NaDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 28, 2020
Kuita kwemwedzi wapfuura kwakachinja zvakanyanya. Chinhu chimwe chete chaunobatsirwa nacho kutsvaira padivi nharo yekare yakaneta pamusoro pekuti hurumende inofanira kunge iri hombe kana diki. Panzvimbo yaro tine nharo dzinonyanya kubatsira pamusoro pekuti hurumende inofanirwa kukoshesa simba nekuranga, kana kutarisa masevhisi nerubatsiro.
Kana tichida hurumende dzemuno nedzenyika dzinopa nyanzvi mukukonana kuri kuwedzera, nyanzvi dzekubatsira avo vane zvinodhaka kana chirwere chepfungwa, uye nyanzvi dzine hunyanzvi pakubata traffic kana kupindura kune dzakasiyana nenjodzi, mari iri nyore uye zvine musoro akawanikwa. Yakagara mune yakanyanya kuwanda budgets yemapurisa akashongedzerwa nekuiswa mutirongo.
Padanho rehurumende yemubatanidzwa, mukana wakatokura uripo wekutamisa mari kubva pasimba rinouraya rakaiswa kune ese akasiyana ezvinodikanwa zvevanhu nezvakatipoteredza. Nepo mapurisa nemajeri ari madiki percentage yemuno neye nyika mari, hurumende yeUS inotarisirwa ku pedza, mukati mayo discretionary bhajeti muna 2021, $ 740 bhiriyoni pemauto uye $ 660 bhiriyoni pane zvese zvimwe zvinhu: kuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza, simba, dzidzo, kutakurwa, kudyidzana, dzimba, kurima, sainzi, hosha yezvirwere, mapaki, rubatsiro rwekunze (kusiri-zvombo), nezvimwe.
Hakuna rumwe rudzi anoshandisa kunyangwe hafu zvinoitwa neUnited States pamauto. Russia inoshandisa isingasviki mapfumbamwe muzana uye Iran iri pamusoro pe9 muzana (tichienzanisa mabhajeti e1). China bhajeti remauto riri padanho remapurisa eUS nemashandisiro ejeri - hapana chakafanana nemari yemauto eUS.
US yeuto kupedza yakakwira mukati memakore makumi maviri apfuura, uye hondo dzavakagadzira dzakaratidza counter-productive uye zvakaoma kwazvo kupera. Iyi tarisiro inoita kunge yakaita zvishoma kwazvo kuchengetedza chero munhu kubva kuCOVID-19, kubva kunjodzi yezvakatipoteredza, kubva ku ngozi yenjodzi yenyukireya, kubva kumabasa asina kuchengeteka, kubva mukutambura kwese kunokonzerwa nehurombo, kana kubva mukushaikwa kwehutano hwakakwana.
Dzimba mbiri dzeCongress izvozvi zvigadziriso kuNational Defense Authorization Act vari kuunganidza rutsigiro rwunogona kudzikisira gore rinouya remadhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mana emamiriyoni ehurongwa hwehondo ne740 muzana nechinangwa chekudzosera mari idzodzo kuzvinangwa zvine hungwaru. Kufambisa madhora mazana manomwe emamiriyoni makumi manomwe nematanhatu kwaizounza bhajeti remadhora mazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu ane mazana matanhatu ezviuru zvemamirioni ne $ 10 bhiriyoni yechinhu chose.
Mari yacho yaigona kubva kupi, chaizvo? Zvakanaka, Pentagon ndiro rimwe dhipatimendi rine haana kumbopfuura kuongorora, asi isu tine imwe pfungwa ye apo imwe mari yacho inoenda. Semuenzaniso, kungopedza hondo kuAfghanistan uyo mumiriri Donald Trump akavimbisa kupera makore mana apfuura zvaizoita save chikamu chikuru chemadhora mabhiriyoni makumi manomwe nemana iwayo. Kana iwe unogona save madhora angangoita mabhiriyoni makumi matanhatu nemapfumbamwe nekubvisa mari yemu-book-slush fund inozivikanwa seakaundi Overseas Contingency Operations account (nekuti izwi rekuti "hondo" harina kuyedza zvakare mumapoka anotarisa).
Pane $ 150 bhiriyoni pagore muzvigaro zvekumhiri kwemakungwa, mazhinji acho akatsamwa kwazvo, mamwe acho achitsigira hutongi hwehudzvanyiriri. Nezve izvo nyaya pane iyo kudzidziswa zvechiuto uye mari yemasoja anodzvinyirira ekunze nehurumende yeUS. Kune zvekare zvakadaro zvokunze-kudzora zvombo zvinotenga izvo zvisingadiwe zvombo kusunungurwa pamadhipatimendi emapurisa emuno.
Mari yaigona kuenda kupi? Inogona kuve nemhedzisiro huru kuUnited States kana pasirese. Sekureva kweUS Census Bureau, kubva muna 2016, zvaizotora $ 69.4 bhiriyoni pagore kusimudza mhuri dzese dzeUS dzine vana kusvika pahurombo. Sekureva kweUnited Nations, $ 30 bhiriyoni pagore yaigona magumo kuziya nenzara pasi, uye ingangoita $ 11 bhiriyoni yaigona zvinopa pasi rose, kusanganisira United States, ine mvura yekunwa yakachena.
Kuziva izvo zviyero, kunyangwe zvikave zvishoma kana zvakashata, zvinokanda chero kusahadzika pane zano rekuti kushandisa $ 740 bhiriyoni pazvombo nemauto inzira yekuchengetedza? Dzimwe 95% dzekuzviuraya kwemagandanga inotungamirirwa kupokana nemauto ekunze, nepo 0% vachikurudzirwa nehasha pamusoro pekupihwa chikafu kana mvura yakachena. Pane zvimwe zvinhu izvo nyika inogona kuita kuzvidzivirira izvo zvisingaite zvombo?
Kufambisa mari kubva muchiuto kuenda kune kumwe kudyara kunogona kuve hupfumi inobatsira, uye zvirokwazvo matanho ese anodikanwa ekubatsira vanhu mukuchinja angaita mutengo chidimbu chidiki chemari inosanganisirwa.
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David Swanson ndiye munyori, mutauri, Executive Director ve World BEYOND War, uye Campaign Murongi weRootsAction.org.
