Anthu aku America Amavomereza: Dulani Bajeti ya Pentagon

Republe ya US Congress Mark Pocan
Republe ya US Congress Mark Pocan

kuchokera Pulogalamu Yopita Patsogolo, July 20, 2020

$ 740 biliyoni. Ndizo kuchuluka kwa Congress komwe kuli panjira kuti ivomereze bajeti yotetezera mu 2021. Pakati pa mliri, pomwe mamiliyoni aku America akukumana ndi ntchito, kuthamangitsidwa, ndi dongosolo losweka lazachipatala.

Mu 2020, bajeti yotetezera inali yokwanira 90 peresenti ya bajeti ya Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Tsopano, tikukumana ndi mliri wopanda kusowa kwa chuma, palibe njira yoyesera dziko lonse, milandu 3.6 miliyoni ndi kufa kwa anthu 138,000. Mwinanso, mwina, tikadakhala okonzekera bwino tsokali ngati ndalama za bungwe lathu lazaumoyo sizikhala gawo limodzi la bajeti.

Lachiwiri, Congress idzavota pa National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), koma izi zisanachitike, adzavota pakusintha kwanga ndi Congressantha Barbara Lee ndi Senator Bernie Sanders kuti achepetse ndalama zozitchinjiriza.

Tili ndi chisankho. Titha kunyalanyaza zovuta za machitidwe zomwe mliri wabweretsera, kupitiriza ndi mabizinesi monga mwachizolowezi ndikukhometsa mopereka $ 740 biliyoni kwa akatswiri omenyera chitetezo. Kapenanso titha kumvetsera kwa anthu aku America ndikupulumutsa $ 74 biliyoni kuzomwe akufunikira mwachangu, nyumba, chisamaliro chaumoyo, maphunziro ndi zina zambiri.

Mu Data for Progress 'posachedwa zofufuzira, ovota ambiri aku America akufuna kuti tiike zosowa zawo m'malo mopindulitsa a Lockheed Martin, Raytheon ndi Boeing. Makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu asanu ndi limodzi mwa anthu omwe amavota amavomereza kudula bajeti yodzitchinjiriza ndi 10 peresenti kuti alipire zofunika kuchita monga kumenyana ndi ma coronavirus, maphunziro, zaumoyo & nyumba-kuphatikiza 50 peresenti ya Republican.

Ovota amathandizira pakuchepetsa ndalama zomwe amenya kunkhondo

Makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri mwavotere anathandizira kudula mitengo yakuteteza ndi 10 peresenti ngati ndalama zakhala zikuperekedwa ku CDC ndi zosowa zina zakunyumba. 25 peresenti yokha ya anthu omwe adatsutsa kudula, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti anthu opitilira kawiri konse amathandizira kudula ndalama zoposa $ 70 biliyoni kuposa zomwe sitingachite, kuchuluka kwa 2: 1.

 

Ovota amathandizira pakuchepetsa ndalama zomwe amenya kunkhondo

Kuvota kumveka bwino: anthu aku America akudziwa kuti anyani atsopano, maulendo apamadzi apaulendo, kapena ma F-35 sangawathandize kupeza cheki chotsatira chosagwira ntchito, kapena kulipira lendi mwezi wamawa, kapena kuyika chakudya patebulo la mabanja awo, kapena kulipirira mtengo wa zaumoyo pa mliri wapadziko lonse.

Pazaka zinayi zapitazi, panthawi yamtendere, America yawonjezera ndalama zake 20 peresenti, zopitilira $ 100 biliyoni. Palibenso gawo lina la boma loyendetsedwa ndi boma lomwe lakwera motere - osati maphunziro, nyumba, kapenanso thanzi laboma.

Tawona zotsatira zakuchirikiza gawo losagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zotchinjiriza. M'mwezi wa Januware, kupha anthu osavomerezeka a Purezidenti Trump a General Iran Soleimani pafupifupi kutitsogolera kunkhondo ina yosatha. Mwezi watha, tawona a Purezidenti akulamula mayankho a asitikali aku Lafayette Park kuti atha kujambula chithunzi ndipo tawona a Dipatimenti ya Homeland Security ikuzunza mzinda wa Portland pomenya ndi kumanga zigawenga.

