I-Congressional Progressive Caucus ikholelwa kwiMfazwe

Unyaka ngamnye i-Congressional Progressive Caucus ikhupha isindululo sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olubuthathaka kwaye olubuthathaka. Kulo nyaka bacele igalelo kuqala. Ndibathumele lo kwaye ndanxibelelana nabo ngayo, ke ndiyazi ukuba bayayifunda. Isicatshulwa:

“Kunyaka ophelileyo iCongress Progressive Caucus ibhajethi kucetywa ukucuthwa kwenkcitho yasemkhosini, ngokubala kwam, nge-1%. Enyanisweni, akukho ngxelo evela kwi-Progressive Caucus yaze yakhankanya ubukho benkcitho yomkhosi; kufuneka uzingele ngamanani ukuze ufumane i-1%. Oku bekungenjalo kweminye iminyaka yamva nje, xa iCPC yayicebise ngokucacileyo ukuphelisa iimfazwe kunye nokusika izixhobo ezithile. Ngayo yonke intlonipho efanelekileyo, kwenzeka njani oku kujongwa kwayo nayiphi na into ekhankanyiweyo yobungqina bomkhosi wokuqhubela phambili, kunokuba uhlehle? ”

Ndimele ndicacise ukuba xa i-Progressive Caucus iphakamisa ngokugqithiseleyo ukusikeka okunzulu kwi-militarism, uGeorge W. Bush wayengumongameli, kwaye i-CPC ngokuqinisekileyo iya kufumanisa ukunyanzeliswa kokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi ukuba i-Trump isungulwe.

Kodwa kuthekani ngoku?

Ushicilelo lokuqala lwalo nyaka kunye ne-imeyile evela kwi-CPC kwakhona yenza ngathi uninzi lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali (oluya emkhosini) alukho nje. Inde kancinci isishwankathelo ibandakanya, kufutshane nomzantsi:

“UKhuselo oluZinzileyo: Ukukhuthaza uxolo noKhuseleko

  • Iphucula inkqubo yethu yokhuselo ukwenza inkcitho ezinzileyo yePentagon
  • Iphelisa inkxaso-mali yeemfazwe ezingazinzanga
  • Ukwandisa inkxaso-mali yezozakuzo kunye noncedo olucwangcisiweyo loluntu
  • Yongeza inkxaso-mali eyomeleleyo yeenkqubo zokuhlaliswa ngokutsha kwababaleki”

Yinkqubela (isalamane) leyo. Kodwa lithetha ukuthini kanye kanye? Ijongeka njani itshati yephayi yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali? Ngaba ama-50 ukusa kuma-60 ekhulwini asaya kumalungiselelo emfazwe? I-“Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olupheleleyo” isixelela oku:

“UKHUSELEKO OLUZINZIYO: UKUKHUTHAZA UXOLO NOKHUSELEKO

“Inkcitho yePentagon iphindeke kabini kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo ngenxa yotyalo-mali kwiintsapho ezisebenzayo. Kodwa njengoko imfazwe yase-Afghanistan isondela esiphelweni, sifuna amandla athambileyo, anamandla okulwa nezoyikiso zenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye. ”

[Qaphela ukuba isicwangciso samva nje kukugcina imfazwe e-Afghanistan iqhubeka amashumi eminyaka, kwaye iCPC ayizange iphakamise umnwe ukuyiphelisa. Ke, ukuba loo mfazwe “ayipheli esiphelweni,” ngaba sisenawo “amandla abuthathaka”? Yaye kuthetha ukuthini “ukuphaphatheka”? Yaye ngubani obulawa kwiimfazwe “ezibonakala zisiba lula”? Imfazwe efanayo eAfghanistan “yayisondela esiphelweni” ngolwimi olufanayo kunyaka ophelileyo Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweCPC.]

“Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwaBantu lunoxanduva [ingaba ikhona enye indlela?] iphelisa imisebenzi e-Afghanistan, izisa imikhosi yethu ekhaya, igxile kwinkcitho yePentagon kwizoyikiso zokhuseleko lwale mihla endaweni yeMfazwe ebandayo-ixesha lezixhobo kunye neekhontrakthi, kunye nokutyala imali kwinkqubo enkulu yokudala imisebenzi eya kuthi. ukunceda abasebenzi ukuba batshintshele kwimisebenzi yoluntu. ”

[Enyanisweni, iCongress kufuneka iyiphelise loo mfazwe, kodwa kulungile ukuba isindululo sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali esinesidima sicinge ukuba siphelile. Nangona kunjalo, kuthekani ngemfazwe yaseIraq naseSyria? Iimfazwe zedrone kumazwe amaninzi? Iziseko ezisasazeka njengentsholongwane kwihlabathi liphela? Indima yase-US ekuxhelweni kweSaudi eYemen? Imfazwe entsha eLibya? Kutheni le nto iphelisa imfazwe enye abantu abasele bezenza ngathi “iphelile”? Oko kuthethiweyo, ukutshintshela kuqoqosho loxolo luluvo oluchanekileyo, yiyo loo nto ilihlazo ukuba, nangona kucingelwa ukuba kukho icaucus eqhubekayo, ngamalungu amathathu eCongress kuphela atyikitye. umthetho oyilwayo. Kwaye aphi amanani kolu hlahlo lwabiwo-mali? Ingakanani “inkulu”?]

“Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwaBantu lukwanyusa utyalo-mali kwidiplomacy, uphuhliso oluzinzileyo, kunye noncedo loluntu ukulungisa iingxaki eziqhubekayo eSyria nase-Iraq. I-Congressional Progressive Caucus ayikuxhasi ukucuthwa kwe-Pentagon okugunyaziswe kukuhluthwa kwaye ikholelwa ukuba kukho ukonga okunoxanduva olunokufezekiswa olungayi kulimaza amalungu enkonzo kunye namagqala. "

[Yhuu. Ukuba ngokwenene uye wacinga ngeenzuzo ezibizwa ngokuba “ngamalungu enkonzo” yenkqubo “enkulu” yokudala imisebenzi, ungathetha ukuthini ngokucebisa ukuba ukusika umkhosi “kungabalimaza”? Ngokucacileyo, i-CPC ayikhange icinge ukuba okanye inike nayiphi na imbonakalo yokuziphatha konke konke kwisindululo sayo sokuxhasa ngezimali owona mkhosi ubiza kakhulu kwimbali yomhlaba ukuze kuxhamle imikhosi yayo. Oku kuza ngokwemvelo kumalungu eCongress, ewe, njengoko bebekwe kwimeko yokucinga ngenkcitho yasemkhosini njengoko kufanelekile yimisebenzi eyinikayo kwizithili zabo. Kuya kufuneka banqumame okomzuzwana, nangona kunjalo, kwaye bacinge ngendlela abaza kuyichaza ngayo loo nzuzo kubantwana abazali babo babulawa ngumjukujelwa ovela kwidrone yase-US.]

"Ukuphelisa iNkxaso-mali yeMfazwe eNgxamisekileyo ngokuQala kwi-FY2017 - Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwethu lunciphisa imali ye-Overseas Contingency (OCO) yokuthunyelwa kwakhona e-Afghanistan kwi-FY2017 kunye ne-OCO emva koko, igcina i-761 yeebhiliyoni zeedola xa kuthelekiswa nomthetho wangoku."

[Oku kulandela ngokucacileyo uqheliselo olulahlekisayo lokuphinda-phinda yonke into nge-10 kwaye emva koko uzifihle kumbhalo osemazantsi ukuba lonke “ugcino” luyakuba “ngaphezu kweminyaka eli-10.” Ke masithi le yi-76.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Oko kuseyinkqubela (isalamane) kunye nesiqalo esihle. Ngoku, ngokuqinisekileyo siza kuva malunga namanxeba amabi….]

“Lixesha lokuphelisa ngokukhawuleza nangokukhuselekileyo imfazwe e-Afghanistan kwaye kupheliswe umgaqo-nkqubo wokuxhasa ngezimali imfazwe engapheliyo. Ukurhoxa ngokukhawuleza e-Afghanistan kuya kusindisa iibhiliyoni. Ngaphaya koko, ukusetyenziswa kwenkxaso-mali kaxakeka ngeakhawunti ye-OCO ifihla impembelelo yokwenyani yenkcitho yemfazwe kwaye kufuneka iyekwe. ”

[Yinyani ngokwaneleyo.]

"Nciphisa iSiseko sokuSetyenziswa kwePentagon - Sinciphisa isiseko senkcitho yasemkhosini ukuze siqinisekise ukuba inkcitho yePentagon ayiqhubeki nokuba negalelo elikhulu kumthwalo wethu wemali, kwaye iseka indlela ekujoliswe kuyo ekujoliswe kuyo kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali oluzinzileyo lokhuselo."

[Heyi, khetha izizathu zakho ozithandayo. Kodwa aya phi amanani, ngequbuliso? Uyinciphisa kangakanani?]

“UHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lwaBantu luza kubhangisa ukonakaliswa kokuthotywa kwebhodi kunye nokunqunyanyiswa okundululwe nguMthetho woLawulo loHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali, ngelixa ubonelela ngolondolozo olubonakalayo ngokumiselwa kohlaziyo, oluvunywe kwizindululo zohlaziyo lwemali emacala omabini. Ibuyisela inkxaso-mali kwizinto eziphambili ezifana nokukhathalela amagqala ethu, iiNkqubo zoPhando lwezoNyango eziKhokelelwayo (CDMRP), idiplomacy ehlakaniphile, kunye nokucocwa kwendalo kunye neenkqubo zokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu ngaphakathi kwesiCwangciso sokuSebenza soBuchule beDOD.

