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Ndi wokongola wotopetsa pagalimoto. Anzanga ku Sweden nthawi zonse amachita nawo ma paradigms amtundu wamaluwa ndikakamba za kuyendetsa galimoto ku US. Iwo amaganiza kuti ziri ngati Thelma ndi Louise kapena malonda a Johnny Depp komwe akuthamangitsa m'chipululu dzuwa likamalowa, akukwirira zodzikongoletsera pakati pa thambo lalikulu la nthaka yofiira ndi miyala. Koma, ayi. Iyi si njira yakunja-kumadzulo badass, ozizira guyliner kinda drive. Ndiwotsitsimula, wopanga masomphenya oyendetsa galimoto - yokhala ndi apolisi ochulukirapo komanso malo osakwanira a Sheetz.
Bwerani kuganiza za izo, ine ndiri wodabwa kwambiri kuti ine ndinazindikira ngakhale chizindikiro. Nthawi yomweyo, ndimadabwa kuti sindinazionepo. Ndawoloka malire a kumpoto ndi kumwera kwa North Carolina kangapo kambirimbiri m’moyo wanga ndipo sindinaonepo zilengezo za m’malire za mawu athu akuti: “Boma Loyanja Usilikali Kwambiri M’dziko!” Ndipo apa ndinaganiza kuti tinali okhutira pokhala Woyamba M'ndege. Wokonda zankhondo kwambiri? Kodi zimenezi zikutanthauza chiyani? Sindimadziwa kuti pali mpikisano wa izi. Ngakhale kuti ndinali wodabwitsidwa komanso wosasangalala nditaona chizindikirocho, zinandipatsa china choti ndisinkhesinkhe kwa maola angapo apitawa.
Zonse zanenedwa, ndi ndalama zoyerekeza pankhondo kuyambira pa Okutobala 1, 2018 mpaka Seputembara 30, 2019 ndi $892 biliyoni. Izi zikuphatikiza bajeti yoyambira $ 616.9 biliyoni ya Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ($ 19.8 biliyoni kuposa momwe DoD idapempha poyamba), $ 69 biliyoni polimbana ndi ISIS, yomwe ndi "ntchito zangozi zakunja," komanso ma chunks a Department of Veteran Affairs, The State Department. , Homeland Security, National Nuclear Security Administration ndi FBI & Cybersecurity magawo mu DoJ. Zoposa theka la ndalama zomwe timagwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru zimapita ku usilikali. Kunena kuti ndife dziko lokonda usilikali kungakhale kunyoza kwambiri. Timawononga zambiri pazankhondo zathu kuposa zankhondo maiko asanu ndi anayi otsatira pamodzi. Pamlingo wa federal, manambala awa siwovuta kupeza. Mutha kupezanso lipoti losakhulupirira kuti pakati pa 1998 ndi 2015, Pentagon idakhala nthawi yayitali. osawerengeka $21 thililiyoni. Mwina simungathe kukonza izi, koma mutha kuzipeza. Zachidziwikire, zida zathu zankhondo sizimangopezeka pagulu la federal. Pali zida zankhondo m'chigawo chilichonse chokhala ndi anthu masauzande ambiri omwe amasewera ndi makontrakitala am'deralo ndi aboma okwana mabiliyoni a madola. Zowonadi, kulibe dziko lomwe lili choncho palibe wokonda zankhondo. Koma powona kuti ndi mpikisano komanso nthawi yomwe sindimadziwa, ndidafufuza mozama.
Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo imakhala ndi webusaiti yotchedwa Gwero la ndondomeko ya boma la asilikali, tsamba lomwe likufuna "kuzindikiritsa ndi kuthana ndi zosowa zofunika kwambiri za ogwira ntchito ndi mabanja ankhondo omwe akhudzidwa ndi ndondomeko za boma. Tsambali ndi zida zake zosavuta kuzimvetsetsa ndizomwe zimapangidwira opanga mfundo za boma ndi ndodo zawo. ” Mwa kuyankhula kwina, ndi malo okopa anthu ankhondo ndi mabanja awo. Imayang'ana kwambiri pazinthu zingapo zofunika kuphatikiza kuchotsedwa kwa medicaid, thandizo lazamalamulo la pro-bono, chitetezo chapadera chazamalamulo ndi ogula, kusamutsa ziphaso ndi ziphaso kwa okwatirana ankhondo ndi zina zambiri. Ndi chida chodabwitsa bwanji! Tsopano kungosangalala, tangoganizani ngati EPA inali ndi tsamba lofananalo lolunjika kwa opanga mfundo ndi ogwira ntchito omwe amafuna kuwonetsa zokonda za anthu ndi mapulaneti kuti moyo ukhale wosavuta kwa madera omwe sali osowa patsogolo pakusintha kwanyengo. Ndiyeno inu mukhoza ngakhale kukhala ndi status tracker monga gwero la Military State Policy - kuti muwone momwe dziko lanu liri lokonda zachilengedwe; kaya akhazikitsa kapena ayi apereka malamulo okhudza nkhani zazikulu. Ndizovuta ngakhale kulingalira za chinthu choterocho, sichoncho? Tiyeni tiyese china chosavuta: tsamba lolunjika kwa opanga mfundo ndi ogwira ntchito omwe akufuna kupanga moyo wabwino kwa waku America aliyense? Ayi, kandani zimenezo. Izi zikutanthauza kuti nzika iliyonse ipeza zinthu monga maphunziro aulere aku koleji, mwayi wabwino wantchito, chisamaliro chaumoyo komanso nthawi zina kuyimika magalimoto kwaulere. Ndipo sizomwe timachita - chifukwa ndiye tingawapeze bwanji anthu kuti alembetse?! Kotero ndiye sizosadabwitsa kuti anthu wamba alibe malo ofanana nawo asilikali.com, nsanja yolumikizirana, nkhani zankhondo komanso maphunziro opindulitsa mu "Chingerezi chosavuta." Mu 2004, malowa adagwirizana ndi malo antchito Monster kuti apereke njira yapadera kwa mamembala awo. Chenjezo loyenera kuti malowa ndi a hawkish kuposa Mattis mu mzikiti, koma ngati mukungoyang'ana zambiri zamapindu akale, ulemerero wa Haleluya ukhoza kutsatiridwa. Lipoti lozama limafotokoza za ubwino wosiyanasiyana umene akadaulo akale amapeza m'chigawo chilichonse komanso madera aku US, kuyambira pa chindapusa choyimitsira magalimoto mpaka osalipira msonkho. Mofananamo, tsamba Gulu Lachibwenzi masukulu ndi mphotho masukulu ndi olemba anzawo ntchito omwe ali ochezeka kwambiri kwa asitikali ndi omenyera nkhondo - pothandizira ntchito ya usilikali komanso moyo wabwino wa omenyera nkhondo. Chifukwa chake, mwachidule, zokomera usilikali zimatanthauza zabwino kwa omenyera nkhondo komanso zabwino pamakina ankhondo. Koma izi zinandipweteka m'maganizo mwanga kuposa chizindikiro chopusa chija. Chifukwa simungakhale nazo mbali zonse ziwiri.
