David Swanson, Cia Sim Sim Kev Txawj Ntse.
Charlottesville, Va., Lub Nroog Council muaj cov txheej txheem rau hnub Monday, Lub Peb Hlis 20th, kev pov npav rau kev daws teeb meem tawm tsam Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump qhov kev thov kom hloov $ 54 billion los ntawm tib neeg thiab ib puag ncig xav tau rau kev siv tub rog. Qhov kev daws teeb meem hu rau Congress kom hloov nyiaj mus rau qhov tsis sib xws.
Qhov kev daws teeb meem tau pom zoo los ntawm Charlottesville Veterans For Peace, Charlottesville Amnesty International, World Beyond War, Tsuas yog Phau Ntawv Ntiaj Teb, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, Piedmont Group ntawm Sierra Club, Tus Neeg Sawv Cev rau Tebchaws Meskas Tus Kws Lij Choj Jeff Fogel, Charlottesville Democratic Socialists of America, Indivisible Charlottesville, HeARTful Action, Ua ke Cville, Clergy thiab Laity United rau Kev Thaj Yeeb thiab Kev Ncaj Ncees .
Trump qhov kev thov nyiaj txiag yuav txiav lub Environmental Protection Agency los ntawm 31%, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Vaj Tsev thiab Kev Loj Hlob los ntawm 13%, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Lub Xeev los ntawm 28%, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Liaj Ua Teb los ntawm 21%, Lub Tuam Txhab rau Kev Tshaj Tawm Txog Kev Tshaj Tawm los ntawm 100%, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Kev Pabcuam Tsev khaws puav pheej thiab tsev qiv ntawv los ntawm 100%, thiab National Endowment for the Arts los ntawm 100%.
Kev siv tub rog yuav nce los ntawm $ 54 billion rau ib yam dab tsi ntau dua 60% ntawm kev siv nyiaj txiav txim siab, ib feem pua tsis pom txij li Tsov Rog Txias. Tom qab ntawd, raws li cov lus ceeb toom, Trump yuav nug txog $ 33 nphom ntau tshaj tawm hauv phau ntawv raws li kev siv nyiaj ntxiv rau lub xyoo tam sim no (tsis yog lub xyoo tom ntej) rau cov tub rog siv rau cov kev pab cuam uas tus neeg sib tw Trump tau tawm tsam xws li F-35, thiab suav nrog $ 3 nphom rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Tebchaws los siv kev tsim phab ntsa thiab ntes thiab xa cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw. Piv txwv tias yav tom ntej zoo ib yam ntxiv rau xyoo kev siv nyiaj xyoo 2018, kev siv nyiaj tiag tiag tuaj yeem pom ntau dua 65% mus rau militarism.
Trump qhov kev thov nyiaj txiag tsis pub nyiaj rau ib qho ntawm cov txheej txheem uas nws tau cog lus thaum lub sijhawm nws txoj kev xaiv tsa.
"Lub Sierra Club txhawb nqa tag nrho cov nyiaj txiag ntawm Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig kom nws tuaj yeem tiv thaiv cov zej zog txaus los ntawm kev tswj hwm Txoj Cai Dej Huv Huv, Txoj Cai Tswj Huab Cua, Txoj Cai Tswj Tshuaj Toxic thiab lwm txoj cai tseem ceeb," said John Cruickshank, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Piedmont Group. ntawm Sierra Club.
“Peb tsis tuaj yeem saib mus ntxiv lawm. Lub lim tiam dhau los cov tub rog hauv av nkag mus rau Syria thiab cov xov xwm nyuam qhuav hais txog nws. Lub lim tiam ua ntej, Pathfinders rov qab los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Africa. Leej twg paub tias peb tab tom tawm tsam hauv Africa? Peb muaj tub rog xa mus rau ntau tshaj 150 lub teb chaws. Muaj pes tsawg lub tebchaws? nug Daniel Saint ntawm Charlottesville tshooj ntawm Veterans For Peace. "Thawj Tswj Hwm Obama, nyob rau hauv nws lub Xeev Qhov Chaw Nyob Kawg, tau zoo siab hais tias Tebchaws Meskas siv nyiaj ntau dua li yim lub tebchaws tom ntej ua ke - Tuam Tshoj, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Fabkis, United Kingdom, Is Nrias teb, Lub Tebchaws Yelemees, thiab Nyij Pooj. Ua ke! Tam sim no Trump xav kom nthuav dav ntxiv ntxiv $ 54 nphom ntxiv. Nws raug nqi $ 12 txhiab txhawm rau txhawm rau nqa lub qhov dej tshiab rau lub zos uas tsis muaj dej huv. Rau tsuas yog cov peev nyiaj nce ntxiv los ntawm Trump, peb tuaj yeem muab 4.5 lab qhov dej tshiab thoob plaws Africa, Is Nrias teb thiab Latin America. Xav txog yog tias cov menyuam yaus los ntawm thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb loj hlob nrog lub zeem muag ntawm Tebchaws Meskas raws li nqa cov dej haus huv es tsis yog cov foob pob tawg 'ua hauv Tebchaws Meskas.' Peb cov menyuam thiab cov xeeb ntxwv puas yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb dua nrog cov qhov dej tshiab tshiab lossis ntau dua riam phom nuclear?
