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Kukonzekera Kwachuma: Mawu Ochokera ku "Nkhondo Ndi Bodza" Wolemba David Swanson

Kumapeto kwa 1980s, Soviet Union inapeza kuti idasokoneza chuma chake pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri pa asilikali. Pa ulendo wa 1987 ku United States ndi Pulezidenti Mikhail Gorbachev, Valentin Falin, mtsogoleri wa Novosti Press Agency ku Moscow, adanena chinthu china chimene chinawulula mavutowa azachuma komanso kudutsa nthawi ya 911 yomwe idzadziwika bwino kwa zida zonse zotsika mtengo zikhoza kulowa mu mtima wa ufumu womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi madola triliyoni pachaka. Iye anati:

"Sitizitsanzira [United States], kupanga mapulaneti kuti tigwirizane ndi ndege zanu, mfuti kuti mutenge mfuti yanu. Tidzatenga njira zopanda malire ndi mfundo zatsopano za sayansi zomwe zilipo kwa ife. Genetic engineering ingakhale chitsanzo cholingalira. Zinthu zikhoza kuchitika zomwe palibe mbali yomwe ingapeze chitetezo kapena zotsutsana, ndi zotsatira zoopsa. Ngati mukukula chinachake mu danga, tikhoza kukhala ndi chinachake padziko lapansi. Awa si mawu okha. Ndikudziwa zomwe ndikuzinena. "

Ndipo kunali kochedwa kwambiri ku Soviet Economics. Ndipo chinthu chachirendo ndi chakuti aliyense ku Washington, DC, amamvetsa izo ndipo amachikokomeza izo, kuchotsera zifukwa zina zonse pamene Soviet Union imatha. Tidawakakamiza kumanga zida zambiri, ndipo izi zinawawononga. Izi ndizodziwika bwino pakati pa boma lomwe tsopano likupanga zida zambiri zowonjezera, pomwe panthawi yomweyi zimasokoneza chizindikiro chilichonse cha chidwi choyandikira.

Nkhondo, ndi kukonzekera nkhondo, ndizo ndalama zathu zazikulu kwambiri komanso zowononga kwambiri. Ndikudya chuma chathu kuchokera mkati. Koma popeza chuma chosagonjetsedwa ndi asilikali chikugwa, chuma chotsaliracho chimayendetsedwa ndi ntchito za usilikali. Timaganiza kuti asilikali ndi malo omwe amaoneka bwino komanso kuti tifunikira kuganizira zinthu zonse.

"Mzinda Wachimidzi Umasangalala ndi Boom," werengani mutu wa USA Today pa August 17, 2010. "Perekani ndi Kupindulitsa Kukula kwa Mizinda ya Midzi." Ngakhale kuti ndalama zogwiritsidwa ntchito pagulu pa china chirichonse kupatula kupha anthu nthawi zambiri zikanyozedwa ngati socialism, pakadali pano kufotokozera sikungagwiritsidwe ntchito chifukwa ndalamazo zinkachitidwa ndi asilikali. Kotero izi zimawoneka ngati chovala cha siliva popanda kukhudza imvi:

"Kuwonjezeka mwamsanga kwa malipiro ndi zopindulitsa mwa ankhondo kwatulutsa mizinda yambiri ya asilikali kukhala pakati pa anthu olemera kwambiri m'madera, USA TODAY analysis akupeza.

"Mudzi wakumudzi wa Marines 'Camp Lejeune - Jacksonville, NC - wapita ku 32nd wapamwamba kwambiri pa munthu pa 2009 pakati pa madera akuluakulu a 366 ku America, malinga ndi deta ya Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Mu 2000, idali ndi chiwerengero cha 287th.

"Mzinda wa Jacksonville, wokhala ndi anthu a 173,064, unali ndi ndalama zambiri pamtundu wina uliwonse wa North Carolina ku 2009. Mu 2000, inayang'ana 13th ya madera a 14 m'madera a boma.

