Bungwe la Congressional Progressive Caucus Limakhulupirira Nkhondo

Chaka chilichonse Bungwe la Congression Progressive Caucus limatulutsa lingaliro lofooka komanso lofooka la bajeti. Chaka chino adapempha kaye zolowetsamo. Ndinawatumiza izi ndipo ndinalankhula nawo za izo, kotero ndikudziwa kuti amawerenga. Kagawo kakang'ono:

"Chaka chatha Congress Progressive Caucus bajeti akufuna kuti achepetse ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito zankhondo, mwa kuwerengera kwanga, 1%. M'malo mwake, palibe mawu ochokera ku Progressive Caucus omwe adatchulapo za kukhalapo kwa ndalama zankhondo; mumayenera kusaka manambala kuti mupeze 1% kudula. Izi sizinali choncho m'zaka zina zaposachedwa, pamene CPC ikufuna kuthetsa nkhondo ndi kudula zida zinazake. Ndi ulemu wonse, kodi kutsutsa uku kukunena za umboni wankhondo wakupita patsogolo, m'malo mobwerera m'mbuyo?"

Ndiyenera kufotokoza kuti pamene Progressive Caucus inanena momveka bwino kuti kudulidwa kwakukulu kwa nkhondo, George W. Bush anali pulezidenti, ndipo kuti CPC mosakayikira idzazindikira kuipidwa kwa kupha anthu ambiri ngati Trump akhazikitsidwa.

Koma bwanji tsopano?

Zolemba zoyamba za chaka chino ndi imelo yochokera ku CPC imayesanso kuti ndalama zambiri (zomwe zimapita kunkhondo) kulibe. Yatalika pang'ono Chidule zikuphatikizapo, pafupi ndi pansi:

"Chitetezo Chokhazikika: Kulimbikitsa Mtendere ndi Chitetezo

  • Imasinthiratu chitetezo chathu kuti tipange ndalama zokhazikika za Pentagon
  • Imathetsa ndalama zothandizira nkhondo zosakhazikika
  • Kuchulukitsa ndalama zothandizira diplomacy ndi strategic humanitarian aid
  • Imawonjezera ndalama zothandizira anthu othawa kwawo kuti akhazikitsenso "

Ndiko (kwachibale) kupita patsogolo. Koma kodi zikutanthauza chiyani kwenikweni? Kodi tchati cha bajeti chimawoneka bwanji? Kodi 50 mpaka 60 peresenti akupitabe kukonzekera nkhondo? The “bajeti yonse” akutiuza kuti:

“CHITETEZO CHOSATHA: KULIMBIKITSA MTENDERE NDI CHITETEZO

"Kuwononga ndalama ku Pentagon kwachulukirachulukira pazaka khumi zapitazi ndikuwononga ndalama m'mabanja ogwira ntchito. Koma pamene nkhondo ya ku Afghanistan ikutha, tikufunika mphamvu yolimba, yolimba kuti tithane ndi ziwopsezo zenizeni zazaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi. "

[Zindikirani kuti ndondomeko yaposachedwa ndiyoti nkhondo ya Afghanistan ipitirire kwazaka zambiri, komanso kuti CPC sinanyamule chala kuti ithetse. Ndiye, ngati nkhondoyo “sikutha,” kodi timapezabe “mphamvu yochepetsetsa”? Ndipo “agile” amatanthauza chiyani? Ndipo ndani amene amaphedwa mu “zenizeni” nkhondo “zakale”? Nkhondo yomweyo ku Afghanistan inali "kutha" m'chilankhulo chofanana chaka chatha CPC bajeti.]

"Bajeti ya People mozindikira [kodi pali njira ina?] imamaliza ntchito ku Afghanistan, kubweretsa asitikali athu kunyumba, ikuyang'ana Pentagon pakugwiritsa ntchito ziwopsezo zamakono m'malo mwa Cold War - zida ndi makontrakiti anthawi, ndikuyika ndalama mu pulogalamu yayikulu yopangira ntchito kuthandiza ogwira ntchito kuti asinthe ntchito zausilikali. ”

