Pezani Mzinda Wanu Kuti Umve Zomwe Ungachite ndi Ndalama Zomwe Zimapita ku Militarism

Ndi Henry Lowendorf, US Peace Council

Kodi mzinda wa New Haven ukhoza kuchita chiyani ndi ndalama zochuluka zowamasulidwa ndi kudula bajeti ya US? Izi ndizo zomwe omvera a Board of Alders anamva pa January 26, 2017.

Mipingo ya madera angapo mumzindawu inatsimikizira kuti iwo akhoza kukwanilitsa zowonjezera zawo ku zosowa za anthu a New Haven ngati akadakhala nazo zokhazokha.

Komiti Yoona za Ntchito za Bungwe la Bungwe Lolamulidwa ndi Ward 27 Alder Richard Furlow inagwirizana ndi chigamulo chomwe chinaperekedwa ndi Mzinda wa New Haven Peace Commission ndi Greater New Haven Peace Council.

Seth Godfrey, Mtsogoleri wa Peace Commission, adanena kuti 55% ya ndalama zathu za boma zimapititsa usilikali koma ziyenera kukhazikitsidwa kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za anthu m'midzi yovuta ngati New Haven.

Malamulo a Toni Harp adawerengedwa kuti akuthandizira ndalama zowonongeka kuti athetse njala, matenda ndi zowonongeka. Zothandizira ndalama zambiri zikanathandiza kuti zikhalidwe zoterezi zizikhala ngati ballet ndi circus, opera nthawi zonse, opera, bungwe la zamisiri kuti liphunzitse luso la kusunga mbiri.

Akuluakulu ena a mzindawo anabwera ku gome kukachitira umboni, ambiri mwa iwo anayamikira Bungweli chifukwa cha mwayi wochita "ngati" kuganiza.

Dierdre Gruber ndi Arecelis Maldonado omwe ali ndi umoyo wathanzi akudandaula kuti anamwino a 42 amapereka sukulu za 56 ndi ana a 8,000 omwe ali ndi zofuna zachipatala kuphatikizapo katemera, omwe angapereke ndalama zokwanira.

Dipatimenti ya Dera lopititsa patsogolo mzindawo ilibe pansi, mkulu wa mbiri yakale dzina lake Matt Nemerson. Ndi ntchito ya "mtendere wotsutsana," malo okhala ndi nyumba komanso nyumba zingathe kuthandizidwa, kuphatikizapo kuthetsa kusowa pokhala. Indedi, ntchito zapakhomo za anthu opanda pokhala zimafunikira $ 100 miliyoni. Nyuzipepala Zatsopano Zili ndi malo oyendetsa ndege zowonjezera njira yake kuti zitha kukwera ndege za ndege. Mapulogalamu ophatikizira opindulitsa kuti apindule malonda ang'onoang'ono ndi amalonda angakhale otheka. Mzindawu ukhoza kupanga mpikisano ndi omanga okhaokha omwe amagula nthaka ndi banki akuyembekeza kuti apindule kwambiri m'malo molikulitsa kumadera kapena malo ogulitsa. Malo ogulitsa angakonzedwe kuti makampani akufunafuna izi mumzinda wathu.

"Kumva uku kumapereka mpata weniweni kuyang'ana chithunzi chachikulu," anayambitsa injini yamzinda wa Giovanni Zinn. Njira, misewu, milatho ndi ngalande zonse zimafuna ntchito. Pali ndalama za $ 110 milioni. Tiyenera kuthana ndi nyanja yathu yomwe idzakhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Chiteshi cha sitima chikufuna kuvomerezedwa pafupifupi $ 50 miliyoni. Nyumba zofunkha zimasowa zothetsera mphamvu zowonjezereka. Kuti zinthu zikhale zovuta kwambiri, tikuyembekezera madola ochepa. Zinn adamaliza ndi kunena, "Zikomo chifukwa cha mwayi wochita 'bwanji ngati' kuganiza. '

Jeff Pescosolido, mkulu wa Ntchito za Public, adawonjezera nkhaniyo. Ndalama zambiri zimatanthauza misewu yabwino komanso kuyenda bwino. $ 3 miliyoni kuyamba ndi $ 2 miliyoni pachaka zina zofunika pakukonza misewu. Zipangizo zosinthidwa zingapangitse patsogolo ntchito. Zomwe zimapanga chaka chonse, mchenga wachisanu, misewu yowonongedwa, kukongoletsa zonse kumafuna ndalama zambiri ndi antchito.

