Bwanji ngati iwo apereka nkhondo ndipo palibe amene analipidwa?

Ndi David Hartsough, loyambirira lofalitsidwa ndi Waging Nonviolence

"Poganizira Pogona Pakhomo." (Flickr / JD Hancock)

Pamene April 15 akuyandikira, musawonongeke: Ndalama za msonkho zomwe ambiri a ife tidzatumiza ku boma la US zimapereka ndalama zowononga anthu osalakwa, zida za nyukiliya zomwe zingathe kuthetsa moyo wa anthu padziko lapansi, kumanga ndi kugwiritsira ntchito zoposa zankhondo za 760 m'mayiko oposa 130 padziko lonse lapansi. Tikufunsidwa ndi boma lathu kuti tipereke thandizo labwino komanso zachuma kuwononga ndalama za boma ku sukulu za ana athu, mapulogalamu a mutu wa mutu, maphunziro a ntchito, kuteteza zachilengedwe ndi kuyeretsa, mapulogalamu kwa okalamba, ndi chithandizo chamankhwala kwa onse omwe boma lingathe kugwiritsa ntchito Pa 50 peresenti ya ndalama zathu zonse za msonkho pa nkhondo ndi zina zankhondo.

Mkazi wanga Jan ndi ine takhala tikugonjetsa msonkho wa nkhondo kuyambira pa nkhondo ku Vietnam. Sitingathe kupereka chikumbumtima chabwino chifukwa chopha anthu m'mayiko ena.

Kodi ndi kwanzeru kugwira ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku kuti mukhale mtendere ndi chilungamo ndikupereka malipiro a tsiku limodzi pa nkhondo ndi kupanga nkhondo? Pofuna kuthetsa nkhondo, maboma amafuna amuna ndi akazi omwe akufuna kukamenyana ndi kupha, ndipo amafunika kuti tonsefe tipereke misonkho kuti tipereke ndalama za asilikali, mabomba, mfuti, zida, ndege ndi okwera ndege. Ndalama za nkhondo zokha zikulimbana tsopano ziri mu trilioni madola.

Zowonjezereka, timatha kuzindikira kuti nkhondo zambiri zimachokera ku mabodza - zida zowonongeka ku Iraq, Gulf of Tonkin ku Vietnam, ndipo tsopano al-Qaeda kumbuyo kwa chitsamba chilichonse komanso m'dziko lililonse boma lathu likufuna kulimbana.

Monga boma lathu likugwiritsa ntchito drones lomwe limapha zikwi zambiri za anthu osalakwa, timapanga adani ambiri, motero tikutsimikiza kuti tidzakhala ndi nkhondo kuti tidzamenyana nthawi zonse. Nkhondo yolimbana ndi chikomyunizimu inali yoyenera pa ndalama zathu zonse. Tsopano ndi nkhondo yowopsya. Koma vuto ndilokuti nkhondo zonse ndizogawenga. Zimangotengera mapeto a mfuti kapena bomba lomwe muli. Ufulu wa munthu mmodzi ndi wogawenga wa munthu wina.

Kodi ndi liti pamene ife anthu timakana kugwirizana ndi nkhondo zachiwerewere, zoletsedwa ndi zopanda pake? Boma sangathe kulimbana ndi nkhondo izi popanda ndalama zathu komanso msonkho wathu. Ndipo ndikugogoda kuti ngati Pentagon inatumiza anthu kunyumba ndi khomo kuti atipatse nkhondo, zonyamulira ndege, drones ndi ndege zatsopano, ambirife sitingaperekepo kanthu.

Anthu ena amati bungwe la Internal Revenue Service ndi lamphamvu kwambiri moti lidzatengapo ndalama kuchokera kumalipiro athu kapena mabanki, kotero kodi ndizothandiza bwanji kukana kulipira misonkho ya 50 yomwe imapita ku nkhondo? Yankho langa ndiloti ngati Pentagon iyenera kutenga ndalama zomwe tinkafuna kuti tipereke ku sukulu ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito mwamtendere ndi chilungamo, mwina sitilipira malire mwadzidzidzi. Ndipo ngati mamilioni athu sankatipiritsa misonkho yathu ya nkhondo, boma likanakhala ndi mavuto kwenikweni. Zingakakamizedwe kumvetsera.

Monga mkulu wa antchito a Pulezidenti Nixon Alexander Haig anayang'ana pawindo la White House ndipo adawona owonetsa a 200,000 anti-nkhondo akuyendayenda, adati, "Aloleni iwo aziyenda zonse zomwe akufuna pokhapokha atalipira misonkho."

