NguMedea Benjamin kunye noNicolas JS Davies, CODEPINK yoxolo, Oktobha 7, 2021
UMongameli Biden kunye neDemocratic Congress bajongene nengxaki njengoko i-ajenda eyaziwayo yasekhaya ababeyiqhuba kunyulo lwe-2020 ibanjwe ngamaxhoba amabini e-Democratic Senators, ifosili yefuweli Ummeli kaJoe Manchin kunye Umbolekisi oyithandayo uKyrsten Sinema.
Kodwa kanye kwiveki engaphambi kokuba i-Dems's $ 350 yezigidigidi-ngonyaka iphakheji yasekhaya ifike kolu donga lweengxowa-mali zenkampani, bonke ngaphandle kwe-38 House Democrats bavotele ukunikezela ngaphezulu kwesixa-mali eso kwiPentagon. USenator Manchin ngokuhanahanisa uchaze umrhumo wenkcitho yasekhaya "njengobutyhakala kwezemali," kodwa uvotele uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olukhulu lwePentagon minyaka le ukusukela nge2016.
Ukuhlanya okwenyani kwezemali yinto eyenziwa yiCongress unyaka nonyaka, ithatha inkcitho yayo etafileni kwaye iyinikezela kwiPentagon ngaphambi kokujonga iimfuno ezingxamisekileyo zelizwe. Ukugcina le patheni, iCongress yaphuma nje $ 12 billion Ngama-85 ngaphezulu kweenqwelo-moya ze-F-35, i-6 ngaphezulu kweTrump ethengwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngaphandle kokuxoxa malunga nokufaneleka kokuthenga ii-F-35s ngaphezulu kutyalomali lwe-12 yezigidigidi kwimfundo, ukhathalelo lwempilo, amandla acocekileyo okanye ukulwa indlala.
2022 yokusetyenziswa kwemikhosi Umthetho osayilwayo (i-NDAA okanye uMthetho woGunyaziso woKhuseleko kuZwelonke) owapasisa iNdlu ngoSeptemba 23 uza kunika i-Pentagon i-740 yezigidigidi kwi-Pentagon kunye ne-38 yezigidigidi kwamanye amasebe (ngakumbi iSebe lezaMandla kwizixhobo zenyukliya), iyonke eyi- $ 778 yezigidigidi emkhosini inkcitho, ukwanda kweebhiliyoni ezingama-37 zeerandi ngaphezulu kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi kulo nyaka. Indlu yeeNgwevu kungekudala izakuxoxa ngenguqulelo yalo mthetho usayilwayo-kodwa ungalindeli mpikiswano ininzi kakhulu phaya, njengoko uninzi lwee-senator “ewe amadoda” xa kufikwa ekondleni umatshini wemfazwe.
Izilungiso ezimbini zeNdlu zokwenza ukusika okuthobekileyo zombini zisilele: enye ngu-Rep. USara Jacobs ukuba ahlube $ 24 billion eyongezwe kwisicelo sohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lweBiden yiKomiti yeeNkonzo eziXhobileyo zeNdlu; kunye nenye ngu-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kwibhodi engaphaya I-10% isikiwe (ngaphandle kokuhlawulwa komkhosi kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo).
Emva kokuhlengahlengisa ukunyuka kwamaxabiso, Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olukhulu ithelekiswa nenqanaba eliphakamileyo lokwakhiwa kweengalo zikaTrump kwi2020, kwaye yi-10% kuphela ngaphantsi kwe I-post-WWII irekhodi isethwe ngu-Bush II kwi-2008 phantsi kwemfazwe e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Ingamnika uJoe Biden umahluko othandabuzekayo wokuba ngumongameli wesine emva kweMfazwe ebandayo e-US ukuba asebenzise umkhosi wakhe wonke umongameli we-Cold War, ukusuka eTruman ukuya kuBush I.
Ngokwenyani, iBiden kunye neCongress bavalela i-100 yezigidigidi zeedola ngonyaka ukwakha iingalo ezathi zagweba uTrump amabango angenangqondo ukuba Ingxelo ka-Obama Inkcitho yasemkhosini yayiwaphelisile amajoni ngandlel 'ithile.
