NguGreta Zarro, Virginia Defender, NgoMeyi 19, 2022
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, uMongameli Biden kucetywa ukulinganisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon ukuya kwi-770 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi, iyodlula lee inkcitho yasemkhosini kaTrump. Ngaba oku kubachaphazela njani abantu baseVirginia? Ngokutsho kwe Iprojekthi ePhambili yeSizwe, umrhafi ophakathi waseVirginia uhlawule i-4,578 yeedola kwinkcitho yasemkhosini ngo-2019 kuphela. Ngexesha elifanayo, uVirginia ngoku ikwindawo yama-41 kwilizwe lonke kwinkcitho yomfundi ngamnye kwezemfundo, kwaye izifundo zibonisa ukuba nje a I-$ 1,000 yokunyuka kwinkcitho yomfundi ngamnye yanele ukunyusa amanqaku ovavanyo, amazinga okuphumelela, kunye nokubhaliswa kwekholeji. Lo ngumzekelo nje omnye wezinto eziphambili kwinkcitho etenxileyo yesizwe sethu.
Ngokunjalo, ibhulorho yasePittsburgh idilikile ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka sisikhumbuzo esicacileyo somngcipheko wokungahoywa kweemfuno zasekhaya, kunye neyona nto ibetha kufutshane nekhaya, ukusukela oko. amakhulu eebhulorho eVirginia nawo anqongophele ngokwesakhiwo kwaye ifuna ukulungiswa. Amaziko ethu akhoyo ngokoqobo Ukuwohloka kwangaxeshanye ukuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi wesizwe sethu luba phezulu nangaphezulu minyaka le. Simpompa iibhiliyoni ekuphuculeni izixhobo zethu zenyukliya kunye nokugcina iziseko zomkhosi ezingama-750+ phesheya - kunye IPentagon ayinako nokupasa uphicotho ukuphendulela apho yonke imali yayo iya khona. Lixesha lokuba siyeke ukudumba kwaye sibeke iidola zethu zerhafu apho zifuneka ngokwenene.
"Hambisa imali" ngumbutho wesizwe ocela urhulumente ukuba abuyisele inkcitho yasemkhosini kwiimfuno ezibalulekileyo zoluntu nezendalo. Endaweni ye I-2.3 yezigidigidi zeedola ezichithwe kwimfazwe engaphumelelanga e-Afghanistan, khawufane ucinge ukuba loo mali ibichithwe kwiimfuno zokwenyani zamaMelika, ezifana neziseko zophuhliso, imisebenzi, i-universal Pre-K, ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi, nokunye okuninzi. Umzekelo, I-2.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola iya kuba nayo uhlawule ootitshala besikolo samabanga aphantsi abazizigidi ezingama-28 unyaka omnye, okanye udale imisebenzi ezigidi ezingama-1 yamandla acocekileyo unyaka omnye, okanye unike amakhaya angama-31 eebhiliyoni ngamandla elanga ngonyaka. Urhwebelwano lukhulu kakhulu.
Intshukumo yeMove the Money iqala kwizixeko zethu, apho inqwaba yoomasipala kwilizwe liphela - kuquka Charlottesville kanye apha eVirginia - sele bephumelele izisombululo ezifuna ukuncitshiswa kwebhajethi yePentagon.
Abantu baseMelika kufanele ukuba bamelwe ngokuthe ngqo kwiCongress. Oorhulumente bethu basekhaya kunye norhulumente bafanele ukuba basimele kwiCongress. Inkoliso yamalungu ebhunga lesixeko eUnited States yenza isifungo sokuba seofisini ithembisa ukuxhasa uMgaqo-siseko waseUnited States. Ukumela amalungu abo kumanqanaba aphezulu karhulumente, ngezigqibo zikamasipala ezifana nephulo iMove the Money, yinxalenye yendlela abanokukwenza ngayo oko.
Enyanisweni, umbutho weMove the Money wakhela phezu kwesithethe selizwe lethu esityebileyo sezenzo zikamasipala kwimiba yesizwe neyehlabathi. Ngokomzekelo, kwangowe-1798, iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseVirginia yaphumeza isigqibo isebenzisa amazwi kaThomas Jefferson egxeka imigaqo-nkqubo yomanyano eyohlwaya iFransi. Umzekelo wakutsha nje, umbutho ochasene nocalucalulo ubonise amandla izixeko kunye namazwe anokuthi abe nawo kumgaqo-nkqubo wesizwe nowehlabathi. Phantse izixeko ezili-100 zase-US kunye namazwe ali-14 ase-US ashiya uMzantsi Afrika, nto leyo yabeka uxinzelelo kwiNkongolo ukuba ipasise uMthetho oBanzi wochasa ucalucalulo ka-1986.
Izitokhwe eLockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, kunye nabanye abenzi beengalo eziphezulu zinyuka ngoku ngenxa yentlekele eqhubekayo yaseUkraine kunye nokungena kwe-US kwezixhobo zomkhosi. Le mfazwe luhlobo nje loxhatshazo olufunwa ziinkampani zezixhobo ukuze ziqhubeke nokuphembelela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhulu lokhuselo kunye nenkxaso yenkampani, unyaka nonyaka. Kodwa ukuthumela izixhobo kwindawo yemfazwe esebenzayo kuya kuphembelela ngakumbi amadangatye emfazwe, into esiyibone ngokuphindaphindiweyo kuyo yonke iminyaka engama-20 'Imfazwe Yokugrogrisa.'
Kwangaxeshanye, urhulumente wethu kufuneka ahlengahlengise ngokungxamisekileyo siqu ukuchitha izinto ezibalulekileyo ukujongana neemfuno ezikhulayo zabantu baseMelika: indlala eyandayo, ukungabi namakhaya, ukungaqeshwa, ityala labafundi, nokunye. Yaye ngokuchaseneyo noluvo oluqhelekileyo, uhlolisiso lubonisa ukuba utyalo-mali kwimpilo, imfundo namandla acocekileyo iya kudala imisebenzi emininzi kunenkcitho yecandelo lomkhosi. Lixesha lokuhambisa imali.
UGreta Zarro nguye World BEYOND WarUMlawuli oQuquzelelayo kunye nomququzeleli we I-Divest Richmond evela kwi-War Machine Coalition.
