NaMedea Benjamin naNicolas JS Davies, CODEPINK Rugare, October 7, 2021
Mutungamiri Biden neDemocratic Congress vakatarisana nedambudziko sezvo chirongwa chakakurumbira chemumba chavaifamba musarudzo cha2020 chakabatwa nematare maviri eDemocratic Senators, zvisaririra-mafuta consigliere Joe Manchin uye payday-mukweretesi unofarira Kyrsten Sinema.
Asi vhiki chairo maDems 'madhora mazana matatu emabhiriyoni-pagore pagore epamba akarova rusvingo rwemakambani emari-mabhegi, vese asi 350 House maDemocrats akavhotera kupa inopfuura iyo yakapetwa iyo Pentagon. Sénata Manchin akatsanangura hunyengeri mari yekushandisa mudzimba se "hupengo hwemari," asi akavhotera bhajeti hombe yePentagon gore rega kubva 38.
Kupenga chaiko kwemari ndizvo zvinoitwa neCongress gore rimwe nerimwe, zvichitora yakawanda yemashandisirwo azvo kubva patafura vozvipa kuPentagon vasati vatombofunga nezvedzinza rinodiwa munyika. Kuchengetedza iyi pateni, Congress yakangobuda $ 12 bhiriyoni kune 85 mamwe F-35 ndege dzehondo, 6 kupfuura Trump yakatenga gore rapfuura, pasina kuita nharo nezvehukama hwehukama hwekutenga mamwe F-35s vs. kuisa mari $ 12 bhiriyoni mune dzidzo, hutano, simba rakachena kana kurwisa hurombo.
The 2022 kushandiswa kwehondo bhiri (NDAA kana National Defense Authorization Act) iyo yakapasa Imba munaGunyana 23 yaizopa mari inosvika madhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mana emadhora kuPentagon uye madhora makumi matatu nemasere emadhora kumamwe madhipatimendi (kunyanya Dhipatimendi reMagetsi rezvombo zvenyukireya), pamadhora mazana masere mazana masere nemakumi masere nemasere emadhora kushandisa, iko $ 740 bhiriyoni inowedzera pamusoro pegore rino bhajeti remauto. Dare reSeneti richakurumidza kukwikwidza vhezheni yaro bhiri iri - asi usatarisira kukakavara kwakanyanya ikoko, sezvo maseneta mazhinji ari "hongu varume" kana zvasvika pakupa muchina wehondo.
Kugadziriswa kweImba mbiri kuita zvidimbu zvine mwero zvese zvakakundikana: imwe naRep. Sara Jacobs kubvisa $ 24 bhiriyoni izvo zvakawedzerwa kune chikumbiro cheBiden chebhajeti neImba Yemauto Evhisi Dare; uye imwe naAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez kune yekuyambuka-iyo-bhodhi 10% yakatemwa (kunze kwemubhadharo wemauto uye hutano).
Mushure mekugadzirisa inflation, bhajeti rakakura iri inofananidzwa nehurefu hwemaoko aTrump anovaka mu2020, uye ingori 10% pazasi peiyo post-WWII rekodhi yakagadzwa naBush II mu2008 yakahwanda muhondo muIraq neAfghanistan. Izvo zvaizopa Joe Biden musiyano unokatyamadza wekuva wechina mushure meCold War mutungamiriri weUS kuti abudise muhondo mutungamiri wese weCold War, kubva kuTruman kusvika kunaBush I.
Nekudaro, Biden neCongress vari kukiya mu $ 100 bhiriyoni pagore maoko ekuvaka-iyo Trump yaipembedza neyake zvirevo zvisina musoro kuti Zvinyorwa zvaObama kushandiswa kwemauto neimwe nzira kwakaderedza mauto.
Sezvo nekutadza kwaBiden kukurumidza kujoina iyo JCPOA neIran, iyo nguva yekuita pakucheka bhajeti remauto uye kudzoreredza zvinhu zvakakosha mudzimba yaive mumavhiki ekutanga nemwedzi yekutonga kwake. Kusaita kwake nyaya idzi, sekudzingwa kwake kwezviuru zvevanotsvaga hupoteri, anoratidza kuti ari kufara kuenderera mberi nemitemo yaTrump-hawkish kupfuura yaachabvuma pachena.