Njengokusilela kukaBiden ukukhawuleza ujoyine I-JCPOA kunye ne-IranIxesha lokuthatha inxaxheba ekunciphiseni uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi kunye nokutyala kwakhona izinto eziphambili zekhaya kwakukwiveki zokuqala nakwiinyanga zolawulo lwakhe. Ukungasebenzi kwakhe kule micimbi, njengokugxothwa kwakhe amawaka abantu abafuna indawo yokhuseleko, ucebisa ukuba wonwabile ukuqhubeka nemigaqo-nkqubo kaTrump ye-hawkish kunokuba eza kuvuma esidlangalaleni.
Kwi-2019, iNkqubo yokuDibana noLuntu kwiDyunivesithi yaseMaryland yaqhutywa isifundo apho ixelele amaMelika aqhelekileyo kusilelo lohlahlo-lwabiwo mali kwaye yababuza ukuba bazoyilungisa njani. Umndilili ophendulileyo uthande ukusika intsilelo nge-376 yezigidigidi zeedola, ikakhulu ngokunyusa irhafu kwizityebi nakwimibutho, kodwa nokusika i-avareji ye- $ 51 yezigidigidi kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi.
Nkqu namaRiphabhlikhi ayethanda ukusika i-14 yezigidigidi zeedola, ngelixa iiDemokhrasi zixhasa i-100 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ingangaphezulu koku I-10% isikiwe kulungiso olungaphumelelanga lwe-Ocasio-Cortez, ethi Inkxaso efunyenweyo ukusuka kwi-Democratic Reps ezingama-86 kuphela kwaye yachaswa ngama-126 amaDem kunye nayo yonke iRiphabhlikhi.
Uninzi lwabademokhrasi abavotele izilungiso zokunciphisa inkcitho bavotela ukuphumelela ibhili yokugqibela. Ngama-Democrats angama-38 kuphela awayekulungele ukuvota ngokuchasene i-778 yezigidigidi zeedola kwinkcitho yezomkhosi ethi, xa iMicimbi yamaGqala kunye nezinye iindleko ezinxulumene nazo zibandakanyiwe, ziya kuqhubeka nokutya phezu kwe60% yenkcitho yokuzikhethela.
“Uza kuyihlawula njani?” Ngokucacileyo isebenza kuphela "kwimali yabantu," ingaze ibe "yimali yemfazwe." Ukwenza imigaqo-nkqubo enobuchule kuya kufuna indlela eyahlukileyo. Imali etyalwe kwezemfundo, ukhathalelo lwempilo kunye namandla aluhlaza kutyalo-mali kwixa elizayo, ngelixa imali yemfazwe inikezela ngenzala encinci okanye engenayo kwaphela kutyalomali ngaphandle kwabenzi bezixhobo kunye neekhontraktha zePentagon, njengoko bekunjalo nge-2.26 yezigidi zeedola e-United States. inkcitho on ukufa nentshabalalo eAfghanistan.
Isifundo liZiko loPhando ngezoQoqosho kwezopolitiko kwiYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts lafumanisa ukuba inkcitho yezomkhosi idala imisebenzi embalwa kunayo nayiphi na enye inkcitho karhulumente. Kufumanise ukuba i-1 yezigidigidi zeedola etyalomali kwimikhosi yezomkhosi ivelisa umyinge wemisebenzi eyi-11,200, ngelixa imali efanayo ityale imali kwezinye iindawo: imisebenzi engama-26,700 xa ityalwe kwimfundo; 17,200 kwezempilo; 16,800 kuqoqosho oluhlaza; okanye imisebenzi eyi-15,100 kwimali ekhuthazayo okanye kwiintlawulo zentlalontle.
Ilusizi into yokuba ekuphela kwendlela ye Inkuthazo ye-Keynesian engaphikiswanga eWashington yeyona mveliso incinci kubantu baseMelika, kunye nokonakalisa kakhulu kwamanye amazwe apho izixhobo zisetyenziswa khona. Ezi zinto ziphambili ngokungenangqondo zibonakala zingenanto yakwenza nezopolitiko kumaLungu eDemokhrasi, abavoti bawo abaza kunciphisa inkcitho yomkhosi ngokomyinge we-100 yezigidigidi zeedola ngonyaka ngenxa ye I-poll yaseMaldin.
Ke kutheni le nto iCongress iphume ngaphandle kweminqweno yomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle wezikhundla zabo? Kubhalwe kakuhle ukuba amaLungu eCongress anonxibelelwano olusondeleyo nesithende Abanikeli bephulo kunye nabaphembeleli benkampani kunabantu abasebenzayo ababanyulayo, kwaye "impembelelo engafanelekanga" ye-Eisenhower eyaziwayo ye-Military-Industrial Complex sele egxile ngakumbi kwaye wayefihla ngakumbi kunakuqala, kanye njengokuba esoyika.