Pafupifupi chaka chapitacho, ndinakumana ndi msilikali wina wa ku Vietnam pa basi ku DC. Kuzizira konyowa kudatsikira mzindawo mumiyala ya ayezi wotuwa - ngati kuti nyengo yozizira sikunali kutentha kwa syphoning komanso mtundu. Anayamba kucheza nane. Zovala zong’ambika monenedweratu ndi zosayenerera bwino zinalendewera pa iye, monga ngati kuti ulusiwo unali kuyang’ana kwa iye kaamba ka chithandizo. Anali ndi envelopu ya manila m'manja mwake yomwe adagwiritsa ntchito ngati chothandizira poyambitsa ndi kuyendetsa nkhaniyo. Iye anali atangotuluka kumene m’chipatala. Munthu wina anamupeza pansi pa mlatho atatsala pang'ono kufa. Ali m’chipatala, namwino anafika pa bedi lake ndi envelopu ya manila ndipo mosangalala analengeza kuti boma likuyesetsa kuti amugwire. Anapatsidwa mendulo chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwake ku Vietnam. Kulimbana ndi imfa yake yaposachedwa kwambiri kudawapatsa mwayi wopeza mendulo yake; potsiriza zizindikiro ziwiri izi za American wapadera akhoza kukhala ogwirizana. Anaseka kuseka kopanda chisangalalo. Basi iyi inali kumutengera kumalo obisalako ku Virginia. Anali kuyembekezera kupeza bedi usikuuno. Iye anali atangopita kumene kumaofesi ena ankhondo kuyesa kupeza wina woti amugulitsire mendulo - kapena kusinthanitsa ndi nyumba, kapena chakudya. Anati adaperekanso kwa mayi wa Pret. Palibe amene ankafuna, kuphatikizapo iye.
Mwambiri, Virginia amawonedwa kuti ndi amodzi mwa mayiko okonda zankhondo. Ngakhale omenyera nkhondo amakumana ndi umphawi wocheperako kuposa avareji ya dziko, awo umphawi ukuchulukirachulukira. Omenyera nkhondo 22 amadzipha patsiku. Sindinapeze ziwerengero zilizonse za kuchuluka kwa madzi oundana mpaka kufa. Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti omenyera nkhondo azikhala ndi zida zomwe zimapereka chidziwitso pazabwino ndi ntchito, kuti maubwino ndi mautumikiwa akhalepo. Koma mfundo yakuti malowa amayendetsedwa ndi kapena kuthandizira kwambiri makina ankhondo ndizovuta kwambiri. Choyamba komanso mophweka, ndizopotoka kwambiri kuti dongosolo lomwe limapereka chithandizo choyambirira kwa omenyera nkhondo ndi njira yomweyi yomwe imalimbikitsa kuwonjezera omenyera nkhondo ambiri omwe sangagwire ntchito pano. Kachiwiri, malo ankhondo a ra-ra awa amalimbitsa dongosolo lazachuma ndikuwongolera lingaliro lakuti "zopindulitsa" monga chisamaliro chaumoyo zimapezeka kwa ochepa okha ndi onyada motero ndizofunikira kupha anthu. Ngati aliyense atakhala ndi koleji yaulere, anthu osachepera 6 omwe ndikudziwa panokha sakadalembetsa. Chachitatu, zimapangitsa kuti asilikali ankhondo azigwira ntchito zankhondo - makamaka osawachotsa pa ntchito yawo pamene amachoka mosavuta kuchoka kumalo omenyera nkhondo kupita kumagulu ankhondo achinsinsi. Ndipo potsiriza, pamene misonkhano yathu yaufulu imalemekezedwa kwambiri, timapanga omenyera nkhondo ambiri. Matupi ambiri osweka, malingaliro ndi miyoyo zimalavulidwa ndi gulu lankhondo lopanga phindu, kupanga nkhokwe ya magazi pomwe ife anthu timalipira chifukwa cha chipwirikiti chawo. Sindikufuna kulipira nkhondo. Sindikufuna kulipira kuti ndipange asilikali atsopano. Ndikufuna kulipira kuti ndithandizire omenyera nkhondo omwe tili nawo kale. Ndipo kupitilira apo - kuthandiza anthu onse (ndikudziwa, malingaliro openga). Chifukwa zabwino zonse zomwe zalembedwa pamasamba awa - monga kupuma kwa msonkho pogula nyumba - ziyenera kukhala (ndipo zitha) kupezeka kwa mamiliyoni a anthu osauka aku America omwe amawafuna, kuphatikiza akale. Ndikufuna ndalama zamisonkho zanga kuti zithandizire anthu, osati zankhondo. Uku ndi kusiyana kofunikira kwenikweni. Ngati ndipo pamene asilikali akale amapeza phindu