I-US ichitha i-1.25 Trillion ngonyaka kwiMfazwe

By UWilliam D. Hartung kwaye UMandy Smithberger, NgoMeyi 8, 2019

ukusuka TomDispatch

Kwisicelo sawo sebhajethi esandul 'utsha, ulawulo lweTrump lucela ukuba i-rekodi-kufuphi $ 750 billion i-Pentagon kunye nemisebenzi enxulumene nokuzikhusela, ummangaliso omangalisayo ngaluphi na umlinganiselo. Ukuba idluliselwa yiCongress, iya kuba, yinyani, ibe enye yeyona bhajethi enkulu yempi kwimbali yaseMelika, ukukhwela Amanqanaba okuphakama afikelele ngexesha lamaKorea neeVietnam. Futhi gcina into enye engqondweni: loo $ 750 billion ibonisa kuphela inxalenye yeendleko zonyaka zonyaka welizwe lokhuseleko.

Kukho ubuncinane i-10 ehlukeneyo imbiza yemali ezinikele ekulwa nemfazwe, ukulungiselela ezinye iimfazwe ezininzi kunye nokujongana nemiphumo yemfazwe esele ilwa. Ngoko ngexesha elizayo a umongameli, i jikelele, i nobhala wezokukhusela, okanye i-hawkish ilungu leCongress ifuna ukuba imikhosi yase-US ihlawulwe ngemali, cinga kabini. Ukujongwa ngokucophelela kwiindleko zokukhusela i-US kunika ukulungiswa okunempilo kwiimangalo ezingahambi kakuhle.

Ngoku, masithathe i-dollar-by-dollar iholide emfutshane ye-US state security of 2019, ukuqokelela isamba semali njengoko sihambayo, kwaye sibone apho ekugqibeleni siphuma khona umhlaba (okanye mhlawumbi igama kufuneka "liqhube"), ngokwezimali .

I-Budget ye "Base" Budget: Isabelo-mali sePentagon, okanye "isiseko," sihlonyelwe ukuba sibe yi-544.5 yeebhiliyoni kwiNyaka-mali ka-2020, isamba esilungileyo kodwa kuphela ukuhlawula okuthobekileyo kwimali yokusetyenziswa kwempi.

Njengoko ungacinga ukuba, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusezantsi lubonelela ngezimali ezisemgangathweni kwiSebe lezoKhuseleko, eninzi ezo ziza kuhlanjululwa kwiimfazwe eziqhubekayo ezingagunyazisiweyo yiCongress, iinkqubo ezithinteleyo zezixhobo ezingenakudingeka ngokwenene, okanye inkunkuma eyiyo, Udidi olubanzi olubandakanya yonke into esuka kwiindleko ezingaphezulu kwi-bureaucracy engadingekile. I-$ 544.5 yeebhiliyoni yimali echazwe esidlangalaleni yiPentagon ngeendleko zayo ezibalulekileyo kwaye iquka i-$ 9.6 ibhiliyoni kwiimali ezifunekayo eziya kwizinto ezifana nomhlalaphantsi wempi.

Phakathi kweendleko eziphambili, makhe siqale ngedaka, inxalenye yezona zinto zikhuselekileyo zentengo yePentagon ayikwazi ukukhusela. IBhodi ye-Pentagon yoLwazi loKhuselo yabona ukuba ukukhawuleza okungekho mfuneko, kubandakanywa i-bureaucracy ekhutshweyo kunye nokusebenza ngokusemangalisayo kwezithuthuthu zamashishini angasese, ugcine I-125 yezigidigidi ngaphezu kweminyaka emihlanu. Mhlawumbi awuyi kumangaliswa xa ufumanisa ukuba isiphakamiso sebhodi siye senza okuncinci ekuthungeni imali eninzi. Endaweni, ukusuka kwi phezulu yePentagon (kunye umongameli ngokwakhe) weza isiluleko ukudala uMbutho weZithuba, inkonzo yesithandathu yemikhosi leyo yonke into eqinisekisiwe ukuqhubeka nokuqhawula ulawulo lwayo phindi Umsebenzi sele usenziwa ngezinye iinkonzo. Ngaphandle kwabalandeli bePentagon baqikelela ukuba i-Space Force iza kuhlawula i-$ 13 yezigidigidi kwiminyaka emihlanu ezayo (kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo i-ball ball low).

