Ngaba Siyixabisa Enye Into Ngokufana Nokuchitha Imali Emkhosini?

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UJanuwari 25, 2024

Umbutho weDemokhrasi wowama-2020 iqonga Wathi iiDemokhrasi ziyayinciphisa inkcitho yasemkhosini: "Sinokugcina ukhuseleko oluluqilima kwaye sikhusele ukhuseleko lwethu kunye nokhuseleko oluncinci." Oku ngoku! Phuma ivoti!

Emva koko umongameli weDemokhrasi wenze isiphakamiso sokuba kunyuswe unyaka ngamnye kule minyaka mithathu ilandelayo, kanye njengoko umanduleli wakhe weRiphabhliki wayesenza minyaka le. Kwaye iNkongolo ayizange ihambe nje kuphela kodwa yaya ngaphaya konyuso olucetywayo, kunye nemvisiswano ye-bipartisan ngaphezulu kunokuba sikholisa ukukholelwa ukuba ikhona.

ICongress inexesha elinzima ngokumangalisayo lokuthatha isigqibo sokuba ibeke i-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola okanye ngaphezulu kwezixhobo ezingaphezulu ze-Ukraine, i-Israel, iTaiwan, kunye nomda waseMexico, kunye namaqela ahlukeneyo aMalungu eNkongolo aphikisana nenye okanye enye yezo nkcitho, kunye nokudibanisa. yabo yokusilela ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ekuphumeleleni ukudlula.

Kodwa iCongress yenkcitho yasemkhosini iyavumelana unyaka nonyaka inkulu kangangokuba ingaphaya kokubonwa okanye ukuqonda ngokulula. Urhulumente wase-US uchitha ngaphezulu kwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka emkhosini wakhe. A Inqaku lika-2019 elivela kumbhali weQuincy Institute kwi TomDispatch ichonga iindleko ze-1.25 yezigidigidi zeedola. Oku kubandakanya uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwesiseko sePentagon lonyaka, kunye nebhajethi yemfazwe, kunye nezixhobo zenyukliya kwiSebe lezaMandla, kunye neSebe loKhuseleko lweLizwe, kunye nenye inkcitho yasemkhosini.

Inkcitho yasemkhosini ingaphezulu kwesiqingatha senkcitho ye-federal discretionary - imali yeCongress ithatha isigqibo malunga nendlela yokuchitha unyaka nonyaka (ngoko ke, kubandakanywa nenkcitho egunyazisiweyo kwiminyaka emininzi, efana noKhuseleko lweNtlalo okanye iMedicare). Kwaye kunqabile kakhulu ukuba umgqatswa weCongress abenaso nasiphi na isikhundla kwinkcitho yasemkhosini okanye isishwankathelo jikelele sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomdibaniso, kwaye kunqabile ukuba indawo yeendaba ibabuze enye. Esinye isizathu sokuba oku kungaqhelekanga kukuba iqhezu elincinane lenkcitho yasemkhosini, ukuba ijikelwe kwenye indawo, inokuguqula ngokupheleleyo malunga nayo nayiphi na indawo yomgaqo-nkqubo abagqatswa banezikhundla kuyo.

Umbutho wam, World BEYOND War, uye waphakama iibhodi ezintandathu eBerkeley nase-Oakland nganye ibhalwe ngoonobumba abakhulu abamnyama kumqolo omthubi “i-3% yenkcitho yasemkhosini yase-US inokuphelisa indlala eMhlabeni.”

Inani le-3% livela ekwahluleni into ethi iZizwe eziManyeneyo ziyakubiza ukuphelisa indlala kwihlabathi jikelele ngento echithwa ngurhulumente wase-US emkhosini wakhe unyaka nonyaka.

Kwi-2008, iZizwe eziManyeneyo wathi ukuba i-30 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka inokuphelisa indlala eMhlabeni. UMbutho woKutya noLimo weZizwe eziManyeneyo usixelela ukuba elo nani lisehlaziyiwe.

Oku akubandakanyi ukunyuka okumangalisayo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo zabantu abajongene nendlala, I-80% yabantu kwihlabathi jikelele ngoku eGaza. Kodwa ngokucacileyo elona nyathelo lokuqala libalulekileyo lokubanceda iya kuba kukuyeka ukubeka ibhiliyoni yeedola kwizixhobo zemfazwe.

Indlala ayisiyiyo yodwa into onokuthi uyilungise nge-30 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka (okanye i-600 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo). Ngeebhiliyoni ezingama-30 zeerandi ngonyaka, unokuqesha iititshala ezingamawaka angama-33 ngeedola ezingama-90,000 inye, okanye ubonelele ngezigidi ezi-3 zezindlu zoluntu nge-10,000 yeedola nganye, okanye unike imizi engama-60 ezigidi ngamandla omoya nge-$500 inye. Ngaba unokuthelekelela ukuba besiyixabisa kangaka imfundo okanye indawo yokuhlala okanye ukuzinza kobomi eMhlabeni?