[M'malo mwake, Congress iyenera kuthetsa nkhondoyi, koma ndi bwino kuti lingaliro labwino la bajeti liganize kuti latha. Komabe, bwanji za nkhondo ya Iraq ndi Syria? Nkhondo za drone m'mayiko angapo? Maziko akufalikira ngati kachilombo padziko lonse lapansi? Udindo wa US pakuphedwa kwa Saudi ku Yemen? Nkhondo yatsopano ku Libya? N’chifukwa chiyani kungothetsa nkhondo imodzi imene anthu akudzinamizira kuti “yatha”? Izi zati, kusintha kwachuma chamtendere ndiye lingaliro loyenera, chifukwa chake ndizochititsa manyazi kuti, ngakhale akuganiza kuti pali gulu lomwe likupita patsogolo, mamembala atatu okha a Congress adasaina. bilu iyi. Ndipo manambala mu bajetiyi ali kuti? Kodi "wamkulu" ndi wochuluka bwanji?]

"Bajeti ya People's imawonjezeranso ndalama zoyendetsera zokambirana, chitukuko chokhazikika, komanso thandizo lachithandizo lothandizira kuthana ndi zovuta zomwe zikuchitika ku Syria ndi Iraq. Bungwe la Congressional Progressive Caucus siligwirizana ndi kudulidwa kwa Pentagon komwe kumalamulidwa ndi kulandidwa ndipo imakhulupirira kuti pali ndalama zambiri zomwe zingatheke zomwe sizingawononge mamembala ndi asilikali ankhondo. "

[Uwu. Ngati mwaganizirapo za ubwino wa omwe amatchedwa "mamembala" a "ntchito" yaikulu, mungatanthauze chiyani ponena kuti kudula usilikali "kungawavulaze"? Mwachiwonekere, a CPC sanaganizepo kuti kupyolera kapena kupereka malingaliro aliwonse amakhalidwe abwino pa lingaliro lake lothandizira ndalama zankhondo zodula kwambiri m'mbiri ya dziko lapansi kuti zipindule ndi asilikali ake. Izi zimabwera mwachibadwa kwa mamembala a Congress, ndithudi, monga momwe amachitira kuti aganizire za ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo monga momwe zimakhalira ndi ntchito zomwe zimapereka m'maboma awo. Ayenera kuima kaye pang'ono, komabe, ndi kulingalira momwe angafotokozere ubwino umenewo kwa ana amene makolo awo anaphedwa ndi mzinga wochokera ku ndege ya ku United States.]

"Kuthetsa Ndalama Zankhondo Zadzidzidzi Kuyambira mu FY2017 - Bajeti yathu imachepetsa ndalama za Overseas Contingency (OCO) kuti titumizenso ku Afghanistan mu FY2017 ndikuchotsa OCO pambuyo pake, kupulumutsa $ 761 biliyoni poyerekeza ndi malamulo apano."

[Izi zikutsatira mchitidwe wosokeretsa wakuchulutsa chilichonse ndi 10 ndikubisala m'mawu amtsinde kuti "zosunga" zonse zidzakhala "zaka 10." Ndiye tinene kuti izi ndi $76.1 biliyoni. Ndiko kupitilirabe (kwachibale) ndi chiyambi chabwino. Tsopano, ndithudi timva za mabala akulu….]

"Yakwana nthawi yothetsa nkhondo ku Afghanistan mwachangu komanso mosatekeseka ndikuthetsa mfundo zopezera ndalama zankhondo zosatha. Kutuluka mwachangu ku Afghanistan kungapulumutse mabiliyoni. Kuphatikiza apo, kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zadzidzidzi kudzera muakaunti ya OCO kumabisa momwe ndalama zimawonongera nkhondo ndipo ziyenera kusiyidwa. ”

[Zowona mokwanira.]

"Chepetsani Kugwiritsa Ntchito Ndalama za Pentagon - Timachepetsa ndalama zoyambira zankhondo kuti tiwonetsetse kuti ndalama za Pentagon sizikupitilirabe kutithandiza kwambiri pazachuma chathu, ndikukhazikitsa njira yoyenera yoyendetsera bajeti yokhazikika."

[Hei, sankhani zifukwa zomwe mumakonda. Koma manambalawo adapita kuti, mwadzidzidzi? Kodi mukuchepetsa bwanji?]

"Bajeti ya People's Budget ithetsa zowononga zomwe zaperekedwa ndi Budget Control Act, pomwe idzapulumutsa ndalama zambiri pokhazikitsa kusintha, komwe kumagwirizana ndi malingaliro osintha zachuma amitundu iwiri. Imawongolera ndalama zomwe zimafunikira kuti zikhale zofunika kwambiri monga kusamalira omenyera nkhondo athu, DRM Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), zokambirana zanzeru, komanso kuyeretsa chilengedwe komanso mapulogalamu othana ndi kusintha kwanyengo mkati mwa DOD Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan.