"Kufufuza kwa USA MASIKU ano kumawoneka kuti 16 m'madera a midzi ya 20 ikukwera mofulumira kwambiri pazomwe anthu amapeza pokhapokha ngati 2000 ili ndi zida zankhondo kapena pafupi. . . .

". . . Kulipira ndi kupindula mu usilikali kwakula mofulumira kuposa omwe ali mbali ina iliyonse ya chuma. Asilikali, oyendetsa sitima ndi Marines analandira ndalama zokwana $ 122,263 pa munthu aliyense mu 2009, kuchokera ku $ 58,545 mu 2000. . . .

". . . Pambuyo pokonzekera kuwonjezeka kwa kutsika kwa chuma, chiwerengero cha asilikali chinapereka 84 peresenti kuchokera ku 2000 kupyolera mu 2009. Ndalama inalimbikitsa 37 peresenti kwa ogwira ntchito ogwira ntchito ku federal komanso peresenti ya 9 kwa ogwira ntchito payekha, malipoti a BEA. . . . "

Chabwino, kotero ena a ife angasankhe kuti ndalama za malipiro abwino ndi zopindulitsa zikupita ku malonda abwino, amtendere, koma mwina zikupita kwinakwake? Ndibwino kuposa china, chabwino?

Kwenikweni, ndizoipa kuposa chilichonse. Kulephera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalamazo ndipo mmalo mwake kudula misonkho kungapangitse ntchito zambiri kuposa kuziyika mu usilikali. Kuziyika muzinthu zothandiza monga maulendo ambirimbiri kapena maphunziro angakhale ndi mphamvu zowonjezera ndikupanga ntchito zambiri. Koma ngakhale ngakhale, ngakhale kudula misonkho, sikungakhale kovulaza kwambiri kuposa kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama.

Inde, kuvulaza. Ntchito iliyonse ya usilikali, mafakitale aliwonse ogwira ntchito, ntchito iliyonse yomanga nkhondo, ntchito yothandizira aliyense wamtendere kapena wozunza ndizobodza ngati nkhondo iliyonse. Zikuwoneka ngati ntchito, koma si ntchito. Ndiko kusowa kwa ntchito zabwino komanso zabwino. Ndizowononga ndalama zapadera pa chinthu china choyipa pa ntchito yolenga ntchito kuposa china chilichonse komanso choipitsitsa kuposa zina zomwe mungapeze.

Robert Pollin ndi Heidi Garrett-Peltier, wa Political Economy Research Institute, adasonkhanitsa deta. Biliyoni iliyonse ya ndalama za boma zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu usilikali zimapanga ntchito za 12,000. Kuliyika mmalo mwazitsamba za msonkho kwachinsinsi kumapanga pafupifupi 15,000 ntchito. Koma kuika kuchipatala kumatipatsa ntchito 18,000, kuyendetsa ntchito kunyumba komanso ntchito za 18,000, maphunziro a 25,000 ntchito, komanso ntchito yopititsa patsogolo 27,700 ntchito. Maphunziro a 25,000 omwe amapangidwa ndi apamwamba amapindula kwambiri kuposa ntchito za asilikali a 12,000. M'madera ena, malipiro ambiri ndi zopindulitsa zimapangidwa ndizomwe zimakhala zochepa kusiyana ndi zankhondo (pokhapokha pokhapokha phindu la ndalama likuganiziridwa), koma ndalama zomwe zimakhudza chuma chimakhala chachikulu chifukwa cha ntchito zambiri. Njira yosankha misonkho ilibe mphamvu yaikulu, koma imapanga ntchito 3,000 zambiri pa madola biliyoni.

