Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 28, 2020
Zomwezi zatha mwezi watha zasintha kwambiri. Chinthu chimodzi chomwe chimathandizidwa ndikuchotsa mkangano wakale wotopa woti boma liyenera kukhala lalikulu kapena laling'ono. M'malo mwake tili ndi mkangano wothandiza kwambiri ngati boma liyenera kuika patsogolo mphamvu ndi chilango, kapena kuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito ndi chithandizo.
Ngati tikufuna maboma am'deralo ndi aboma omwe amapereka akatswiri pakuchepetsa mikangano, akatswiri kuti athandizire omwe ali ndi chizolowezi choledzeretsa kapena matenda amisala, komanso akatswiri odziwa bwino ntchito zamagalimoto kapena kuthana ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana, ndalamazo zimakhala zosavuta komanso zomveka. apezeka. Ilo likukhala mokulirapo bajeti kwa apolisi okhala ndi zida komanso kumangidwa.
Pamlingo wa boma la feduro, pali mwayi wokulirapo wochotsa ndalama kuchokera kumagulu opha anthu kupita ku zosowa za anthu ndi chilengedwe. Pomwe apolisi ndi ndende ndizochepa peresenti za ndalama za m'deralo ndi boma, boma la US likuyembekezeka amathera, mu discretionary bajeti mu 2021, $ 740 biliyoni pa asitikali ndi $ 660 biliyoni pachilichonse china chilichonse: chitetezo cha chilengedwe, mphamvu, maphunziro, mayendedwe, zokambirana, nyumba, ulimi, sayansi, miliri ya matenda, mapaki, thandizo lakunja (zopanda zida), ndi zina zambiri.
Palibe fuko lina amatha ngakhale theka la zomwe United States imachita pa zankhondo. Russia imagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zosakwana 9 peresenti ndipo Iran ikupitilira 1 peresenti (poyerekeza ndi bajeti za 2019). Bajeti yankhondo yaku China ikufanana ndi kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe apolisi aku US akuwononga komanso kundende - palibe ngati ndalama zankhondo zaku US.
Asilikali a US kugwiritsa ntchito chawonjezeka kwambiri m’zaka 20 zapitazi, ndipo nkhondo zimene zayambitsa zasonyeza kuti zikuyenda bwino zopindulitsa ndi zovuta kwambiri kumaliza. Izi zikuwoneka kuti sizinachite zochepa kwambiri kuteteza aliyense ku COVID-19, ku ngozi zachilengedwe, ku mliri chiopsezo masoka a nyukiliya, kuchokera kumalo osatetezeka kuntchito, ku mavuto onse obwera chifukwa cha umphawi, kapena kusowa kwa chithandizo chamankhwala chokwanira.
M'nyumba zonse ziwiri za Congress pakali pano zosintha za National Defense Authorization Act zikusonkhanitsa thandizo lomwe lingachepetse bajeti yazaka 740 biliyoni yazankhondo ndi 10 peresenti ndicholinga chotumiza ndalamazo ku zolinga zanzeru. Kusuntha $ 74 biliyoni kungapangitse bajeti ya $ 666 biliyoni yankhondo ndi $ 734 biliyoni pachilichonse.
Kodi ndalamazo zikanachokera kuti, makamaka? Pentagon ndiye dipatimenti imodzi yomwe ili nayo sizinadutsepo kafukufuku, koma tili ndi lingaliro kumene ndalama zina zimapita. Mwachitsanzo, kungothetsa nkhondo ya Afghanistan yomwe Donald Trump adalonjeza kuti atha zaka zinayi zapitazo sungani gawo lalikulu la $74 biliyoni amenewo. Kapena mungathe sungani pafupifupi $ biliyoni 69 pochotsa thumba lomwe limatulutsidwa ndi akaunti yotchedwa Overseas Contingency Operations (chifukwa mawu oti "nkhondo" sanayese nawonso pagulu).
Alipo $ Biliyoni 150 pachaka m'madera akumayiko akunja, ambiri a iwo amanyansidwa kwambiri, ena a iwo akulimbikitsa maulamuliro ankhanza. Pachifukwa chimenecho pali maphunziro a usilikali ndi ndalama za asitikali opondereza akunja ndi boma la US. Palinso zida zotere zogulira zida zomwe sizikufuna kutsitsa ku ma dipatimenti apolisi akumaloko.
Kodi ndalama zitha kupita kuti? Zitha kukhala ndi vuto lalikulu ku United States kapena padziko lapansi. Malinga ndi US Census Bureau, pofika chaka cha 2016, zingatenge $ 69.4 biliyoni pachaka kukweza mabanja onse aku US omwe ali ndi ana mpaka pa mzere wa umphawi. Malinga ndi United Nations, $ 30 biliyoni pachaka ikhoza TSIRIZA njala padziko lapansi, ndipo pafupifupi $ 11 biliyoni ingathe Perekani dziko lapansi, kuphatikiza United States, ndi madzi akumwa oyera.
Kodi kudziwa ziwerengerozi, ngakhale zitakhala zapang'ono kapena monyanyira, kumapereka chikaiko pa lingaliro lakuti kugwiritsa ntchito $740 biliyoni pa zida ndi asitikali ndi njira yachitetezo? Pafupifupi 95% ya zigawenga zodzipha ndizo amatsogoleredwa motsutsana ndi malo ankhondo akunja, pomwe 0% imalimbikitsidwa ndi mkwiyo chifukwa cha chakudya kapena madzi oyera. Kodi mwina pali zinthu zomwe dziko lingachite kuti mudziteteze zomwe sizimakhudza zida?
Kusamutsa ndalama kuchokera kunkhondo kupita kuzinthu zina kungakhale kwachuma opindulitsa, ndipo ndithudi njira zonse zofunika zothandizira anthu pakusintha mtengo kagawo kakang'ono ka ndalama zomwe zimakhudzidwa.
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David Swanson ndi wolemba, wokamba nkhani, Executive Director wa World BEYOND War, ndi Wotsogolera kampeni wa RootsAction.org.