"Indivisible Charlottesville, nrog rau ntau txhiab lub koom haum Indivisible thoob plaws tebchaws Amelikas, tau cog lus los tawm tsam Trump cov thawj coj kev siv zog los thim rov qab qhov kev vam meej ntawm lub xyoo dhau los, thiab tsim kom muaj ntau lub tebchaws uas tuaj yeem ntsib cov kev cov nyom tom ntej," David Singerman hais. . "Trump npaj yuav rhuav tshem cov kev pab cuam uas cia Virginians haus dej huv, ua pa huv si, nyob hauv vaj tse pheej yig, mus koom qee lub ntiaj teb cov tsev kawm qib siab zoo tshaj plaws, thiab pw tsis tsaug zog tsis ntshai tshuaj lom neeg thiab muaj xwm txheej. Nws yuav ua qhov no txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau ua tub rog uas muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm, thiab txhawm rau tsim cov phab ntsa hla peb ciam teb thiab xaus cov kev pab cuam uas pab txhawb rau cov neeg muaj kev phom sij tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. "
David Swanson, tus thawj coj ntawm "Tsis yog tub rog xwb qhov chaw tsis ncaj ncees lawm los tso nyiaj ntau dua," said David Swanson, tus thawj coj ntawm World Beyond War, “tab sis tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem hais tias tag nrho cov nyiaj ntawd mus qhov twg. Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg, uas Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump hais tias tau tsim lub zes ntawm Middle East, yog ib lub tuam tsev tsis tau tshuaj xyuas. "
“Peb tau paub tau ntau xyoo uas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Lag Luam yog qhov qub thiab khib nyiab, thiab nws qhov tsis muaj peev xwm dhau los ntawm kev kuaj xyuas huv yog qhov kev mus ntev, "Chairs John McCain (R-AZ) thiab Mac Thornberry (R-TX) ntawm Senate thiab Tsev Tub Rog Kev Pabcuam. Pawg neeg tau hais tsis ntev los no hauv ib sib koom ua ke. "Yog vim li cas cov teeb meem no tseem muaj tshwm sim yog qhov yooj yim: kev ua tsis tiav ntawm kev coj noj coj ua thiab tsis muaj kev lav phib xaub."
"Yog tias peb tuaj yeem txwv kev txwv tsis pub Muslim," ntxiv Swanson, "peb tuaj yeem txwv kev siv nyiaj tsis ncaj ncees ib yam nkaus!"
A CNN xaiv Thaum Lub Peb Hlis 1-4 tau nug txog cov lus pom zoo ntawm qhov kev thov no: "Tshaj tawm kev siv tub rog los ntawm kev txiav nyiaj rau Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig thiab lwm lub koom haum tsis tiv thaiv." Hauv tebchaws, 58% tsis pom zoo, thiab 41% pom zoo.
Charlottesville muab ib qho piv txwv ntawm yuav ua li cas tseem ceeb ntawm cov peev nyiaj tseem ceeb uas tsis muaj txoj hauv kev nrog cov tswv yim nrov. Siv cov kev suav ntawm National Priorities Project ntawm CostofWar.com, "Txhua teev, cov neeg them se hauv Charlottesville, Virginia tau them $ 12,258 rau Department of Defense hauv 2016." Qhov ntawd yog $ 107.4 lab hauv ib xyoos. Feem ntau ntawm kev siv tub rog yog nyob rau hauv lwm lub tuam tsev. Lub National Priorities Project muab cov lej rau ob peb ntawm lawv: $ 4.1 lab los ntawm Charlottesville rau riam phom nuclear, $ 2.6 lab rau riam phom rau tsoomfwv txawv tebchaws, $ 12.6 lab rau "kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws," thiab $ 6.9 lab rau xyoo 2016 off-the-books ntxiv slush nyiaj. Qhov ntawd yog $ 133.6 lab, tsis suav ntau lwm cov nuj nqis, thiab tsis suav cov nyiaj ntxiv $ 54 billion lossis ntxiv $ 30 billion, uas yuav ua rau tus nqi rau Charlottesville nce ntxiv $ 16 lab rau $ 149.6 lab.