Ukongeza, iSebe lezoKhuselo liqeshe umkhosi woonokontraka babucala-- Ngaphezu kwe600,000 kubo - uninzi lwenza imisebenzi enokwenziwa ngexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu ngabasebenzi bakarhulumente. Ukusika abasebenzi bekontraka yabucala nge-15% ukuya ku nje isiqingatha sezigidi ziza kusindisa ngokukhawuleza ngaphezulu I-20 yezigidigidi ngonyaka. Kwaye ungalibali indleko kwiinkqubo eziphambili zezixhobo ezinje ngeSiseko seSiseko esiCwangcisiweyo-igama elingaxutywanga lePentagon lomjukujelwa we-intercontinental ballistic yomkhosi woMkhosi-kunye nokuhlawulwa kwemali ehlawulwa rhoqo kwiindawo ezincinci (njenge $8,000 ngenxa yeenqwelo zeenqwelo-moya ezibiza ngaphantsi kwe-$ 500, i-markup ye-1,500%).

Emva koko kukho izixhobo zemikhosi ezithinteleyo umkhosi awukwazi ukukwazi ukuqhuba njengako $ 13-billion umqhubi wendiza, i-200 iibhomu zenyukliya kwi-564 yezigidi zabantu, kunye ne-F-35, $ 1.4 zezigidi ngaphezu kobomi beprogram. Iprojekti yoLawulo loRhulumente (POGO) fu maneka - kunye neOfisi yoXanduva kaRhulumente kutsha nje kuqinisekiswa -Ukuba, ngaphandle kweminyaka yokusebenza kunye neendleko ezimangalisayo, i-F-35 ayinakuze yenze njengoko ibhengeziwe.

Futhi ungalibali i-Pentagon yakutsha nje push Izixhobo zokurhweba ezangexesha elide kunye neenkqubo zokubonga ezintsha ezenzelwe iimfazwe ezizayo ngeRashiya enezixhobo zenukliya okanye iChina, uhlobo lweengxabano ezinokunyuka kwi-World War III, apho izixhobo ezinjalo ziza kuba ziphantsi kweyona nto. Khawucinge ukuba ngaba nayiphi na loo mali yayizinikele ekucingeni indlela yokuthintela ezo mpizo, kunokuba zichithwe ezinye iinkqubo zokulwa nazo.

Isiqingatha seBhajethi esisiseko: $ 554.1 billion

Ulwabiwo-mali lweMfazwe: Njengokuba uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olwaneleyo alwanelanga, iPentagon ikwagcina eyayo ingxowa mali, eyaziwa njenge-akhawunti yeOverseas Contingency Operations, okanye i-OCO. Kwithiyori, le ngxowa-mali yenzelwe ukuhlawulela imfazwe yoloyiko- Oko kukuthi, iimfazwe zase-US e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, eSomalia, eSyria, nakwezinye iindawo kumbindi Mpuma nase-Afrika. Ukuziqhelanisa, iyakwenza oko kwaye nokunye okuninzi.

Emva komlo wokuvala urhulumente wakhokelela ekwenziweni kwekhomishini yokuncitshiswa kwentsilelo-eyaziwa njenge-Simpson-Bowles emva koosihlalo bayo, owayesakuba yi-Clinton Chief of Staff u-Erskine Bowles kunye nowayesakuba ngu-Senator wase-Republican u-Alan Simpson-Congress UMthetho woLawulo lweBhajethi 2011. Yayifaka ngokusemthethweni ukusetyenziswa kwemikhosi yemikhosi kunye nezasekhaya ezifunekayo ukugcina i-total $ 2 zezigidi kwiminyaka eyi-10. Ingxenye yaloo mfanekiso yayiza kuvela kwiPentagon, kwakunye nokusetyenziswa kwezinto zezixhobo zenyukliya kwiSebe leMandla. Njengoko kwenzeke, nangona kunjalo, kwakukho umda omkhulu: ukuba isabelomali sezemfazwe sasixolelwa kwiifom. I-Pentagon yaqala ukubeka amashumi amabhiliyoni iidola kwiiprojekthi zezilwanyana ezingenanto nantoni na enokuyenza kunye nemfazwe yangoku (kwaye inkqubo ayizange ime). Umgangatho wokusetyenziswa kakubi kwale ngxowa-mali yahlala iyimfihlo iminyaka, ngePentagon zivuma Kuphela ngo-2016 ukuba isiqingatha semali kwi-OCO siye kwiimfazwe zangempela, kubangela ukuba abagxeki kunye namalungu amaninzi eCongress-kubandakanywa noMongameli we-Congress uMick Mulvaney, ngoku oyintloko kaMongameli uTrump - wahlaziya"isikhwama slush".