Mu2019, iyo Chirongwa cheRuzhinji Kubvunzana kuYunivhesiti yeMaryland yakaitwa chidzidzo mairi yakatsanangudza vanhuwo zvavo vekuAmerican pamari yemubatanidzwa uye yakavabvunza kuti vaizozvigadzirisa sei. Wepakati akapindurwa anofarira kucheka kushomeka ne $ 376 bhiriyoni, kunyanya nekukwidza mutero kune vakapfuma nemakambani, asi zvakare nekucheka avhareji yemadhora makumi mashanu ane mashanu emadhora kubva kubhajeti remauto.
Kunyangwe maRepublicans aifarira kucheka madhora gumi nemana mabhiriyoni, nepo maDemocrats akatsigira yakanyanya kukura $ 14 bhiriyoni yakatemwa. Izvo zvingave zvinopfuura iyo 10% yakatemwa mune yakakundikana Ocasio-Cortez Amendment, iyo garnered rutsigiro kubva chete makumi matatu neshanu Democratic Reps uye yaipikiswa ne86 Dems neese Republican.
Vazhinji vemaDemocrat vakavhotera zvigadziriso kudzikisa kushandisa mari vachiri kuvhota kupasisa bhiri rekupedzisira rakadzima. MaDemocrat makumi matatu nemasere chete ndivo vaida vhota uchirwisa $ 778 bhiriyoni yekushandisa mari yechiuto iyo, kana maVeterans Affairs uye zvimwe zvine chekuita nemari zvikaverengerwa, zvinoramba zvichidya kupfuura 60% yekushandisa zvisarudzo.
"Uchazvibhadhara sei?" zvinoshanda chete kune "mari yevanhu," kwete "mari yehondo." Rational policy kugadzira kunoda chaizvo nzira inopesana. Mari yakaiswa mune zvedzidzo, hutano uye girini simba ndeyekudyara mune ramangwana, nepo mari yehondo ichipa kushoma kana kusadzoreredza mari kunze kwevagadziri vezvombo uye vePentagon makondirakiti, sezvazvaive zvakaita ne $ 2.26 trillion iyo United States kutambisa on kufa nekuparadzwa muAfghanistan.
A kudzidza nePolitiki Ehupfumi Yekutsvagisa Center paUniversity yeMassachusetts yakawana kuti mari yemauto inogadzira mabasa mashoma kupfuura chero imwe nzira yekushandisa kwehurumende. Yakawana kuti $ 1 bhiriyoni yakadyarwa muchiuto inobereka avhareji yemabasa zviuru gumi nezviviri, nepo mari yakafanana yakaiswa mune dzimwe nzvimbo inobereka: 11,200 mabasa paakaiswa mari mudzidzo; 26,700 mune zvehutano; 17,200 16,800 muhupfumi hwegirinhi; kana 15,100 mabasa mumari yekusimudzira kana kubhadhara mari.
Zvinosuruvarisa kuti fomu chete re Keynesian kukurudzira izvo zvisingapikiswe muWashington ndizvo zvisingabudirire kune veAmerica, pamwe nekuparadza kune dzimwe nyika uko zvombo zvinoshandiswa. Izvi zvinokosheswa zvisina musoro zvinoita kunge zvisingaite zvematongerwo enyika kune veDemocratic Nhengo dzeCongress, avo vavhoti vepasi vanogona kudzora mari yechiuto neavhareji yemadhora zana emabhiriyoni pagore. maererano ne iyo Maryland sarudzo.
Saka nei Congress iri kunze kwekubata neyakajaira mutemo zvishuwo zvevaivamo? Izvo zvakanyatsorongedzwa kuti Nhengo dzeCongress vane hukama hwepedyo nehurefu-chitsitsinho mushandirapamwe vanopa nevashandi vekambani pane vanhu vanoshanda vanovasarudza, uye kuti "simba risingabvumirwe" reEisenhower rine mukurumbira wemauto-Maindasitiri Complex rave yakadzika midzi uye anonyengera kupfuura nakare kose, sekutya kwaaiita.
