By Nzika Zachikhalidwe, November 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC - Nyumba ya Senate yaku US ili pafupi sabata ino kuti iganizire za National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA) yomwe ingalole kuti ndalama zokwana $780 biliyoni zigwiritsidwe ntchito pankhondo. US Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) adayambitsa kusintha kuti awonjezere ndalama zopititsira patsogolo pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zowonjezera $ 25 biliyoni ku bajeti ya asilikali. NDAA ikuphatikiza kale ndalama zokwana $25 biliyoni kuposa zomwe Purezidenti Joe Biden adapempha. Mosiyana ndi izi, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wakonza zosintha kuti achotse chiwonjezeko ndikubwezeretsanso bajeti yankhondo pamlingo womwe Biden adapempha.
Poyankha, mabungwe akuluakulu aboma adadzudzula lingaliro la Wicker ndipo adalimbikitsa maseneta kuti athandizire kusintha kwa Sanders:
"Kuyesa kuyika ndalama zokwana $ 50 biliyoni, ndalama zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe bungweli lidapempha, mu bajeti ya Pentagon yomwe ili kale magawo atatu mwa magawo atatu a madola thililiyoni ndizochititsa manyazi, zosayenera komanso zochititsa manyazi. Congress iyenera kukana zomwe gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale, m'malo mwake lilabadira kuyitanitsa ndalama za okhometsa misonkho pazosowa zenizeni za anthu monga kuthandizira kupanga katemera wapadziko lonse wa COVID-19, kukulitsa mwayi wothandizira zaumoyo, ndikupereka ndalama zothandizira chilungamo chanyengo. ”
- Savannah Wooten, #PeopleOverPentagon Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen
"Pamene mliri ukukulirakulira, kusiyana pakati pa olemera ndi osauka kukukulirakulira, pomwe chiwopsezo chazovuta zanyengo chikuyandikira, Nyumba ya Seneti ikukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana madola thililiyoni kukulitsa chiwopsezo chake pakuwotha. Malingaliro a Senator Wicker oti awonjezere $ 25 biliyoni pamwamba pa bajeti yonyansayi akhoza kusangalatsa olimbikitsa makampani a zida zankhondo, koma amasiya anthu tsiku lililonse kunja kuzizira. Yakwana nthawi yoti tikonze zosoweka zathu za bajeti, ndikuyamba kuyika zosowa za anthu kuposa umbombo wa Pentagon - ndipo Nyumba ya Seneti ikhoza kuyamba ndikusintha kusintha kwa Senator Sanders kuti achepetse bajeti yapamwamba ndi 10%.
- Erica Fein, Senior Washington Director ku Win Without War
"Takhala ndi ndalama zokwanira zankhondo zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira kuchokera kwa opanga malamulo omwe sangathandizire zofunikira monga zomangamanga, maphunziro aubwana, ndi chisamaliro cha mano kwa akulu athu. Kusintha kwa Wicker ndizochititsa manyazi kwa $ 25 biliyoni, pamwamba pa $ 37 biliyoni yomwe olamulira ndi Congress adawonjezera kale ku bajeti ya asilikali. Koma pali njira ina. Kudulidwa pang'ono kwa Senator Sanders kungayambe kuyika malire pakugwiritsa ntchito kwa Pentagon kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka. ”
- Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director, National Priorities Project ku Institute for Policy Studies
"Palibe chifukwa choti Congress iwonjezere ndalama pa zida ndi nkhondo ndikudula ndalama zomwe zingachitike pazosowa za anthu. FCNL ikulandila zosintha zomwe cholinga chake ndi kutengera njira yowopsa iyi yowononga ndalama ku Pentagon. "
- Allen Hester, Woimira Malamulo pa Zida Zanyukiliya & Kugwiritsa Ntchito Pentagon, Komiti ya Anzanu pa Malamulo a Dziko
"Senator Sanders akuyenera kuyamikiridwa chifukwa cholengeza mapulani ake osavotera chiwongola dzanja chambiri, zomwe palibe membala m'modzi wa Nyumbayi adachita. M'malo mowonjezereka kwina ndi Congress kapena kuwonjezeka kwaposachedwa kwa Congress kapena komwe kusanachitike ndi White House, tikufunika kwambiri kuchepa kwakukulu kwa ndalama zankhondo, kuyika ndalama pazosowa za anthu ndi zachilengedwe, kutembenuka kwachuma kwa ogwira ntchito m'mafakitale ankhondo, ndi chiyambi cha mpikisano wa zida.”