Isiphakamiso sesabelomali sonyaka sithintela i-slush kule ngxowa-mali kumfanekiso onokuthi uthathwa njengengenangqondo ukuba ayengenxalenye yebhajethi yePentagon. Kule phantse i-$ 174 yezigidigidi ezicetywayo zebhajethi yemfazwe kunye nenkxaso-mali "yexakeka", kuphela nje ngaphantsi $ 25 billion kuthetha ukuhlawula ngokukhawuleza iimfazwe e-Iraq, e-Afghanistan nakwezinye iindawo. Bonke abanye baya kubeka bucala ngenxa yezinto ezibizwa ngokuba "ukunyamezela" imisebenzi eya kuqhubeka nangona loo mfazwe iphelile, okanye ukuhlawula imisebenzi eqhubekayo yePentagon engenakuxhaswa ngemali kwiingxaki zebhajethi. I-House of Representatives elawulwa yiDemokhrasi kulindeleke ukuba isebenze ukuguqula eli lungiselelo. Nangona ukuba ubuNkokheli beNdlu bekufuneka ukuba neendlela zayo, ke ke, uninzi lwazo lwabiwo lwabiwo-mali luya kuba ukucinywa ngokuphakamisa iifom kwi-budget yePentagon rhoqo ngeemali ezihambelanayo. (Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukaMongameli uTrump lubiza ngelinye ilanga ukuphelisa i-fund ye-slush.)

I-2020 OCO iquka $ 9.2 billion kwiindleko "zengxamiseko" zokwakha udonga oluthandayo lweTrump umda waseMelika-Mexico, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Thetha nge-slush fund! Akukho nxakeko, okwenene. Isebe elilawulayo lithatha nje ukubamba iirhafu ezihlawulwa ngabakhokhi berhafu ukuba iNqabayano inqabe ukubonelela. Ngaphandle kwababalandeli bodonga lomongameli kufuneka baxakeke ngolu hlobo lwemali. Njengama-36 amalungu aseRephabliki angaphambili kutshanje, "Nguwuphi na amagunya anikezelwa kumongameli enemigaqo-nkqubo oyisebenzisayo ingasetyenziselwa ngabaongameli abanemigaqo-nkqubo oyinyanyekayo kuyo." Kuzo zonke "ukhuseleko" lweTrump-iziphakamiso ezihambelanayo, ngokuqinisekileyo le nto inokupheliswa, okanye ubuncinci ngasemva, wanikwa i-Congressional Democrats malunga nalo.

Imali yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali: i-173.8 billion

Ukuqalisa: $ 727.9 billion

ISebe lezeMandla / iNkcitho yeNyukliya: Inokumangaliswa ukuba uyazi ukuba umsebenzi kwizixhobo ezibulalayo kwi-arsenal yase-United States, impi yamandla enyukliya kuhlala kwiSebe leMandla (DOE), kungekhona iPentagon. I-DOE Ulawulo lweNyukliya yoLawulo loKhuseleko liqhuba uphando jikelele, uphuhliso, kunye nenethiwekhi yokuvelisa imikhosi yamandla enyukliya kunye namajelo enyukliya elula ukusuka eLivermore, eCalifornia, ukuya e-Albuquerque naseLos Alamos, eNew Mexico, ukuya eKansas City, eMissouri, e-Oak Ridge, eTennessee, eSapannah River, eSouth Carolina. Iibhoratri zayo nazo zinakho imbali ende yeprogram yokuphathwa kakubi, kunye neeprojekthi ezizayo malunga nezihlandlo ezisibhozo zokuqikelela.

Ixabiso leNyukliya lilonke: $ 24.8 billion

Ukuqalisa: $ 752.7 billion

"Imisebenzi enxulumene noKhuselo": Eli candelo lihlanganisa i-$ 9 yezigidigidi eziya rhoqo kwii-arhente ngaphandle kwePentagon, ubuninzi balo kwi-FBI kwimisebenzi enxulumene nokukhuselwa kwelizwe.

Imisebenzi enxulumene nezoKhuseleko isisiseko: $ 9 billion

Ukuqalisa: $ 761.7 billion

Iintlobo ezintlanu zikhankanywe ngasentla zenza uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olubizwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi "ukhuselo lwesizwe." Ngaphantsi koMthetho woLawulo loHlahlo lwabiwo-mali, le mali kufuneka ifakwe kwi $ 630 billion. I-761.7 yeebhiliyoni ezicetywayo zebhajethi ye-2020, ke, kuphela ukuqala kwebali.

