Wolemba Medea Benjamin ndi Nicolas JS Davies, CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, October 7, 2021
Purezidenti Biden ndi Democratic Congress akukumana ndi mavuto chifukwa zomwe mabanja ambiri adachita pachisankho cha 2020 asungidwa ndi mabungwe awiri a Democratic Senators, mafuta consigliere Joe Manchin ndi wobweza ngongole wokondedwa Kyrsten Sinema.
Koma sabata lomwelo phukusi la Dems $ 350 biliyoni pachaka litagunda khoma lamatumba amakampani, onse kupatula 38 House Democrats adavotera kuti apereke ndalama zowirikiza ku Pentagon. Senator Manchin wanena zachinyengo kuti ndalama zowonongera ndalama zapakhomo ndi "misala yazachuma," koma wavotera bajeti yayikulu kwambiri ya Pentagon chaka chilichonse kuyambira 2016.
Misala yeniyeni yazachuma ndi yomwe Congress imachita chaka ndi chaka, kutenga zambiri mwanzeru zawo patebulo ndikupereka ku Pentagon asanaganizire zosowa zapakhomo mdziko muno. Kusunga njirayi, Congress idangotuluka $ Biliyoni 12 ndege 85 za F-35, 6 kuposa Trump adagula chaka chatha, osakambirana zaubwino wogula F-35s zochulukirapo poyerekeza $ 12 biliyoni pamaphunziro, zamankhwala, mphamvu zoyera kapena kuthana ndi umphawi.
The 2022 kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama Bill (NDAA kapena National Defense Authorization Act) yomwe idapereka Nyumbayi pa Seputembara 23 ipereka ndalama zokwana $ 740 biliyoni ku Pentagon ndi $ 38 biliyoni ku madipatimenti ena (makamaka department of Energy for zida za nyukiliya), kwa $ 778 biliyoni yankhondo kuwononga ndalama, kuwonjezeka $ 37 biliyoni pa bajeti ya chaka chino yankhondo. Nyumba ya Senate posachedwa ikambirana za mtunduwo wa biluyi - koma musayembekezere zokangana zambiri mwina, popeza asenema ambiri ndi "inde amuna" pankhani yodyetsa zida zankhondo.
Zosintha ziwiri M'nyumba kuti zichepetseke zonse zidalephera: m'modzi mwa Rep. Sara Jacobs kuti avule $ Biliyoni 24 izo zinawonjezedwa ku pempho la Biden ndi komiti ya House Armed Services; ndi ina ya Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kuti adutse 10% kudula (kupatula zolipira asitikali ndi zamankhwala).
Pambuyo pakusintha kwachuma, bajeti yayikuluyi ikufanana ndi kuchuluka kwa zida zankhondo za Trump mu 2020, ndipo ndi 10% yokha pansi pa mbiri-pambuyo pa WWII yokhazikitsidwa ndi Bush II ku 2008 poyang'ana nkhondo zaku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Zingapatse a Joe Biden kudziwika kuti ndi purezidenti wachinayi pambuyo pa Cold War US kuti atuluke mopanda nkhondo Purezidenti aliyense wa Cold War, kuyambira Truman mpaka Bush I.
Mwakutero, Biden ndi Congress akutsekera ndalama zokwana $ 100 biliyoni pachaka pomanga zida zomwe a Trump anali nazo zifukwa zosamveka kuti Mbiri ya Obama Kugwiritsa ntchito zankhondo mwanjira inayake kunatheratu pankhondo.
Monga kulephera kwa Biden kubwereranso mwachangu JCPOA ndi Iran, nthawi yoti achepetse ndalama zankhondo ndikubwezeretsanso zofunikira zapakhomo inali m'masabata oyamba ndi miyezi yoyang'anira. Kusachita kwake pankhaniyi, monga kuthamangitsidwa kwawo kwa anthu masauzande ambiri omwe akufuna kupulumutsidwa, akuwonetsa kuti ndiwosangalala kupitilizabe mfundo za a Hawkish kuposa momwe angavomerezere poyera.