I-Military-Industrial Complex ixhaphaza iziphene kwizinto ezinobunzima, inkqubo ye-demokrasi engahambelani nentando yoluntu ekuchaseni ukuthanda koluntu kunye nokuchitha imali yoluntu yoluntu kwizixhobo nakwimikhosi exhobileyo kunehlabathi elilandelayo Amagunya asemkhosini ali-13. Oku kubi kakhulu ngexesha apho iimfazwe ze- ukutshabalalisa abantu abaninzi eziye zasebenza njengesizathu sokumosha ezi zibonelelo kangangeminyaka engama-20 ekugqibeleni, ngombulelo, ziya kuphela.
Abavelisi bezixhobo ezintlanu ezikhulu zase-US (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman kunye neGeneral Dynamics) benza i-40% yemveliso yezomkhosi kwiminikelo, kwaye ngokuhlangeneyo bafumana i-2.2 yezigidi zeedola kwizivumelwano zePentagon ukusukela ngo-2001 bebuyelela loo minikelo. Iyonke, Iipesenti ezingama-54 zenkcitho yomkhosi iphelela kwiiakhawunti zoonokontraka bemikhosi yezomkhosi, abafumana i-8 yezigidigidi zeedola ukusukela ngo-2001.
Indlu kunye neeKomiti zeeNkonzo eziXhobileyo zeSeneti zihlala embindini weComplex-Industrial Complex, kunye nezabo amalungu aphezulu ngabona bantu bafumana ezona mali zininzi kushishino lweengalo kwiCongress. Ke kukuphambuka komsebenzi koogxa babo kwizitampu zerabha zokuchitha emkhosini kwizimvo zabo ngaphandle kokuqwalaselwa ngokuzimeleyo.
The Umanyaniso lweshishini, Ukuthula kunye nenkohliso kwimithombo yeendaba zase-US kunye nokubekwa bucala kwe "bubble" yaseWashington kwilizwe lokwenyani nakho kudlala indima kumgaqo-nkqubo we-Congress wezangaphandle.
Kukho esinye, isizathu esincinci ekuxoxwa ngaso sokuqhawula phakathi koluntu olufunayo kunye nendlela iCongress evota ngayo, kwaye inokufumaneka kwi isifundo esinomdla sika-2004 liBhunga laseChicago lezoBudlelwane baNgaphandle elinesihloko esithi "IHolo leZibuko: Ukuqonda kunye nokungaqondi kwiNkqubo yoMgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle."
"IIholo leZibuko"Isifundo simangalisiwe safumanisa ukuvumelana phakathi kwemigaqo-nkqubo yezangaphandle yezomthetho noluntu, kodwa ukuba" kwiimeko ezininzi iCongress ivote ngeendlela ezingahambelaniyo nezi zivumelwano. "
Ababhali benze ukufumanisa okunxamnye neembono zabasebenzi bebandla. Okumangalisayo kukuba, abasebenzi abaneembono zabo bezingavumelani noluntu lwabo babonisa ukungakhethi cala ekucingeni, ngokungachanekanga, ukuba abavumayo bayavumelana nabo, uphando luye lwafumanisa, "ngelixa abasebenzi ababeneembono zabo bezihambelana nomthetho wabo rhoqo ngaphandle kokucinga ukuba oku akunjalo. ”
Oku kwakukhangeleka ngokukodwa kwimeko yabasebenzi beDemokhrasi, ababehlala beqinisekile ukuba ezabo izimvo zenkululeko zibabeka kwindawo encinci yoluntu ngelixa, eneneni, uninzi lwabemi babo babelana ngezimvo ezifanayo. Kuba abasebenzi bendibano ngabacebisi abaphambili kumalungu eCongress kwimicimbi yezomthetho, le mibono iphosakeleyo idlala indima eyodwa kumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle ochasene nedemokhrasi.
Ngokubanzi, kwimiba esithoba yomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle, umyinge we-38% yabasebenzi bebandla abanokuthi bachonge ngokuchanekileyo ukuba uninzi loluntu luxhasa okanye luchase uluhlu lwemigaqo-nkqubo eyahlukeneyo ebebuzwe ngayo.