Mauto-Maindasitiri Complex anoshandisa zvikanganiso mune zviri nani isina kusimba, quasi-democracy nzira dzezvematongerwo enyika kushora zvido zveveruzhinji uye kushandisa yakawanda yeruzhinji mari pazvombo nemauto ane zvombo kupfuura nyika inotevera 13 masimba ehondo. Izvi zvinonyanya kurwadza panguva iyo hondo dze kuparadza kukuru izvo zvakashanda sekunyepedzera kwekutambisa zviwanikwa izvi kwemakore makumi maviri zvinogona kuzopedzisira, nerutendo, zvasvika kumagumo.
Vagadziri vashanu vemaoko eU.S. (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman uye General Dynamics) vanoverengera makumi mana muzana emabhizimusi emabhizimusi emabhizimusi, uye vakagamuchira madhora zviuru zviviri nezviuru zvemadhora muzvibvumirano zvePentagon kubvira 40 vachidzosera mipiro iyi. Pamwe chete, 54% yemari yekushandisa muchiuto inopera mumaakaundi emakambani emakambani emakambani, achivawana madhora masere emadhora kubva muna 8.
Imba neSeneti Mauto Emauto Matare anogara pakati chaipo peMilitary-Industrial Complex, uye yavo nhengo dzevakuru Ndivo vanogamuchira muhombe indasitiri yezvombo mari muCongress. Saka iko kuregererwa kwebasa kune vamwe vavo kubhaiza-stamp yekushandisa mari yechiuto pane avo-saka pasina zvakakomba, kuongororwa kwakazvimirira.
The kubatanidzwa kwekambani, dumbing pasi uye huwori hweUS midhiya uye kupatsanurwa kweWashington "bubble" kubva kune chaiko nyika zvakare inoita chinzvimbo muCongress yekune dzimwe nyika mutemo kubvisa.
Kune chimwezve, chidiki-chakakurukurwa chikonzero chekusagadzikana pakati peizvo veruzhinji vanoda uye mavhoti eCongress, uye izvo zvinogona kuwanikwa mune inonakidza 2004 kudzidza neChicago Council yezvekunze kudyidzana yakanzi "Horo yeMagirazi: Maonero nemaPfungwa zvisiri izvo muCongressal Foreign Policy Process."
The "Horo yeMirazi”Kudzidza kwakashamisa kwakawana kuwirirana kukuru pakati pemaonero emitemo yekune dzimwe nyika evamiriri vemitemo nevanhu, asi kuti" mune dzakawanda kongiresi yakavhota nenzira dzisingaenderane nenzvimbo idzi dzekubvumirana. "
Vanyori vakaita counter-intuitive kuwanikwa nezve maonero evakongiresi vashandi. "Zvinoshamisa, vashandi vane maonero aipesana neruzhinji rwevaigara vakaratidza kusarura kwakanyanya kufunga, zvisirizvo, kuti avo vavanobvumirana navo," chidzidzo chakawana, "nepo vashandi vane maonero avo aienderana nenharaunda dzavo kazhinji. pane kufungidzira kuti izvi handizvo. ”
Izvi zvainyanya kushamisa muchiitiko chevashandi veDemocratic, avo vaiwanzo gutsikana kuti maonero avo akasununguka anovaisa mune vashoma veruzhinji apo, chokwadi, vazhinji vevaigara vakagovana maonero akafanana. Sezvo vashandi vekongiresi vari ivo varairidzi vekutanga kunhengo dzeCongress pazvinhu zvemitemo, izvi zvisirizvo zvinoita basa rakasarudzika muCongress yekurwisa-demokrasi mutemo wezvekunze.
Pakazara, pane pfumbamwe dzakakosha nyaya dzekunze, avhareji chete ye38% yevashandi vekongiresi vanogona kunyatsoziva kuti ruzhinji rweveruzhinji rwakatsigira here kana kupokana nematanho akasiyana ebumbiro avakabvunzwa.
Kune rimwe divi reiyo equation, ongororo iyi yakawana kuti "fungidziro dzekumaAmerican pamusoro pekuti mavhoti enhengo dzavo anoita seasingawanzo ... Nhengo iri kuvhota nenzira dzinoenderana nemabatiro avangade kuti nhengo yavo ivhote.