[Apa ndipamene munthu ayenera kuyamba kuda nkhawa. Manambala asowa. Zodulidwa zomwe pano zikufunidwa ndi lamulo ndi "zowononga" (ndi zazikulu kwambiri?). CPC ikufuna kuti anthu ophunzitsidwa ndi zida zopha ndi kuwononga azigwira ntchito pamapulogalamu omwe amatithandiza kupulumuka kusintha kwanyengo. Kodi a CPC akudziwa kuti asitikali ndi omwe adayambitsa kusintha kwanyengo, kuti kuchepa kwakukulu kwankhondo sikungangochepetsa "kusintha" kwanyengo koma kumachepetsa?]

"Kusintha kwa Pentagon Kuchepetsa ndi Kuyika Ndalama mu Zopanga Zopanda Chitetezo - Bajeti ya People imawonjezera ndalama muofesi ya DOD ya Economic Adjustment kuthandiza maboma ndi maboma kuyankha pakusintha kwakukulu kwadongosolo lachitetezo pothandiza madera kuti asinthe zomwe zatayika.

"Njira zopezera ndalama zonse monga DOT's Federal Ship Financing Programme ndikuwonjezera kwambiri kugula kwaukadaulo wokhazikika kwa mabungwe aboma kuchokera kumadera omwe akhudzidwa ndi kudulidwa kwa Pentagon zithandizira kusintha kwa ogwira ntchito zodzitchinjiriza ndikuwonetsetsa kuti malo opangira zinthu aku US akukhalabe amphamvu."

[Zabwino! Ndi zochuluka bwanji "zokwanira"?]

"Kusintha Makhalidwe Athu a Chitetezo - Bajeti yathu imakwaniritsa gulu laling'ono lankhondo lomwe lili ndi antchito ocheperako chifukwa cholephera. Njira yamakono yodzitchinjiriza iyenera kuyang'ana magulu athu ankhondo pa mphamvu zawo zakuyankha pamavuto, chitetezo chanzeru, ndi kuletsa. Asilikali athu akuyenera kuzolowera zomwe zikuwopseza komanso zovuta zomwe zikuchitika, makamaka nkhondo zapaintaneti, kuchuluka kwa zida zanyukiliya, komanso kulimbana ndi omwe si aboma. Palibe ndalama zomwe zimapezedwa pochepetsa malipiro kapena zopindulitsa za asitikali, kuphatikiza TRICARE ndi penshoni. Kuchuluka kwa ogwira ntchito m'makontrakitala azinsinsi kuchepetsedwa kwambiri ndipo ntchito yawo idzasinthidwa kukhala anthu wamba, kuletsa "kuthamangitsidwa" kwa singano zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ndalama zichuluke. Zosintha zina zikuphatikiza kuthetsedwa kwa zida zathu za zida za nyukiliya za Cold War-nthawi ya Cold War, monga zafotokozedwera ndi Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act, ndikuchepetsa kugula ndi kufufuza, chitukuko, kuyesa, ndi kuyesa (RDT&E) popanga zisankho zanzeru zogula. .”

Kuchepetsa? Nanga amabweza ndalama zogulira anthu? Iwo samanena. Nkhondo za pa intaneti? Kulimbana ndi zisudzo zomwe si zaboma? Kodi izi si ntchito za apolisi? Osachepetsa ogwira ntchito pokhapokha chifukwa chophwanya malamulo, kuti asawononge antchito? Komabe ndalama zogulira ntchito "zazikulu" zopanda usilikali zomwe palibe msilikali aliyense amene angakhale ndi nthawi yopeza ntchito? The Chithunzi cha SANE sikuti, “kuchotsa ntchito … zida za nyukiliya.” Zimalepheretsa kupangidwa kwa mitundu ina yazowonjezera zatsopano ku "zomangamanga za zida za nyukiliya," mwina kulola "zomangamanga" zomwe zilipo kuti zithe kupitilira "kuwonongeka" kokhala ngati kutsekedwa ngati okalamba kapena kutipha tonse.

