By David Swanson, February 26, 2018. 
The Charlottesville Kupita Patsogolo Tsiku ndi Tsiku yatulutsa Baibulo za mkonzi wa Kutumiza kwa Richmond Times zimene zimalozera njira ya mtendere ndi chitukuko! Zimayamba:
“Pankhani ya ndalama zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito poteteza chitetezo, Virginia ali pa nambala 1. Ndalama zachitetezo zimatengera gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a chuma cha boma. Ichi ndichifukwa chake kuchepa kwa bajeti ya 2013 kudakhudza kwambiri Virginia kuposa mayiko ambiri. Ndipo ndichifukwa chake mgwirizano wa bajeti womwe Purezidenti adasaina ndi nkhani yabwino kwambiri. "
Miyezi khumi ndi imodzi yapitayo, Khonsolo ya Mzinda wa Charlottesville idadutsa chisankho kutsutsana ndi kusintha kwa ndalama izi kuchokera ku ntchito zina zambiri kupita ku zankhondo, chifukwa chakuti ndalama zomwezo akhoza kulipira zinthu zothandiza kwambiri komanso zamakhalidwe abwino, ndipo ndalama zomwezo zitha kukhala ndi zotsatira zabwino kwambiri pazachuma - zomwe, kwenikweni, ndalama zankhondo ndizo. kusowa kwa ntchito ndi moyo wachuma ngakhale poyerekeza ndi kuchepetsa msonkho kwa anthu ogwira ntchito,
Koma kampani yomwe ili ndi nyuzipepala yokhayo ya tsiku ndi tsiku ku Charlottesville ikuti, osakhumudwitsidwa ndi zowona kapena zamakhalidwe:
"National Defense Authorization Act ikuphatikiza bajeti ya $ 700 biliyoni ya Pentagon. Dera la Greater Charlottesville lipindula kale ndi ndalama zodzitetezera, ndipo kafukufuku watsopano wankhondo ndi ntchito zopanga zitha kubweretsa phindu lochulukirapo. Mu 2016, ndalama zowononga chitetezo zidathira pafupifupi $ 1.8 biliyoni kuchuma chakomweko, mwachindunji komanso mwanjira ina, kudzera m'mapangano opitilira 5,000, malinga ndi Governmentcontractswon.com.
"Ponena za zopindulitsa kwina ku Virginia, tiyeni tingoyang'ana za Navy zokha. Bajeti yatsopano ya Washington ikuphatikiza $ 26.2 biliyoni ya zombo zankhondo zatsopano 14, $ 5.9 biliyoni ya sitima zapamadzi, ndi $ 4.4 biliyoni ya onyamula ndege. Zambiri mwa zombozi zidzamangidwa kuno ku Virginia.
"Huntington Ingalls Industries ku Newport News ndiye amapanga zombo zankhondo zazikulu kwambiri mdziko muno. Zida zonse za nyukiliya zomwe zimayendetsa sitima zapamadzi za Navy ndi zonyamulira ndege zimamangidwa ku Lynchburg.
Ndipo chilichonse mwa zombo zatsopanozi chidzafuna oyendetsa sitima mazanamazana kuti ayendetse. Kuti akwaniritse zofunikirazi, pa Feb. 12, Pentagon inavumbulutsa ndondomeko ya zaka zisanu yokulitsa Navy ndi 25,400 ogwira ntchito.
"Pakadali pano, mphamvu yomaliza ya ntchitoyi ndi 319,400. Izi zikuyembekezeka kukwera kufika pa 344,800 kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019. Kupeza anthu 25,400 aluso, oyenerera kungakhale kovuta. Chuma cha anthu wamba chikuyenda bwino komanso chikukulirakulira. Usilikali suli wosangalatsa kwa achinyamata omwe ali ndi mwayi wochuluka wa ntchito. Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo lapempha $90 miliyoni mu mabonasi olembetsa ndi phukusi labwinoko kuti asunge mphamvu zake. Zokopa izi komanso kukwezedwa kwa malipiro a 2.6 peresenti kovomerezeka mu NDAA zitha kuthandiza kuthana ndi vutoli.
"Zonsezi ndi nkhani yabwino kwa Virginia. Norfolk Naval Base ndi kwawo kwa Navy's Atlantic Fleet ndipo ndiye maziko akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Izi ndi mabungwe ena ambiri a Navy m'boma awona kukula m'zaka zikubwerazi. Makampani omanga zombo zolimba komanso Navy yayikulu ikutanthauza ntchito zambiri ku Virginia - osati kwa amalinyero okha koma kwa makontrakitala amakampani, ogulitsa, ndi ena osawerengeka. Gulu lankhondo lankhondo lomwe likukula limapindulitsa dziko lonse. ”
Izi ndizomveka ndendende momwe kuchuluka kwamafuta opangira mafuta kumapindulira ena omwe amapindula nawo mafuta. Ndiko kuti, idzawononga tsogolo la mitundu ya Homo sapiens, koma m’kanthawi kochepa, wina apanga ndalama.
Pomwe misala yankhondo akupha mamiliyoni a amuna, akazi, ndi ana osalakwa; zoopsa ife; likuoneka chilengedwe chathu; amakokolola ufulu wathu; ndi osauka ife; timapititsa patsogolo kuwonongeka kwa chikhalidwe chathu pochiteteza ngati "pulogalamu ya ntchito." Uku ndikulakwitsa kwamakhalidwe a miyeso ya gargantuan kotero ndikuzengereza kunena kuti ndizolakwikanso zachuma.
Kapena mwina olemba akudziwa bwino lomwe kuti ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo zimachepetsa ntchito m'dziko lonselo, koma ndicholinga chowonetsetsa kuti Virginia apeza ntchito zambiri kuposa mayiko ena.
Makhalidwe abwino sangasinthike mosavuta. Kupindula ndi nkhondo kunali kochititsa manyazi ku United States mpaka Nkhondo Yadziko II. Tsopano imalimbikitsidwa poyera komanso mopanda manyazi ndi anthu omwe mwina sangakhale nawo mwachindunji. Mwachiwonekere ziboliboli zankhondo ndi misonkhano yachifasi sizinthu zonse zomwe tiyenera kumva chisoni ku Charlottesville masiku ano.
