Wolemba Dr. Lawrence Wittner, Voice Voice.
Anthu aku America pomwe amadzudzula kuwononga ndalama zaboma, nthawi zambiri amalephera kuzindikira kuti chitsime chachikulu cha ndalama za boma ndi chomwe chimafotokozedwa kuti ndi pulogalamu yoteteza dziko lonse.
Tengani chitetezo cha mdziko, pulogalamu yomwe idayamba mwachidwi pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, pomwe Purezidenti Ronald Reagan adazindikira kuti zida zanyukiliya zaku US sizingaletse kuwukira kwa United States. Malinga ndi Purezidenti, Strategic Defense Initiative (yotchedwa "Star Wars" yolembedwa ndi Senator Edward Kennedy) ingateteze anthu aku America pokhazikitsa njira yolimbana ndi zida zoponya mivi kuti iwononge mivi ya nyukiliya yomwe ikubwera. Asayansi ambiri amakayikira ngati ukadaulo wake ungachitike, poyerekeza ndi kugwiritsa ntchito chipolopolo chimodzi chothamanga kuwononga chipolopolo china chothamanga. Otsutsa ananenanso kuti kukonza kachitidwe koteroko kumangolimbikitsa mayiko ankhanza kuti apange mizinga yambiri kuti iwonongeke kapena, ngati akufuna kupewa ndalama zowonjezerazo, agwiritse ntchito zonyenga kuti asokoneze. Kuphatikiza apo, zimatha kupanga lingaliro labodza la chitetezo.
Ngakhale "Star Wars" sinamangidwepo, loto losangalatsa la zida zankhondo lidagwira ku Congress, yomwe idayamba kutsanulira mabiliyoni ambiri am madola pamitundu iyi. Ndipo, lero, zaka zopitilira makumi atatu pambuyo pake, United States ikadalibe njira yodzitchinjiriza mivi. Boma la US, komabe, likunyalanyaza mbiri yoipayi, ikupitiliza kuwononga chuma chambiri pantchito yosagwirayi, yomwe yalipira kale okhometsa misonkho aku America zoposa $ 180 biliyoni.
Chimodzi mwazinthu zazikuluzikulu za pulogalamu yoteteza ma missile ndi Dongosolo Lachitetezo Chapakati pa Midcourse. Yodziwika bwino kuti GMD, idapangidwa kuti igwiritse ntchito "magalimoto opha" apadziko lapansi kuwononga mivi ya nyukiliya yomwe ikubwera posemphana nayo. Mu 2004, asanawonetsere kuti GMD idzagwira ntchito, Purezidenti George W. Bush adalamula kutumizidwa kwa omwe adzawalandire. Lero, pali zinayi zomwe zili ku Vandenberg Air Force Base ku California ndi 26 ku Ft. Mwaulemu, Alaska, ndi oyang'anira a Obama adalamula kuti ziwonjezeke mpaka 44 pofika kumapeto kwa 2017. Mtengo wa GMD mpaka pano ndi $ 40 biliyoni.
Zonsezi zitha kuwonedwa ngati madzi pansi pa mlatho ― kapena mwina kuthira madzi mumkamwa ― sizinali choncho tsamba lachitatu la GMD tsopano likuganiziridwa. Makontrakitala ankhondo akuwayeserera mwankhanza, madera aku New York, Ohio, ndi Michigan akupikisana nawo mwamphamvu ndipo, atapatsidwa chidwi cha Republican kwanthawi yayitali chodzitchinjiriza ndi zida, kuwonjezeka uku kukuwoneka kuti kuyenera kuchitidwa ndi oyang'anira a Trump. Mtengo wake? Zowonjezera $ 4 biliyoni.
Kodi iyi ndi ndalama yabwino? GMD, ziyenera kudziwika kuti, zidapangidwa kuti ziziteteza ku Iran kapena North Korea. Koma, chifukwa cha mgwirizano wanyukiliya waku Iran, pulogalamu yake ya zida za nyukiliya idawumitsidwa mpaka 2030 kapena mtsogolo. North Korea siyonso yowopseza United States, chifukwa ilibe mizinga yayitali. Mwa mivi 14 yaku North Korea yoyesedwa mchaka cha 2016, ena adalephera kuchotsa poyikapo pomwe ena adayenda mtunda wa makilomita 19 mpaka ma 620. Mwachilengedwe, ngati dongosolo laling'ono, GMD siyingakhale yothandiza polimbana ndi zida zankhondo zazikulu kwambiri zaku Russia.