[Kulapho umntu kufuneka aqale khona ukuba nexhala. Amanani anyamalele. Ukunqunyulwa okufunwa ngumthetho okwangoku "kuyonakalisa" (kwaye kukhulu kakhulu?). I-CPC ifuna abantu abaqeqeshelwe ukubulala nokutshabalalisa basebenze kwiinkqubo ezisinceda ukuba siphile ngcono kukutshintsha kwemozulu. Ngaba i-CPC iyazi ukuba umkhosi ngoyena mdali wethu ophambili wokutshintsha kwemozulu, ukuba ukusikwa komkhosi okubalulekileyo akuyi “kunciphisa” ukutshintsha kwemozulu kodwa kuyayinciphisa?]

“Ukulungelelaniswa nokuNcitshiswa kwePentagon kunye noTyalo-mali kwiMveliso engaKhuseliyo – Uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lwaBantu lwandisa utyalo-mali kwi-DOD ye-Ofisi yoLungiso lwezoQoqosho ukuncedisa oorhulumente basekuhlaleni ukuba baphendule kwiinguqu ezinkulu zenkqubo yokhuselo ngokunceda uluntu ukuba lulungelelanise ilahleko yekontraka yokhuselo.

"Amalinge enkxaso-mali ngokupheleleyo anjengeNkqubo yeMali yoShishino ye-DOT kunye nokwandisa kakhulu ukuthengwa kwetekhnoloji ezinzileyo evela kuluntu oluchatshazelwe kukunqunyulwa kwePentagon kuya kunceda ukubonelela ngenguqu efanelekileyo kubasebenzi bemveliso yezokhuselo kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba isiseko semveliso saseMelika sihlala sisebenza."

[Kakhulu! Yimalini “ngokupheleleyo”?]

“Ukuphucula imeko yethu yoKhuseleko-Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwethu lufezekisa ulwakhiwo oluncinci lomkhosi onabasebenzi abambalwa ngokuncipha. Isicwangciso sanamhlanje sokhuselo kufuneka sigxininise imikhosi yethu exhobileyo kumandla ayo okusabela kwintlekele, ukhuseleko olulumkileyo, kunye nokuthintela. Umkhosi wethu kufuneka ulungelelanise izoyikiso kunye nemiceli mngeni yangoku, ngakumbi i-cyberwarfare, ukwanda kwenyukliya, kunye nokulwa nabadlali abangengabo karhulumente. Akukho kugcinwa kufunyenwe ngokunciphisa imivuzo yabasebenzi basemkhosini okanye izibonelelo, kubandakanya i-TRICARE kunye nomhlalaphantsi. Umyinge wabasebenzi beekontraka zabucala uya kuncitshiswa kakhulu kwaye umsebenzi wabo utshintshelwe kubasebenzi abangabahlali, ukunqanda iinaliti “zokusebenzela ngaphandle” okubangela ukonyuka kweendleko ezigqithisileyo. Uhlaziyo olongezelelekileyo lubandakanya ukupheliswa kogunyaziso lwezixhobo zethu zenyukliya zexesha leMfazwe ebandayo, njengoko kucacisiwe kuMthetho oyiSmart Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE), kunye nokunciphisa ukuthenga nophando, uphuhliso, uvavanyo kunye novavanyo (RDT&E) ngokwenza ukhetho olukrelekrele lokuthenga. .”

Ukuthotywa? Ngaba, ke, bayayibuyisela imali ekuqeshweni? Abatsho. Imfazwe yeCyberfare? Ukulwa nabadlali abangengokarhulumente? Ayingomsebenzi wamapolisa lo? Ukunganciphisi abasebenzi ngaphandle kokuba baphelelwe ngamandla, ukuze “bangabenzakalisi” abasebenzi? Nangona kunjalo utyalo-mali kwinkqubo yemisebenzi "enkulu" engeyiyo yomkhosi ekungekho namnye wabasebenzi basemkhosini oya kuba nexesha lokufumana umsebenzi? I Umthetho we-SANE enyanisweni, ayikwenzi “ukuphelisa … izixhobo zenyukliya.” Ithintela ukwenziwa kweentlobo ezithile zolongezelelo olutsha oluphambeneyo “kwiziseko ezingundoqo zezixhobo zenyukliya,” kucingelwa ukuba ivumela “iziseko zophuhliso” ezikhoyo ukuba ziphume “kwimeko” yokuba kuvalwe kudala kakhulu okanye kusibulale sonke.

