By Eleanor, ArtKillingApathy
Ndiyo motokari yakanaka kwazvo. Shamwari dzangu muSweden dzinogara dzichishandisa maparadhidimi ane ruvara rwandinotaura pamusoro pekutyaira kuUnited States. Vanofunga kuti zvakafanana Thelma naLouise kana kuti Johnny Depp mutengesi uko ari kuendesa kunze mugwenga pakuvira kwezuva, achiviga zvimwe zvishongo pakati pemvura yakawanda yepasi tsvuku uye dombo. Asi, kwete. Iyi haisi iyo nzira-kunze-west badass, inonakidza guyliner kinda motokari. Icho snoozer, tunnel-chiratidzo-muiti wekutya-ane akawanda akawanda uye kwete Sheetz nzvimbo.
Uya kuzokufunga nezvazvo, ndakashamisika zvikuru kuti ini ndatoona chiratidzo. Panguva imwecheteyo, ini ndakashamisika ndisati ndazviona kare. Ndakayambuka kumaodzanyemba uye kumaodzanyemba kweNorth Carolina makore anopfuura gumi nemaviri muupenyu hwangu uye ndisati ndamboona zvirevo zvemuganhu wezwi redu rakajeka: "Hondo yeHondo Yese-Shamwari Munyika!" Uye pano ndakafunga kuti taive zvakagadzirirwa pavekutanga muSvondo. Vakuru vehondo-vane ushamwari? Izvozvo zvinorevei? Handina kumboziva kuti pakanga pane makwikwi ezvo. Sezvo ndakashamisika uye ndisinganzwisisiki sezvandakanga ndiri pakuona chiratidzo ichocho, chakandipa chimwe chinhu chokufungisisa kune avo maawa mashomanana apfuura.
Zvose zvakataurwa, the kushandiswa kwemari yemari kufukidza iyo nguva kubva Gumiguru 1st, 2018 kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 30th 2019 i $ 892 bhiriyoni. Izvo zvinosanganisira iyo $ 616.9 bhiriyoni base bhajeti yeDhipatimendi reDziviriro ($ 19.8 bhiriyoni kupfuura iyo DoD yakatanga kukumbira), $ 69 bhiriyoni yekurwisa ISIS, aka "mhiri kwemakungwa zviitiko," pamwe nezvidimbu zveDhipatimendi reVeteran Affairs, The State department , Homeland Security, National Nuclear Security Administration uye FBI & Kudzivirirwa kwekuchengetedzeka muDoJ. Inopfuura hafu yemashandisirwo edu ekushandisa anoenda kumauto. Kutaura kuti isu tiri nyika inofarira zvechiuto chingave chinhu chakakasharara. Isu tinoshandisa zvakanyanya kumauto edu kupfuura iyo inotevera nyika mapfumbamwe dzakabatana. Panhamba yehurumende, nhamba idzi hadzina kunyanya kuoma kuwana. Iwe unogona kuwana kunyange mharidzo isingatendi iyo pakati pe1998 ne2015, Pentagon yakapedza an risingabhadharwi ne $ 21 trillion. Iwe unogona kusakwanisa kushandira mashoko aya, asi iwe unogona kuiwana. Ichokwadi kuti, hondo yedu yehondo haina kungovapo pane imwe yenyika. Kune mauto ezvematongerwo enyika munzvimbo dzose nezviuru zvevashandi vachitamba nemabhiriyoni emadhora anokosha emakontrakiti emunharaunda uye enyika. Zvechokwadi, pane chaizvoizvo haisi iyo iyo hazvisi mauto-akanaka. Asi tichiona semakwikwi uye nguva yandakanga ndisingazivi, ndakachera zvakadzika.