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwabalandeli Imfazwe yale nkulungwane iye yakha isizukulwana esitsha sezilwanyana. Konke, ngaphaya 2.7 million Abasebenzi basejoni base-US baye bahamba ngeengxabano e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ukusuka kwi-2001. Abaninzi babo bahlala befuna inkxaso eninzi yokujongana namaxhoba emzimbeni nangengqondo yemfazwe. Ngenxa yoko, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweSebe leeMfazwe zeMantshi liye lwadlula eluphahleni, ngaphezu kathathu kule nkulungwane ukuya kucetywayo $ 216 billion. Kwaye lo mfanekiso omkhulu awunakho ukubonakalisa ngokwaneleyo ukubonelela ngeenkonzo eziyimfuneko.

Engaphezulu kwe 6,900 Abantu base-US basebefile e-Washington post-9 / 11 iimfazwe, ezingaphezulu 30,000 balimala e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kuphela. Lezi zintlupheko ke, kunjalo, isicatshulwa se-iceberg. Amakhulu amawaka imikhosi ebuyelayo ihlupheke ngenxa yokugula kwengxaki yokuhamba kwengxaki (post-traumatic disorder disorder) (i-PTSD), izifo ezidalwa ngokubakho kwiindawo zokutshisa ezityhefu okanye ukulimala kwengqondo. Urhulumente wase-US uzibophezele ekuboneleleni ngoncedo lwabadala baseburhulumenteni bonke ubomi babo. Uhlalutyo lweeNdleko zeMfazwe yeProjekthi kwiYunivesithi yaseBrown uye waqinisekisa ukuba izibophelelo zamagorha e-Iraq kunye ne-Afghan kuphela ziphela ngaphezu kwe $ 1 trillion kwiminyaka ezayo. Le ndleko yeemfazwe ayicatshangwanga xa iinkokheli zaseWashington zithatha ukuthumela imikhosi yase-US ekulweni.

Amanqwanqwa oMkhosi weeNqila: $ 216 billion

Ukuqalisa: $ 977.7 billion

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwasekhaya Isebe loKhuseleko lwaseKhaya (iDHS) liyi-mega-agency eyenziwe emva kokuhlaselwa kwe-9 / 11. Ngelo xesha, liginyile 22 imibutho karhulumente ekhoyo, ukudala isebe elikhulu elinokuthi liphantse kwikota yesigidi ba sebenzi. IiNkonzo ezo ziyinxalenye ye-DHS ziquka i-Coast Guard, i-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), i-Customs kunye ne-Border Protection, i-Custigation and Customs Implementation (ICE), Ubunini-nkonzo kunye nokuThuthwa kweeNkcubeko, iNkonzo yeNgcaciso, iZiko loQeqesho loQeqesho loLawulo, Ofisi yeNyukliya yokuHlola iNyukliya, kunye ne-Ofisi yoBulumko kunye noHlolo.

Ngelixa ezinye zezinto ezenziwa yi-DHS-ezinje ngokhuseleko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye khuselo ngokuchasene nokuthutyeleziswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya okanye "ibhombu emdaka" phakathi kwethu - unengqondo ecacileyo yezokhuseleko, abanye abaninzi abenzi njalo. I-ICE-umkhosi waseMelika wokugxotha-wenze okungaphezulu koku kubangela ukubandezeleka phakathi kwabantu abangenacala ngaphandle kokuphazamisa abaphuli-mthetho okanye izigandane. Eminye imisebenzi echaphazelekayo ye-DHS ibandakanya igranti kwie-arhente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho ukuze zibancede zithenge kwibakala lempi izixhobo.

Ukhuseleko lwasekhaya lilonke: $ 69.2 billion

Ukuqalisa: $ 1.0469 trillion

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweSizwe Oku kuquka uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweSebe likaRhulumente kunye ne-Arhente yase-United States yoPhuhliso lweZwelonke (USAID). Idiplomacy yenye yeyona ndlela efanelekileyo kakhulu yokwenza iUnited States kunye nehlabathi zikhuseleke ngakumbi, kodwa sele iphantsi kokuhlaselwa kwintonga yeTrump. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-2020 ibhajethi ifuna Ikota enye ukuchithwa kwemicimbi yelizwe jikelele, ukushiya malunga ne-15 yeshumi lemali eyabelwe i-Pentagon kunye nee-arhente ezihambelana phantsi kwecandelo "lokukhusela likazwelonke." Kwaye akukho nto iphendula ngenxa yokuba ngaphezu 10% yebhajethi yemicimbi yezizwe ngezizwe ixhasa iinzame zamagosa ezempi, ngokugqithiseleyo $ 5.4 billion Inkqubo yeeMali zoMbutho wezeMali (FMF). Ubuninzi beFFF iya e-Israel nakwiYiputa, kodwa kumazwe angama-12 athola inkxaso phantsi kwayo, kuquka iJordan, iLebhanon, i-Djibouti, iTunisia, i-Estonia, iLatvia, iLithuania, i-Ukraine, i-Georgia, i-Philippines kunye neVietnam.

