Wolemba Greta Zarro, Virginia Defender, May 19, 2022
Mwezi watha, Purezidenti Biden akufuna kukweza bajeti ya Pentagon mpaka $770 biliyoni, kuposa momwe Trump adawonongera zida zankhondo. Kodi izi zimawakhudza bwanji a Virginia? Malinga ndi Project Priorities Project, okhometsa msonkho wamba ku Virginia adalipira $4,578 pazogwiritsa ntchito zankhondo mu 2019 mokha. Pa nthawi yomweyo, Virginia panopa ali pa nambala 41 m'dziko lonselo pakugwiritsa ntchito mwana aliyense pamaphunziro, ndipo kafukufuku amasonyeza kuti a Kuwonjezeka kwa $1,000 kwa ndalama zomwe wophunzira aliyense amawononga ndizokwanira kukweza mayeso, kuchuluka kwa omaliza maphunziro, ndi kulembetsa ku koleji.. Ichi ndi chitsanzo chimodzi chabe cha zinthu zokhotakhota zomwe dziko lathu limagwiritsa ntchito.
Momwemonso, mlatho wa Pittsburgh unagwa koyambirira kwa chaka chino ndi chikumbutso chodziwika bwino cha chiopsezo cha kunyalanyaza zosowa zapakhomo, ndi zomwe zimafika pafupi ndi nyumba, kuyambira. mazana a milatho ku Virginia nawonso akusowa mwadongosolo ndi zofunika kukonzedwa. Zomangamanga zathu ndi kwenikweni kutha nthawi yomwe bajeti yankhondo ya dziko lathu imakwera chaka chilichonse. Tikukankhira mabiliyoni ambiri kukweza zida zathu za zida za nyukiliya ndikusunga zida zankhondo 750+ kunja - ndi Pentagon silingathe ngakhale kuchita kafukufuku kuwerengera komwe ndalama zake zonse zikupita. Yakwana nthawi yoti tichepetse kukhumudwa ndikuyika ndalama zathu zamisonkho pomwe zikufunika.
"Sungani Ndalama" ndi gulu ladziko lomwe likupempha boma kuti likonzenso ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo pazofunikira zaumunthu komanso zachilengedwe. M'malo mwa $2.3 thililiyoni adagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo yolephera ku Afghanistan, taganizirani ngati ndalamazo zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pazosowa zenizeni za Achimereka, monga zomangamanga, ntchito, Pre-K yapadziko lonse, kuchotsa ngongole za ophunzira, ndi zina zambiri. Mwachitsanzo, $2.3 thililiyoni akanatha adalipira aphunzitsi a pulayimale miliyoni 28 kwa chaka chimodzi, kapena adapanga ntchito zamphamvu zokwana 1 miliyoni kwa chaka chimodzi, kapena adapatsa mabanja 31 biliyoni mphamvu zoyendera dzuwa kwa chaka chimodzi. Zogulitsa ndi zazikulu.
Gulu la Move the Money limayambira m'mizinda yathu, komwe matauni ambiri m'dziko lonselo - kuphatikizapo charlottesville pomwe pano ku Virginia - apereka kale ziganizo zoyitanitsa kuti achepetse bajeti ya Pentagon.
Anthu aku America akuyenera kuyimiridwa mwachindunji ku Congress. Maboma athu am'deralo ndi maboma akuyeneranso kutiyimilira ku Congress. Mamembala ambiri a khonsolo ya mizinda ku United States amalumbira paudindo kulonjeza kuti atsatira malamulo oyendetsera dziko la US. Kuyimira madera awo kumagulu apamwamba aboma, kudzera muzosankha zamatauni monga kampeni ya Move the Money, ndi gawo la momwe angachitire izi.
M'malo mwake, gulu la Move the Money limamanga pachikhalidwe chambiri chadziko lathu pazantchito zamayiko ndi mayiko. Mwachitsanzo, chakumayambiriro kwa 1798, Nyumba Yamalamulo ya ku Virginia State idapereka chigamulo pogwiritsa ntchito mawu a Thomas Jefferson odzudzula mfundo za boma zolanga dziko la France. Chitsanzo chaposachedwapa, gulu lodana ndi tsankho linasonyeza mphamvu zomwe mizinda ndi mayiko angakhale nazo pa ndondomeko ya dziko ndi dziko. Pafupifupi mizinda 100 yaku US ndi mayiko 14 aku US adachoka ku South Africa, kukakamiza a Congress kuti akhazikitse lamulo la Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act la 1986.
Masheya ku Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, ndi ena opanga zida zapamwamba zikuwuluka pakali pano chifukwa cha zovuta zomwe zikuchitika ku Ukraine komanso kulowetsedwa kwa zida zankhondo ku US. Nkhondo iyi ndi njira yokhayo yomwe mabungwe ankhondo amafunikira kuti apitirizebe kulimbikitsa ndalama zazikulu zachitetezo ndi thandizo lamakampani, chaka ndi chaka. Koma kutumiza zida kumalo omenyera nkhondo kumangowonjezera moto wankhondo, zomwe taziwona zikubwerezedwa m'zaka zonse za 20 'War on Terror.'
Nthawi yomweyo, boma lathu liyenera kukonzanso mwachangu omwe kuwononga zinthu zofunika kwambiri kuti tithane ndi zosowa zomwe anthu aku America akukula: njala yochuluka, kusowa pokhala, kusowa ntchito, ngongole za ophunzira, ndi zina. Ndipo mosiyana ndi mmene anthu ambiri amaonera, kafukufuku amasonyeza kuti anthu amaika ndalama pa nkhani zachipatala, maphunziro, ndiponso kuti azipatsa mphamvu mphamvu angapange ntchito zambiri kuposa ndalama zamagulu ankhondo. Yakwana nthawi yosuntha ndalama.
Greta Zarro ndi World BEYOND War's Organising Director and organisation for the Divest Richmond kuchokera ku War Machine Coalition.