Mu 2019, Program for Public Consultation ku Yunivesite ya Maryland inachitika phunziro momwe idafotokozera anthu aku America wamba zakusowa kwa federal ndikuwafunsa momwe angayankhire. Woyankha wamba adakonda kudula ndalamazo ndi $ 376 biliyoni, makamaka pokweza misonkho kwa olemera ndi mabungwe, komanso podula pafupifupi $ 51 biliyoni kuchokera ku bajeti.
Ngakhale a Republican adakonda kudula $ 14 biliyoni, pomwe ma Democrat adathandizira kudula kwakukulu kwa $ 100 biliyoni. Izi zitha kukhala zoposa 10% kudula mu kusintha kwa Ocasio-Cortez, komwe thandizo labwino kuchokera ku Democratic Reps 86 okha ndipo adatsutsidwa ndi ma Dems 126 ndi Republican iliyonse.
Ambiri mwa ma Democrat omwe adavotera zosintha kuti achepetse kuwonongera adavotera kuti apereke ndalama yomaliza. Ma Democrat 38 okha ndiwo anali okonzeka kutero kuvota motsutsana ndalama zokwana $ 778 biliyoni zogwiritsira ntchito asitikali ankhondo, zikangophatikizidwa ndi Veterans Affairs ndi ndalama zina, zikadapitilira zoposa 60% Zogwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru.
“Mukulipira bwanji?” zikuwonekeratu kuti ndi "ndalama za anthu," osati "ndalama zankhondo." Kupanga mfundo zomveka kumafunikira njira ina yotsutsana. Ndalama zomwe zimayendetsedwa mu maphunziro, zaumoyo komanso mphamvu zobiriwira ndizogulitsa mtsogolo, pomwe ndalama zankhondo sizimabweza ndalama zochepa kapena sizingabwererenso kupatula opanga zida ndi makontrakitala a Pentagon, monga momwe zidalili ndi $ 2.26 trilioni ku United States kuwononga on imfa ndi chiwonongeko ku Afghanistan.
kafukufuku ndi Political Economy Research Center ku Yunivesite ya Massachusetts adapeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo kumabweretsa ntchito zochepa kuposa njira zina zilizonse zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito. Inapeza kuti $ 1 biliyoni yomwe idayikidwa usirikali imapeza ntchito pafupifupi 11,200, pomwe ndalama zomwezo zimayikidwa m'malo ena zimabweretsa: Ntchito 26,700 mukayika maphunziro; 17,200 pachipatala; 16,800 pachuma; kapena ntchito 15,100 zolimbikitsira ndalama kapena zolipira.
Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti mawonekedwe okhawo a Zolimbikitsa za Keynesian zomwe sizikutsutsana ku Washington ndizopindulitsa kwambiri kwa anthu aku America, komanso zowononga mayiko ena omwe zida zawo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito. Izi zoyambilira zopanda pake zikuwoneka ngati zopanda tanthauzo kwa andale a Democratic Party of Congress, omwe ovota awo ochepa amachepetsa ndalama zankhondo pafupifupi $ 100 biliyoni pachaka kutengera kafukufuku wa Maryland.
Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani Congress ili yosagwirizana ndi zofuna zakunja kwa omwe amakhala? Zili bwino kuti mamembala a Congress amalumikizana kwambiri ndi zidendene Opereka nawo kampeni ndi ogwirira ntchito mabungwe kuposa anthu ogwira ntchito omwe amawasankha, ndikuti "zosavomerezeka" za Eisenhower zodziwika bwino za Military-Industrial Complex zakhala okhazikika kwambiri komanso obisika kuposa kale, monga momwe amamuwopa.
Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Lalikulu limagwiritsa ntchito zolakwika pazomwe zili zandale zofooka, zotsutsana ndi demokalase kuti zitsutse zofuna za anthu ndikuwononga ndalama zambiri pagulu ndi zida zankhondo kuposa dziko lotsatira 13 mphamvu zankhondo. Izi ndizomvetsa chisoni makamaka panthawi yomwe nkhondo za kuwononga anthu ambiri zomwe zakhala chonamizira chongowononga zinthuzi kwa zaka 20 zitha, pamapeto pake, mwamwayi, zitha.
Omwe akupanga zida zazikulu zazikulu zaku US (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman ndi General Dynamics) ndi 40% yazogulitsa zankhondo zankhondo, ndipo onse alandila $ 2.2 trilioni m'mapangano a Pentagon kuyambira 2001 pobwezera zoperekazo. Zonsezo, 54% yamagulu ankhondo amathera mumaakaunti amakontrakitala ankhondo akumakampani, ndikuwapatsa $ 8 trilioni kuyambira 2001.
Nyumba ndi Ma Senate Armed Services Committee amakhala pakatikati pa Military-Industrial Complex, ndi awo mamembala akulu Ndiomwe amalandila ndalama zambiri ku Congress pamalonda azida zankhondo. Chifukwa chake ndikuchotsa ntchito kwa anzawo kuti awononge ndalama zankhondo ponenedwa popanda kuwunika mozama.
The kuphatikiza mabungwe, Kuthothoka ndi kuwonongeka kwa atolankhani aku US komanso kudzipatula kwa "kuwira" kwa Washington kudziko lenileni kumathandizanso pakulekanitsa mfundo zakunja kwa Congress.
Pali chifukwa china, chosafotokozedwa pang'ono chodula pakati pazomwe anthu akufuna komanso momwe Congress imavotera, ndipo izi zitha kupezeka mu phunziro lochititsa chidwi la 2004 Wolemba Chicago Council on Foreign Relations wotchedwa "The Hall of Mirrors: Perceptions and Misperceptions in the Congressional Foreign Policy Process."
The "Hall of Akalirole”Kafukufukuyu adapeza mgwirizano pakati pa mfundo zakunja kwa opanga malamulo ndi anthu, koma kuti" nthawi zambiri Congress idavota m'njira zosemphana ndi mfundo izi. "
Olembawo adapeza zotsutsana ndi malingaliro a ogwira ntchito pamsonkhano. "Chodabwitsa, ogwira nawo ntchito omwe malingaliro awo anali osemphana ndi madera ambiri adawonetsa kukondera kuganiza, molakwika, kuti madera awo adagwirizana nawo," kafukufukuyu adapeza, "pomwe ogwira nawo ntchito omwe malingaliro awo anali ogwirizana ndi omwe amakhala nthawi zambiri kuposa kuganiza kuti sizinali choncho. ”
Izi zinali zodabwitsanso makamaka kwa ogwira ntchito ku Democratic Republic, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhulupirira kuti malingaliro awo owolowa manja amawaika pagulu la anthu pomwe, ambiri mwa omwe amakhala nawo amakhala ndi malingaliro omwewo. Popeza ogwira ntchito ku congressional ndiye alangizi oyambilira a mamembala azamalamulo pankhani zamalamulo, malingaliro olakwikawa amatenga gawo limodzi pamalamulo akunja a Congress olimbana ndi demokalase.
Pazonse, pazinthu zisanu ndi zinayi zofunika zakunja, avareji ya 38% yokha ya ogwira ntchito kumsonkhano amatha kuzindikira ngati anthu ambiri amathandizira kapena kutsutsa malingaliro osiyanasiyana omwe amafunsidwa.
Kumbali inayi ya kafukufukuyu, kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti "malingaliro aku America okhudzana ndi momwe mavoti amembala awo amawonekera kuti nthawi zambiri amakhala olakwika… [Ine] kusowa chidziwitso, zikuwoneka kuti aku America amakonda kuganiza, nthawi zambiri molakwika, kuti membala akuvota m'njira zomwe zikugwirizana ndi momwe angafunire kuti membala wawo avote.