"Audit Pentagon - Monga bungwe lokhalo lomwe silingawunikenso, Pentagon imataya madola mabiliyoni ambiri pachaka kuti iwononge, chinyengo, ndi nkhanza. Yakwana nthawi yoti tiyang'ane machitidwe owononga osayang'anira pang'ono omwe amafooketsa malingaliro athu azachuma ndipo pamapeto pake, chitetezo cha dziko lathu. "

[Peza? Pentagon ikawononga ndalama m'malo mogula zida zambiri, chitetezo cha dziko lathu chimafooka. Choncho, ndalama zilizonse zopulumutsidwa mwa kuchotsa zowonongeka zidzayenera kupita ku zida zambiri. Kuziika mu maphunziro kapena nyumba zingatiike pangozi. Kapena kodi ndife okonzeka kuyika chiwopsezo chimenecho? Zikatero, ngati tikudziwa kuti Pentagon imawononga mabiliyoni ambiri, bwanji osabweza ndalama zokwana madola 20 biliyoni tsopano?]

"Diplomacy and Development - The People's Budget imawonjezera ndalama mu zokambirana ndi chitukuko kuti zikhazikitse zigawo zazikulu zapadziko lonse lapansi pothandizira utsogoleri wa United States ku United Nations, chitetezo chanzeru, kupereka utsogoleri wofunikira, chitukuko ndi thandizo lothandizira anthu, ndikuwonjezera zida zothandizira kuthana ndi zoopsa za kuzembetsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi anthu komanso kuchuluka kwa zida zanyukiliya. Malinga ndi bungwe la United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, chiŵerengero cha anthu amene anasamutsidwa mokakamizidwa padziko lonse lapansi chafika pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri kuposa wa anthu 59.5 miliyoni. Bungwe la People's Budget likuzindikira izi ndipo limapereka ndalama zolimba zoyendetsera ntchito zothawira anthu othawa kwawo. Dongosolo lathu limalinganiza zolinga ndi zoopsa kuti tipeze kusakanikirana koyenera kwa chitetezo, zokambirana, ndi chithandizo chachitukuko. Potengera chikhalidwe chatsopano chachitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi, kuyika ndalama pazofunikira zapakhomo ndikupanga gulu lankhondo lotsika mtengo lomwe likugwirizana ndi ziwopsezo zazaka za zana la 21, US ikhoza kukwaniritsa zolinga zazikulu zochepetsera chiwongola dzanja ndikukulitsa chitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi. ”

[Osadandaula zomwe zidapanga othawa kwawo! Chabwino, inde, izi ndizofunikira, koma manambala ali kuti?]

Kumapeto kwa Mtengo wapatali wa magawo CPC, monga chaka chatha, ndi masamba ochepa a manambala enieni, kumene mungapeze, monga chaka chatha, $ 6 biliyoni, kapena pafupifupi 1%, kudula ku "base" ndalama za Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo. Mumapezanso ndalama zokwana $104 biliyoni pazachuma, ndi $68 biliyoni pakuwonjezera ntchito zina, kuphatikiza $94 biliyoni kuti mupange koleji, osati yaulere, koma "yotsika mtengo." Palibe chithandizo chamankhwala cholipira m'modzi kuno, koma "njira yapagulu" yosiyidwa ndi mulungu. Palinso ndalama zokwana madola 1 biliyoni zopezera ndalama zoyendetsera zisankho.

Kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa ndalama zochepa zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa katundu wa boma ndi kuchepetsa pang'ono kwa asilikali kumapangidwa ndi msonkho wa ndalama, carbon, phindu lalikulu, ndi zina zotero. Misonkho yonseyi ndi katundu mwa iwo okha. Koma mtundu wandalama pakusintha kukhala mphamvu zokhazikika zomwe timafunikira, kuphatikiza kudziletsa kupha anthu ambiri omwe anthu ochulukawo amafunikira, zitha kungobwera kuchokera kumagulu ankhondo. Kudula kwa $ 76.1 biliyoni ku thumba la slush ndi chiyambi chabwino. Koma mabala owopsa kwambiri amafunikira ku zomwe zimatchedwa Chitetezo, ku Mphamvu, zomwe zimatchedwa Homeland Security, ku CIA ndi NSA ndi zina zotero. Chizoloŵezi chokana kulingalira kusintha kwakukulu sikunayambe ndi Hillary Clinton kukhala Purezidenti. Zakhazikika kwambiri ku Washington.

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