Pali chikhulupiliro chofala kuti Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko lonse inathetsa Kuvutika Kwakukulu. Izi zimawoneka ngati kutali kwambiri, ndipo azachuma sagwirizana nazo. Zomwe ndikuganiza kuti tingathe kunena ndi chidaliro, choyamba, kuti ndalama zankhondo za padziko lonse lapansi sizinalepheretse kupumula kwa Kuvutika Kwakukulu, ndipo chachiwiri, kuti ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mayiko ena zikanakhala bwino kuti achire.

Tidzakhala ndi ntchito zambiri ndipo adzatipiritsa zambiri, ndipo tidzakhala anzeru komanso amtendere ngati titapereka ndalama ku maphunziro osati nkhondo. Koma kodi izi zikutsimikizira kuti ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito nkhondo zikuwononga chuma chathu? Chabwino, taganizirani phunziro ili ku mbiri yakale ya nkhondo. Ngati mutakhala ndi maphunziro apamwamba kwambiri omwe amapereka ndalama osati ntchito ya usilikali yochepa kapena yopanda ntchito, ana anu akhoza kukhala ndi maphunziro apamwamba omwe ntchito yanu ndi anzanu amagwira. Ngati sitidapanda gawo limodzi la magawo asanu a ndalama zomwe timagwiritsa ntchito pomenyera nkhondo, tikhoza kukhala ndi maphunziro apamwamba ochokera ku sukulu. Titha kukhala ndi zothandizira zambiri zokhudzana ndi moyo, kuphatikizapo kuchoka pantchito, zozizira, kuchoka kwa makolo, chithandizo chamankhwala, ndi kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka zinthu. Tikhoza kukhala ndi ntchito. Mukanakhala mukupanga ndalama zambiri, kugwira ntchito maola angapo, ndi kuchepetsa ndalama zambiri. Ndingakhale bwanji otsimikiza kuti izi n'zotheka? Chifukwa ndikudziwa chinsinsi chomwe nthawi zambiri timakhala nacho ndi American media: pali mitundu ina pa dziko lino lapansi.

Buku la Steven Hill lakuti Europe's Promise: Chifukwa chakuti European Way Ndilo Chiyembekezo Chokongola M'zaka Zosakwanira zili ndi uthenga womwe tiyenera kukhala wolimbikitsa kwambiri. European Union (EU) ndizochuma kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ambiri mwa iwo amakhala olemera, odwala, komanso osangalala kwambiri kuposa anthu ambiri a ku America. Anthu a ku Ulaya amagwira ntchito maola ochepa, amatha kunena zambiri momwe abambo awo amachitira zinthu, amalandira maulendo aatali kwa nthawi yaitali komanso amalephera kubwerera kwawo, amatha kudalira ndalama zowonjezera, zomwe zimakhala zopanda ndalama komanso zopanda ndalama zambiri. ku koleji, amapereka theka la chiwonongeko cha chilengedwe cha America, kupirira pang'ono mwa chiwawa chomwe chinachitika ku United States, kumanga akaidi azing'ono otsekedwa kuno, ndi kupindula ndi chiwonetsero cha demokarasi, chiyanjano, ndi ufulu wa anthu osaganiziridwa malo omwe timanyozedwa kuti dziko limadana nafe chifukwa cha "ufulu" wathu. Mayiko a ku Ulaya amaperekanso ndondomeko yachilendo, kutengera mayiko ena oyandikana nawo chiwonetsero cha demokarase poyembekezera kuti bungwe la EU likhale lokha, pamene tikuyendetsa mayiko ena kutali ndi maboma abwino phindu lalikulu la magazi ndi chuma.

Inde, izi zikanakhala nkhani yabwino, osati chifukwa choopsa komanso choopsa cha msonkho wapamwamba! Kugwira ntchito mochepa komanso kukhala ndi moyo wautali ndi matenda osachepera, malo abwino, maphunziro abwino, zosangalatsa zambiri, zikondwerero zolipira, ndi maboma omwe amavomereza bwino anthu - zonse zimawoneka bwino, koma zenizeni zimaphatikizapo kuipa kwakukulu kwa msonkho wapamwamba! Kapena kodi?

