Mzinda wa Charlottesville Ukhazikitsa Kusankha Kufunsa Congress kuti Ilipereke Zosowa za Anthu ndi Zachilengedwe, Osati Kuwonjezeka kwa Asilikali

Ndi David Swanson

A Charlottesville, Va., City Council Lolemba madzulo, pa Marichi 20, 2017, adapereka chigamulo chotsutsana ndi malingaliro a Purezidenti Donald Trump, omwe amasamutsa ndalama zankhondo kuchokera kuma pulogalamu ena ambiri. Pulogalamu ya kukonza ndondomeko analeredwa kuti awerenge kuwerenga motere. Iyo idapitsidwanso ndi kusintha kochepa. Tsamba lomaliza liyenera kutumizidwa pa intaneti ndi maganizo, moyenera kanema ya msonkhano umene adawerengedwa mokweza ndikukambirana.

Sungani Zosowa za Anthu ndi Zachilengedwe, Osati Kuwonjezeka kwa Asilikali 

Pomwe Purezidenti Donald J. Trump aganiza zosintha $ 54 biliyoni pakugwiritsa ntchito ndalama za anthu ndi zachilengedwe kunyumba ndi akunja kuti achulukitse ndalama zankhondo, kubweretsa ndalama zankhondo kupitirira 60% ya federal discretionary; ndipo

Pomwe nzika za ku Charlottesville zimalipira kale $ 112.62 miliyoni pamisonkho yaboma yokhudza ndalama zankhondo, ndalama zomwe chaka chilichonse zimatha kupereka kumaloko: malipiro a aphunzitsi oyambira 210; Ntchito zatsopano zamagetsi 127; Ntchito zomangamanga 169; 94 yathandizira mwayi wantchito kwa nzika zobwerera; Mipando ya ana asukulu 1,073 ku Head Start; chithandizo chamankhwala omenyera nkhondo ankhondo 953; 231 maphunziro aku koleji kwa omaliza maphunziro a CHS; Mphatso za 409 Pell za ophunzira aku Charlottesville; chisamaliro chaumoyo cha ana opeza ndalama zokwana 3,468; mphepo yokwanira kulimbitsa mabanja 8,312; chithandizo chamankhwala kwa anthu 1,998 omwe amalandira ndalama zochepa; NDI mapanelo a dzuwa operekera magetsi mabanja 5,134.

Ngakhale kuti azachuma ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts alemba kuti ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa nkhondo ndizofuna ndalama osati ntchito; [1] ndi

Pamene zosowa zathu zaumunthu komanso zachilengedwe zimakhala zofunikira, ndipo kuthekera kwathu kuti tithane ndi zofunikirazi kumadalira ndalama za federal zothandiza maphunziro, ubwino, chitetezo cha anthu, komanso kukonzanso chitukuko; ndi

Pomwe lingaliro la Purezidenti lichepetsa thandizo lakunja ndi zokambirana, zomwe zimathandiza kupewa nkhondo komanso kuchitiridwa nkhanza za anthu omwe amakhala othawa kwawo, komanso akazembe aku US okwana 121 alemba kalata yotsutsa izi;

Chifukwa chake zatsimikizika kuti City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, ikulimbikitsa United States Congress, komanso nthumwi yathu makamaka, kuti akane pempholi loti lichepetse ndalama zosowa za anthu ndi zachilengedwe poteteza bajeti, komanso kuti ayambe kusuntha mbali inayo, kuonjezera ndalama zothandizira anthu ndi zachilengedwe ndikuchepetsa bajeti.  

1. "Ntchito ku US Zazogwira Ntchito Zankhondo ndi Zowononga M'nyumba Zofunika Kwambiri: Zosintha mu 2011," Political Economy Research Institute,
https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/449-the-u-s-employment-effects-of-military-and-domestic-spending-priorities-2011-update

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Kupita kwa chisankhocho kunatsatira pempho la zosiyana Baibulo ndi gulu lalikulu la magulu.

Pamsonkhano wa Lolemba, chisankho chidaperekedwa ndi mavoti a 4-0, osanenapo chimodzi.

Membala wa City Council a Bob Fenwick, msirikali wakale wankhondo yaku US ku Vietnam ndi ana amuna awiri omenyera nkhondo ku Afghanistan, adati kuchepetsa chidwi chazankhondo kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala bwino. "Takhala ndi nkhondo zokwanira," adatero.

Msonkhano wa Mzinda wa City Kristin Szakos adalemba mawu omasulira pamwambapa.

Kuvoteredwa kwapadera kunali a bungwe la Council Wes Bellamy ndi Kathy Galvin.

Ndikuona, izi ndizofunikira kwa Congress, dziko, ndi dziko kuchokera ku bungwe lathu la mzinda lomwe lasankha kutilozera ife. Charlottesville sanapange chidziwitso chodziwika bwino komanso chosocheretsa pokhapokha podula mabala, zomwe zikanabweretsa zofunikira zodziwika ndi zosayenera kwa boma lazing'ono. Charlottesville analongosola kuti ndalama zimasunthidwa kuchoka kulikonse kupita kunkhondo, ndipo idalimbikitsa khalidwe labwino loyendetsa ndalama mosiyana.

Tiyenera kudziwa kuti zonena kuti kugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo ndizovuta zachuma zikuwonetsa kuti kudula misonkho kumabweretsa ntchito zambiri kuposa ndalama zankhondo. Kugwiritsa ntchito gulu lankhondo kumabweretsa ntchito zochepa kuposa omwe samakhoma msonkho poyamba. Kafukufuku amene watchulidwa pamwambapa samanena kuti ntchito zankhondo kulibe.