Yunivesite ya Virginia Research Park, kudutsa Rt. 29 North kuchokera ku National Ground Intelligence Center, ikuchititsa msonkhano waukadaulo wa zida zomwe zalimbikitsidwa kuti zigwirizane ndi zinthu zopindulitsa pazachuma.
Nanga n’cifukwa ciani? Malo ankhondo ndi malo opangira kafukufuku amapereka ntchito, ndipo anthu omwe amagwira ntchitozo amawononga ndalama zawo pazinthu zomwe zimathandizira ntchito zina. Zosakonda ndi chiyani?
Chabwino, vuto limodzi ndi zomwe ntchitozo zimagwira. Kafukufuku wa Win/Gallup wa mayiko 65 koyambirira kwa chaka chino adapeza kuti United States ndiyomwe imawopseza kwambiri mtendere padziko lapansi. Tangoganizani momwe zimamveka kwa anthu akumayiko ena tikamalankhula za asitikali aku US ngati ntchito.
Koma tiyeni tigwiritse ntchito chuma. Kodi ndalama zimachokera kuti zambiri zomwe zimachitika kumunsi ndi malo ofufuzira kumpoto kwa tawuni? Kuchokera kumisonkho ndi kubwereketsa kwa boma. Pakati pa 2000 ndi 2010, makontrakitala ankhondo 161 ku Charlottesville adakokera $919,914,918 kudzera m'mapangano 2,737 ochokera kuboma. Zoposa $8 miliyoni za izo zinapita ku yunivesite ya Bambo Jefferson, ndipo magawo atatu mwa anayi a izo ku Darden Business School. Ndipo chizolowezi chimakwera nthawi zonse.
Zili zachilendo kuganiza kuti, chifukwa anthu ambiri ali ndi ntchito mu makampani a nkhondo, kugwiritsira ntchito nkhondo ndi kukonzekera nkhondo kumapindulitsa chuma. Zoonadi, kugwiritsa ntchito madola omwewo pazinthu zamtendere, pa maphunziro, pazinthu zowonongeka, kapenanso pazocheka za msonkho kwa anthu ogwira ntchito angapange ntchito zambiri ndipo nthawi zambiri ntchito zowonjezera bwino - ndi ndalama zokwanira zothandizira aliyense kusintha kuchokera ku nkhondo kupita ku mtendere .
Kupambana kwa ndalama zina kapena kuchepetsa msonkho kwakhazikitsidwa mobwerezabwereza ndi maphunziro apamwamba ochokera ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts ku Amherst, omwe amatchulidwa kawirikawiri ndipo sanatsutse zaka zingapo zapitazi. Sikuti kuwononga ndalama pa sitima kapena magetsi oyendera dzuwa kapena masukulu kungapangitse ntchito zambiri zolipira bwino, komanso sizingakhomenso msonkho wa madola. Kugwiritsa ntchito usilikali ndi koipa kuposa kalikonse, malinga ndi zachuma.
Onjezani ku izi kukhudzidwa kwa malamulo akunja omwe ndalama zambiri zankhondo zakhala nazo kuyambira Purezidenti Eisenhower asanatichenjeze tsiku lomwe adachoka paudindo: "Chikoka chonse - pazachuma, ndale, ngakhale chauzimu -" adatero, "amamveka mumzinda uliwonse, nyumba iliyonse ya boma, ofesi iliyonse ya boma la Federal.” Lerolino mochulukira, mochuluka kwambiri mwina mwakuti tikuziwona mocheperapo, zakhala zachizolowezi.
Connecticut yakhazikitsa komiti yoti igwire ntchito yosinthira kukhala mafakitale amtendere, makamaka pazifukwa zachuma. Virginia kapena Charlottesville akhoza kuchita chimodzimodzi.
Boma la US limagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zoposa $ 600 biliyoni pachaka ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo, ndipo ndalama zoposa $ 1 trilioni chaka chilichonse pa zankhondo m'madipatimenti onse ndi ngongole za nkhondo zakale. Ndizoposa theka la ndalama zomwe US zimagwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru komanso pafupifupi maiko ena onse padziko lapansi kuphatikiza, kuphatikiza mamembala ambiri a NATO ndi ogwirizana nawo ku United States.
Zingawononge pafupifupi $30 biliyoni pachaka kuti athetse njala ndi njala padziko lonse lapansi. Izi zikumveka ngati ndalama zambiri kwa inu kapena ine. Zingawononge ndalama zokwana madola 11 biliyoni pachaka kuti dziko lonse likhale ndi madzi abwino. Apanso, izo zikumveka ngati zambiri. Koma taganizirani za ndalama zimene zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa mapologalamu owononga chuma amene amawononganso ufulu wathu wa anthu, malo amene tikukhala, chitetezo chathu, ndiponso makhalidwe athu. Sizikanawononga ndalama zambiri kuti US iwoneke ngati yomwe ikuwopseza kwambiri kuvutika ndi umphawi m'malo mwamtendere.
David Swanson ndi wokhala ku Charlottesville komanso wokonza WorldBeyondWar.org.
