The Trillion Dollar Mubvunzo

NeLawrence S. Wittner

Hazvisi zvisinganzwisisike here kuti mari huru yeAmerica yeruzhinji yakarongwa kwemakumi emakore ari kuuya haina kutariswa mumagakava emutungamiri wenyika muna 2015-2016?

Mashandisirwo acho ndeechirongwa chemakore makumi matatu che "kuvandudza" zvombo zvenyukireya zveUS uye zvivakwa zvekugadzira. Kunyangwe hazvo Mutungamiri Obama vakatanga hutongi hwavo nekuzvipira kunoshamisa kweveruzhinji kuvaka nyika isina zvombo zvenyukireya, kuzvipira ikoko kwakadzikira nekufa. Yakatsiviwa nehurongwa hwekutonga kuvaka chizvarwa chitsva chezvombo zvenyukireya zveUS uye zvivakwa zvekugadzira nyukireya kuti zvigare nyika kusvika muhafu yechipiri yezana ramakore remakumi maviri nerimwe. Urongwa uhwu, uhwo husina kutariswa nevezvenhau, hunosanganisira kugadzirwa patsva kwezvombo zvenyukireya, pamwe nemabhomba matsva enyukireya, ngarava dzepasi pemvura, zvinokandwa zvepasi, marabhu ezvombo, uye zvidyarwa zvekugadzira. Inofungidzirwa mutengo? $30—kana kuti, kuvaverengi vasina kujairana nenhamba dzakakwirira kudaro, $1,000,000,000,000.00 trillion.

Vatsoropodzi vanopomera kuti kushandiswa kwemari iyi inokatyamadza kunogona kukanganisa nyika kana, zvirinani, kunoda kudzikiswa kukuru kwemari yezvimwe zvirongwa zvehurumende. “Isu tiri . . . tichishamisika kuti tichazvibhadhara sei, "akabvuma Brian McKeon, munyori wezvekudzivirirwa. Uye isu "pamwe tichitenda nyeredzi dzedu isu hatizove pano kuti tipindure mubvunzo," akawedzera nekuseka.

Ehezve, chirongwa chenyukireya ichi che "mazuva ano" chinotyora zvirevo zve1968 nyukireya Non-Proliferation Treaty, iyo inoda kuti masimba enyukireya apinde mukubvisa zvombo zvenyukireya. Hurongwa uhu huri kufambirawo mberi zvisinei nekuti hurumende yeAmerica yatove nayo zvombo zvenyukireya zvinosvika zviuru zvinomwe zvinogona kuparadza pasi nyore nyore. Kunyange zvazvo kuchinja kwemamiriro okunze kungaguma kwaita zvimwe chetezvo, hondo yenyukireya ine mukana wokugumisa upenyu pasi pano nokukurumidza zvikuru.

Iyi bhiriyoni yemadhora ekugadzira zvombo zvenyukireya haisati yakurudzira chero mibvunzo pamusoro payo nevatungamiriri panguva dzakawanda dzemakakatanwa emutungamiri wenyika. Zvakadaro, mukati mechirongwa ichi, vakwikwidzi vemutungamiri wenyika vatanga kuratidza maonero avo pazviri.

Kudivi reRepublican, vakwikwidzi-kunyangwe vachizviti kusafarira mari yemubatanidzwa uye "hurumende huru" - vanga vari vatsigiri vane shungu yekusvetuka kukuru kumberi munhangemutange yezvombo zvenyukireya. VaDonald Trump, vakatungamira, vakapokana mukutaura kwavo kwemutungamiri wenyika kuti "zvombo zvedu zvenyukireya hazvishande," vachisimbirira kuti zvapera. Kunyangwe asina kutaura nezve $ 1 trillion yemutengo we "mazuva ano," chirongwa ichi chiri pachena chimwe chinhu chaanofarira, kunyanya kutariswa kwemushandirapamwe wake wekuvaka muchina wemauto eUS "wakakura kwazvo, une simba, uye wakasimba zvekuti hapana achatikanganisa. .”