Raws li National Priorities Project, uas yog cov nyiaj txaus los muab 1,850 Cov Xib Fwb Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab rau 1 Xyoo, lossis 2,019 Cov Haujlwm Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob Tsim los rau 1 Xyoo, lossis 2,692 Txoj Haujlwm Tsim Nyog Tsim rau 1 Xyoo, lossis 1,496 Txoj Haujlwm nrog Kev Txhawb Tsim Hauv Cov Zej Zog Muaj Peev Xwm rau 1 Xyoo, lossis 16,788 Lub Taub Hau Pib Rau Cov Menyuam Yaus rau 1 Xyoo, lossis 14,479 Tub Rog Tub Rog Tau Txais Kev Kho Mob VA rau 1 Xyoo, lossis 4,504 Scholarships rau Cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm Qib Siab rau 4 Xyoo, lossis 6,431 Cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm Tau Pell Grants ntawm $ 5,815, 4 Xyoos lossis 63,103 xyoo Cov menyuam yaus tau txais kev kho mob tau nyiaj tsawg rau 1 xyoos, lossis 168,519 Cov Tsev Neeg uas muaj cua sov rau 1 xyoos, lossis 42,024 tus neeg laus tau txais kev kho mob tau nyiaj tsawg rau 1 xyoos, lossis 104,093 Cov Tsev Neeg uas muaj hluav taws xob hnub ci rau 1 xyoos. Txhua yam ntawm cov khoom no muaj ntau dua Charlottesville, uas tsis muaj 104,093 tsev neeg, tuaj yeem siv tau.
Qhov kev daws teeb meem tau tsim rau Charlottesville City Council raws li nram no:
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
Thaum Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Mike Signer tau tshaj tawm Charlottesville lub peev ntawm kev tawm tsam rau kev tswj hwm ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump.[I]
Whereas Thawj Tswj Trump tau tawm tswv yim los tsiv tawm $ 54 ntawm tib neeg thiab kev siv nyiaj hauv tsev thiab txawv teb chaws mus rau kev siv nyiaj tub rog[Ii], coj cov tub rog siv nyiaj ntau dua 60% ntawm tsoomfwv txoj kev siv nyiaj[Iii],
Whereas ib feem ntawm kev pab daws cov teeb meem tawg rog yuav tsum xaus, tsis nce, ua tsov ua rog uas tsim cov neeg tawg rog[Iv],
Whereas Thawj Tswj Trump nws tus kheej lees hais tias cov tub rog siv nyiaj ntau dhau los ntawm 16 lub xyoos dhau los yog kev puas tsuaj thiab ua rau peb tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb, tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb[V],
Qhov twg feem ntawm cov lus qhia ua tub rog tau muab kev kawm dawb, zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm kev kawm pre-school los ntawm kev kawm qib siab[vi], kawg tshaib plab thiab tshaib plab hauv ntiaj teb[vii], hloov Teb Chaws Asmeskas los ntxuav lub zog[viii], muab dej haus huv txhua qhov chaw nws xav tau ntawm lub ntiaj teb[ix], tsim tsheb ciav hlau tag nrho ntawm cov nroog loj hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas[X], thiab ob npaug rau non-tub rog tuaj yeem pab Teb Chaws Asmeskas tsis yog txiav nws[xi],
Whereas txawm 121 retired US generals tau sau ib tsab ntawv tawm tsam txiav txawv teb chaws pab[xii],
Whereas lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2014 Gallup xaiv ntawm 65 haiv neeg pom tias Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau deb thiab deb lub teb chaws suav qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws rau kev thaj yeeb hauv lub ntiaj teb[xiii],
Whereas ib lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas ua dej num rau cov dej haus, tsev kawm ntawv, tshuaj, thiab lub hnub ci ci rau lwm tus yuav muaj kev ruaj ntseg thiab lub ntsej muag tsis sib haum nyob thoob ntiaj teb,
Whereas peb ib puag ncig thiab tib neeg cov kev xav tau xav ua kom tau ceev nrooj,
Whereas cov tub rog yog nws tus kheej zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov roj av peb muaj[xiv],
Whereas economists nyob rau hauv University of Massachusetts ntawm Amherst tau sau tseg tias kev siv nyiaj ua tub rog yog kev nqus dej khoob es tsis yog ib txoj haujlwm haujlwm[xv],
Yog li ntawd nws thiaj li tau txiav txim siab tias Lub Nroog Council ntawm Charlottesville, Virginia, hais kom lub tebchaws United States Congress txav peb cov nyiaj se ua raws nraim li cov lus taw qhia los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm, los ntawm kev ua tub rog rau tib neeg thiab ib puag ncig xav tau.