Dhipatimendi reZviviri inopa webhusaiti yakadanwa Masoja State State Source, nzvimbo inoedza "kuzivisa uye kugadzirisa zvakanyanya zvinodiwa nhengo dzebasa uye mhuri dzechiuto dzakabatwa nemitemo yenyika. Nzvimbo yacho uye zvigadziriswa zvayo zvinoshandiswa kune vashandi vehurumende nevashandi vavo. "Nemamwe mazwi, inzvimbo yekuchengetedza vanhu vehondo uye mhuri dzavo. Inotarisa pane zvakakosha nyaya dzinosanganisira medicaid waivers, pro-bono rubatsiro rwemitemo, ruzivo rwepamutemo uye kubhengetedza kwevatengi, kutumirwa kwemasayiti uye zviiti zvevarume vehondo nevamwe. Izvozvo zvinoshamisa zvidzidzo! Iye zvino kungofara, fungidzira kana EPA yakanga ine nzvimbo yakafanana yakagadzirirwa vanogadzirisa mazano uye vashandi vakatsvaga kusimbisa zvinodiwa nevanhu uye pasi kuitira kuti upenyu huve nyore kune vanhu vakagadziriswa pamiganhu yepamberi yekushanduka kwemamiriro okunze. Uye zvino iwe unogona kunge uine status tracker kufanana neChipiri cheMhurumende State Policy inoita-saka iwe unogona kuona kuti hukama hwemagariro ako huri hupi; vangave kana kwete ivo vakazivisa kana kupedza mitemo panyaya dzinokosha. Zvakaoma kunyange kutora chinhu chakadaro, handizvo here? Ngatiedzei chimwe chinhu chiri nyore: nzvimbo inotarirwa kune vanoita mazano nevashandi vanoedza kuita kuti hupenyu huve nani kune vose veAmerica? Zvakanaka kwete, tsvaga izvo. Izvozvo zvinoreva kuti vagari vese vanogona kuwana zvinhu zvakadai sekusununguka dzidzo yekoroji, mikana yakanaka yebasa, kushamwaridzana kwehutano hwehutano uye dzimwe nguva kupisa motokari. Uye izvi hazvisi chimwe chinhu chatinoita - nokuti zvino tingatora sei vanhu kunyora ?! Saka saka hazvishamisi kuti nguva dzose vanhu havana nzvimbo yakafanana military.com, chikwata chekubatana, nhau dzehondo uye inobatsira dzidzo mu "plain English." Mu 2004, nzvimbo yacho yakabatanidzwa nenzvimbo yebasa Monster kuitira kuti ipe imwe nzvimbo yevamwe nhengo dzavo. Nyevero yakanaka iyo nzvimbo yacho yakawanda kupfuura yaMattis mumusikiti, asi kana iwe uchitsvaga zveruzivo pamusoro pezvibereko zvekare, kubwinya kunoremekedzwa halleluya kunogona kunge kwakanyanyiswa. Mharidzo yakadzika anotsanangura zvipo zvakasiyana-siyana zvinowanikwa kune veterans munharaunda imwe neimwe yehurumende neUnited States, kubva pamari yekupakisa kusvika kumabhadharo emitero. Saizvozvowo, nzvimbo Military Friendly zvikwereti uye zvikwereti zvikoro nevashandirwi avo vane hanya zvikuru nevashandi vehondo uye veteran - zvose maererano nekutsigira basa remauto uye hupenyu hweveterans. Saka, muchidimbu-zvechiuto-zvine ushamwari zvinoreva zvakanaka kune veterans uye zvakanaka kumushonga wehondo. Asi izvi zvakagumburwa mupfungwa dzangu kunyange kupfuura icho chiratidzo chepenzi. Nokuti iwe haugoni kuve nayo nzira mbiri.
