NaGreta Zarro, Virginia Defender, May 19, 2022
Mwedzi wapfuura, Mutungamiri Biden yakaronga kugadzirisa bhajeti rePentagon kusvika ku770 bhiriyoni, kudarika mari yaTrump mudenga-yakakwira mumauto. Izvi zvinobata sei maVirginia? Maererano ne National Priorities Project, avhareji mutero weVirginia akabhadhara $4,578 pamashandisirwo echiuto muna 2019 chete. Panguva imwecheteyo, Virginia parizvino iri pachinzvimbo chemakumi mana nerimwe munyika mumashandisirwo emari yemudzidzi padzidzo, uye zvidzidzo zvinoratidza kuti a $1,000 yekuwedzera mukushandiswa kwemudzidzi wega wega inokwana kukwidza zvibodzwa zvebvunzo, mitengo yekupedza kudzidza, uye kunyoresa kukoreji.. Uyu ungori muyenzaniso mumwe wezvekukosheswa kwemari yenyika.
Saizvozvo, zambuko rePittsburgh rakadonha kutanga kwegore rino chiyeuchidzo chakasimba chenjodzi yekuregeredza zvinodiwa zvemumba, uye iyo inorova padyo nepamba, kubvira. mazana emabhiriji muVirginia anewo kushomeka kwemaitiro uye inoda kugadziriswa. Zvivakwa zvedu ndizvo chaizvoizvo ichiputsika panguva imwe chete iyo bhajeti remauto enyika yedu rinokwira nepamusoro gore rega rega. Tiri kupomba mabhiriyoni mukusimudzira zvombo zvedu zvenyukireya nekuchengetedza 750+ mabhesi emauto kunze kwenyika - uye Pentagon haigone kana kupasa kuongororwa kuzvidavirira kuti mari yayo yose iri kuenda kupi. Yave nguva yekucheka dumbu uye kuisa madhora edu emitero paari kudiwa chaizvo.
"Fambisa Mari" isangano renyika rinodaidzira kuhurumende kuti idzore mari yemauto kune zvakakosha zvevanhu nezvezvakatipoteredza. Panzvimbo pe $ 2.3 trillion yakashandiswa muhondo yakakundikana muAfghanistan, fungidzira kana mari iyoyo yakashandiswa pazvido zvevaAmerica chaizvo, senge zvivakwa, mabasa, universal Pre-K, kudzima chikwereti chemudzidzi, nezvimwe zvakawanda. Semuyenzaniso, $2.3 tiririyoni yaizove nayo akabhadhara 28 miriyoni vadzidzisi vepuraimari kwegore 1, kana kugadzira 31 miriyoni yakachena simba mabasa kwegore 1, kana kupa 3.6 bhiriyoni dzimba dzine simba rezuva kwegore. Kutengeserana kwakakura.
Bato reMove the Money rinotanga mumaguta edu, uko gumi nemadhumeni munyika yose - kusanganisira Charlottesville muno muVirginia - vakatobudirira kupasa zvisungo zvinodaidzira kudimburwa kubhajeti rePentagon.
MaAmerican anofanirwa kumiririrwa zvakananga muCongress. Hurumende dzedu dzemuno nedzematunhu dzinofanirwawo kutimiririra kuCongress. Nhengo zhinji dzekanzuru yeguta reUnited States dzinoita mhiko dzekushanda dzichivimbisa kutsigira Bumbiro reMitemo reUnited States. Kumiririra matunhu avo kumatunhu akakwirira ehurumende, kuburikidza nezvisungo zvekanzuru zvakaita seMove the Money campaign, chimwe chikamu chemaitirwo avangaita izvozvo.
Muchokwadi, Bato reMove the Money rinovaka patsika yenyika yedu yemaitiro emanisipala pazvinhu zvenyika nepasi rose. Semuyenzaniso, kare muna 1798, Virginia State Legislature yakatambira chisungo vachishandisa mazwi aThomas Jefferson achishora mitemo yemubatanidzwa inoranga France. Mumwe muenzaniso wenguva pfupi yapfuura, bato rinopikisa rusaruraganda rakaratidza simba iro maguta nematunhu anogona kubata pamusoro pemitemo yenyika nepasirese. Maguta anoda kusvika zana eUS pamwe nenyika gumi neina dzeUS dzakabva kuSouth Africa, izvo zvaimanikidza Congress kuti ipasise mutemo weComprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act wa100.
Masheya muLockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, uye vamwe vanogadzira maoko epamusoro vari kusimuka zvino nekuda kwedambudziko riri kuitika reUkraine uye kupinza kweUS zvombo zvehondo. Hondo iyi ingori rudzi rwekukwidziridzwa uko makambani ezvombo anofanirwa kururamisa kuenderera mberi kwekutsvaga mabhajeti makuru ekudzivirira uye rubatsiro rwemakambani, gore negore. Asi kutumira zvombo munzvimbo yehondo inoshingaira kunongowedzera kupisa kwehondo, chimwe chinhu chatakaona chichidzokororwa mumakore ose e20 'War on Terror.'
Panguva imwecheteyo, hurumende yedu inofanira kukurumidza kugadzirisa zvakare pachake kushandisa zvakakosha kugadzirisa zvinodiwa nevanhu vekuAmerica: nzara iri kuramba ichikwira, kushaya pekugara, kushaya mabasa, chikwereti chevadzidzi, nezvimwe. Uye zvinopesana nemafungiro akakurumbira, zvidzidzo zvinoratidza kuti kuisa mari muhutano, dzidzo, uye simba rakachena zvaizounza mamwe mabasa kupfuura mari inoshandiswa nechikamu chemauto. Yasvika nguva yekufambisa mari.
Greta Zarro ndiye World BEYOND War's Organising Director uye murongi weiyo Divest Richmond kubva kuWar Machine Coalition.