Hazvisi nyore nguva dzose kuti nhengo yeruzhinji izive kana Mumiriri wavo achivhota sezvavanoda kana kwete. Nhau dzinotaura hadziwanzo kurukura kana kubatanidza kune chaiwo mavhoti-ekufona mavhoti, kunyangwe iyo Internet neCongressal Hofisi yaMunyori ita kuti zvive nyore kupfuura nakare kose kuita kudaro.
Masangano evagari pamwe nemapoka evarwi vanoburitsa zvakadzama zvinyorwa zvekuvhota. Yanoi.us inoita kuti vanyoreri vanyorese kuzivisa maemail ezvese vhoriyamu-yekufona vhoti muCongress. Kufambira mberi Punch inoteedzera mavhoti nemitero Reps pane kangani vavhotera "zvinofambira mberi" zvinzvimbo, nepo nyaya-dzine chekuita nevamiriri vemapoka vachiteedzera nekuzivisa mabhiri avanotsigira, sezvinoita CODEPINK pa CODEPINK Congress. Vhura Zvinyorwa inogonesa veruzhinji kuteedzera mari mune zvematongerwo enyika uye nekuona kuti vamiriri vavo vari sei kune akasiyana emakambani emakambani nemapoka anofarira.
Kana Nhengo dzeCongress dzauya kuWashington vasina kana ruzivo rwekunze, sezvinoitwa nevazhinji, vanofanirwa kutora dambudziko kuti vadzidze nesimba kubva kunzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana, kutsvaga zano rekunze kwenyika kubva kunze kweMweya-Maindasitiri ane huwori. vakatiunzira chete hondo isingaperi, uye kuteerera kumatunhu avo.
The Horo yeMirazi kudzidza kunofanirwa kuve kunodikanwa kuverengera vashandi vekongiresi, uye vanofanirwa kufungisisa nezvekuti ivo pachedu uye pamwe chete vanokombamira sei kumirangariro yakaipa yakaratidzwa.
Nhengo dzeveruzhinji dzinofanirwa kungwarira kufunga kuti vamiriri vavo vanovhota nenzira yavanoda ivo, uye panzvimbo pezvo voita nhamburiko dzakakomba dzekutsvaga kuti vanovhota sei chaizvo. Ivo vanofanirwa kutaura kumahofisi avo nguva dzose kuti mazwi avo anzwike, uye vashande nemapato ane chekuita nenyaya dzevanhu kuti vazvidavirire pamavhoti avo pazvinhu zvavanofarira.
Tichitarisira kurwira bhajeti remauto regore rinouya uye ramangwana, tinofanira kuvaka sangano rakakurumbira rine mukurumbira rinoramba danho rinopesana nedemokrasi kubva kuchisimba uye reropa, rinoita "hondo yekutyisa" kuenda kune zvisina kukodzera uye zvinoparadza asi kunyange nhangemutange ine zvombo zvine njodzi neRussia neChina.
Sezvo vamwe muCongress vachiramba vachibvunza kuti tingakwanise sei kuchengeta vana vedu kana kuvimbisa hupenyu hweramangwana papasi rino, vanofambira mberi muCongress havafanirwe chete kudaidzira kuti vapfumi vabhadharwe asi kucheka Pentagon - uye kwete mumaTweets kana rhetorical inokura, asi mubumbiro chairo.
Kunyangwe zvingave zvakanonoka kudzosera kosi gore rino, vanofanirwa kukanda tambo mujecha regore rinouya bhajeti remauto iro rinoratidza izvo zvishuwo zveruzhinji nenyika zvinoda zvakanyanya: kudzosera kumashure inoparadza, gargantuan war muchina uye invest in healthcare and a livable climate, not mabhomba uye F-35s.
Medhiya Bhenjamini ndiye anodzidzisa CODEPINK Rugare, uye munyori wemabhuku akati wandei, kusanganisira Mukati Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies mutori wenhau akazvimirira, muongorori neCODEPINK uye munyori we Ropa Pamakumbo Edu: American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq.