lawo, apeza ntchito yabwino ndipo amatha kugula nyumba, si chifukwa chakuti dongosololi limasamala kapena kuwawona ngati anthu, ndi chifukwa chakuti limawaganizira ngati asilikali. Imasamala za iwo monga otenga nawo gawo pamalingaliro achiwawa a jingoistic omwe amadalira mabodza, zolemba zachuma, komanso zolimbikitsa kulimbikitsa nkhondo kuti apindule. Kwa anthu ambiri, zolimbikitsa izi zimakhala zokopa kwambiri. Chiyembekezo cha maphunziro a ku koleji pamene anthu mamiliyoni ambiri ali osauka kwambiri moti sangakwanitse kulipirira lendi ndi nkhanza ndiponso chinyengo chachizolowezi. Kukonda usilikali sikukhudzanso akale monga momwe nkhondo zathu zimakhudzira ufulu ndi demokalase. Kukhala wochezeka ndi usilikali kumatanthauza zabwino kwa bizinesi. Ndipo zikomo kwambiri kwa maboma am'deralo ndi maboma, bizinesi ikuyenda bwino.
M'chilimwe chathachi, Ofesi Yoyang'anira Zachitetezo cha Dipatimenti Yoyang'anira Economic Adjustment idatulutsidwa lipoti lotchedwa "Defense Spending By State," kutengera chaka chachuma cha 2016. (Dziwani kuti kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, ndalama zankhondo zawonjezeka). Kugawikana m'maboma 50 ndi DC, DoD idawononga $ 378.5 biliyoni pamakontrakitala ndi malipiro, ndi 68% yazomwe zimapita kukachita mapangano ndi makampani apadera. 32% anapita kukalipira malipiro. Lipotilo limatengera kuchuluka kwa anthu ogwira ntchito, ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamakontrakitala komanso ndalama zonse zankhondo m'boma lililonse. Popeza ndikukankha kunyumba, tiyeni tiwone ku North Carolina. Chifukwa cha magulu asanu ndi atatu a asilikali ndi antchito oposa 200,000, boma la tar chidendene lili pa nambala 4 pa chiwerengero cha anthu ogwira ntchito komanso 5 pakugwiritsa ntchito antchito. Ili pa nambala 25 pakugwiritsa ntchito kontrakitala, ndi $ 2.8 biliyoni yokha yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pamakontrakitala. Ponseponse, ili pa 12th mdziko muno ndi ndalama zokwana $9.5 biliyoni zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'boma. Ndiko kuyambiranso kosangalatsa kwa usilikali. Komabe, opanga malamulo a NC mwachiwonekere sanamve kuti anali ochezeka mokwanira. Chakumapeto kwa August chaka chino, Booz Allen Hamilton adalengeza kuti akuwonjezera ntchito 208 kwa ogwira ntchito ku Fayetteville, NC chifukwa cha ndalama zokwana madola 2 miliyoni m'boma ndi m'deralo. Funso loti chifukwa chiyani BAH imafunikira chilimbikitso pazachuma pomwe ili kale ndi mapangano a NC okwana $52.1 miliyoni silinayankhidwe. Zochuluka za ndalama zolimbikitsira $2 miliyoni zichokera ku The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), bungwe lolemba anthu mabizinesi lomwe ndalama zoperekedwa ndi NC Department of Commerce. Kunja kwa phukusi lawo la buxom, EDPNC yalemba zambiri za momwe bizinesi ilili yabwino (komanso pankhaniyi) NC ilili. NC ili ndi msonkho wotsika kwambiri wamakampani - pa 3% ndipo pofika 2019, ndi akuyembekezeka kutsika mpaka 2.5%. Kuphatikiza apo, EDPNC imadzitamandira za "ndalama zotsika mtengo zogwirira ntchito," kuwonetsa kuti malipiro a ogwira ntchito mumlengalenga ndi 25% kutsika ku NC kuposa momwe amachitira muzamlengalenga monga California ndi Washington. Ndikumva ngati chikwangwani chamalirecho chiyenera kulembedwa kuti "Idzapondereza Anthu Ambiri Chifukwa Chandalama za Magazi." Malinga ndi kalembera wa 2017, ndalama zapakatikati zapakhomo pakati pa 2012-2016 ku North Carolina zinali $48,256. Izi ndizoposa $7,000 zochepa poyerekeza ndi ndalama zapakatikati za dziko panthawiyo. Koma Hei, tikupereka makontrakitala ankhondo chilimbikitso kuti abweretse bizinesi yathu !!! Ndipo North Carolina siili yokha.