Mawu ochokera kwa Michael Carter, Chief Administrative Officer ku New Haven, adawerengedwa. Kubwezeretsanso Mapaki ndi Ntchito Zagulu mpaka 2008 - kusokonekera kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi - kungatanthauze kulemba ntchito anthu 25 odulidwa kale ndi 15 kuchokera kumapeto. $ 8 miliyoni ikufunika pomanga garaja yamagalimoto obiriwira amzindawu. Carter adathokoza chifukwa "chopanga lingaliro ili."

Kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa mautumiki a anthu kunayankhidwa ndi Martha Okafor, mkulu wa Community Services. Sitingathe kukwaniritsa zosowa zathu. Tiyenera kutsogolera "kusowa pokhala kwa anthu mumsewu, zomwe sizili zofanana ndi kukhala opanda pokhala kosatha." Tiyenera kuwombera ana opanda nyumba zokhazikika. Kodi tingapewe bwanji kusowa pokhala kwa munthu amene wataya ntchito ndipo alibe ndalama? Kodi timalipira bwanji miyezi ya 1-2 mpaka iye atapeza ntchito, kapena amapereka kayendedwe kuti apite kuntchito yake. Palibe chilichonse cha mabanja, palibe chilichonse kwa mabanja opanda ana. Popanda ndalama, tingapange bwanji malo ogulitsa chakudya kumudzi ndikupereka mautumiki ambiri kwa akuluakulu ndi achinyamata?

Anthu ammudzi amachitira umboni.

Patricia Kane, yemwe akuimira chipani chatsopano cha Green Haven, adanena kuti dzikoli likukhala ndi chuma chamtendere kuyambira pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, ili pangozi ndipo New Haven ikuyesera kukwaniritsa zosowa za anthu. Iye adalimbikitsa chuma chobiriwira ndi mphamvu yowonjezera komanso chuma chakumidzi.

Bwalo lamilandu lalikulu lamtendere lamtendere, mmodzi mwa omwe akuthandizira kuthetsa chigamulochi, lomwe linachititsa kuti azimvetsera, anaimiridwa ndi Henry Lowendorf.

Anayamika ntchito zabwino za mzindawo kuti akhale malo opatulika kwa alendo. Anagwirizanitsa kuopsa kwa zinthu ziwiri zomwe zimawopseza anthu - kutentha kwa dziko ndi nkhondo ya nyukiliya - monga momwe tingathetsere. Anagwilitsila nchito Martin Luther King, yemwe adacita nkhondo monga mdani waumphawi, ndi Purezidenti Dwight Eisenhower amene adaona kuti akukonzekera nkhondo monga adani a dziko lathu. Chiwerengero cha ndalama zokwana pafupifupi zisanu ndi chimodzi za bajetiyo chimachokera ku New Haven okhometsa msonkho chaka chilichonse ku nkhondo, zomwe zikuimira ntchito yayikulu, ntchito zogwirira ntchito, Headstart ndi scholarships. Ndipo adaitana akuluakulu a mzindawo kuti afunse kwa oimira dziko lathu ndondomeko yosunthitsa ndalama ku nkhondo ndi zosowa za anthu.

Anthu ena okhala mumzindawu amavomereza kuti atangomva zomwe mzindawu ungathe kuchita kuti anthu am'gwirizanitse ndi chuma chawo chaka chilichonse.

Chigamulochi chikuyitanitsa mamembala athu a Congress kuti awononge bajeti yaumishonale ndikusamutsa ndalama zopulumutsidwa ku mizinda yathu zidapititsa Komiti ndipo mu February adagwirizanitsa Bungwe la Alders. Anatumizidwa ku Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Senator Richard Blumenthal ndi Senator Chris Murphy. Mpaka lero palibe yankho linavomerezedwa. Mtsogoleri wa Harp anaperekanso ndondomeko yowonjezereka ku msonkhano wa mayiko a ku America komwe idaperekanso palimodzi.