- David Swanson, Wotsogolera wamkulu, World BEYOND War
"Maseneta adawonjezera kale chitetezo ndi $ 25 biliyoni koyambirira kwa chaka chino, motsutsana ndi pempho la akuluakulu aboma ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo. Iwo akanatha kusankha kutsogolera ndalama zokwana madola 25 biliyoni ku malo oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi, ndipo sanatero. Opanga malamulo sayenera kuwonjezeranso $ 25 biliyoni pachitetezo chachitetezo pamkangano wa NDAA. Lamulo la SHIPYARD makamaka ndilopanda udindo, ndipo lingapereke mphika waukulu wa Navy mphika wa ndalama popanda kuyankha pang'ono ndi kuyang'anira momwe ndalamazo zimagwiritsidwira ntchito. Ndalama za okhometsa msonkho zili pachiwopsezo ndi lingaliroli. ”
- Andrew Lautz, Mtsogoleri wa Federal Policy, National Taxpayers Union
"Tingaganizire bwanji kugawa kuchuluka kwa izi ku Pentagon pomwe dziko lathu likukumana ndi zovuta zakusintha kwanyengo, kuponderezana kwamafuko, kukula kwachuma komanso mliri womwe ukupitilira? Tikudziwa kuti gawo lalikulu la ndalamazi lidzakhala m’bokosi la opanga zida zankhondo ndi ogulitsa zida komwe sizidzathandizira chitetezo cha dziko lathu kapena mtendere wapadziko lonse lapansi.
- Mlongo Karen Donahue, RSM, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team
"Pangotha sabata imodzi yokha omenyera zanyengo ndi mtendere atasonkhana ku Glasgow kufuna kuti atsogoleri apadziko lonse lapansi achitepo kanthu molimba mtima poyesa mpweya wotenthetsera wankhondo, aphungu athu akuganiza zovomereza ndalama zokwana $800 biliyoni za Pentagon. M'malo moganizira zadzidzidzi zomwe zikuchitikazi, US ikugwiritsa ntchito chiwopsezo cha kusintha kwanyengo kuti ivomereze kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri ku Pentagon, yomwe ili ndi gawo lalikulu kwambiri la mpweya ndi mpweya wowonjezera kutentha kwa bungwe lililonse padziko lapansi. Kuonjezera mafuta pamoto wowopsawu, kuwonjezeka kwa $ 60 + biliyoni kwa ndalama zankhondo kudzakulitsa kwambiri nkhondo yosakanizidwa ya United States ku China, ndipo potero, kuwononga zoyesayesa za mgwirizano ndi China pazovuta zomwe zilipo monga kuchuluka kwa nyukiliya ndi kuchepetsa kusintha kwa nyengo. .”
- Carley Towne, CODEPINK National Co-Director
"Sipanatenge nthawi kuti Pentagon ikhale ndi mlandu chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwake kwakukulu, chinyengo, komanso nkhanza. Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka makumi ambiri, US yachoka kunkhondo, komabe Congress ikupitiriza kukweza bajeti ya Pentagon, mosasamala kanthu kuti Pentagon ikupitirizabe kulephera kufufuza. Pamene madera athu akuvutika kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo, opanga zida zankhondo ndi makontrakitala ankhondo akulemera kwambiri. Tikulimbikitsa a Congress kuti akane zoyesayesa zowonjezera ndalama zankhondo kuposa zomwe Purezidenti Biden adapempha, ndipo m'malo mwake athandizire njira zowongolera bajeti ya Pentagon.
- Mac Hamilton, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) Advocacy Director
“Ndalama zankhondo sizikutha, pomwe zofunika zapakhomo zambiri sizikukwaniritsidwa. Sitima yothawa ya Pentagon largesse ndiyowononga komanso yowononga. Sanders akuyesera kubweretsa misala kuti ikhale yosasinthika. ”
- Norman Solomon, National Director, RootsAction.org
"Monga Nyumba Yamalamulo ikukonzekera za NDAA, pakufunika mwachangu kuchepetsa bajeti ya Pentagon. Zofunikira za dziko lathu, monga zikuwonekera mu bajeti ya federal, ndizolakwika kwambiri. Tiyenera kuwulula udindo wa makontrakitala ankhondo achinsinsi, okhala ndi magulu akulu achitetezo, omwe amapindula ndi kuchuluka koyipa kwa chuma cha dziko lathu chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa zida zankhondo. M'malo mwake, tikuyenera kunenanso tanthauzo la kukhala "olimba" ngati dziko, ndikusintha zinthu kuti tithane ndi ziwopsezo zomwe zachitika chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo, kusalingana ndi mliri.
- Johnny Zokovich, Executive Director, Pax Christi USA
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