"Phicotha iPentagon-Njengokuphela kwearhente yomdibaniso engenakuhlolwa, iPentagon ilahlekelwa ngamashumi eebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka ukumosha, ubuqhetseba kunye nokuxhatshazwa. Lixesha eligqithileyo lokujonga inkcitho eyenziwayo ngokubeka iliso okuncinci okwenza buthathaka imbono yethu yezemali kwaye ekugqibeleni, ukhuseleko lwethu lwesizwe. ”

[Yifumane? Xa iPentagon ichitha imali endaweni yokuthenga izixhobo ezininzi, ukhuseleko lwethu lwelizwe lubuthathaka. Ngoko ke, nayiphi na imali egcinwe ngokususa inkunkuma kuya kufuneka ingene kwizixhobo ezininzi. Ukuyibeka kwimfundo okanye kwizindlu kuya kusibeka engozini. Okanye ngaba sikulungele ukubaleka loo ngozi? Kwimeko enjalo, ukuba siyazi ukuba iPentagon ichitha amashumi eebhiliyoni, kutheni ungabuyi ubuncinci ukusikwa kwe-20 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngoku?]

"IDiplomacy kunye noPhuhliso - Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwaBantu lunyusa utyalo-mali kwidiplomacy kunye nophuhliso ukuzinzisa imimandla ephambili yehlabathi ngokuxhasa ubunkokheli be-United States kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, ukhuseleko oluhlakaniphile, ukubonelela ngolawulo olubalulekileyo, uphuhliso kunye noncedo loluntu, kunye nokwandisa izixhobo ukulwa ukoyikeka kokurhweba ngeziyobisi kunye nokurhweba ngabantu kunye nokwanda kwenyukliya. Ngokutsho kweUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, inani labantu abaye bafuduswa ngenkani ehlabathini lonke liye lafikelela kwelona nqanaba liphakamileyo lakha labonwa kubantu abazizigidi ezingama-59.5. UHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lwaBantu luyakuqonda oku kwaye lubonelela ngenkxaso-mali eyomeleleyo yeenkqubo zokuhlaliswa ngokutsha kweembacu. Isicwangciso sethu silungelelanisa iinjongo kunye nemingcipheko yokufezekisa umxube osebenzayo wokukhusela, idiplomacy, kunye noncedo lophuhliso. Ngokwamkela esi sikhundla sitsha sokhuseleko lwehlabathi, ukutyala imali kwizinto eziphambili ekhaya kunye nokudala umkhosi ongabizi kakhulu ohambelana nezoyikiso zenkulungwane yama-21, i-US inokufikelela kwiinjongo zokunciphisa intsilelo ngelixa kwangaxeshanye iphucula ukhuseleko lwehlabathi.

[Ungakhathali ukuba yintoni eyadala iimbacu! Kulungile, ewe, iyafuneka, kodwa aphi amanani?]

Ekupheleni kwe Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweCPC, njenge kunyaka ophelileyo, ngamaphepha ambalwa amanani angempela, apho unokufumana khona, njengonyaka odlulileyo, i-6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, okanye malunga ne-1%, ukusika "kwisiseko" senkcitho yeSebe elibizwa ngokuba yi-Defence. Ukwafumana i-104 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kutyalo-mali kwiziseko ezingundoqo, kunye neebhiliyoni ezingama-68 zeerandi ekudaleni imisebenzi eyongezelelekileyo, kunye ne-94 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ukwenza ikholeji, ingabi yesimahla, kodwa “ifikeleleke.” Akukho khathalelo yempilo yomntu omnye apha, kodwa “ukhetho lukawonke-wonke” olulahliweyo. Kukwakho ne-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokuxhasa ngemali amaphulo onyulo loluntu.

Umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwenkcitho encinci kwimpahla yoluntu kunye nokuncitshiswa okuncinci komkhosi kwenziwa yirhafu yentengiselwano yezemali, ikhabhoni, iinzuzo ezinkulu, njl. Kodwa uhlobo lotyalo-mali kutshintsho oluya kumandla azinzileyo esiwadinga ngokwenene, kunye nokuthintela ekubulaleni inani elikhulu labantu elifunwa ngala manani makhulu abantu, kunokuvela kuphela ekunciphiseni okukhulu ukuya emkhosini. I-76.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola esisikelwe kwingxowa-mali ye-slush sisiqalo esihle. Kodwa ukusikwa okunzulu ngakumbi kuyafuneka kwinto ebizwa ngokuba nguKhuselo, kuMandla, kwinto ebizwa ngokuba nguKhuseleko lweLizwe, kwiCIA nakwi-NSA njalo njalo. Umkhwa wokwala ukucinga ngenguqu enzulu awuzange uqale ngoHillary Clinton njengoMongameli. Yendele ngokunzulu eWashington.

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