Wolemba Haley Pedersen ndi Jodie Evans, Januware 11, 2018
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Dipatimenti ya Trump posachedwapa adzalengeza kusuntha kwake kotsatira pakuwukira kopitilira muyeso pa zokambirana ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe komwe kukuchitika ku United States. Kupyolera mu ndondomeko yotchedwa "Buy American," akuluakulu a boma akuyitanitsa anthu omwe akukhala nawo ku US ndi akazembe kuti atengepo gawo lalikulu pakugulitsa zida za US, kulimbitsa udindo wawo monga olimbikitsa zida zankhondo m'malo mwa nthumwi za zokambirana.
Izi zikutanthauza kuti dipatimenti ya Boma, bungwe lomwe likufuna kulimbikitsa ubale waukazembe ndikukhalabe mwamtendere ndi mayiko ena, tsopano ligwira ntchito poyera ngati wogulitsa zida. Boma likukakamiza dipatimenti ya Boma kuti idzichepetse, chifukwa kufunafuna ndikukulitsa mwayi wochulukitsa kugulitsa zida sikuthandiza kulimbikitsa ubale wamtendere padziko lonse lapansi.
Dongosolo la "Buy American" liwonjezera kutengapo gawo kwa akuluakulu aku US pakuwongolera kugulitsa zida, pomwe nthawi yomweyo kumachepetsa malamulo omwe amachepetsa kugulitsa zida za US ku maboma omwe ali ndi mbiri yolakwika yaufulu wa anthu. Kusamukaku kukusonyeza mfundo yosatsutsika, yakuti boma la United States likuona kuti ufulu wa anthu suli maziko a ulemu wa anthu koma ngati cholepheretsa kuti makampani apeze phindu.
Chuma Chochuluka kwa Amalonda a Imfa
Ngakhale zakhala choncho kwa nthawi yayitali, akuluakulu aku US padziko lonse lapansi tsopano azigwira ntchito ngati ogulitsa mabungwe ankhondo aku US. Ogwira ntchito ku ofesi ya kazembe tsopano adzayimbidwa mlandu wolimbikitsa kugulitsa zida komanso kuyankhula mwachidule ndi akuluakulu aku US kuti athe kumaliza ntchito zomwe zikuyembekezeka.
Kusuntha uku kwa Pentagon ndi dipatimenti ya boma la US kuti apititse patsogolo zofuna za zida zankhondo kudzawonjezera phindu kwa amalonda a imfa omwe akuyenda bwino chifukwa chakuchita nawo nkhondo zachikhalire za US padziko lonse lapansi. Magawo a mabungwe akuluakulu asanu ankhondo - Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, ndi General Dynamics - achulukitsa katatu pazaka zisanu zapitazi ndipo pakali pano akuchita malonda okwera kwambiri kapena pafupifupi nthawi zonse, kotero akupha anthu. kupha.
Kuphatikiza apo, malonda ankhondo akunja mchaka chachuma cha 2017, motsogozedwa ndi Obama ndi Trump, adakwera mpaka $ 42 biliyoni, poyerekeza ndi $ 31 biliyoni mchaka chatha, malinga ndi US Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Ndipo kugulitsa zida zapadziko lonse lapansi mu 2016 ananyamuka kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira 2010, ndi 57.9 peresenti ya malonda a zida zapadziko lonse akuchokera kumakampani aku US.
Kuletsa kugulitsa zida komwe kulipo sikunalepheretse zida za US kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito pothandizira kupondereza zankhondo. Makampani a zida zankhondo aku US omwe amapeza phindu kuchokera ku dongosolo latsopano la oyang'anira akhala akupanga mabiliyoni ambiri pakugulitsa kwa mabomba, mizinga ndi ndege zomwe zakhala zofunika kwambiri pa kampeni yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen, kampeni yomwe yawononga zimbudzi za dzikolo ndi thanzi, kupha masauzande ambiri, ndikuyambitsa vuto laumunthu. Kuphatikiza apo, mabungwe ankhondo aku US amasangalala ndi kulumikizana kwakukulu kwa bizinesi ndi Israeli, ndipo amapindula popereka zida zankhondo zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kuchirikiza kulanda kwa Israeli ku Palestine. Ndege zankhondo zaku US, akasinja, ma helikoputala owukira, mabomba, ndi zoponya zakhala zofunikiraku ziwawa zankhanza za Israeli pa anthu aku Palestine m'zaka zaposachedwa.
Ngati kugulitsa zida zankhondo "zoletsa" zomwe zikuchitika pano zathandiza zida za US kuchitapo kanthu pa nkhanza zotere, kodi zida za US zidzabweretsa mavuto otani pansi pa malamulo a ufulu wa anthu omwe afowoketsedwa kapena kuthetsedwa ndi dongosolo latsopanoli?