[I] "Sau npe tshaj tawm Lub Nroog yog 'Capital of Resistance' Tawm tsam Trump, Kev vam meej txhua hnub, Lub Ib Hlis 31, 2017, http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/politics/signer-declares-city-a-capital-of-resistance-against-trump/article_12108161-fccd-53bb-89e4-b7d5dc8494e0.html
[Ii] "Trump mus nrhiav $ 54 txhiab xyoo ntxiv nyob rau tub rog siv," Lub New York Times, Ob Hlis 27, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html?_r=0
[Iii] Qhov no tsis xam 6% rau qhov kev saib xyuas ntawm cov tub rog kev saib xyuas. Rau kev rhuav tshem ntawm kev siv nyiaj hauv kev 2015 los ntawm National Priorities Project, saib https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states
[Iv] "43 Lab Tib Neeg tawm ntawm Lawv Lub Tsev," World Beyond War, https://worldbeyondwar.org/43-million-people-kicked-homes / "Lub Tebchaws Europe Cov Neeg Tawg Rog Thoob Plaws Nyuaj Lub Tebchaws Amelikas," lub teb chaws, https://www.thenation.com/article/europes-refugee-crisis-was-made-in-america
[V] Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 27, 2017, Trump tau hais tias, "Yuav luag 17 xyoo ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Middle East . . . $ 6 trillion peb tau siv nyob rau hauv Middle East. . . thiab peb tsis nyob qhov twg, qhov tseeb yog tias koj xav txog nws peb tsawg dua tam sim no, Middle East yog deb tshaj li 16, 17 xyoo dhau los, tsis muaj kev sib tw. . . peb muaj hornet's zes. . . ” http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/27/trump_we_spent_6_trillion_in_middle_east_and_we_are_less_than_nowhere_far_worse_than_16_years_ago.html
[vi] "Kev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab: Peb Muaj Nqes Heev," Lub Washington Post, Tej zaum 1, 2012, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/free-college-we-can-afford-it/2012/05/01/gIQAeFeltT_story.html?utm_term=.9cc6fea3d693
[vii] "Lub Ntiaj Teb xwb Xav Tau 30 Nyiaj Plig Ib Xyoo rau Kev Tawm Tsam Txawv Tebchaws Tshaib plab," Food and Agriculture Organization ntawm United Nations, http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000853/index.html
[viii] "Huv Huv Zog yog $ 25 Trillion dawb noj su," Clean Technica, https://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/03/clean-energy-transition-is-a-25-trillion-free-lunch / Saib kuj: http://www.solutionaryrail.org
[ix] "Dej huv rau Lub Ntiaj Teb Nyab Xeeb," UN Environment Program, http://www.unwater.org/wwd10/downloads/WWD2010_LOWRES_BROCHURE_EN.pdf
[X] "Nqi ntawm High Speed Rail nyob rau hauv Suav Teb thib ib Thib Qis tshaj nyob rau hauv Lwm Lub Tebchaws," World Bank, http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/07/10/cost-of-high-speed-rail-in-china-one-third-lower-than-in-other-countries
[xi] Cov nyiaj pabcuam hauv tebchaws Asmeskas tsis yog tub rog yog $ 25 billion, txhais tau hais tias Thawj Tswj Trump yuav tsum tau txiav nws los ntawm ntau dua 200% kom nrhiav tau $ 54 nyiaj nws xav kom ntxiv rau kev ua tub rog
[xii] Tsab ntawv rau cov thawj coj ntawm Congressional, Lub Ob Hlis 27, 2017, http://www.usglc.org/downloads/2017/02/FY18_International_Affairs_Budget_House_Senate.pdf
[xiii] saib http://www.wingia.com/en/services/about_the_end_of_year_survey/global_results/7/33
[xiv] "Sib ntaus sib tua kev nyab xeeb hloov, Tsis Wars," Naomi Klein, http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2009/12/fight-climate-change-not-wars
[xv] "Kev Ua Hauj Lwm ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Teeb Meem ntawm Cov Tub Rog thiab Cov Peev Xwm Siv Nyiaj Ntau Yam: 2011 Hloov tshiab," Economic Economy Research Institute, https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/449-the-u-s-employment-effects-of-military-and-domestic-spending-priorities-2011-update