Anenge gore rakapfuura, ndakasangana nemuvengi weVietnam mubhasi muDDC. Iyo inotonhora inonaya yakanga yakwira pamusoro peguta mumashizha emvura yakaoma-sokunge kuti nguva yechando yakanga isina kungova nemhepo yakasvibira asi yemuvara zvakare. Akarova kukurukura neni. Zvichifanotaurwa zvipfeko uye zvakashata zvakapfeka zvipfeko zvakasungirirwa kubva kwaari, sokunge kuti tsvimbo dzakanga dzakatarisa kwaari kuti atsigire. Akanga ane envelope ye manila muruoko rwake yaakashandisa senzira yekutanga uye yekuita nyaya yacho. Akange achangobva kuchipatara. Mumwe munhu akanga amuwana ari pasi pe bhiriji chaive chando chakanga chafa. Munguva yekugara kwake kuchipatara, mukoti akaratidza pamubhedha wake nemavhutuki e manila uye mune cheery izwi rakazivisa kuti hurumende yakanga ichiedza kumubata. Akanga apiwa mhirizhonga yevashandi vake muVietnam. Yake yakaswedera pedyo nekushongedza nerufu yakanga yavapa mukana wekuita kuti vese vashandise mushonga wake; pakupedzisira zviratidzo izvi zviviri zveAmerica zvakasiyana-siyana zvinogona kubatana. Akaseka kuseka kusina mufaro. Iyi bhazi yakanga ichimutora kuenda kunzvimbo yekugara muVirginia. Akanga achitarisira kuwana mubhedha manheru ano. Akanga achingova kune mamwe mahofisi ehondo achiedza kuwana mumwe munhu kutengesa mutezo ku-kana kuigadzirisa iyo yekugara, kana zvimwe zvokudya. Akati akatozvipa kuna mai veku Pret. Hapana aida izvozvo, kusanganisira iye.
Nokuda kwenyaya yacho, Virginia inonzi inofanirwa kune mamwe mauto-anobatsira nyika. Kunyange zvazvo veterans vanoona urombo hushoma kudarika huwandu hwenyika, ivo urombo huri kuramba huchiwedzera. 22 veterans vanozviuraya zuva. Ndakanga ndisingagoni kuwana chero zvikamu zvekuti vangani vakafirwa kufa. Zvinonyanya kukosha kuti veterans vane zvigadziro zvinopa ruzivo pamusoro pezvibatsiro nemabasa, kuti izvi zvinobatsira uye mazano aripo. Asi chokwadi chokuti nzvimbo idzi dzinogona kushandiswa kana kuti hukuru hutsigiro hwemakemikari inonetsa zvikuru. Pakutanga uye zviri nyore, zvakaisvonaka zvakakanganiswa kuti sangano rinopa rubatsiro rwekutanga kune veterans ndiyo imwechete iyo inosimudzira kuwedzera vamwe veterans kumakero ayo haagoni kuita iye zvino. Chechipiri, idzi dzinzvimbo dzehondo dzinowedzera hupfumi hwemari uye dzinosimudzira pfungwa yokuti "inofanirwa" sehutano hwehutano inongowanikwa kune vashomanana uye vanozvikudza uye naizvozvo vanofanira kuuraya vanhu. Kana munhu wose akawana chikoro chekusununguka, zvisingaiti 6 vanhu vandinoziva ivo pachavo vangadai vasina kunyora. Chechitatu, inochengetedza veterans mubasa reuto rehondo - kunyanya kusambovabvisi kubva kumabasa anoshingaira sezvo vari nyore kuvhara kubva munhandare yehondo kuenda kumabhizimisi emabhizimisi ega ega. Uye pakupedzisira, iyo yakawedzerwa kukudzwa rusununguko rwedu mhirizhonga ndeye, ivo veterans vanowanzosika. Zvimwe zvitunha zvakaputsika, pfungwa nemweya zvinoputirwa nemubatsiro-based war machine, zvichiita bhanhire kure neropa apo isu vanhu tiripa kubhadhara kwavo. Handidi kubhadhara hondo. Handidi kubhadhara kuumba varwi vatsva. Ndinoda kubhadhara kuitira kuti tibatsire avo veterans vatatova navo. Uye kunze kweizvozvo - kubatsira vanhu vose (ndinoziva, pfungwa yeupenzi). Nemhaka yekuti zvipo zvose zvakanyorwa pazvivako izvi - kufanana nemitambo yekubhadhara imba - inogona kuva (uye inogona kuva) inowanika kune mamiriyoni evarombo veAmerica vanovada, kusanganisira veterans. Ndinoda mutero wangu wemari kuti ndiende kubatsira vanhu, kwete mauto. Ichi chinhu chakakosha chaizvo. Kana uye kana veteran vachiwana zvibatsiro zvavo, kuwana basa rakanaka uye vanogona kutenga imba, haisi nokuti inofunganya kana inoiona sevanhu, ndeyokuti inova nehanya navo sevarwi. Inova nehanya navo sevatori vechikwata chinonzi jingoistic chisimba chinotarisana nemaparaganda, zvigadzirwa zvemari, uye zvinokurudzira kupfuurira hondo nekuda kwebatsiro. Kune vanhu vazhinji, izvi zvinokurudzira zviri kungoedzawo. Tarisiro yekugoreji apo mamiriyoni ari varombo zvikuru kuti vasatombobhadhara mari inoshandiswa utsinye uye yakawanda zvakare. Masoja-ane ushamwari haasi pamusoro peveterans zvakare kupfuura hondo dzedu ndezvekusununguka uye democracy. Hondo-inobatsira inoreva zvakanaka kwebhizimisi. Uye tinoonga zvishoma chikamu kune hurumende dzenharaunda nehurumende, bhizinesi riri kuwedzera.