Kwelinye icala lomlinganiso, uphononongo lufumanise ukuba “iingcinga zabantu baseMelika malunga nendlela amalungu abo abavoti abonakala ngokungachanekanga ngayo… [I] ukungabikho kolwazi, kubonakala ngathi abantu baseMelika bathanda ukucinga, Ilungu livota ngeendlela ezingqinelanayo nendlela elingathanda ukuba ilungu lalo livote ngayo.
Akusoloko kulula ukuba ilungu loluntu lifumanise ukuba ngaba abameli babo bavota ngendlela abanokuthanda ngayo okanye hayi. Iingxelo zeendaba kunqabile ukuba zixoxe okanye zinxibelelane neevoti zokufowuna, nangona i-Intanethi kunye neCongressal Iofisi kamabhalane yenza kube lula kunangaphambili ukwenza njalo.
Uluntu kunye namaqela omzabalazo apapasha iirekhodi zokuvota ezineenkcukacha. Mimtu.us vumela abasemagunyeni ukuba babhalisele izaziso ezithunyelwe nge-imeyile zazo zonke iifowuni zokuvota kwiCongress. Ukuqhubela phambili ngenqindi ilandelela iivoti kunye namaxabiso ICODEPINK Inkomfa. Iimfihlelo ezivulekileyo yenza ukuba uluntu lulandelele imali kwezopolitiko kwaye lubone indlela abamele ngayo abameli babo kumacandelo ohlukeneyo eenkampani kunye namaqela anomdla.
Xa amalungu eCongress esiza eWashington engenamava omgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle, njengoko uninzi lusenza, kufuneka bathathe inkathazo yokufunda nzima kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo, ukufuna iingcebiso zomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle ngaphandle kwe-Complex Military-Industrial Complex, basizisela kuphela imfazwe engapheliyo, kunye nokumamela abo babathandayo.
The Iholo leZibuko Ukufundwa kufuneka kufunwe ukufundelwa kwabasebenzi bebandla, kwaye kufuneka babonakalise indlela abajonga ngayo kwaye ngokudibeneyo bathambekele ekuqondeni gwenxa okuveziweyo.
Amalungu oluntu kufuneka alumkele ukucinga ukuba abameli babo bavota ngendlela abafuna ngayo, endaweni yoko benze iinzame zokufumana ukuba bavota njani na. Kuya kufuneka banxibelelane neeofisi zabo rhoqo ukwenza ukuba ilizwi labo livakale, kwaye basebenze nemibutho yoluntu enxulumene nemicimbi ukubenza baphendule ngeevoti zabo kwimiba abayikhathaleleyo.
Sikhangele phambili kwimilo yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali yonyaka olandelayo nakwilixa elizayo, kufuneka sakhe intshukumo eyomeleleyo nesinqabileyo nesigatyayo isigqibo esichasene nedemokhrasi ukuya kutshintsho olusuka kwimpi enobundlobongela negazi, eqhuba "imfazwe yoloyiko" iye ngokungeyomfuneko nangokumosha kodwa umdyarho weengalo eziyingozi neRussia ne China.
Njengokuba abanye kwiCongress beqhubeka nokubuza ukuba singakwazi kanjani ukubanonophela abantwana bethu okanye siqinisekise ubomi bexesha elizayo kulo mhlaba, inkqubela phambili kwiCongress akufuneki ibize irhafu kuphela kwabo batyebileyo kodwa isike iPentagon- hayi nje kwii-tweets okanye kwintetho ethandabuzekayo, kodwa kumgaqo-nkqubo wokwenyani.
Ngelixa kusenokwenzeka ukuba ixesha lihambile kakhulu lokutshintsha ikhosi kulo nyaka, kufuneka babeke umgca esantini kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi lonyaka olandelayo olubonisa iminqweno yoluntu kunye nehlabathi elifuna kakhulu: ukubuyisela umva umtshabalalo, umatshini wemfazwe Utyalomali kwezempilo kunye nakwimozulu efanelekileyo, hayi iibhombu kunye ne-F-35s.
UMedea uBenjamin ungumcebisi CODEPINK yoxolo, kunye nombhali weencwadi ezininzi, kubandakanya Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Imbali Yembali kunye nezopolitiko zeRiphabhliki yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimeleyo, umphandi nge-CODEPINK kunye nombhali we Igazi Ngezandla Zethu: Ukumenywa kweMelika kunye nokubhujiswa kweIraq.
