na Medea Benjamin lāua ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, ʻO CODEPINK no ka maluhia, 'Okakopa 7, 2021
Ke kū nei ʻo Pelekikena Biden a me ka ʻaha Demokalaka i kahi pilikia ʻoiai ʻo ka papahana kūloko kaulana a lākou i holo ai i ke koho balota 2020 i mālama ʻia e ʻelua mau Senatoa Demokarata hui, wahie kākāhā consigliere ʻo Joe Manchin lāua hōʻaiʻē uku uku punahele ʻo Kyrsten Sinema.
Akā i ka hebedoma ma mua o ka $ 350 biliona-no kēlā me kēia makahiki pūʻulu home a Dems i kū ai i kēia paia o nā ʻeke kālā hui, aia wale nō a koho ʻia nā House Democrats he ʻelua ma mua o ka pāpālua o kēlā kālā i ka Pentagon. Ua wehewehe hoʻokamani ʻo Senator Manchin i ka pila hoʻolilo kālā home ma ke ʻano he "pupule kālā," akā ua koho ʻo ia no kahi kālā Pentagon nui aʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka 38.
ʻO ka pupule kālā maoli ka mea a ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hana ai i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e lawe ana i ka hapa nui o kāna mana i ka waiho ʻana i ka papa ʻaina a hāʻawi iā ia i ka Pentagon ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā pono kūloko o ka ʻāina. Ke mālama nei i kēia ʻano, ua pīpī ʻo Kongres i waho $ 12 ieeeea? no 85 mau mokulele kaua F-35 hou aku, 6 i ʻoi aku ma mua o kā Trump i kūʻai ai i ka makahiki i hala, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ʻana i ka pono o ke kūʻai ʻana he nui F-35s me ke kālele ʻana i $ 12 biliona i ka naʻau naʻau, mālama ola, ikehu maʻemaʻe a me ka hakakā ʻana i ka ʻilihune.
The 2022 nā hoʻolālā kaua bila (NDAA a i ʻole National Defense authorization Act) i hala i ka hale ma Kepakemapa 23 e hāʻawi ʻia he $ 740 biliona i ka Pentagon a $ 38 biliona i nā keʻena ʻē aʻe (ʻo ka hapa nui o ka Department of Energy no nā mea kaua nukelea), no ka huina o $ 778 biliona i ka pūʻali koa. ke hoʻolilo kālā ʻana, he $ 37 biliona hoʻonui ma luna o ka pūʻali koa pūʻali koa o kēia makahiki. E hoʻopaʻapaʻa koke ka Senate i kāna mana o kēia pila — akā, mai manaʻo nui i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma laila pū kekahi, ʻoiai ka hapa nui o nā kenekoa he “ʻae kāne” ke pili ana i ka hānai ʻana i ka mīkini kaua.
ʻElua mau hoʻoponopono a ka Hale e hōʻoki ai i kahi ʻoki kūpono ʻole: hāʻule kekahi e ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Sara Jacobs $ 24 ieeeea? ua hoʻohui ʻia i ka noi kālā a Biden e ke Kōmike Hana Mea Koa o ka Hale; a ʻo kekahi na Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez no kahi papa holoʻokoʻa 10% ʻoki (me nā hoʻokoe no ka uku koa a me ke olakino).
Ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana no ka hoʻonui kālā, kēia waihona kālā nui loa kūlike ia me ka piko o nā kūkulu lima o Trump i ka makahiki 2020, a ʻo 10% wale nō ia ma lalo o ka moʻolelo ma hope o WWII hoʻonoho ʻia e Bush II ma 2008 ma lalo o ka uhi o nā kaua ma ʻIraka a me Afghanistan. Hāʻawi ia iā Joe Biden i ka hoʻokaʻawale kānalua o ka pelekikena ʻehā ma hope o ke Kaua Cold US e hoʻouka kaua aku i kēlā me kēia pelekikena Cold War, mai Truman a Bush I.
I ka hopena, ua laka ʻo Biden a me ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka $ 100 biliona no kēlā me kēia makahiki kūkulu lima ʻana a Trump i kūpono ai me kāna nā hoʻopiʻi lapuwale ia ʻO kā Obama moʻolelo ua hoʻopau ka pūʻali koa i ka pūʻali koa.