Izvi zvakapera muzhizha, Dhipatimendi reDhipatimendi reHood of Economic Adjustment rakabudiswa mushumo unonzi "Kudzivirira Kudhinda Nehurumende," ichifukidza gore re2016 mari. (Cherechedza kubva ipapo, kushandiswa kwemauto kwakawedzera). Yakaparadzaniswa neExNUMX states neDDC, iyoDD yakashandisa $ 50 mabhiriyoni pane zvibvumirano uye mubhadharo, ne378.5% yeiyo kuenda kune zvibvumirano nemakambani akavanzika. 68% akaenda kunobhadhara mibairo. Mutsara uyu unotaura pamusoro pehuwandu hwevashandi, kushandiswa kwekontrakiti uye kushandiswa kwemauto ehurumende munzvimbo imwe neimwe. Sezvo ndiri pamba pamba, ngatitarirei North North. Kutenda mashoma ezvidzidzo zvemauto uye anopfuura vashandi ve32, hurumende inotarisana ne200,000th inhamba yevashandi uye 4th mubasa revanoshandisa. Iyo inobatanidza 5th mune kontrakari yekushandisa, ine mari shomanana $ 25 inoshandiswa pazvibvumirano. Kakawanda, iyo inotarisana ne2.8th munyika ino ne $ 12 yakawanda inoshandiswa muhurumende. Icho chitarisiko chakanaka chemauto-chakanaka zvakare. Zvisinei, NC nhengo dzepamutemo dzisina kujeka dzisina kunzwa kuti dzakanga dzakanaka. Mukupera kwaAgasti wegore rino, Booz Allen Hamilton akazivisa kuti vangave vachiwedzera 208 mabasa kune avo vanoshanda kuFayetteville, NC vanovhura mari inenge $ 2 mamiriyoni ehurumende uye emunharaunda yemari. Mubvunzo wokuti nei BAH inoda kukurudzira mari apo inenge iine $ 52.1 mamiriyoni anokosha eCN zvibvumirano hazvina kutaurwa. Chizhinji che $ 2 miriyoni inokurudzira mari inobva kuThe Economic Development Partnership yeNorth Carolina (EDPNC), sangano rekushandira mabhizinesi iro chikamu chekubhadhara mari neCN Department of Commerce. Kunze kwebumbiro ravo rekupa mari, EDPNC yakanyora ruzivo rwehuwandu hwekuti mabhizimisi-ane ushamwari (uye munyaya ino-vane ushamwari) NC chaizvoizvo. NC ine yepamusoro yekambani yemitero - pa 3% uye ne2019, ndeyo inotarisirwa kumira ku2.5%. Uyezve, EDPNC inotaura nezve "mari inoshandiswa pabasa," inoratidza kuti mibairo yevashandisi vepanzvimbo yeAerospace ndeye 25% yakaderera muNC kupfuura ivo vari munzvimbo dzakasununguka seCalifornia neWashington. Ini ndinonzwa sekuti chiratidzo chemuganhu chinofanira kuverengerwa "Uchadzvinyirira Vagari Vakawanda Kuropa Ropa Mari." Maererano nehuwandu hwe2017, musha wemhuri yepakati pakati pe2012-2016 muNorth Carolina yaiva $ 48,256. Izvo zvinodarika $ 7,000 pasi pemari yepakati penyika yenguva iyoyo. Asi hey, zvishoma isu tiri kupa mapurisa emakambani ekukurudzira kuita bhizimisi nzira yedu !!! Uye North Carolina haisi yoga.