M'malo mwake, pakadali pano GMD ilibe phindu lililonse. Pakadali pano, Pentagon idachita Mayeso a 17 a GMD interceptors kuyambira 1999 ― onse mkati mikhalidwe yomwe imayenera kubala bwino. M'mikhalidwe yosiyana kwambiri ndi nkhondo yankhondo, anthu omwe amayesa mayesowo amadziwa kuthamanga, malo, komanso kuwombera kwa mivi yankhondo isanachitike, komanso nthawi yomwe izayambitsidwa. Komabe, dongosolo la GMD zalephera mayeso nthawi zisanu ndi zitatu ― chiwopsezo cha 47 peresenti.
Ngakhale mbiri yoyesa ya GMD sikuyenda bwino mzaka zaposachedwa. Ayi ndithu. GMD yalephera mayeso ake asanu ndi limodzi omaliza komanso atatu mwa anayi omaliza. Pakatikati mwa 10, lipoti yolembedwa ndi asayansi atatu ndikutulutsidwa ndi Union of Concerned Scientists yalengeza kuti makina a GMD "sangathe kuteteza anthu aku US." Zowonadi, adamaliza, "dongosololi silili panjira yoti likwaniritse luso lothandiza" kutero.
Chifukwa chake, bwanji, ngakhale ndizowonongera ndalama zambiri komanso kusowa kwa zotsatira zabwino pazaka zambiri, ntchitoyi ikupitilira? Chimodzi mwazinthu zikuwonekeratu kuopa kwa US maboma ankhanza. Kupitilira izi, komabe, monga David Willman ― mtolankhani yemwe adafufuza kwambiri za GMD ― wanena, "ili ndi minofu yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito ku Washington ndi makampani akuluakulu achitetezo, omwe ali ndi ndalama mabiliyoni ambiri pangozi." Atatu mwa iwo, ― Boeing, Raytheon, ndi Northrop Grumman ― adapereka $ 40.5 miliyoni ku ndalama zamakampeni kuyambira mu 2003 mpaka Okutobala 2016.
GMD "sigwira ntchito," Woimira ku America a John Garamendi, membala wa House Armed Services Committee, adauza a Willman. "Ngakhale zili choncho, kukula kwa mantha, kuchuluka kwa ndalama, kuchuluka kwa makampani" kumapitilizabe.
Chofunikira kwambiri kusunga mabiliyoni amisonkho aku US akuyenda kupita kuntchito yoyipa iyi ndikufunitsitsa kwa anthu aku America omwe akuchepa, ofunitsitsa kukopa ntchito zomwe zingapezeke ndi GMD. Madera atatu omwe akufuna kupezanso tsamba lachitatu la GMD onse ali mu Rust Belt, ndipo akuluakulu awo aboma akufunitsitsa kuti ateteze. "Madera athu akhala akumwalira pang'ono panthawi," meya waku Ohio adalongosola. "Tikukhulupirira kuti tsamba [la kwanuko] lasankhidwa."
Koma ngati chifukwa chokhacho chodzitchinjiriza ndi mfuti ndikuti chimapereka ntchito, bwanji osayika mabiliyoni a madolawo pogwira ntchito zothandiza? Bwanji osayika ndalama m'mafakitole opanga magetsi azama dzuwa ndi amphepo, magalimoto othamanga kwambiri, ndi mankhwala otsika mtengo? Bwanji osayika ndalama muzipatala zaumoyo, malo osamalira ana masana, malo owerengera, masukulu, malo ophunzitsira anthu ntchito, malo ammudzi, maholo ochitira zisudzo, milatho, misewu, nyumba zotsika mtengo, malo okhala othandizira, ndi malo osungira anthu okalamba?
Dzikoli lakhala likugulitsa ndalama kale. Ndi chifuniro chandale, zitha kutero.
Dr. Lawrence Wittner, ogwirizanitsidwa ndi PeaceVoice, ndi Pulofesa wa Mbiri yotuluka ku SUNY / Albany. Bukhu lake laposachedwa ndi buku la satana lonena za kuphatikizika kwa mayunivesite ndi kupanduka, Kodi Mukupitiliza Ku UAardvark?