California, mwachitsanzo, ndi nambala 1 pakugwiritsa ntchito kontrakitala, kuchuluka kwa ogwira ntchito komanso ogwiritsidwa ntchito m'boma. Kubwerera ku 2014, nyumba yamalamulo yaku California idavota kuti ipereke $420 miliyoni muzolimbikitsa zamisonkho kwa Lockheed Martin, kampani yomwe mu 2016 idapeza ndalama zokwana madola 4.9 biliyoni ku California kokha. Pakadali pano, anayi mwa malo asanu apansi chifukwa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono ali ku California ndipo boma limakhala lachiwiri kuchokera komaliza pakukhala ndi nyumba. Pali nyumba imodzi yokha yotsika mtengo kwa mabanja asanu aliwonse omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa kwambiri. A lipoti lotulutsidwa mu Meyi ya chaka chino ikusonyeza kuti “kusoŵa kwa nyumba zotsika mtengo ndiponso zofikirika kukulepheretsa kukula, kuwononga chuma ndi chilengedwe, ndiponso kuchititsa anthu ambiri opeza ndalama zochepa ndiponso apakati kufunafuna mipata kwina kulikonse.” Anthu akuchoka ku California mwaunyinji. Tsoka ilo, chiyembekezo sichikhala chowala kulikonse. Zowonadi, kulikonse komwe mukuwerenga izi, dziko lanu limakhalanso ndi vuto la nyumba - chifukwa dziko lonse likutero. Ndipo komabe alipo nyumba zisanu ndi imodzi zopanda kanthu kwa munthu aliyense wopanda pokhala. Mwambiwu umati, “zilipo zokwanira pa zosowa za aliyense koma si umbombo wa aliyense.” Chuma chaboma chikuyenda pansi pamtengo wa kusewera sugar daddy kumakampani akuluakulu monga Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton ndi ena ambiri. Izi zikutanthauza kuti, inu ndi ine tikukumana ndi mavuto azachuma chifukwa cholimbikitsa gulu lankhondo lomwe lili ndi vuto mdera lanu komanso boma. Ndipo izo zimamveka mdima kwambiri. Ulinso, komabe, mwayi.