E like me ka hoʻokō ʻole o Biden e hui hou me ka ʻO JCPOA me ʻIrana, ka manawa e hana ai i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka pūʻali koa pūʻali koa a me ka hoʻopukapuka hou ʻana i nā mea nui o ka home i nā pule mua a me nā mahina o kāna hoʻokele. ʻO kāna hana ʻole i kēia mau pilikia, e like me kāna lawe ʻana i kahi mau tausani o ka poʻe ʻimi asylum desperate, ua ʻōlelo ʻoi aku ka hauʻoli o ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā kulekele ultra-hawkish o Trump ma mua o kona ʻae ākea.
Ma 2019, ka Polokalamu no ke kūkākūkā lehulehu ma ke Kulanui o Maryland i alakaʻi ʻia he aʻo kahi a ia i haʻi ʻōlelo ai i ka poʻe ʻAmelika maʻamau i ka deficit budget federal a nīnau iā lākou pehea lākou e kamaʻilio ai. Ua ʻoluʻolu ka mea pane i ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana i ka deficit e $ 376 biliona, ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻauhau ma luna o ka poʻe waiwai a me nā ʻoihana, akā ma ka ʻoki ʻana i ka awelika o $ 51 biliona mai ka pūʻali koa.
ʻOiai ʻo Republicans i makemake i ka ʻoki ʻana i $ 14 biliona, ʻoiai nā Democrats i kākoʻo i kahi ʻoi aku ka nui o $ 100 biliona. ʻOi aku kēlā ma mua o ka 10% ʻoki i ka Ocasio-Cortez Hoʻololi i hōʻole ʻole ʻia, a kākoʻo paʻa mai mai 86 wale nō Demokalaka Reps a kūʻē ʻia e 126 Dems a me kēlā me kēia Repubalika.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā Democrats i koho no nā hoʻoponopono e hōʻemi i ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana ua koho ʻia e hoʻoholo i ka bila hope momona. ʻO 38 wale nō nā Democrats i makemake e balota kūʻē he $ 778 biliona kālā no ka hoʻolimalima kālā ʻana o ka pūʻali koa, ke hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea ʻo Veterans a me nā lilo e pili pū ana, e hoʻomau ʻia ka pau ʻana ma luna o 60% o ka hoʻolilo kālā kūpono.
"Pehea ʻoe e uku ai?" pili maopopo wale nō i "kālā no nā kānaka," ʻaʻole loa i "kālā no ke kaua." Pono ka hana ʻana i nā kulekele kūpono i ka ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kālā i hoʻopukapuka ʻia i ke aʻo ʻana, mālama olakino a me ka ikehu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka hoʻokomo kālā i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ke kālā no ke kaua e hāʻawi liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole hoʻi hoʻihoʻi i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā koe wale nō nā mea hana mea kaua a me nā mea hana Pentagon, e like me ka hihia me ka $ 2.26 trillion o ka United States. kipa ʻia on ka make a me ka luku ma Afghanistan.
A like e ka Political Economy Research Center ma ke Kulanui o Massachusetts ʻike ʻia ka hoʻolilo ʻana o ka pūʻali koa i nā hana he nui ma mua o ka ʻano o nā lilo aupuni. Ua ʻike ʻia he $ 1 biliona i hoʻopukapuka ʻia i ka pūʻali koa e loaʻa ai ka awelika o 11,200 mau hana, ʻoiai ka nui like i hoʻopukapuka ʻia i nā wahi ʻē aʻe e loaʻa ana: 26,700 mau hana ke hoʻopukapuka ʻia i ka naʻauao; 17,200 i ke olakino; 16,800 i ka hoʻokele ʻōmaʻomaʻo; a i ʻole 15,100 mau hana i ka stimulus kālā a i ʻole nā uku pono.
He kaumaha ia wale nō ke ʻano o Hoʻonāukiuki Keynesian ʻo ka mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ʻia ma Wakinekona ka mea liʻiliʻi loa no nā ʻAmelika, a ʻo nā mea ʻino loa hoʻi no nā ʻāina ʻē kahi i hoʻohana ʻia ai nā mea kaua. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole he manaʻo politika kā kēia mau makakoho pono ʻole no nā lālā Demokarata o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, nona ka poʻe koho balota e hōʻoki i ka hoʻolilo pūʻali koa ma ka awelika o $ 100 biliona no kēlā me kēia makahiki. ma muli o ka balota o Maryland.
No laila, no ke aha i pili ʻole ai ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i nā makemake kulekele ʻē aʻe o kā lākou mea koho? Ua kākau maikaʻi ʻia e pili kokoke aku ana nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo me ka heeled maikaʻi nā mea kōkua o ka hoʻouka kaua a me nā lobbyists ʻoihana ma mua o ka poʻe hana nāna lākou i koho, a ʻo ka "mana kūpono ʻole" o ka Eisenhower's Koa-Industrial Complex paʻa hou aʻe aʻoi aku ka insidious ma mua o ka manawa, e like me kona makaʻu.