Monga momwe Hill imasonyezera, Aurose amalipira misonkho yowonjezera, koma amalipira msonkho wapansi, malo, katundu, ndi chikhalidwe cha chitetezo cha anthu. Amaperekanso misonkho yapamwamba yokhoma msonkho kunja kwa ndalama zambiri. Ndipo zomwe a ku Ulaya amapeza pazopindulitsa zomwe safunikira kugwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zaumoyo kapena ku koleji kapena kuphunzitsidwa ntchito kapena zinthu zina zambiri zomwe sizingatheke koma kuti timafuna kukondwerera mwayi wathu kulipira aliyense payekha.

Ngati timapereka ndalama zambiri monga a European, kodi n'chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kulipira pa zonse zomwe timafunikira paokha? Chifukwa chiyani misonkho yathu siilipilira zosowa zathu? Chifukwa chachikulu ndi chakuti ndalama zambiri za misonkho zimapita ku nkhondo ndi asilikali.

Timaperekanso kwa olemera kwambiri pakati pathu kudzera m'mabungwe ogulitsa msonkho komanso kubwezera ndalama. Ndipo njira zathu zothetsera zosowa zaumunthu monga chithandizo chaumoyo ndizosachita bwino. M'chaka choperekedwa, boma lathu limapereka $ 300 biliyoni pamaphwando amisonkho ku bizinesi chifukwa cha ntchito zawo zaumoyo. Ndikokwanira kulipilira aliyense m'dziko lino kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino, koma ndi gawo limodzi chabe la zomwe timalephera kuntchito yopereka chithandizo chamankhwala yomwe, monga momwe ikutchulidwira, ilipo makamaka kuti ipange phindu. Zambiri zomwe timasokoneza misala iyi sizidutsa mu boma, zomwe timadzikuza kwambiri.

Komabe, timakondwera kwambiri chifukwa cha fosholo yaikulu ya ndalama kudzera mu boma komanso kumalo ogwirira ntchito zamagulu. Ndipo ndicho kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pathu ndi Ulaya. Koma izi zikuonetsa kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa maboma athu kuposa pakati pa anthu athu. Anthu a ku America, mu zofukufuku ndi kafukufuku, angasankhe kusunthira ndalama zochuluka kuchokera ku usilikali kupita ku zosowa zaumunthu. Vuto lalikulu ndiloti maganizo athu sakuyimira mu boma lathu, popeza chidziwitso ichi kuchokera kulonjezano la ku Ulaya chimati:

"Zaka zingapo zapitazo, mzanga wina wa ku America yemwe amakhala ku Sweden anandiuza kuti iye ndi mkazi wake wa ku Swedish anali ku New York City ndipo, mwangozi, adatha kugawa gawo lachiwonetsero kumalo owonetsera masewero ndi Senator wa ku United States John Breaux kuchokera ku Louisiana ndi mkazi wake. Breaux, wokonzeka, wokhometsa msonkho wa Democrat, adafunsa mzanga wanga za Sweden ndi kunjenjemera akunena za 'misonkho yonse imene a ku Sweden amalipilira,' kumene a American anati, 'Vuto la America ndi msonkho ndilo kuti sitikupeza kanthu kwa iwo. ' Kenako anapitiriza kuuza Breaux za ntchito zonse zomwe anthu a ku Sweden amalandira pobwezera misonkho. 'Ngati anthu a ku America amadziwa zomwe a ku Sweden adzalandira chifukwa cha misonkho, mwina tidzasokonezeka,' adatero khunguyo. Ulendo wonsewo wopita kuchigawo cha zisudzo unali wosasamala kwambiri. "