Vakwikwidzi vake veRepublican vakatora nzira yakafanana. Marco Rubio, akabvunza achikurudzira muIowa nezve kana akatsigira mari yemadhora matrillion mune zvombo zvenyukireya zvitsva, akapindura kuti "tinofanira kuva nazvo. Hapana nyika pasi rose yakatarisana nekutyisidzirwa kwakatarisana neAmerica. " Mumwe murwiri worunyararo paakabvunza Ted Cruz parwendo rwemushandirapamwe kuti akabvumirana here naRonald Reagan pakudiwa kwekubvisa zvombo zvenyukireya, senator weTexas akapindura kuti:  “Ndinofunga kuti tiri kure kwazvo nazvo uye, panguva ino, tinoda. kuti tigadzirire kuzvidzivirira. Nzira yakanakisa yekudzivisa hondo ndeyekusimba zvekuti hapana anoda kunetsa neUnited States. " Sezviri pachena, vamiriri veRepublican vanonyanya kunetseka nezve "kushungurudzwa."

Kudivi reDemocratic, Hillary Clinton anga achinyanya kusanzwisisika nezve chimiro chake chekuwedzera kunoshamisa kwezvombo zvenyukireya zveUS. Achibvunzwa nemumwe murwiri werunyararo nezvechirongwa chenyukireya chemadhora mabhiriyoni emadhora, akapindura kuti “aizoongorora izvozvo,” achiwedzera kuti:  “Hazvina musoro kwandiri.” Kunyange zvakadaro, sedzimwe nyaya idzo aimbova munyori wezvekudzivirirwa akavimbisa “kutarisisa,” iyi inoramba isina kugadziriswa. Uyezve, chikamu che "National Security" chewebhusaiti yake yemushandirapamwe chinovimbisa kuti achachengetedza "mauto akasimba pasirese ati ambozivikanwa" - kwete chiratidzo chakanaka kune vanoshora zvombo zvenyukireya.

Bernie Sanders chete ndiye akatora chinzvimbo chekuramba zvachose. Muna Chivabvu 2015, nguva pfupi achangobva kuzivisa kukwikwidza kwake, Sanders akabvunzwa pamusangano weveruzhinji nezve bhiriyoni yemadhora chirongwa chezvombo zvenyukireya. Akapindura kuti:  “Zvinorehwa neizvi zvose ndizvo zvatinokoshesa munyika. Isu tiri vanaani sevanhu? Ko Congress inoteerera kune yemauto-industrial complex "iyo" haisati yamboona hondo yavasingadi? Kana kuti tinoteerera vanhu venyika ino vari kurwadziwa here?” Muchokwadi, maSanders ndemumwe wevatatu veSenator veUS vanotsigira SANE Act, mutemo ungaderedza zvakanyanya mari yehurumende yeUS pazvombo zvenyukireya. Pamusoro pezvo, munzira yemushandirapamwe, Sanders haana kungodaidzira kuderedzwa kwekushandisa pazvombo zvenyukireya, asi akasimbisa tsigiro yake yekubvisa zvachose.

Zvakadaro, nekutadza kwevamiriri vegakava repurezidhendi kusimudza nyaya yezvombo zvenyukireya "chizvino," vanhu vekuAmerica vakasiiwa vasina ruzivo nezve pfungwa dzevavhoti panyaya iyi. Saka, kana vanhu vekuAmerica vakada kujekerwa pamhinduro yemutungamiri wavo weramangwana pakuvhiya uku kunodhura kukuru munhangemutange yezvombo zvenyukireya, zvinoita sekunge ndivo vachazobvunza vavhoti mubvunzo wemabhiriyoni emadhora.

Dr. Lawrence Wittner, yakabatanidzwa ne PeaceVoice, ndiMuzvinafundo weNhoroondo ari kubuda paSUNY/Albany. Bhuku rake razvino ibhuku re satirical nezve yunivhesiti corporatization uye kumukira, Chii chiri kuenderera kuUAardvark?<--kupwanya->

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