Lingaliro lopita motsutsana ndi gulu lankhondo lankhondo pamlingo wa federal likutopetsa. Izi sizikutanthauza kuti sitiyenera kuthana ndi makina ankhondo a federal. Koma tiyenera kuona zinthu moyenera. Monga momwe zilili ndi zovuta zambiri zachilengedwe, titha kukhudza mwachindunji ndi bwino pamlingo wamba. Ndipo monga mafakitale amafuta ndi gasi, asitikali amadalira anthu olembedwa m'deralo, pamakontrakitala am'deralo ndi aboma, pazolimbikitsa zakomweko ndi boma. Awa ndi nyumba zamalamulo athu am'deralo ndi maboma omwe akudutsa mitolo ya misonkho iyi. Awa ndi anthu amdera lathu omwe akumenya nkhondo kuti zida zankhondo zitha kulowa m'thupi mwathu ndale ngati nkhupakupa yodwala. Titha kuyamba ndi kuyankha zabodza zonena kuti usilikali ndi wabwino pazachuma zakomweko. Kuti $2 miliyoni ku North Carolina sakanapita kukateteza madera ku zotsatira zosapeŵeka za kusintha kwa nyengo? Izo sizikanakhoza kupita masukulu akuwola ndi kupopa madzi okhala ndi mtovu kukhala ophunzira akuda kwambiri? Kuti $420 miliyoni ku California sakadapita kukalimbikitsa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono ku California, kapena kupangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuti anthu azikhalamo kapena kulowa mnyumba? Ndithudi izo zikanakhoza. Koma chifukwa cha malingaliro athu okonda usilikali, nkhondo imabwera poyamba - ndi yachiwiri, ndi yachitatu. Asilikali samapanga mwayi, amawawononga. Ntchito zankhondo zamagulu achinsinsi (ntchito zambiri zankhondo) zimayika mabiliyoni ambiri m'matumba a ma CEO odzaza kwambiri. Ntchito za usilikali zamagulu a boma zimakokera ndalama za boma kuchokera kwa anthu kuti alimbikitse gulu lankhondo lachiwembu lomwe silimangowonjezera mantha ndi kuponderezana kunyumba ndi padziko lonse lapansi. Komabe, pali masauzande ambiri omwe amagwira ntchito kumagulu ankhondo - ndipo sindikufuna kuwawona ali osowa. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi mafakitale amafuta, timafunikira kusintha kuchokera ku chuma chankhondo kupita kuchuma chamtendere. Anthu omwe amagwira ntchito izi atha kukhala akuchita china chilichonse - ukadaulo wolimbikitsa kupulumuka osati kufa, kufufuza njira zothandizira anthu m'malo mowapha. Poyang'ana kukwiya kwathu pamahema am'dera lankhondo lankhondo, timalimbana ndi mdani weniweni - yemwe ali ndi zovuta zomwe tingathe kuziwona ndikuzimva m'madera athu. The Defense Spending by State Report ndi malo abwino kuyamba. Makampani apamwamba omwe atchulidwa m'chigawo chanu ndi omwe amapezanso ndalama. Kodi Pinki Wopambana Kuchokera ku War Machine zoyambira ndi chida china chabwino pamaphunziro ndi kuyambitsa. Zowonadi, ngakhale malo ochezera ankhondo angakupatseni lingaliro la zomwe makampani ndi masukulu akuyendetsa paradigm yankhondo. Sindinganene ngati North Carolina ikuyenera kukhala ndi dziko lokonda zankhondo mdziko muno. Koma ndikudziwa kuti chimenecho sichiyenera kukhala chinthu chonyadira.
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Chikwangwani chosasunthika kunja kwa Alexandria, VA chimati "The Purple Heart State." Ndikukumbukira msilikali wakale yemwe ndinakumana naye m’basi. Ndikukumbukira chikwangwani chong'ambika cha "For Rent" pansi pa chikwangwani cholembera anthu a Marine potuluka ku Charlotte, NC. Ndimakumbukira kunyada kwa ubongo, ndi kunyada m'maganizo, pamene andale analankhula mawu akuti "tilibe ndalama za izi!" Komabe nthawi zonse anali ndi ndalama zankhondo. Msewu umachedwetsa ndikayandikira DC, malo a ufumu. Nthawi zonse ndimamva kulemera kubwerera. Kulemera kwa zovuta zonse kumakhazikika m'maganizo mwanga monga Sisyphus akusintha kugwira kwake pansi pa phiri. Koma nthawi ino, sizikhala zopanda chiyembekezo. Mwala wa Sisyphean umenewo - ufumu wa US - wopangidwa ndi miyala yaing'ono yambiri - iliyonse imatha kuyendetsedwa payokha. Ndizovuta kwambiri kukankha mwala - koma ndikhoza kuponya mwala. Ndipo monga amanenera ku Palestine, “Ndine woponya miyala. Ndinu?”