Hoʻohana ka Pūʻali Koa-Industrial Industrial i nā hemahema i ka mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻōnaehana politika nawaliwali, quasi-demokratika e hōʻole i ka makemake o ka lehulehu a hoʻolilo i kālā hou a ka lehulehu i nā mea kaua a me nā pūʻali koa ma mua o ka honua aʻe. 13 mana pūʻali koa. He kaumaha loa kēia i ka manawa ke kaua nā luku lehulehu i lilo i kumu no ka hoʻonele ʻana i kēia mau kumuwaiwai no 20 mau makahiki i ka hopena, mahalo, e pau ana.
ʻO nā mea hana lima ʻelima nui loa o US (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman a me General Dynamics) no 40% o nā hana hoʻolaha pekelala o ka ʻoihana kaua, a ua loaʻa pū ʻia he $ 2.2 trillion ma nā ʻaelike Pentagon mai ka makahiki 2001 no ka hoʻihoʻi no kēlā mau makana. Loa, 54% o ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana o ka pūʻali koa i pau i ka waihona o nā mea hana pūʻali koa pūʻali, loaʻa iā lākou $ 8 trillion mai ka manawa o 2001.
Noho ka hale a me nā kōmike lawelawe pūʻali koa Senate ma waenakonu o ka Pūʻali Koa-Industrial, a me kā lākou lālā lālā ʻo ia nā mea loaʻa nui loa o ke kālā ʻoihana lima i ka ʻAhaʻolelo. No laila he mea haʻalele ʻole ia i ka hana no kā lākou mau hoapili e hoʻopaʻa i nā bila hoʻolilo pūʻali koa i kā lākou ʻōlelo-no laila me ka nānā ʻole kūʻē.
ka hoʻohui hui, ke hoʻomoe nei a me ka palaho o ka pāpāho US a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka "bubble" ʻo Wakinekona mai ka honua maoli i hana i kahi kuleana i ka wehe ʻana i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe a ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
Aia kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe i kūkākūkā iki ʻia no ka hoʻokaʻawale ma waena o ka mea a ka lehulehu e makemake ai a pehea e koho ai ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a hiki ke loaʻa i loko o kahi ʻumeʻume 2004 aʻo e ka ʻaha kūkā kamaʻāina o Kikako e pili ana i nā pilina ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Hall of Mirrors: Perceptions and Misperceptions in the Congressional Foreign Politics Process."
ka "Keena aniani"Kahaha ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻae ākea ma waena o nā manaʻo kulekele ʻē aʻe o nā luna kau kānāwai a me ka lehulehu, akā" i nā manawa he nui i koho ʻia ʻo Congress ma nā ʻano kūlike ʻole me kēia mau ʻaha kūkā. "
Ua hana kahi mea kākau i kahi ʻike kūʻē e pili ana i ka manaʻo o nā limahana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo. "ʻO ka pīhoihoi, nā limahana i kūlike ʻole nā manaʻo me ka hapa nui o ko lākou poʻe i hōʻike ʻia i kahi bias nui i ka kuhi ʻana, me ka pololei ʻole, ua ʻae nā mea koho pū me lākou," i loaʻa i ke aʻo ʻana, ma mua o ka manaʻo ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. "
ʻO kēia ke kuʻi ʻana i ka hihia o nā limahana Demokarata, ka poʻe i manaʻo pinepine ʻia i ko lākou manaʻo lokomaikaʻi i hoʻonoho ʻia iā lākou i ka hapa nui o ka lehulehu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o kā lākou poʻe i koho like i ka manaʻo like. ʻOiai ʻo nā limahana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mua i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e pili ana i nā mea pili kānāwai, he kuleana ʻokoʻa kēia mau manaʻo kuhihewa i ka politika kūwaho anti-demokratika a ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
Ma ka hapanui, ma ʻeiwa mau kumuhana kulekele ʻē aʻe, he awelika o 38% wale nō o nā limahana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo i hiki ke hoʻomaopopo pololei inā he nui ka lehulehu i kākoʻo a kūʻē paha i kahi pae o nā kulekele ʻē aʻe i nīnau ʻia iā lākou.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻohālikelike, ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka hewa pinepine ʻole o kā lākou mau lālā ponoʻī. ke koho balota nei nā lālā i nā ala i kūlike me ka pehea a lākou e makemake ai i kā lākou lālā e koho.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ia no ka lālā o ka lehulehu e ʻike inā he koho ko lākou Lunamakaʻāinana e like me ko lākou makemake a ʻaʻole paha. ʻAʻohe kūkā kamaʻilio nūhou a loulou paha i nā koho balota maoli, ʻoiai ʻo ka Pūnaewele a me ka ʻAhaʻōlelo Keʻena kākau ʻōlelo e hoʻomaʻalahi ma mua o ka hana ʻana pēlā.