Sizovuta nthawi zonse kuti membala wa anthu azindikire ngati Woimira wawo wavota momwe angafunire kapena ayi. Malipoti a nyuzipepala samakonda kukambirana kapena kulumikizana ndi mavoti enieni, ngakhale intaneti ndi DRM Ofesi ya kalaliki zikhale zosavuta kuposa kale kuchita izi.
Mabungwe aboma ndi magulu achitetezo amafalitsa zolemba zambiri zovota. Govtrack.us amalola mamembala kuti azilembetsa zidziwitso zamakalata zavoti iliyonse yoyitanitsa ku Congress. Punch yopita patsogolo amatsata mavoti ndi mitengo Yoyimira nthawi yomwe amavotera maudindo "opita patsogolo", pomwe magulu omenyera ufulu wawo amatsata ndikufotokozera za ngongole zomwe amathandizira, monga CODEPINK amachitira Msonkhano wa CODEPINK. Tsegulani Zinsinsi imathandizira anthu kutsata ndalama mu ndale ndikuwona momwe oimira awo akuwonekera m'mabungwe osiyanasiyana ndi magulu azipembedzo.
Mamembala a Congress akabwera ku Washington osadziwa zambiri zakunja, monga ambiri amachitira, amayenera kutenga zovuta kuti aphunzire mwakhama kuchokera kumagwero osiyanasiyana, kukafunsira upangiri wakunja kuchokera ku Military-Industrial Complex, yomwe adangotibweretsera nkhondo zopanda malire, ndikumvera madera awo.
The Hall of Akalirole kuphunzira kuyenera kuwerengedwa kwa anthu ogwira ntchito ku congressional, ndipo ayenera kulingalira za momwe iwo alili komanso mogwirizana kutengera malingaliro olakwika omwe awululidwa.
Anthu akuyenera kusamala poganiza kuti Oyimilira akuvota momwe angafunire, m'malo mwake achite khama kuti apeze momwe amavotera. Ayenera kulumikizana ndi maofesi awo pafupipafupi kuti amve mawu awo, ndikugwira ntchito ndi magulu okhudzana ndi anthu wamba kuti awayankhe pamavoti awo pazinthu zomwe amakonda.
Tikuyembekezera ndewu yankhondo yankhondo yotsatira komanso yamtsogolo, tiyenera kupanga gulu lotchuka lomwe likukana lingaliro lotsutsa demokalase kuti lisinthe kuchoka munkhanza komanso mwazi, ndikupititsa patsogolo "nkhondo yankhondo" kukhala zosafunikira komanso zowononga koma mpikisano wowopsa wa zida ndi Russia ndi China.
Monga ena ku Congress akupitiliza kufunsa momwe tingakwaniritsire kusamalira ana athu kapena kuwonetsetsa kuti moyo wapadziko lino uli patsogolo, kupita patsogolo ku Congress sikuyenera kungopereka msonkho kwa olemera koma kudula Pentagon - osati m'ma tweets kapena pakulemba mawu, koma mu mfundo zenizeni.
Ngakhale kutha kukhala kochedwa kusintha njira chaka chino, akuyenera kuyika mzere mumchenga wa bajeti ya chaka chamawa yomwe ikuwonetsa zomwe zikhumbo za anthu ndi dziko lapansi zikufunikiratu: kubweza makina owononga, achigawenga komanso Gwiritsani ntchito ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo komanso nyengo yabwino, osati mabomba ndi F-35s.
Medea Benjamin ndi amene amapanga CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikiza M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies ndi mtolankhani wodziyimira payekha, wofufuza ndi CODEPINK komanso wolemba wa Magazi Pa Manja Athu: Kuthamangira ku America ndi Kuwonongedwa kwa Iraq.
