Isu Tinokoshesa Chimwe Chinhu Zvakawanda Sekushandisa Kuchiuto Here?

NaDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, January 25, 2024

2020 Democratic Party chikwiriro akataura kuti maDemocrat achaderedza mari yekushandisa muchiuto: "Tinogona kuchengetedza dziviriro yakasimba uye kuchengetedza kuchengetedzeka kwedu nekuchengetedzeka zvishoma." Right on! Buda pavhoti!

Ipapo purezidhendi weDemocratic akakarakadza wedzero rimwe nerimwe ramakore matatu aitevera, sezvaiitwa nomutangiri wake weRepublic gore rimwe nerimwe. Uye Congress haina kungoenda chete asi yakapfuura nepamusoro pekuwedzera kwakarongwa, nekunzwanana kwakawanda kupfuura kwatinowanzo tungamirwa kuti titende kuti iripo.

Congress iri kuomerwa zvakanyanya nekusarudza kana kuisa imwe $100 bhiriyoni kana zvakadaro mune zvimwe zvombo zveUkraine, Israel, Taiwan, uye muganho weMexico, nemapoka akasiyana enhengo dzeCongress achipikisa imwe kana imwe yezvinoshandiswa izvi, uye kubatanidza. kwavo kutadza kusvika pari zvino kuhwina ndima.

Asi mari yekushandisa kwemauto Congress inobvumirana gore negore yakakura kwazvo zvekuti haigone kuona kana kunzwisisa. Hurumende yeUS inoshandisa mari inopfuura $1 trillion gore rega rega pamauto ayo. A 2019 chinyorwa kubva kuQuincy Institute munyori pa TomDispatch inoratidza mutengo we $ 1.25 trillion. Izvi zvinosanganisira bhajeti repagore rePentagon, pamwe nebhajeti rehondo, pamwe nezvombo zvenyukireya muDhipatimendi reMagetsi, pamwe neDhipatimendi reHomeland Security, uye kumwe kushandiswa kwemauto.

Kushandiswa kwechiuto kunopfuura hafu ye federal discretionary spending - mari iyo Congress inosarudza mashandisirwo egore negore (saka, kwete kusanganisira kushandisa mari inorayirwa kwemakore akawanda, zvakadai seSocial Security kana Medicare). Uye zvakadaro hazvishamisi kuti mumiriri weCongress ave nechero chinzvimbo pamashandisirwo echiuto kana ratidziro yebhajeti remubatanidzwa, uye kunyange rarer kune vezvenhau kuvabvunza imwe. Chimwe chikonzero nei ichi chisinganzwisisike ndechekuti chikamu chidiki chekushandiswa kwemauto, kana chakatsauswa kune imwe nzvimbo, chinogona kushandura zvakanyanya chero chero nzvimbo dzemitemo idzo vanovhoterwa vane zvinzvimbo.

Sangano rangu, World BEYOND War, akasimudza zvikwangwani zvitanhatu muBerkeley neOakland iyo imwe neimwe inotaura nemavara makuru matema pane yero kumashure "3% yeUS Kushandiswa Kwemauto Kunogona Kupedza Nzara Panyika."

Chikamu che3% chinobva mukukamura izvo zvinonzi neUnited Nations zvingada kupedza nzara pasi rose nemari inoshandiswa nehurumende yeAmerica mumauto ayo gore rega rega.

Muna 2008, United Nations akati kuti mabhiriyoni makumi matatu emadhora pagore anogona kupedza nzara paNyika. Sangano reFood and Agriculture Organisation reUnited Nations rinotiudza kuti huwandu uhu huchiri kuenderana.

Izvi hazvikonzeri kuwedzera kunoshamisa mumwedzi mishoma yapfuura yevanhu vakatarisana nenzara, 80% yavo munyika yose vari zvino muGaza. Asi zviri pachena kuti danho rekutanga rinonyanya kukosha rekuvabatsira kwaizova kurega kuisa mabhiriyoni emadhora muzvombo zvehondo.

Nzara handicho chete chinhu chaunogona kugadzirisa nemadhora mabhiriyoni makumi matatu pagore (kana $30 bhiriyoni mumakore makumi maviri apfuura). Nemadhora bhiriyoni makumi matatu pagore, unogona kuhaya vadzidzisi zviuru makumi matatu nemazana matatu nemadhora makumi mapfumbamwe emadhora ega ega, kana kupa mamirioni matatu edzimba dzeveruzhinji pamadhora gumi ega ega, kana kupa mhuri 600 miriyoni simba remhepo pamadhora mazana mashanu imwe neimwe. Unogona here kufungidzira kana taikoshesa dzidzo kana kuti pekugara kana kuti kusimba kweupenyu hwePasi kudaro?