Tsopano, ngati mukuganiza kuti ngongole ndi yopanda phindu ndipo simukuvutitsidwa ndi kubwereka mabiliyoni ambiri a madola, ndiye kuti kudula maphunziro a asilikali ndi kukulitsa ndi mapulogalamu ena othandizira ndi nkhani ziwiri zosiyana. Inu mukhoza kukakamizidwa pa chimodzi koma osati chimzake. Komabe, kukangana komwe kunagwiritsidwa ntchito ku Washington, DC, pofuna kuchepetsa ndalama zambiri pazofuna zaumunthu nthawi zambiri kumayang'ana kuwonongera ndalama ndi kufunikira kokonza bajeti. Chifukwa cha zochitika zandale, kaya mukuganiza kuti bajeti yabwino ndi yothandiza, nkhondo ndi zochitika zapakhomo sizingagwirizane. Ndalama ikubwera kuchokera ku mphika womwewo, ndipo tikuyenera kusankha kaya tizigwiritsa ntchito pano kapena apo.

Mu 2010, Rethink Afghanistan idapanga chida patsamba la FaceBook chomwe chimakupatsani mwayi woti mugwiritsenso ntchito, monga momwe mwawonera, madola trilioni mumisonkho yomwe, yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pomenya nkhondo ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Ndinadina kuti ndiike zinthu zosiyanasiyana "ngolo yanga" kenako ndikufufuza kuti ndione zomwe ndapeza. Ndinakwanitsa kulemba ntchito aliyense ku Afghanistan kwa chaka chimodzi $ 12 biliyoni, ndikupanga nyumba zokwanira 3 miliyoni ku United States kwa $ 387 biliyoni, kupereka chithandizo chamankhwala kwa miliyoni miliyoni aku America $ 3.4 biliyoni ndi ana miliyoni miliyoni $ 2.3 biliyoni.

Ngakhale kuti ndinali ndi ndalama zokwana $ 1 trillion, ndinakwanitsanso kukopera aphunzitsi miliyoni / mafilimu miliyoni chaka chimodzi kwa $ 58.5 biliyoni, ndi aphunzitsi a pulayimale miliyoni miliyoni pachaka kwa $ 61.1 biliyoni. Ndinapatsanso ana miliyoni miliyoni ku Head Start kwa chaka kwa $ 7.3 biliyoni. Kenaka ndinapatsa ophunzira a 10 miliyoni chaka chimodzi kuti adziwe maphunziro a $ 79 biliyoni. Potsirizira pake, ndinaganiza zopereka zogwiritsa ntchito 5 miliyoni ndi mphamvu zowonjezereka kwa $ 4.8 biliyoni. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikupitirira malipiro anga, ndinapita ku galimoto yogula, kuti ndikudziwitse kuti:

"Mudakali ndi $ 384.5 biliyoni." Geez. Tidzachita chiyani ndi zimenezo?

Madola okwana madola trillion amapita kutali ngati simukuyenera kupha aliyense. Koma madola trilliyoni anali chabe mtengo wapadera wa nkhondo ziwirizo mpaka kufika pomwepo. Pa September 5, 2010, akatswiri azachuma Joseph Stiglitz ndi Linda Bilmes adalemba chikalata ku Washington Post, yomanga pa buku lawo loyamba la mutu womwewo, "Chowonadi Chake cha Nkhondo ya Iraq: $ 3 Trillion ndi Pambuyo." Olembawo ananena kuti chiwerengero chawo cha $ 3 trilioni pa Nkhondo yokha ku Iraq, yoyamba yofalitsidwa mu 2008, mwina inali yotsika. Chiwerengero chawo cha ndalama zonse zomwe zinaphatikizapo nkhondoyi chinali kuphatikizapo kuyeza, kuchiza ndi kulipira ngongole za olumala, zomwe 2010 zinali zazikulu kuposa zomwe ankayembekezera. Ndipo icho chinali chochepa cha izo:

"Kwa zaka ziŵiri, tazindikira kuti kulingalira kwathu sikunatengere ndalama zomwe zimakhala zodetsa nkhawa kwambiri: anthu omwe ali m'gulu la 'akhoza kukhala ndi ma Mwachitsanzo, ambiri akudandaula mokweza kuti, panthawi yomwe dziko la Iraq silinagonjetsedwe, tidzakhalabe ku Afghanistan. Ndipo ichi si chokhacho 'bwanji ngati' choyenera kulingalira. Tingafunse kuti: Ngati sikunkhondo ya ku Iraq, kodi mitengo ya mafuta idzafulumira mofulumira? Kodi ngongole ya federal ikhale yaikulu kwambiri? Kodi mavuto azachuma angakhale ovuta kwambiri?

