Kākoʻo Pūnaewele: New Welfare or Warfare?

mai ka Ke Ana Hoʻomalu, Mei 14, 2020

ʻO ka waihona kālā i ka Pūnaewele ʻO 2020 'Rebuilding Together' kālā he $ 4,621,354,000¹ - ʻo ia ka awelika ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 88.8 miliona i kēlā me kēia pule.

ʻOiai he liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi kēia inā hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka nui o ka waihona kaua o ka pūʻali koa i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka Budget 2019² , ʻaʻole hele lawa ia. Hōʻike ka hoʻokaʻawale o kēia makahiki ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19, aia nō i ke aupuni ka manaʻo kahiko like e pili ana i ka 'security' - kahi nānā i nā manaʻo palekana pūʻali koa haiki ma mua o ka palekana maoli e kū ana i nā pono o nā mea a pau o Nūhōlani.

Ma hope mai nei ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina nui e holo ke aupuni i luna o nā palena āpau "e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa kālā o kā mākou kālā i ka waiwai", a "ʻoi aku ka makemake o kā mākou mau kula a me nā halemai, nā hale aupuni a me nā alanui a me nā alanui. Pono mākou i kā mākou mākaʻi a me nā kahu hānai, a makemake mākou i kā mākou ʻupena palekana. "³ He mea paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo pehea e hiki ai ke hoʻāpono ʻia kēia pae o ka hoʻokele ʻana o ka pūʻali koa e like me ka waiwai no ke kālā a i ʻole ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻokō i ka pono no nā lawelawe kaiāulu koʻikoʻi.

I kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku paha ma mua o ka wā ma mua, maopopo leʻa loa ka hana ʻana a ka pūʻali koa i mea ʻole e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia nui i kū i mua o Aotearoa - inā paha ʻo ka ʻōnaehana olakino ʻike nui hewahewa ʻole, ka nele o nā hale kūpono, nā pae o ka ʻilihune a me ka like ʻole o ka nohona, ka lawa ʻole. hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻololi i ke aniau, a pēlā aku - ma kahi o ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana a ka pūʻali koa e hoʻohuli i nā kumuwaiwai i hiki ke hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia.

No nā makahiki he nui i hala aku ua ʻōlelo aupuni ʻaʻole he hoʻoweliweli pololei i kēia ʻāina, a - e ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo - inā aia, ʻaʻole lawa ka nui o nā pūʻali koa Niu Sila e kāohi ai i ka huhū koa.

Ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka manaʻo paʻa kaua paʻa pono ʻole, pono mākou e neʻe i ka neʻe ʻana mai ka mālama ʻana i nā pūʻali koa mākaukau mākaukau i nā ʻoihana lehulehu e hoʻokō pono ana i ka pono o ka poʻe o Aotearoa a me ko mākou mau hoalauna Pākīpika. Hāʻawi ʻia i nā waiwai waiwai a New Zealand, ʻo ka pono nui no ka nui o ka hoʻonui kālā ʻana ma ka ʻĀina a me ka makemake nui hoʻi no ka ʻono ʻāina i ka Pākīpika a puni ka honua, ʻaʻole ia he kumu no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻolimalima kālā ʻana me nā lako kaua a me nā hana.

ʻO nā lawaiʻa a me ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai, ka palena palena palena, a me ka huli kai a me ka hoʻopakele ʻana e hiki ke hana maikaʻi ʻia e kahi kaiāulu kūloko me nā hiki kai kūwaho a me nā ʻāina kūwaho, i hoʻolako ʻia me ke ʻano o nā kaʻa, nā moku a me nā mokulele e kūpono i ko mākou kahakai, Antarctica a me ka Pākīpika, kahi - me nā lako pono kīwila no ka ʻimi ʻāina a me ka hoʻopakele ʻana, a no ke kōkua kanaka ma aneʻi a ma nā ʻāina ʻē - he koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma muli o ke koi ʻole ʻana o kekahi o kēia mau lako kaua i nā lako koa.⁴

Inā loaʻa kekahi aʻo e aʻo ʻia mai ka maʻi ahulau o kēia manawa, ʻo ia nō ka noʻonoʻo hou e pili ana i ka maikaʻi e hoʻokō ai i kā mākou pono palekana maoli. Ma kahi o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i kahi kumumanaʻo e kālele ana i ka mana o ka palekana pūʻali koa haiki ʻole, hiki iā New Zealand - a pono - ke alakaʻi i ke ala. Ma kahi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke ala o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i $ 20 biliona plus (me ka waihona kālā o ka pūʻali koa makahiki) i loko o nā makahiki he XNUMX e hiki mai ana no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke hakakā, me nā mokulele kaua hou a me nā moku kaua, he manawa kūpono kēia e koho ai i kahi ala hou aʻe i mua.

ʻO ka hoʻololi mai ka pūʻali koa mākaukau makaukau i nā ʻoihana kūwaho, me ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā no ka diplomasi, e hōʻoia i ka hiki ʻana o Aotearoa i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi loa i ka maikaʻi a me ka palekana maoli no nā poʻe āpau o Aotearoa, a ma ka pae kaiāulu a me nā pae honua, ma mua ona hiki ke hoʻomau mau a mālama hou i nā lima liʻiliʻi akā i ke kaua kaulike.

E hoʻomaopopo '

¹ ʻO kēia ka helu āpau ma nā Pākuʻi Kākoʻo ʻekolu i helu ʻia ai ka hapa nui o nā pūʻali koa: Vote Defense, $ 649,003,000; ʻO ka puali koa Vote, $ 3,971,169,000; a me ke ʻIke Pili, $ 1,182,000 Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Budget 2019, ua hōʻemi ʻia ke kaila kālā ma Vote Defense a me Vote Defense Force e $ 437,027,000, a ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hāʻawi kālā ma Vote Education e $ 95,000.

² 'NZ Wellbeing Budget: Hōʻea ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻolimalima koa', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 May 2019 a "Hoʻonui ke kauā ʻana o ka pūʻali koa aupuni, New Zealand ranks in report ', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 27 April 2020, http://www.converge.org.nz/pma / gdams.htm

³ ʻO ka haʻi ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Nui ma mua o ka Budget, 13 Mei 2020, https://www.beehive.govt.nz

⁴ No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai e mālama ai i nā pūʻali koa mākaukau mākaukau, a me nā ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i mua, e ʻike i ka 'Submission: Budget Policy Statement 2020', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 Ianuali 2020, https://www.facebook.com/AlohaHanahui / post /2691336330913719