Bajeti ya Pentagon yofalikira imalimbikitsa anthu ngati Purezidenti Trump kuti aopseze nkhondo kumayiko ena ndikutulutsa gulu lankhondo pa anthu athu. Anthu aku America adziwona izi zokha ndipo kafukufuku watsopanoyu akuwonetsa kuti adatopa.

Fuko lathu likukumana ndi mliri womwe wadapha anthu ambiri aku America kuposa Nkhondo yaku Iraq, Nkhondo ya Afghanistan, 9/11, Nkhondo Yaku Persia, Nkhondo ya Vietnam komanso Nkhondo yaku Korea kuphatikizidwa. Komabe, ngakhale coronavirus ikuwopseza kwambiri dziko lathu pakali pano, Congress ikupereka udindo ndi kupereka ndalama zambiri zogwiritsira ntchito chitetezo kuposa china chilichonse.

Mawa, mungamve anthu ena aku Republican kuti zomwe tasintha kuti tichepetse 10 peresentiyi ndikuwukanso kwina kochokera kwa "gulu la anthu osiyira anzawo" ku Congress, kuti tikufuna kuchepetsa chitetezo cha dziko lino. Tikuganiza kuti America ndiotetezeka monga momwe anthu amakhalira kunyumba, ndipo pakadali pano ndi ulova wambiri, anthu mamiliyoni ambiri akutaya chithandizo chamankhwala, maphunziro apamwamba, ndi mabanja omwe akukumana ndi kuthamangitsidwa - anthu aku America akufunika thandizo lathu.

Nthawi zambiri, monga mamembala opita patsogolo a Congress, timayesetsa kufotokozera anzathu aku Democratic and Republican kuti anthu aku America ndi opita patsogolo kuposa momwe amaganizira. Timalankhula pa zisankho zomwe zikuwonetsa kuchirikiza kwakukulu kwa Medicare for All, kwa Green New Deal kapena malipiro ochepera $ 15. Makhalidwe opita patsogolo ndi mfundo zapamwamba, chifukwa mfundo zapamwamba zimayika anthu patsogolo.

Ichi ndichifukwa chake ambiri aku America amathandizira kudula bajeti yathu yayikulu kwambiri chifukwa sakuwona zomwe akuchita kapena zosowa zawo zomwe zikuwonetsedwa ndi Pentagon. Tsopano zili kwa ife, anthu omwe adawasankha kuyimira zokonda zawo, kuti amve iwo ndikuyamba kuchitapo kanthu.

Mawa, Congress ikhoza kusankha - anthu aku America kapena ayi.

 

Maka Pocan (@alirezatalischioriginal) ndi a Congressman omwe akuimira Chigawo Chachiwiri cha Wisconsin. Ndiye mpando wachiwiri kwa Progressive Caucus.

Kufikira pa Julayi 15 mpaka pa Julayi 16, 2020, Data for Progress idachita kafukufuku wa anthu 1,235 omwe ayenera kuti anagwiritsira ntchito mayankho pa intaneti. Tsambali linali lolemedwa kuti liyimilire oimira omwe angavote pazaka, jenda, maphunziro, mtundu, ndi mbiri yakavoti. Kafukufukuyu adachitika mu Chingerezi. M'mphepete mwa cholakwika ndi +/- 2.8 peresenti.

 

Mayankho a 2

  1. Kodi mudapatsa kuti "ovota" mwayi wonena kuti akufuna kudula zochuluka motani? Simunangotumiza malamulo onena kuti kudula kwa 10% kunali koyenera ndipo tsopano mukuwonjezera kuti monga aliyense ku US avomerezera. Chimenecho si mgwirizano womwe umasiyanitsa anthu ena.

    Tsopano tumizani funso lina kuti muwone kuti ndi angati omwe angafune kusaina pa bilu ya Senator Dongle yomwe ingachepetse bajeti yoteteza ndi 40%? Kapena bwinonso afunseni anthu kuti ayenera kudula kangati kapena mukufuna kuti mukhale wamkulu?

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