"Yankho la mafunso anai onsewa mwina ayi. Phunziro lalikulu la zachuma ndizopindulitsa - kuphatikizapo ndalama ndi chisamaliro - sizikusowa. "

Phunzirolo silinalowe mumzinda wa Capitol Hill, komwe Congress imasankha kubweza ndalama podzionetsera kuti ilibe ufulu.

Pa June 22, 2010, Nyumba Yaikulu Mtsogoleri wamkulu Steny Hoyer adalankhula m'chipinda chachikulu chapadera ku Union Station ku Washington, DC ndipo anatenga mafunso. Iye analibe yankho la mafunso amene ine ndinamupatsa iye.

Nkhaniyi inali yokhudza udindo wa ndalama, ndipo adanena kuti zomwe akufunazo - zonsezi zinali zoyenera - ziyenera kukhala "pokhapokha ngati chuma chikubwezeretsedwa." Sindikudziwa kuti izi zidzachitika liti.

Wodzikuza, monga momwe amachitira, amadzitama pocheka ndikuyesera kudula zida zina zankhondo. Kotero ndinamufunsa momwe anganyalanyaze kutchula mfundo ziwiri zofanana. Choyamba, iye ndi anzake akuwonjezereka bajeti yonse chaka chilichonse. Chachiwiri, iye anali kugwira ntchito kuti athandizire kuchuluka kwa nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndi malipiro "othandizira" omwe ankagwiritsa ntchito ndalamazo, popanda ndalama.

Hoyer anayankha kuti zonsezi ziyenera kukhala "patebulo." Koma sanafotokoze kuti alephera kuwaika pomwepo kapena kuwonetsa momwe angachitire. Palibe mtembo wakuphatikizidwa wa Washington womwe unasonkhanitsidwa.

Anthu ena awiri adafunsa mafunso abwino okhudza chifukwa chake dziko lapansi likufuna kutsatira Social Security kapena Medicare. Mnyamata wina anafunsa chifukwa chake sitingathe kutsatira Wall Street mmalo mwake. Kuchita mantha kunapangitsa kuti musinthe kusintha, ndikudzudzula Bush.

Pulezidenti Obama adanyoza mobwerezabwereza. Ndipotu, adanena kuti pulezidentiyo atapereka mwayi wothandizidwa ndi bungwe la pulezidenti (komitiyi ikuwoneka kuti ikufuna kupititsa patsogolo Social Security, ntchito yomwe imatchulidwa kuti "komiti ya chakudya" chifukwa cha zomwe zingachepetse okalamba kuti azidya chakudya chamadzulo). ndondomeko iliyonse, ndipo ngati Senate idawagwiritsanso ntchito, ndiye kuti Nyumba ndi Mwini Speaker Nancy Pelosi adzawaika pansi kuti azivota - ziribe kanthu zomwe angakhale.

Ndipotu, posakhalitsa chichitike, Nyumbayi inapereka lamulo lokhazikitsa lamulo loti azivotera pazitsamba zilizonse zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi Senate.

Pambuyo pake Hoyer anatiuza kuti pulezidenti yekha amatha kuwononga ndalama. Ndinayankhula ndikumufunsa kuti, "Ngati simudutsa, Pulezidenti amalembetsa bwanji?" Mtsogoleri wamkulu adandiyang'anitsitsa ngati nyongolosi. Iye sananene kanthu.

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