California, somuenzaniso, nhamba ye1 mukambani yekushandisa mari, nhamba yevashandi uye zvakashandiswa muhurumende. Kudzoka ku2014, sangano reCalifornia rakabvumira kupa $ 420 mamiriyoni emubhadharo wemitero kuCheheheed Martin, kambani iyo mu2016 yakawana $ 4.9 mabhiriyoni ezvibvumirano zvehurumende muCalifornia chete. Panguva iyi, zvina kubva pasi pasi shanu nzvimbo nokuti mabhizimisi mashomanana ari muCalifornia uye hurumende inowanzo yechipiri kubva pakupedzisira muimba yeimba. Pane chete imwe chete inogona kugadziriswa imba kune mamwe mashanu mashanu mhuri dzine mari shoma. A mushumo wakabudiswa muna May zvegore rino zvinoratidza kuti "kuperevedza kweimba inotengesa uye inogamuchirwa kunogadzirisa kukura, kukonzera kukanganisa kwezvemari uye yezvakatipoteredza, uye zvichiita kuti vazhinji vagari vepfuma midzi nevepakati-kati vatsvaga mikana kune imwe nzvimbo." Vanhu vari kuenda kuCalifornia mumapoka. Zvinosuruvarisa, tarisiro haisi yakajeka chero kupi zvako. Zvechokwadi, pose pauri kuverenga izvi, nyika yako inewo dambudziko reimba - nokuti nyika yose inoita. Uye zvakadaro pane matanhatu matanhatu asina chinhu kune mumwe nomumwe munhu asina pokugara. Sezvo shoko iri richiti, "kune zvakakwana kune wese munhu anoda asi kwete nemakaro evanhu vose." Hurumende yehurumende inobhururuka pasi pemari ye kutamba shuga daddy kune makambani makuru akafanana neCloheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton nevamwe vakawanda. Izvi zvinoreva iwe, ini newe tiri kunetseka pasi pehupfumi hwenhepfenyuro yekusimudzira chikwata chemauto emabhizimisi chakasvibiswa panzvimbo yepamunharaunda uye yehurumende. Uye iyo inonzwa ichinetseka chaizvo. Izvo zvakare, zvakadaro, mukana.
Pfungwa yekuenda kunorwisana nemauto ezvigadzirwa zvemauto pahurumende inotyisa. Izvozvo hazvirevi kuti hatifaniri kutarisa federal war machine. Asi isu tinoda kuva maonero chaiwo. Sezvakakonzerwa nehuwandu hwezvakatipoteredza, tinogona kunyanya uye nekubudirira kuita zvinokonzerwa nehuwandu hwemunharaunda. Uye semafuta emafuta uye gasi, mauto anobva kune avo vanogara munzvimbo, pamatunhu emunharaunda nehurumende, pamagariro emunharaunda uye enyika. Aya ndiwo mapurisa edu emunharaunda uye ehurumende anopfuura aya mabheji ekukurudzira emitero. Iyi ndiyo misha yedu yega yega inotora tsvimbo kuitira kuti mushonga wehondo unogona kutakura mumuviri wedu mune zvematongerwo enyika sechirwere cherwere. Tinogona kutanga nokutaura nhema dzokuti mauto akanaka kune hupfumi hwemo. Iko $ 2 mamiriyoni kuNorth Carolina yakanga isingakwanisi kuenda kunodzivirira mharaunda pamusoro pemigumisiro isingadzivisiki yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze? Yakanga isingagoni kuenda zvikoro zvinokora uye kuputira mvura inotungamirira-ine chepfu kuva vadzidzi vakawanda vemauto? Iko $ 420 mamiriyoni muCalifornia ingadai isina kuenda