Momwe ife tinakhalira ndi msonkhano wa anthu pa Kupititsa patsogolo Kuthetsa Ndalama ku New Haven CT.

Zomwe zinachitikira New Haven zikusonyeza mbiri yakale ya ntchito yamtendere mumzindawu, kukhala ndi komiti yamtendere yokhala ndi mtendere mumzindawu komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa nthawi yaitali ndi mamembala a Bungwe la Alders ndi Meya.

Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri Padziko Lonse Khoti la mtendere linayambitsa chisankho kumapeto kwa 2016 yomwe inaperekedwa ndi City Peace Commission ku Board of Alders. Tidatsatira njira yofananayi mu 2012 pamene tinapanga chigamulo choyitanidwa kuti tichite referendamu kuti tipewe bajeti ya asilikali komanso kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe zasungidwa pa zosowa za anthu. Referendum inagonjetsa 6 ku 1 ndi anthu atatu alionse omwe amagawana nawo mbali.

Tinagwira ntchito ndi mpando wa Komiti Yopereka Ntchito za Anthu, omwe timakumana naye nthawi zonse, kuti atsimikizire kuti chigamulochi chinabwera pamaso pa komiti yake. Tinakambilananso za chisankhocho ndi Meya kusanatsimikiziranso kuti adavomereza kuti akuluakulu a nthambi azichitira umboni. Tinkadandaula kuti sakanafuna kuwonjezera ntchito yambiri kuntchito zawo zogwira ntchito. Asanayambe kusankhidwa monga meya, Toni Harp anali senator wa boma yemwe adatichitira ife ntchito kuti tiyambe kuitanitsa lamulo loti tipeze ntchito ya CT yomwe idasintha kuchoka ku nkhondo kupita kuzinthu zandale. Tinakambilananso ndi zina mwazinthu zothandizira malamulo, omwe amapereka thandizo kwa mamembala a Board of Alders, omwe azinthu onse akuyendera limodzi ndi anthu okhala mumzindawu ndipo amapereka zopereka zabwino kwambiri kumvetsera. Komiti Yoona za Ntchito zaumunthu inapempha oyang'anira akuluakulu a mzindawo.

Motero tinkachita homuweki.

Umboni wa Henry Lowendorf:

Ndine Henry Lowendorf, wapampando wadziko la Greater New Haven Peace Council. Ndine wothandizana ndi Ward 27 Democratic Committee komanso membala wa Komiti ya Democratic Town.

Alder Furlow ndi mamembala a komiti ya Human Services, ndikukuthokozani chifukwa chotsatira nkhaniyi.

Tikukhala mu nthawi zodabwitsa.

Lachisanu latha, boma lomwe linasinthidwa kwambiri m'mbiri yathu linayamba kulamulira ku Washington. Msonkhano wa Loweruka Lachisanu, misonkhano yayikulu inayamba kudutsa ku United States. Iwo anali ndi anthu mamiliyoni omwe sanayambepo nawo mbali pazisonyezo za anthu kuti atsutse ndondomeko zowononga za boma limenelo.

Kumva uku kumachitika pakati pa zoopsya zazikulu zomwe ife ndi mzinda wathu takumana nazo m'moyo wathu.

Ufulu watsopano wa Haven komanso wolimba mtima kwa anthu othawa kwawo mumzinda wathu udzafuna kuti oyandikana nawo onse aziyimira ufulu waumunthu. Tikudziwa kuti ufulu wathu wonse ukutsutsidwa.

Inde, New Haven iyenera kukhala mzinda wopatulika wa ufulu wochokera kunja, komanso ufulu wa ntchito yabwino, ufulu wa maphunziro abwino komanso ufulu wa chithandizo chamankhwala abwino komanso ufulu wa misewu yabwino.

Kutentha kwapadziko lonse kumawopseza chitetezo chathu lero ndi nthawi yayitali. Chiopsezo china kwa ife ndi chitukuko ndikumenyana kwadzidzidzi kwa nyukiliya komwe kumachokera ku Ulaya kapena Syria.

