Billboard: 3% ya Kugwiritsa Ntchito Zankhondo ku US Kungathe Kuthetsa Njala Padziko Lapansi

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Mwa World BEYOND War, February 5, 2020

Pulatifomu ku Milwaukee, kumalire akummawa chakum'mawa kwa Wells ndi James Lovell (7th) Street, kudutsa msewu kuchokera ku Milwaukee Public Museum kudutsa mwezi wa February komanso kwa mwezi wa Julayi pomwe Msonkhano wa Democratic National Convention ukuchitika pafupi. amawerenga:

"3% ya Ndalama Zankhondo Zaku US Zitha Kuthetsa Njala Padziko Lapansi"

Kodi ndi nthabwala?

Ayi sichoncho. Milwaukeeans ndi ena kuzungulira dzikolo omwe ali ndi ndalama zawo zochepa zomwe akhala akupanga kuti apange zikwangwani ngati izi poyesa kutchula njovu yayikulu mchipinda chaku America - ngakhale, mwa mawu andale, ndi bulu wosakanizidwa-bulu: bajeti yankhondo yaku US.

Mabungwe omwe athandizira pa bolodi iyi akuphatikizaponso World BEYOND War, Milwaukee Veterans For Peace Chaputala 102, ndi Progressive Democrats of America.

A Paul Moriarity, Purezidenti wa Milwaukee Veterans For Peace anathirira ndemanga kuti: "Monga omenyera nkhondo, tikudziwa kuti nkhondo zosatha komanso mabungwe ogwira ntchito ku Pentagon sizitipulumutsa. Timawononga mazana mabiliyoni a madola omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito bwino pokakamiza zosowa monga maphunziro, chithandizo chamankhwala, komanso kupewa kusintha kwa nyengo koopsa. Kuphunzitsa ndi kukumbutsa anthu za zenizeni zenizeni zankhondo ndiye ntchito yayikulu ya Veterans For Peace. Ndife okondwa kukhala othandizana nawo pantchitoyi mwa World BEYOND War. "

World BEYOND War akhazikitsa zikwangwani m'mizinda yambiri. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa bungweli a David Swanson ati njirayi yathandizira kuyambitsa zokambirana zomwe sizingachitike. "Pamsonkano waposachedwa kwambiri wapurezidenti pa CNN, monga zimakhalira," adatero, oyang'anira adafunsa omwe akufuna kubatizidwa ndalama zomwe adzagwiritse ntchito ndi momwe adzaperekere, koma adataya chidwi chonse pakadzafika mafunso a nkhondo. Chinthu chachikulu kwambiri pamabungwe azisankho, omwe amatenga theka lake, ndiye chinthu chomwe sichinafotokozeredwe kwenikweni: ndalama zankhondo. ”

Jim Carpenter, wolumikizana ndi a Progressive Democrats of America, adati akukhulupirira kuti Senator Bernie Sanders akunena zowona ponena kuti tiyenera "kuphatikiza atsogoleri amitundu yayikulu yamakampani ndi cholinga chogwiritsa ntchito madola mamiliyoni mabiliyoni amitundu yathu pa nkhondo zosokonekera ndi zida zowononga anthu ambiri kuti m'malo mwake tizigwirira ntchito limodzi padziko lonse lapansi kuti tithane ndi zovuta zathu zanyengo ndikupanga mafakitale amafuta. Tili ndi mwayi wapadera wotsogolera dziko lapansi kusiya zankhondo. ”

Pofika chaka cha 2019, bajeti ya pachaka ya Pentagon, kuphatikiza ndalama zankhondo, kuphatikiza zida za nyukiliya ku dipatimenti ya Mphamvu, komanso ndalama zankhondo zochokera ku Department of Homeland Security, komanso chidwi chakuwononga ndalama pazankhondo, komanso ndalama zina pazankhondo zidakwana $ 1.25 thililiyoni (monga anawerengedwa lolemba William Hartung ndi Many Smithberger).

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors mu 2019 idapereka lingaliro lomwe linawerenga:

“NGAKHALE, malinga ndi Political Economy Research Institute ya University of Massachusetts, Amherst, kugwiritsa ntchito $ 1 biliyoni pazinthu zofunika kwambiri zapakhomo kumabweretsa 'ntchito zochulukirapo mu chuma cha US kuposa ndalama zomwezo zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kunkhondo'; ndipo

"NGAKHALE, Congress iyenera kukhazikitsa magulu ankhondo achitetezo ku zosowa zaumunthu ndi zachilengedwe: thandizo ku cholinga chopereka maphunziro aulere, apamwamba kuchokera kusukulu zisanachitike kudzera ku koleji, kuthetsa njala yapadziko lonse, kutembenuza United States kukhala magetsi, kupereka madzi akumwa akumwa kulikonse , amapanga sitima zapamtunda pakati pa mizinda ikuluikulu ku United States, amalipirira ntchito yolembedwa, ndipo amaperekanso thandizo ku mayiko akunja. ”

"Kuthetsa njala yapadziko lonse lapansi," atero Swanson, "ndichinthu chimodzi chaching'ono pamndandanda wazomwe zingatheke pobweza gawo lina lazowononga komanso zotsutsana ndi magulu ankhondo. Zingakhale kusintha kwakukulu pamalamulo akunja. Tangoganizirani zomwe dziko lapansi lingaganize za United States, zikadadziwika kuti ndiye dziko lomwe linathetsa njala yapadziko lonse. Kuchepa kwa nkhanza kungakhale kwakukulu. ”

World BEYOND War amafotokoza atatu peresenti motere:

Mu 2008, United Nations anati $ 30 mabiliyoni pachaka amatha kuthetsa njala padziko lapansi, monga momwe tawonera New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ndi malo ena ambiri ogulitsira. A Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN FAO) akutiuza kuti chiwerengerochi chidakalipobe. Mabiliyoni makumi atatu okha ndi 2.4% yokha ya 1.25 thililiyoni. Chifukwa chake, 3 peresenti ndiwowerengera wosasintha pazomwe zingafunike. Monga tawonera pa boardboard, izi zikufotokozedwa mwatsatanetsatane ku worldbeyondwar.org/explained.

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