'Buy American' Ndiko Kumapeto kwa Chikoka cha Makampani a Zida
Kusuntha kosintha dipatimenti ya boma la US kukhala malo ogulitsa zida zankhondo ndi chiwonetsero champhamvu komanso chikoka chamakampani opanga zida. Mabungwe ankhondo akhala akukopa anthu mwamphamvu kwambiri m'zaka zingapo zapitazi, akuwononga ndalama zonse. zoposa $ 1 biliyoni pakulimbikitsa kuyambira 2009 ndikulemba ntchito kulikonse kuyambira 700 mpaka 1,000 olimbikitsa anthu pachaka chilichonse. Kuti izi zitheke, makampani opanga zida zankhondo amalemba ntchito anthu oposa mmodzi pa membala wa Congress chaka chilichonse.
Ganiziraninso kuti a Trump adachita chizolowezi chodzaza utsogoleri wake ndi omwe kale anali oyang'anira zida zankhondo. Mchitidwewu wakula kwambiri moti mu November 2017, wapampando wa komiti ya Senate Armed Services a John McCain, anachenjeza Trump asasankhenso anthu enanso ochokera m'mabungwe ankhondo. Zitsanzo za kayendetsedwe kazachuma ka Trumpkuphatikiza Secretary of Defense James Mattis, membala wakale wa board ku General Dynamics; Mkulu wa Ogwira ntchito ku White House a John Kelly, yemwe adagwira ntchito kumakampani angapo ankhondo ndipo anali mlangizi wa kampani ya Pentagon DynCorp; wakale wamkulu wa Boeing ndipo tsopano Wachiwiri kwa Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan; Mtsogoleri wakale wa Lockheed Martin John Rood, yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala undersecretary of Defense for policy; wakale Raytheon Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Mark Esper, wongotsimikiziridwa kumene kukhala Mlembi wa Asilikali; Heather Wilson, mlangizi wakale wa Lockheed Martin, yemwe ndi Mlembi wa Air Force; Ellen Lord, yemwe kale anali Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa kampani yopanga ndege yotchedwa Textron, yemwe ndi Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition; ndi National Security Council Chief of Staff Keith Kellogg, yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito ku bungwe lalikulu lankhondo ndi anzeru CACI.
Ndondomeko ya "Buy American" ikugwirizanitsidwa ndi National Security Council ya Trump ndikulembedwa ndi akuluakulu a State, Defense and Commerce Department, kutanthauza kuti ndondomekoyi ikugwiritsidwa ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito lens yamalonda ndi anthu omwe amaphunzitsidwa kuonjezera phindu la omwe ali nawo, osati kusunga kapena kuteteza ufulu wa anthu. . Amene akulemba mfundoyi ali ndi kugwirizana kwambiri ndi mabungwe amene angapindule ndi kusinthaku, ndipo akhoza kubwereranso paudindo ndi makampaniwo pambuyo pa udindo wawo monga akuluakulu a boma, chifukwa cha khomo lozungulira pakati pa mabungwe ankhondo ndi boma.
Boma la federal lomwe mosakayikira limapereka zofuna za opanga zida ndi chilengedwe chokhazikika, ndipo olamulira a Trump akungomanga pamaziko okonda nkhondo omwe adamangidwa ndi maulamuliro am'mbuyomu. Koma kusandutsa akazembe aku US kukhala ogulitsa zida ndi mawu owopsa a Boma lino kuti likuwona zokambirana ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe ngati chitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito, makamaka ngati zisokoneza malonda ndi phindu la eni ake.
"Buy American" ndi zina zomwe zikupangitsa kuti boma la US kulanda ndalama zambiri zamakampani opanga zida zankhondo zimakhudzana kwambiri ndi mphamvu ndi phindu la opanga zida zankhondo mdziko muno kuposa momwe zimakhalira ndi phindu lililonse kwa nzika wamba. Oyang'anira akuyamba dongosolo latsopanoli lomwe liyenera kuti zonse m'dzina lopanga ntchito zazikulu zaku America, komabe kafukufuku zikuwonetsa kuti dola pa dollar, kuyika ndalama m'mafakitale wamba monga zomangamanga, chisamaliro chaumoyo, ndi maphunziro kumapanga ntchito zambiri kuposa ndalama zamagulu ankhondo.
Pamene anthu 46 miliyoni ku US akukhala muumphawi, popeza ndalama zimachotsedwa kumagulu ndi mautumiki otsimikizira moyo, ndipo pamene dziko likugwa m'mavuto, anthu a ku America angachite bwino kudzuka kuti ndalama zawo zamisonkho ndizovuta kwambiri. kupereka ndalama kwa boma, kusandutsa boma la US kukhala wogulitsa zida zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Mwayi Wochitapo
Anthu okhudzidwa komanso odziwitsidwa ali ndi mphamvu zowunikira mabungwe omwe amayambitsa chiwopsezo chofuna kutenga zida padziko lonse lapansi. Popeza kuti mabungwe ambiri a usilikali ndi makampani ogulitsidwa poyera, anthu a ku America angalimbikitse mabungwe azachuma omwe amawaimira - mayunivesite awo, mizinda yawo, ndalama zawo zapenshoni, mabanki awo - kuti atenge ndalama kuchokera kwa amalonda a imfa.
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