Ezo ndlela zokukhetha aziyi kuzuzisa kuphela inani elikhulu labantu ngokuthe ngqo. Ziya kuba nempembelelo entle yezoqoqosho kunenkcitho yasemkhosini. Kude nokuba yinkqubo yemisebenzi edla ngokubangwa, inkcitho yasemkhosini ukuvelisa imisebenzi embalwa kunenye inkcitho kawonke-wonke, kunye nemisebenzi embalwa kunokuba ungarhafisi imali ebantwini abasebenzayo kwaphela. Isenokuvakala imbi kakhulu yentlalontle ukukhusela imfazwe njengenkqubo yemisebenzi, kodwa ikwabubuxoki obucacileyo, njengoko inkcitho yasemkhosini iyisusa ngokupheleleyo imisebenzi.

Inkcitho yase-US emkhosini zincinci iindleko uninzi lweziseko ezingundoqo kunye nomthetho wenkcitho yeemfuno zentlalo, iindleko zayo nayiphi na enye into (okanye izinto ezilishumi elinesibini) yenkcitho ye- federal discretionary, kunye nenkcitho yasemkhosini yalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe. Kwamanye amazwe angama-230, i-US uchitha ngaphezulu emkhosini kunokuba Ngama-227 kubo bedibene. Ngo-2022 inkcitho yasemkhosini nganye ngekota, urhulumente wase-US ulandele iQatar kunye ne-Israel kuphela. Zonke izizwe ezingama-27 eziphezulu kwinkcitho yasemkhosini ngomntu ngamnye ngabathengi bezixhobo zase-US.

I-US inyanzela amanye amazwe ukuba achithe ngaphezulu. Kwamanye amazwe angama-230, i-US ithumela ngaphandle izixhobo ezininzi ngaphezu kwama-228 kubo bedibene. Uninzi lwenkcaso kaDonald Trump kwi-NATO, phakathi kuka-2017 kunye no-2020, yafikelela ekubetheni amalungu e-NATO ukuba achithe ngaphezulu emkhosini. (Ngeentshaba ezinje, ngubani ofuna i-boosters?)

Hlola oku amanani asisiseko enkcitho emkhosini - ngonyaka we-2022 kwaye ilinganiswe kwi-2022 yeedola zase-US, ukusuka kwi-SIPRI (ngoko, ukushiya i-chunk enkulu yenkcitho yase-US):

• Iyonke i-2,209 yeebhiliyoni zeedola
• US $877 billion
• Onke amazwe aseMhlabeni kodwa i-US, iRussia, iChina, kunye neIndiya i-872 yeebhiliyoni zeedola
• Amalungu e-NATO i-1,238 yezigidigidi
• I-NATO "amaqabane kwihlabathi liphela" i-153 yeebhiliyoni zeedola
• Inyathelo le-NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative $25 yebhiliyoni (akukho datha evela kwi-UAE)
• Ingxoxo ye-NATO yeMeditera i-46 yeebhiliyoni zeedola
• Amaqabane e-NATO oXolo ngaphandle kweRussia kwaye kubandakanya neSweden i-71 yeebhiliyoni zeedola
• Yonke i-NATO idityanisiwe ngaphandle kweRashiya i-1,533 yeebhiliyoni zeedola
• Ihlabathi lonke elingeyo-NATO kuquka iRashiya (akukho datha evela eNyakatho Korea) i-$ 676 yezigidigidi (i-44% ye-NATO kunye nabahlobo)
• Russia $86 billion (9.8% of US)
• China $292 billion (33.3% of US)
• Iran $7 billion (0.8% of US)

Uluntu lwase-US luthambekele kumashumi eminyaka ukuba lungayixhasi kangako inkcitho enkulu yasemkhosini kunamagosa anyuliweyo, kodwa nokungaqondi kancinci ukuba yimalini okanye ithelekiswa njani nezinye izinto. Kuba phantse akukho mntu unokukuxelela ukuba yeyiphi kanye itriliyoni yeedola kwinkcitho yasemkhosini ithengwayo, kulandela ukuba phantse akukho mntu unokukuxelela ukuba kutheni i-970 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ayizukulunga okanye ibengcono. IPentagon, isebe elinye elingazange liphumelele uphicotho-zincwadi, alinakuphendula imibuzo enjalo ngokwayo.

Ngoko ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuba inkolelo yakho, okanye ukungabikho kwayo, ngobulumko bomkhosi ngokubanzi, uyacelwa ukuba uyithathe ngokholo lokuba into engcono kunokuphelisa indlala yenziwa ngeyona nto incinci yokugqibela yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi. Kuphi ukukrokra kwethu okuqhelekileyo? Siyifuna kakubi!

Phulaphula lo mxholo uxutyushwa kuwo Uphakama kunye noSonali, nangaphezulu Amanqaku okukhanya.

UDavid Swanson ngumlawuli olawulayo we World BEYOND War. Uya kuba eBerkeley nase-Oakland nge-28 kaJanuwari iziganeko ezinxulumene iibhilibhodi ezintandathu ixhaswa yintlangano yakhe.