Hoʻopuka nā hui kaiaulu a me nā hui activist i nā moʻolelo koho kikoʻī. ʻO Govtrack.us ʻae i nā mea koho inoa e kau inoa no nā leka uila o kēlā me kēia koho balota i loko o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo. ʻO Punch Holomua alualu i nā balota a me nā helu helu Reps i ka manawa pinepine a lākou e koho balota ai no nā kūlana "holomua", ʻoiai nā pūʻulu activist e pili ana i nā pilikia e nānā a hōʻike i nā bila a lākou e kākoʻo ai, e like me CODEPINK i CODEPINK ʻAhaʻōlelo. Wahi wehe hiki i ka lehulehu ke nānā i ke kālā i loko o ka politika a ʻike i ka nānā ʻana o kā lākou Lunamakaʻāinana i nā ʻāpana ʻoihana like ʻole a me nā hui hoihoi.
Ke hele mai nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i Wakinekona me ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe paha o ka ʻike kulekele ʻē aʻe, e like me ka nui o nā poʻe, pono lākou e hana i ka pilikia e aʻo ikaika mai nā ʻano kumuwaiwai he nui, e ʻimi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kulekele ʻē aʻe mai waho o ka Pūʻali Koa-Industrial Industrial i hewa. lawe wale mai iā mākou i ke kaua pau ʻole, a hoʻolohe i kā lākou mea koho.
ka Keena aniani pono ke aʻo ma ka heluhelu ʻana no nā limahana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo, a pono lākou e noʻonoʻo i ka pilikino a me ka hui pū ʻana i nā kuhi hewa i hōʻike ʻia.
E makaʻala nā lālā o ka lehulehu i ka manaʻo ʻana e koho balota kā lākou mau Lunamakaʻāinana i ke ala a lākou e makemake ai, a ma kahi o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻike pehea lākou e koho balota ai. Pono lākou e launa pinepine i kā lākou mau keʻena e hoʻolohe i ko lākou leo, a hana pū me nā hui kaiaulu pili pili i nā pilikia e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou no kā lākou mau balota i nā pilikia a lākou e manaʻo nui ai.
Ke kakali nei i mua o ka makahiki o ka wā e hiki mai ana a me nā hakakā pūʻali koa, pono mākou e kūkulu i kahi neʻe kaulana ikaika e hōʻole i ka hoʻoholo anti-demokratika koʻikoʻi e hoʻololi i kahi "hakakā i ka weliweli" i ka mea pono ʻole a me ka hoʻonele. heihei kaua oi weliweli me Rukia a me Kina.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka nīnau ʻana o kekahi ma ka ʻAhaʻōlelo pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke mālama i kā mākou poʻe keiki a hōʻoia i ke ola e hiki mai ana ma kēia honua, ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe holomua i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e ʻauhau no ka ʻauhau ʻana i ka poʻe waiwai akā e ʻoki ana i ka Pentagon – ʻaʻole wale ma nā tweets a i ʻole nā haʻi ʻōlelo. akā i ke kulekele maoli.
ʻOiai ua lohi paha e hoʻi i ka papa i kēia makahiki, pono lākou e kau i kahi laina i ke one no ka pūʻali koa o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana e hōʻike ana i ka mea a nā lehulehu e makemake ai a me ka honua e pono nui ai: e hoʻohuli i ka mīkini kaua weliweli, a me hoʻopukapuka i ka mālama olakino a me kahi ʻano livable, ʻaʻole pōkā a me F-35s.
ʻO Medea Benjamin ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻO CODEPINK no ka maluhia, a me nā mea kākau o kekahi mau puke, e komo pū ai I loko o Iran:ʻO ka moʻoleloʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka politika o ka moku'Alapila o Iran.
He kanaka hana kūlohelohe ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, he mea noiʻi me CODEPINK a ʻo ka mea nāna i kākau ʻO ke koko i ko mākou mau lima: kaʻAhaʻAmelika a me ka Hahaʻi o Iraq.