kunobatsira mabhizimisi maduku muCalifornia, kana kuti zviite nyore kuti vanhu varambe vachipinda kana kupinda mudzimba? Zvechokwadi zvinogona. Asi nekuda kwehupenyu hwedu hwemasoja, vane hanya, hondo inouya kutanga - uye yechipiri, uye yechitatu. Masoja haaiti mikana, inovaparadza. Private sector military jobs (iyo yakawanda yehondo mabasa) mabhiriyoni emabhiriyoni muhomwe dzeVatungamiri veMDC. Masangano ehurumende ehurumende anoshandisa hurumende yekubhadhara mari kubva kuvanhu vose kuitira kuti kusimbise hondo yakanyanya kupfuurira isingaiti chinhu kunze kwekutya nekudzvinyirirwa pamba nepasi rose. Kunyange zvakadaro, pane zviuru zvinoshandiswa zvemauto emabhizimisi-uye ini handina hanya nekuona vakaora. Kungofanana nemafuta emafashamo emafashamo, tinoda kuchinja kwakarurama kubva muhupfumi hwehondo kusvika kune hupfumi hwehutano. Vashandi vanoshanda pamabasa aya vangangoita chero chimwe chinhu-teknolojia yekusimudzira kupona pane kufa, kutsvakurudza kune nzira dzekubatsira vanhu pane kuvauraya. Nokuisa pfungwa dzedu pamusoro pekudzivirira kwemauto emagetsi ehurumende, tinozviisa pachedu kurwisana nemuvengi chaiye - uyo ane zvimwe zvinokonzerwa nezvinogona kuitika zvatingaona uye kunzwa munharaunda yedu. Kuzvidzivirira Kudhura neHurumende yehupfumi nzvimbo yakanaka kunotanga. Mapoka emakambani akanyorwa mumamiriro ako ehurumende angangodaro ndeavo vari kuwana zvikwereti. Code Pink's Kuparadzana Kubva muhondo yehondo chiito chekutanga ndechimwe chinhu chakanaka chekudzidzisa nekuita. Zvechokwadi, kunyange nzvimbo dzakashamwaridzana nehondo dzinogona kukupa pfungwa yekuti makambani uye zvikoro zviri kufamba zvakadini hondo yehondo paradigm. Handikwanise kutaura kana North Carolina inokodzera zita rehurumende-yakasununguka mune zvenyika. Asi ini ndinoziva kuti izvozvo hazvifaniri kuva chikonzero chokuzvikudza.
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Chiratidzo chakasvibiswa kunze kweArekizandria, VA inoti "Purple Heart State." Ndinoyeuka murwi wekare wandakaonana pabhazi. Ndinoyeuka chiratidzo che "For Rent" chakasvibirira pasi peMarine yekuunganidza bhadhibhodhi painenge ndiri kunze kweCharlotte, NC. Ndinoyeuka manzwiro ekurwara kwekuzvikudza kwepfungwa, uye kuzvikudza kwehuropi hwehupfungwa, apo vezvematongerwo enyika vakanyura kuti "hatina mari yeiyo!" Asi vaigara vachiine mari yehondo. Mugwagwa unonoka sezvo ini ndiri pedyo neDDC, chigaro cheushe. Nguva dzose inonzwa inorema kudzoka. Kuremera kwematambudziko ose kunosvika mupfungwa dzangu seSisyphus kugadzirisa kubata kwake pasi pegomo. Asi nguva ino, hainzwi seisina tariro. Iyo dombo reSisyphean - umambo hweUnited States - yakaumbwa nematombo maduku akawanda - rimwe nerimwe rinogona kuzvigadzirisa roga. Zvakanyanya kuoma kusundira dombo - asi ndinogona kukanda ibwe. Uye sezvavanotaura muPalestina, "Ndiri kukanda mabwe. Uri?"
