Pamene mavuto athu akulimbana ndi chilengedwe amachititsa kuti pakhale mliri wa masoka komanso masoka achilengedwe, boma likuwonongabe ndalama zopanda ntchito, chitetezo cha asilikali.
Miriam Pemberton, US News
Gulu lathu lankhondo lati kusintha kwanyengo "ndikuwopseza chitetezo chathu mdziko lonse, zomwe zithandizira kuwonjezeka kwa masoka achilengedwe, othawa kwawo, komanso mikangano pazinthu zofunika monga chakudya ndi madzi."
Ndipo mwezi uno Obama akulengeza njira yothetsera kusintha kwa nyengo ku polojekiti yathu ya chitetezo cha dziko. Koma panalibe kutchulidwa kwa ndalama: Kodi izi zingagwiritse ntchito ndalama kapena ndalama zotani?
Mwezi wamawa, tidzadziwa ngati tikhala ndi omwe akukana nyengo kapena oteteza zochitika ku White House, ndipo a Congress apitiliza kukana kapena ali okonzeka kuthana ndi vutoli. Adzafunika kudziwa zomwe tikugwiritsa ntchito pano ngati maziko pazokambirana pazomwe tikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito. Pafupi ndi malamulo, ndalama ndiye chida chofunikira chomwe boma liyenera kulimbikitsa kuchepa kwa CO2 mumlengalenga.
Koma boma la federal silinapange bajeti yokhudza kusintha kwanyengo kuyambira 2013. Pakadali pano, tili ku malo otentha azovuta za othawa kwawo ku Syria. Ndipo ngakhale mikhalidwe yomwe idabweretsa tsokali idakhazikitsidwa ndi geopolitics komanso ndale zamkati, imodzi mwazilala zakanthawi yayitali kwambiri m'mbiri yomwe idakhudza dzikolo kuyambira 2006 mpaka 2010 idachitanso gawo lalikulu.
Chifukwa chake Institute for Policy Study ikulowererapo kudzaza mpatawo. Lipoti latsopano la IPS, "Kuthana ndi Mkhalidwe wa Kusokonekera: Ndalama Zosungirako Zachilengedwe ndi Zomwe Zimagwirizanitsa Nkhondo, ”Ikupereka bajeti yolondola kwambiri yokhudza kusintha kwa nyengo yomwe ikupezeka pakadali pano, yojambula deta kuchokera kumaofesi angapo. Zikuwonetsa kuti ngakhale oyang'anira a Obama adakwanitsa kupititsa patsogolo ndalama zakusintha kwanyengo pafupifupi $ 2 biliyoni pachaka kuyambira 2013, ndalama zatsopano zomwe zikugwirizana ndi chiwopsezo cha nyengo zatsekedwa.
Kenako lipotilo likuyang'ana momwe kuwonongera "zoopseza" izi kumakhazikika mu bajeti yathu yonse yachitetezo, poyerekeza ndi ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazida zankhondo. Zikupezeka kuti kugwiritsa ntchito mwambi wokha popewa kusintha kwanyengo pa mapaundi aliwonse amachiritso ankhondo, ndiye kuti, dola imodzi pa $ 16 iliyonse yomwe agwiritsa ntchito yankhondo zitha kukhala kusintha. Chiwerengero chamakono ndi 1:28. Ndalama zochulukirapo makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu zikupita kwa asitikali ankhondo omwe adzafunika kuthana ndi zovuta zakusintha kwanyengo, mwanjira ina, monga ndalama zomwe zatetezedwa "pachiwopsezo chomwe chikukula" chikuwonjezeka.
Ikuwunikiranso momwe mbiri yathu imayendera pafupi ndi mdani wathu, China. China, zachidziwikire, tsopano yatsogola kupita ku US ngati "mtsogoleri" wapadziko lonse lapansi mu zotulutsa zonse zapano. Koma imagwiritsanso ntchito pafupifupi theka ndi theka zomwe US imagwiritsa ntchito pakusintha kwanyengo - malinga ndi ziwerengero za China, koma ndi chidziwitso cha UN. Pakadali pano, US imagwiritsa ntchito zochulukirapo kuposa theka ndi theka zomwe China imagwiritsa ntchito pazankhondo zawo. Chifukwa cha momwe ndalama zimayendera pagulu, bajeti yonse yaku China ikuyendetsa bwino kwambiri magwiridwe antchito ankhondo ndi nyengo - yomwe imatsata kukula kwa chiwopsezo cha chitetezo chomwe chimadza chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo.
Kugawidwa kwa IPS kwa bajeti yachitetezo kungakwaniritse gawo lomwe US ikugwira poteteza kutentha kwa madigiri a 2 - mulingo womwe asayansi azanyengo akuti ndikofunikira popewa kusintha kwanyengo. Ikulamula kusinthana ngati kutenga ndalama zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito pulogalamu yaposachedwa yama missile yomwe sikugwira ntchito, ndikuigwiritsa ntchito kuyika mapaundi miliyoni a 11.5 miliyoni amagetsi a dzuwa m'nyumba, kusunga matani 210,000 a CO2 mlengalenga pachaka.
Izi ndizomwe tilili: Monga momwe kutentha kwa dziko lonse kukugwirizanirana, Louisiana ikugwedezeka ndi kusefukira kwa madzi, mayiko angapo adagwa ndi moto ndipo California yakhala ikusowetsedwa ndi madzi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti Congress iwononge ndalama zowonjezera. Asayansi akudandaula kuti, monga ku Syria, kupatula ngati dziko lonse lapansi likutentha kwambiri, US akhoza kukhala pangozi yothetsa mikangano pazinthu zofunika monga chakudya ndi madzi.
Pakalipano, ndondomeko zogwiritsira ntchito $ 1 trillion kuti zisawonongeke zida zathu zonse za nyukiliya zidakalipo, ndipo ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pulogalamu ya F-35 yopambana ndege ikupitirira kukwera $ 1.4 trillion. Pokhapokha ngati tikufuna kusunthira ndalama, ma alarm ochokera kumadera onse okhudza chitetezo chadzidzidzi cha kusintha kwa nyengo adzasokoneza.
Nkhani yomwe idapezeka koyamba pa US News: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-10-05/the-military-names-climate-change-an-urgent-threat-but-wheres-the-money