Imicimbi yamazwe ngamazwe iyonke: $ 51 billion

Ukuqalisa: $ 1.0979 trillion     

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali: I-United States inayo 17 arhente ezihlukeneyo zengqondo. Ukongeza kwi-DHS Ofisi yoBulumko kunye noHlolo kunye ne-FBI, ekhankanywe ngasentla, yi-CIA; I-Arhente kaZwelonke yoKhuseleko I-Intelligence Intelligence Agency; kwiBhunga likaRhulumente weSebe leNgqiqo noPhando; I-Ofisi yoNyango loLwaphulo-mthetho lweSizwe soKhuseleko lweSizwe; i-Ofisi yeSebe leNkxaso noBuchule beSebe leNondyebo; ISebe leNkxaso yeeNkcukacha zeMandla kunye noComputer intelligence; I-Ofisi kaZwelonke yokuLawulwa; i-National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Intelligence Intelligence Force, Uqwalaselo kunye nokuQaphela; I-Intelligence Intelligence and Security Command; i-Ofisi yoBulumko boMbane; I-Marine Corps Intelligence; noLondolozo lweNxweme. Kwaye kukho i-17th enye, i-Ofisi yoMlawuli we-Intelligence kaZwelonke, isetyenziselwe ukulungelelanisa imisebenzi yenye i-16.

Siyazi ngokuncinci kakhulu malunga nokusetyenziswa kweengcaphephe zesizwe, ngaphandle kobonke ababalwayo, bakhululwa kwingxelo minyaka yonke. Okwangoku, kunjalo ngaphezu kwe $ 80 billion. Ininzi yale mali, kuquka iCIA ne-NSA, ikholelwa ukuba iyafihla phantsi kwezinto ezingabonakaliyo kumgca-mali wePentagon. Ekubeni ukusetyenziswa kweengqondo akuyiyo imali ehlukeneyo yezimali, ayibalwanga apha ngezantsi (nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yento sonke esaziyo, enye ifanele ibe).

Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-Intelligence: $ 80 billion

Ukuqhubela phambili (kusekho): $ 1.0979 trillion

Isabelo soKhuselo kwiNzala kaMatyala kaZwelonke: Inzala kwisikwere sikazwelonke ngokufanelekileyo kwindlela yokuba ibe yinto ebiza kakhulu kwi-budget. Kwiminyaka elishumi, kuqikelelwe ukuba kudlulele kwi-budget yePentagon rhoqo. Okwangoku, malunga ne-500 yezigidigidi zeerhafu zabathengi bahlawulileyo abanokuhlawula ukuhlawulwa kwetyala likarhulumente ngamnye ngonyaka, malunga $ 156 billion inokuthi ithathwa kwi-Pentagon yokuchitha.

Ulwabiwo loKhuseleko lweMali-mali kaZwelonke: i-156.3 billion

Ixesha lokugqibela: $ 1.2542 trillion

Ke, eyethu yokugqibela yonyaka yemfazwe, amalungiselelo emfazwe, kunye nefuthe lemfazwe liza ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1.25 trillion-ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwePentagon. Ukuba umhlawuli werhafu oqhelekileyo ebesazi ukuba le mali ichithwe egameni lezokhuselo lukazwelonke-uninzi lwayo luchithwe, lwalahlekiswa, okanye lwenziwa into engeyiyo-kunokuba nzima kakhulu kurhulumente wezokhuseleko kwilizwe ukuba asebenzise imali ekhulayo dudulela Umva. Okwangoku, nangona kunjalo, uloliwe we-gravy uqhuba ngesantya esipheleleyo ngaphambili kunye nezona ziphambili baxhamli -U-Lockheed Martin, iBoeing, Northrop Grumman, kunye namaqabane abo - bahleka yonke indlela eya ebhankini.

 

UWilliam D. Hartung, a TomDispatch njalo, ngumlawuli we Iprojekthi yeArms kunye neKhuseleko kwiziko leMgaqo-nkqubo weSizwe kunye nomlobi Abaprofeti beMfazwe: i-Lockheed Martin kunye nokwenziwa kwe-Complex ye-Military-Industrial Complex.

Mandy Smithberger, a TomDispatch njalo, ngumlawuli we Iziko loLwazi loKhuselo kwiProjekthi Ulawulo lukaRhulumente.

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