Ngati dziko lathu liyika ngakhale peresenti ya 10 ya ndalama zomwe tikugwiritsira ntchito pankhondo ndi zankhondo pomanga dziko limene munthu aliyense amakhala pogona, mokwanira kudya, mwayi wophunzira ndi kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala, tikhoza kukhala dziko lokonda kwambiri dziko - komanso otetezeka kwambiri. Koma mwinamwake kukakamiza kwambiri ndi funso ngati ife tingathe mu chikumbumtima kuti tipitirize kulipira chifukwa cha kuphedwa kwa anthu ena ndi kupititsa patsogolo dongosolo la nkhondo kwa ana onse a mdziko.

Chisankho ndi chathu. Tikuyembekeza kuti ambiri a ife tidzagwirizana ndi chiwerengero chowonjezeka cha anthu omwe akukana kulipira gawo la misonkho yomwe imalipira nkhondo ndipo akutumizira msonkho wawo wokana msonkho kuti athandize anthu komanso zosowa zawo.

Mkazi wanga ndi ine timatsutsana ndi msonkho pokhapokha tachotsa peresenti ya 50 ya misonkho yomwe tili nayo ndikuyiyika mu Fomu ya Anthu a Moyo. Thumba likusunga ndalama ngati IRS ikugwiritsira ntchito akaunti yathu ya banki kapena kulipiritsa ndipo idzabwezeretsanso kwa ife kotero kuti tili ndi ndalama zowonjezera zomwe IRS yatenga. Chidwi cha ndalama mu People's Life Fund chaperekedwa ku mtendere ndi mabungwe a chilungamo ndi mapulogalamu okhudzana ndi zosowa za anthu ammudzi mwathu. Mwanjira imeneyi, malinga ngati IRS ikutisiya ife tokha, ndalama zomwe timakana kulipira zimapita kumalo omwe tikufuna kuti tiwone. IRS ikhoza kuwonjezera chilango ndi chidwi pa zomwe tili nazo, koma kwa ineyo ndi mtengo wochepa wokwaniritsa chifukwa chokana kudzipereka mwakufuna nkhondo ndi ufumu wa America.

Tsiku lina, tikuyembekeza kudzawona thumba lapadera lokhazikitsidwa ndi boma palokha kwa iwo omwe sangachite chikumbumtima chabwino kulola ndalama zawo kugwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo, monga yomwe Nkhondo Yachigawo Yopereka Ndalama Zamtendere za Mtendere wanena. Padakali pano, pali zowonjezera zowonjezera zotsalira za msonkho zomwe zikupezeka kudzera Komiti Yogwirizanitsa Kukhometsa Misonkho Yadziko Lonse.

Ngati chikumbumtima chanu chikukutsogolerani, mukani kulipira $ 1, $ 10, $ 100 kapena 50 peresenti ya msonkho umene mukulipira, ndipo tumizani makalata kwa oimira anu osankhidwa ndi nyuzipepala yanu komwe mukufotokozera chifukwa chake mukuchitira. Chifukwa cha 50 peresenti ya misonkho yomwe ine ndi mkazi wanga timalipirako, timapanga chithandizo ku Dipatimenti ya Zaumoyo ndi Zaumoyo m'malo mwa IRS ndikuitumiza pamodzi ndi mawonekedwe athu a 1040. Timapempha IRS kuti igawire ndalama zonse zomwe timalipira ku mapulogalamu a zaumoyo, maphunziro ndi ntchito zaumunthu.

Kuti ntchito zoterezi zikhale zamphamvu, komabe tifunikira kukonza msonkho wa nkhondo pofuna kuthamangitsa anthu ambiri. Tifunika kufotokoza kwa anthu onse omwe akufuna kuthandiza kumanga dziko lamtendere ndi lolungama, anthu osakhulupirira kupha anthu ena, anthu omwe akukhumudwa chifukwa cha kudulidwa kwakukulu m'mapulogalamu okhudzana ndi zosowa zaumunthu pamene asilikali amapeza gawo la mkango, ndi anthu omwe akutopa pokhala pakati pa ufumu umene umapangitsa imfa ndi chiwonongeko kwa iwo omwe amayima panjira. Ngati onse kapena anthu ambiri omwe amamva zimenezi ndi kukana kulipira nkhondo ndi gawo la nkhondo la misonkho, tidzakhala ndi kayendedwe kambiri komwe sikanakhoza kuimitsidwa.