Idzo dzimwe nzira dzaisazongobatsira nhamba huru dzevanhu zvakananga. Vaizovewo nemhedzisiro yakanaka yehupfumi kupfuura mari yekushandisa muchiuto. Kure nekuve chirongwa chemabasa chinowanzotaurwa, kushandiswa kwechiuto inogadzira mabasa mashoma pane mamwe mashandisirwo emari neveruzhinji, uye mabasa mashoma pane kusambobhadharisa mari kubva kuvanhu vanoshanda zvachose. Zvinogona kunzwika sociopathic kudzivirira hondo sechirongwa chemabasa, asi zvakare inhema, sezvo mari yemauto inobvisa mabasa.

Mari yehondo yeU.S inoderedza mutengo yemitemo yakawanda yezvivakwa uye zvinodiwa munharaunda, mutengo wechero chimwe chinhu (kana gumi nemaviri zvinhu) zve federal discretionary mari, uye kushandiswa kwechiuto kune chero imwe nyika. Pamusoro pe230 dzimwe nyika, US anopedza zvakawanda pahondo pane 227 vavo vakasanganiswa. Muna 2022 kushandiswa kwemauto per capita, hurumende yeUS yakatevera Qatar neIsrael chete. Ese epamusoro nyika makumi maviri nenomwe mukushandiswa kwechiuto kune vatengi veUS zvombo.

IUS inomanikidza dzimwe nyika kushandisa mari yakawanda. Kune dzimwe nyika mazana maviri nemakumi matatu, iyo US inotumira kunze zvimwe zvombo vanopfuura 228 vavo vabatanidzwa. Zvakawanda zvekupokana kwaDonald Trump kuNATO, pakati pa2017 na2020, zvakasvika pakubira nhengo dzeNATO kushandisa mari yakawanda muchiuto. (Nevavengi vakaita seava, ndiani anoda boosters?)

Ona izvi nhamba dzinokosha dzemashandisirwo echiuto - mugore ra2022 uye kuyerwa muna 2022 US madhora, kubva kuSIPRI (saka, kusiya chikamu chikuru chekushandisa kweUS):

• Yese $2,209 bhiriyoni
• US $ 877 bhiriyoni
• Nyika dzese dziri paPasi asi US, Russia, China, neIndia $872 bhiriyoni
• Nhengo dzeNATO $1,238 bhiriyoni
• NATO "vanoshamwaridzana pasi rose" $ 153 bhiriyoni
• NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative $25 bhiriyoni (hapana data kubva kuUAE)
• NATO Mediterranean Dialogue $ 46 bhiriyoni
• NATO Partners for Peace isingabatanidzi Russia uye kusanganisira Sweden $71 bhiriyoni
• Yese NATO yakasanganiswa kusasanganisa Russia $1,533 bhiriyoni
• Nyika yese isiri-NATO inosanganisira Russia (hapana data kubva kuNorth Korea) $676 bhiriyoni (44% yeNATO neshamwari)
• Russia $86 bhiriyoni (9.8% yeUS)
• China $292 bhiriyoni (33.3% yeUS)
• Iran $7 bhiriyoni (0.8% yeUS)

Veruzhinji veUS vagara vachitarisira kwemakumi emakore kuti vasatsigire mari yakawanda yemauto pane vakasarudzwa, asiwo kusanzwisisa kuti imarii kana kuti inofananidzwa sei nezvimwe zvinhu. Sezvo pasina munhu anogona kukuudza kuti chii chaizvo madhora mabhiriyoni emadhora mukushandiswa kwemauto anotenga, zvinotevera kuti hapana munhu anogona kukuudza kuti nei $970 bhiriyoni isingazove yakanaka kana nani. Pentagon, iro dhipatimendi rimwechete risati rambopfuura ongororo, haigone kupindura mibvunzo yakadai pachayo.

Saka, zvisinei nekutenda kwako, kana kushaikwa kwayo, muhuchenjeri hwehondo mune zvese, unokumbirwa kuti uzvitore pakutenda kuti chimwe chinhu chiri nani pane kupedza nzara chiri kuitwa nediki yekupedzisira yebhajeti rehondo. Kupokana kwedu kwamazuva ose kuripi? Tinoda zvakaipa!

Teerera nyaya inokurukurwa pairi Kusimuka naSonali, uye pamusoro Flashpoints.

David Swanson ndiye executive director we World BEYOND War. Achange ari muBerkeley neOakland muna Ndira 28 ye zviitiko zvine chekuita nezvikwangwani zvitanhatu inosimbiswa nesangano rake.