Choopsya, komabe, ndikuti bungwe latsopano la US ndi Congress likuwonetsa cholinga chilichonse chochepetsera ndalama ku mizinda, ntchito za anthu ndi zosowa za anthu, kudula mafupa.

Ndine wotsimikiza kuti oimira kwathu ku Congress adzakane mpaka momwe angayesetsere anthu ambiri a Republican ku mapulogalamu omwe amathandiza anthu a New Haven. Koma chomwe chikufunika kuti mzinda wathu upulumuke ndi kupambana ndi chinthu chosiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe takumana nazo kufikira lero.

Mu 1953, Purezidenti Eisenhower anatichenjeza ife, "Mfuti iliyonse yomwe imapangidwa, chombo chilichonse chankhondo chomwe chidayambitsidwa, roketi iliyonse yomwe iwomberedwa ikutanthauza, pomaliza pake, kuba kwa iwo omwe ali ndi njala ndipo sakudya, omwe akuzizira komanso osavala. Dzikoli m'manja silikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokha. Ikuwononga thukuta la ogwira nawo ntchito, luso la asayansi ake, ziyembekezo za ana ake… Iyi si njira yamoyo konse, kwenikweni. Pansi pa mtambo wankhondo wowopseza, ndi umunthu wopachikidwa pamtanda wachitsulo."

Ife tamva kuchokera kwa atsogoleri mu boma la mzinda mavuto omwe mzinda wathu uli nawo kukwaniritsa udindo wawo kwa okhalamo. Ambiri mwa mavutowa amachokera ku mfuti zomwe zinapangidwa, zida zankhondo zinayambika ndipo miyalayi inachotsedwa. Iwo amawononga mphamvu za fuko lino. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., adalankhula momveka bwino ku 1967, "Ndinadziwa kuti America sichidzagwiritsira ntchito ndalama kapena mphamvu kuti zikhazikitse anthu osauka pokhapokha ngati zida monga Vietnam zinapitiriza kukoka amuna ndi luso komanso ndalama monga ziwanda zina. , chubu yowonongeka. Choncho, ndikulimbikitsidwa kuona kuti nkhondoyo ndi mdani wa osauka komanso kuti iwononge nkhondoyi. "

Mu 2017, nkhondo ikupitirizabe kukhala mdani wa osawuka, ndithudi kwa anthu ambiri.

Connecticut, imodzi mwa mayiko olemera kwambiri pa dziko lolemera kwambiri padziko lapansi, ili ndi mizinda yovuta kwambiri, kuphatikizapo New Haven. Tiyenera kumvetsa kuti mzinda wathu ndi mizinda ina zimayesetsa kupeza zofunikira chifukwa dzikoli likugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri nkhondo, pokonzekera nkhondo, pomanga zida.

Ndondomeko ya Federal yomwe Congress ikuvota chaka chilichonse allot 53% ya ndalama zathu zamisonkho ku Pentagon ndi kutenthetsa. 53%. Ana, sukulu, Maphunziro, chitukuko, malo, thanzi, kafukufuku, mapaki, kayendedwe - china chilichonse chimagawana zomwe zatsala.

Chaka chilichonse Okhoma msonkho atsopano amatumiza $ 119 miliyoni ku Pentagon. Izi ndi za 18% za bajeti ya mzinda.

Tingachite chiyani ndi ndalama? Pangani

Ntchito za chitukuko cha 700, ndi

Ntchito 550 yoyera ntchito, ndi

350 sukulu ya pulayimale yophunzitsa ntchito.

 

Kapena tikhoza

Maphunziro a 600 a 4 a ku yunivesite

Zina za 900 HeadStart kwa ana

Ntchito 850 m'madera osauka.

 

Nkhondo zosatha komanso zopanda malire sizikutiteteza. Chimene chidzatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka ndi ntchito zomwe zimathandiza anthu okhala mumzinda wathu.

Ngati tikufuna kukana zida zomwe zikubwera tsopano kuchokera ku Washington, tonsefe tiyenera kumamatirana. Ndipo koposa zonse tikuyenera kuti atsogoleri athu a Congression asamalire nkhondo, asiye ndalama zowononga makina, koma m'malo momalipira ntchito yomwe New Haven ndi mizinda yonse ya Connecticut ikufunikira.

Zikomo.

 

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