By SoLuntu, Novemba 18, 2021
E-WASHINGTON, DC - I-Senate yase-US ilungele le veki ukuba iqwalasele uMthetho woGunyaziso lweSizwe loKhuselo lwe-Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA) eya kugunyazisa i-780 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinkcitho yezempi. USenarha yase-US uRoger Wicker (R-Miss.) uye wazisa isilungiso sokwandisa inkcitho nangakumbi ngokuthabatha i-25 yeebhiliyoni ezongezelelweyo kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi. I-NDAA sele ibandakanya ukunyuka kwenkcitho yeebhiliyoni ezingama-25 ngaphezulu kwenqanaba elicelwe nguMongameli uJoe Biden. Ngokwahlukileyo, uSenendi wase-US uBernie Sanders (I-Vt.) uye wacebisa isihlomelo sokususa ukonyuka kunye nokubuyisela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi kwinqanaba elicelwe nguBiden.
Ukuphendula, imibutho ekhokelayo yoluntu yasigxeka isindululo sikaWicker kwaye yabongoza iisenethi ukuba zixhase ulungiso lweSanders:
“Ukuzama ukufaka imali eyongezelelekileyo yeedola ezingama-50 eebhiliyoni, inkxaso-mali engaphezu kwaleyo ibicelwe yi-arhente ngokwayo, kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon esele luzikota ezintathu zeetriliyoni zeedola kulihlazo, akuthetheleleki kwaye kulihlazo. ICongress kufuneka ixhathise iimfuno zomkhosi wezomkhosi, kwaye endaweni yoko imamele iminxeba yokutyala iidola zabarhafi kwiimfuno zokwenyani zabantu njengokuxhasa ukuveliswa kogonyo lwe-COVID-19 lwehlabathi, ukwandisa ufikelelo kukhathalelo lwempilo, kunye nokuxhasa ngemali amanyathelo obulungisa bemozulu. ”
- Savannah Wooten, #PeopleOverPentagon Umququzeleli wePhulo, Ummi woLuntu
“Njengoko ubhubhane ugquba, njengoko umsantsa phakathi kwezityebi namahlwempu usanda, njengoko isoyikiso esikhoyo sengxaki yemozulu sisondela, iNdlu yeeNgwevu ilungiselela ukuchitha ngaphezulu kweekota ezintathu zeedola eziziibhiliyoni ezibangela ukuba likhoboka lokufudumala. Isindululo sikaSenator Wicker sokongeza i-25 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngaphezulu kolu hlahlo lwabiwo-mali esele lunyanyeka lunokukholisa abaxhasi beshishini leengalo, kodwa ibashiya abantu bemihla ngemihla ngaphandle kwengqele. Lixesha lokuba silungise izinto eziphambili kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali zethu ezaphukileyo, kwaye siqale ukubeka iimfuno zabantu ngaphezulu kokunyoluka kwePentagon - kwaye iSenethi ingaqala ngokudlula isilungiso sikaSenator Sanders ukusika uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali oluphambili okungenani nge-10%.
- UErica Fein, UMlawuli oPhezulu waseWashington kwiWin Ngaphandle kweMfazwe
“Sinemali eyaneleyo yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwasemkhosini oluhlala lukhula oluvela kubenzi bomthetho abangayi kuxhasa izinto ezisisiseko ezifana neziseko zophuhliso, imfundo yobuntwana, kunye nokhathalelo lwamazinyo kubadala bethu. Ukulungiswa kwe-Wicker kukuhlutha okuhlazo kwenye enye i-25 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngaphezu kwe-37 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuba ulawulo kunye neCongress sele yongeze kwisabelomali somkhosi. Kodwa kukho enye inketho. Ukunciphisa okucetywayo kukaSenator Sanders kuya kuqala ukubeka imida kwinkcitho yePentagon okokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka. ”
– Lindsay Koshgarian, uMlawuli weNkqubo, iProjekthi yeSizwe ePhambili kwiZiko leZifundo zoMgaqo-nkqubo
"Akukho sizathu sokuba iCongress inyuse ngakumbi inkcitho kwizixhobo kunye nemfazwe ngelixa inciphisa utyalo-mali olunokubakho kwiimfuno zabantu. I-FCNL iyazamkela izilungiso ezijolise ekubuyiseleni le pateni iyingozi yenkcitho yePentagon. "
- Allen Hester, Ummeli wowiso mthetho kwiNuclear Disarmament & Pentagon Spending, iKomiti yaBahlobo kuMthetho weSizwe
“USenator uSanders umele aqhwatyelwe izandla ngokubhengeza isicwangciso sakhe sokungavoteli lo mthetho umbi kangaka, into engazange yenziwe nelinye ilungu leNdlu. Esikhundleni sokwenyuka kweCongress okanye ukwanda kwangaphambili kweCongress okanye enye ngaphambi kokuba yi-White House, sidinga kakhulu ukuhla okukhulu kwenkcitho yasemkhosini, utyalo-mali kwiimfuno zabantu kunye nokusingqongileyo, ukuguqulwa kwezoqoqosho kubasebenzi kwimizi-mveliso yemfazwe, kunye isiqalo sogqatso lwezixhobo olubuyela umva.”
