no ke kumu o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kēlā mau kālā i nā kumu ʻoi aku ka naʻauao. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana o $ 74 biliona e hopena i kahi kālā o $ 666 biliona no ka militarism a me $ 734 biliona no nā mea āpau.
ʻAuhea e hea mai ai ke kālā? ʻAe, ʻo ka Pentagon kekahi keʻena i loaʻa ʻaʻole loa i hala kahi hōʻoia, akā loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau manaʻo kahi hele kekahi o ke kālā. Ma kekahi laʻana, e hoʻopau wale ana i ke kaua ma Afghanistan ua hoʻohiki ʻo Donald Trump i ka ʻōlelo no ke hoʻopau ʻana i ʻehā makahiki i hala hoola ka hapa nui o kēlā $ 74 biliona. A i ʻole ʻoe hoola aneane he $ 69 biliona e ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka waihona o ka puke o ka puke i hōʻike ʻia e like me ka Overseas Contingency Operations account (no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "kaua" ma ka hui pū ʻana).
Aia ma laila $ 150 ieeeea? i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā waihona o waho, ka nui o lākou i ka huhū nui, ʻo kekahi o lākou e kau nei i ka dictatorhip bruting. No ia mea, loaʻa ka ka hana kaua a me ka ʻoihana kālā o ka hoʻokaumaha aupuni ʻokoʻa e ke aupuni US. Aia nō kekahi mau mea kaua kīnā ʻole e kūʻai i kēlā me nā mea i makemake ʻole ʻia lawe ʻia i nā keʻena mākaʻi kūloko.
Ma hea e hiki ai ke kālā? Hiki iā ia ke loaʻa he hopena koʻikoʻi i ka United States a i ʻole ka honua. Wahi a ka US Census Bureau, ma ka makahiki 2016, e lawe ana ʻo ia ma $ 69.4 bilela ma kēlā me kēia makahiki e hoʻokiʻekiʻe nā ʻohana āpau o ʻAmelika a me nā keiki a hiki i ka lālau hune. Wahi a ka United Nations, $ 30 billion i kēlā me kēia makahiki hiki hopena pololi ma ka honua, a ma kahi o $ 11 piliona hiki e hoomakaukau i ka honua, ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me ka wai inu ʻona.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēlā mau helu, ʻoiai inā hoʻokaʻawale a palahu paha lākou, e hoʻolei i kekahi kānalua i ka manaʻo e hoʻolimalima kālā $ 740 biliona ma luna o nā mea kaua a me nā pūʻali he waiwai palekana? ʻO kekahi 95% o nā mea hoʻoweliweli pepehi pepehi kanaka ʻoi i kuhikuhiʻia e kūʻē i nā lawaiʻu koa haole, ʻoiai 0% kaomi loa i ka huhū ma luna o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai a me ka wai maʻemaʻe. Aia paha he mea hiki i kahi ʻāina e hana ai e pale iā ia iho ʻaʻole i komo i nā mea kaua?
ʻO ka neʻeʻana o ke kālā mai ka militaryism i nā hoʻopukapuka hou e hiki ke hoʻokele waiwai pono, a he mea pono e hana a pau loa e kōkua i ka poʻe i ka holo kāki he wahi uuku o na dala i pili i ia.
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ʻO David Swanson kahi mea kākau, haʻi'ōlelo, Luna Hoʻokena o World BEYOND War, a me ke kākoʻo Hoʻohui o RootsAction.org.