- UDavid Swanson, Mlawuli Jikelele, World BEYOND War
"IiSenethi sele zonyuse umgangatho wezokhuselo nge-25 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ngokuchasene nesicelo samagosa aphezulu aseburhulumenteni kwiSebe lezoKhuselo. Ngebabekhethe ukuqondisa loo mawaka ezigidi ezingama-25 zeerandi kwiinqanawa zomkhosi waselwandle, kwaye abazange benze njalo. Abenzi bomthetho akufuneki bongeze enye i-25 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwezokhuselo ngexesha lengxoxo ye-NDAA. I-SHIPYARD Act ngokukodwa ayinaxanduva, kwaye iya kunika uMkhosi wamanzi imbiza enkulu yemali ngokuphendula okuncinci kunye nokongamela indlela echithwa ngayo imali. Iidola zabarhafi zisemngciphekweni ngesi siphakamiso.”
- Andrew Lautz, UMlawuli woMgaqo-nkqubo we-Federal, iManyano yeSizwe yabaRhafu
"Singacinga njani ngokunikezela isixa sobu bukhulu kwiPentagon xa ilizwe lethu lijongene nemingeni enzima malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu, ingcinezelo yobuhlanga, ukukhula kokungalingani kwezoqoqosho kunye nobhubhane oqhubekayo? Siyazi ukuba inxalenye enkulu yale mali iya kuphelela kwingxowa yabenzi bezixhobo nabarhwebi apho ingasayi kuba negalelo kukhuseleko lwelizwe lethu okanye uxolo lwehlabathi.”
- Udade uKaren Donahue, RSM, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team
"Kwiveki nje enye emva kwemozulu kunye nabaphembeleli boxolo behlangene eGlasgow befuna ukuba iinkokheli zehlabathi zithathe amanyathelo abukhali kwimozulu ngokulinganisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi yokukhusela emkhosini, iiSenetha zethu zicinga ukuvuma uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-Pentagon yeebhiliyoni ezingama-800 zeedola. Esikhundleni sokuthatha ngokukhawuleza imeko engxamisekileyo yemozulu, i-US isebenzisa isoyikiso sokutshintsha kwemozulu ukuze ivumele ukuchitha imali ngakumbi kwi-Pentagon, eneyona ndawo inkulu yekhabhoni kunye ne-greenhouse gas footprint yayo nayiphi na inhlangano emhlabeni. Ukongeza amafutha kulo mlilo unobungozi, oku kunyuswa kweedola ezingama-60+ ezigidigidi kwinkcitho yasemkhosini kuya kuyinyusa kakhulu imfazwe yase-United States e-China, kwaye ngokwenza njalo, iinzame zokonakalisa intsebenziswano kunye ne-China kwiingxaki ezikhoyo ezifana nokwanda kwenyukliya kunye nokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu. .”
- UCarley Towne, CODEPINK uMlawuli weSizwe
“Kungaphaya kwexesha lokubamba iPentagon iphendule ngenkcitho yayo enkulu, ubuqhetseba, kunye nokuxhatshazwa. Ngethuba lokuqala kumashumi eminyaka, i-US iphumile emfazweni, kwaye iCongress iyaqhubeka nokunyusa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon, kungakhathaliseki ukuba iPentagon iyaqhubeka ingaphumeleli ukuphumelela uphicotho. Njengoko uluntu lwethu luzabalazela ukuphila, abavelisi bezixhobo kunye neekontraka zomkhosi baya betyeba ngokutyeba. Sibongoza iCongress ukuba yale iinzame zokunyusa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi ngaphaya kwesicelo sikaMongameli Biden, kwaye endaweni yoko ixhase amanyathelo okulawula uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon. "
- IMac Hamilton, Intshukumo yabaseTyhini kwiiNdlela eziNtsha (i-WAND) uMlawuli weNkcazo
“Inkcitho yasemkhosini ingaphaya kolawulo, ngelixa iimfuno zasekhaya ezininzi zingafezekiswa. Uloliwe obalekayo wePentagon largesse uyinkcitho kwaye uyayonakalisa. USanders uzama ukuzisa ingqondo kwimeko engaguqukiyo. ”
- UNorman Solomon, uMlawuli weSizwe, RootsAction.org
“Njengoko iSenethi isenza ngabom nge-NDAA, kukho imfuneko engxamisekileyo yokunqunyulwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon. Ezona zinto ziphambili kwisizwe sethu, njengoko kubonisiwe kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomdibaniso, zibekwe endaweni engeyiyo. Kufuneka siyityhile indima yeekontraka zomkhosi zabucala, kunye namaqela amakhulu abaxhasi, abaxhamla kwisixa esilihlazo sobutyebi besizwe sethu esichithwe kwiinkqubo zezixhobo. Endaweni yoko, kufuneka siphinde sibange ukuba kuthetha ukuthini "ukuqina" njengelizwe, kwaye sitshintshe izixhobo ukuze siphendule kwizoyikiso ezikhoyo zokutshintsha kwemozulu, ukungalingani kunye nobhubhane.
- UJohnny Zokovitch, UMlawuli oyiNtloko, uPax Christi USA
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