NguGreta Zarro, Virginia Defender, May 19, 2022
Ngenyanga edlule, uMongameli Biden ihlongozwa ukuhlanganisa isabelomali sePentagon kuya ku-$770 billion, okuyidlula kude imali esetshenziswa uTrump kwezempi. Lokhu kubathinta kanjani abaseVirgini? Ngokusho kwe Iprojekthi Eyisisekelo Yezwe, umkhokhi wentela ojwayelekile waseVirginia ukhokhe u-$4,578 ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi ngo-2019 kuphela. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uVirginia okwamanje ikleliswe endaweni yama-41 esizweni ekusetshenzisweni kwemali komfundi ngamunye kwezemfundo, futhi ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi nje a Ukwenyuka okungu-$1,000 ekusetshenzisweni komfundi ngamunye kwanele ukuphakamisa izikolo zokuhlolwa, amanani okuphothula, nokubhaliswa kwekolishi. Lesi isibonelo esisodwa nje sezinto eziseqhulwini zesizwe sakithi ezitshekile.
Ngokunjalo, ukubhidlika kwebhuloho lasePittsburgh ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kuyisikhumbuzo esiqinile sengozi yokunganakwa kwezidingo zasekhaya, futhi yileso esifika eduze nasekhaya, kusukela lapho. amakhulu amabhuloho eVirginia nawo ashoda ngokwesakhiwo futhi edinga ukulungiswa. Ingqalasizinda yethu ngokoqobo ukuwohloka ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho isabelomali sezempi yesizwe sakithi sikhuphuka njalo ngonyaka. Siphonsa izigidigidi ekuthuthukiseni izikhali zethu zezikhali zenuzi futhi sigcine izizinda zamasosha ezingu-750+ phesheya - kanye I-Pentagon ayikwazi ngisho nokudlulisa ukuhlolwa ukuziphendulela ngokuthi yonke imali yayo iya kuphi. Sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda ukuqunjelwa futhi sibeke amadola ethu entela lapho edingeka khona ngempela.
"Hambisa Imali" inhlangano kazwelonke ecela uhulumeni ukuthi aqondise kabusha ukusetshenziswa kwezempi ezidingweni ezibalulekile zabantu nezemvelo. Esikhundleni se- U-$2.3 trillion wasetshenziswa empini ehlulekile e-Afghanistan, cabanga uma leyo mali isetshenziswe ezidingweni zangempela zabantu baseMelika, njengengqalasizinda, imisebenzi, i-Pre-K yendawo yonke, ukukhansela isikweletu sabafundi, nokunye okuningi. Ngokwesibonelo, U-$2.3 trillion angaba akhokhele othisha bezikole zamabanga aphansi abayizigidi ezingama-28 unyaka owodwa, noma adale amathuba emisebenzi ahlanzekile ayizigidi ezingama-1 unyaka owodwa, noma anikeze amakhaya ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-31 amandla elanga unyaka wonke. Ukuhwebelana kukhulu.
I-Move the Money movement iqala emadolobheni ethu, lapho inqwaba yomasipala ezweni lonke - kuhlanganise Charlottesville khona lapha eVirginia - sebeziphasile ngempumelelo izinqumo zokuthi kuncishiswe isabelomali sePentagon.
Abantu baseMelika kufanele bamelwe ngokuqondile kuCongress. Ohulumeni bethu basekhaya nowezifundazwe nabo kufanele basimele kuKhongolose. Iningi lamalungu omkhandlu wedolobha e-United States lifunga ihhovisi lithembisa ukusekela uMthethosisekelo wase-US. Ukumela izifunda zabo emazingeni aphezulu kahulumeni, ngokusebenzisa izinqumo zikamasipala ezifana nomkhankaso weMove the Money, kuyingxenye yokuthi bangakwenza kanjani lokho.
Eqinisweni, inhlangano ye-Move the Money yakhela phezu kwesiko elicebile lezwe lethu lezenzo zikamasipala ezindabeni zikazwelonke nezamazwe ngamazwe. Isibonelo, kusukela ngo-1798, isiShayamthetho Sesifunda saseVirginia saphasisa isinqumo sisebenzisa amazwi kaThomas Jefferson egxeka izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni ezijezisa iFrance. Isibonelo sakamuva, inhlangano emelene nobandlululo ikhombise amandla amadolobha nezifundazwe ezingawabamba phezu kwenqubomgomo kazwelonke neyomhlaba. Cishe amadolobha ase-US ayi-100 kanye nezifundazwe zase-US eziyi-14 zahlubuka eNingizimu Afrika, nokubeka ingcindezi kuKhongolose ukuthi uphasise uMthetho Ophelele Wokulwa Nobandlululo ka-1986.
Amasheya e-Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, nabanye abakhi bezikhali abaphezulu njengamanje ziyanda ngenxa yenkinga eqhubekayo yase-Ukraine kanye nokufaka kwe-US izikhali zempi. Le mpi iwuhlobo nje lwenzuzo izinhlangano zezikhali ezidinga ukuthethelela ukuqhubeka nokunxenxa izabelomali ezinkulu zokuvikela kanye noxhaso lwezinkampani, unyaka nonyaka. Kodwa ukuthumela izikhali endaweni yempi kuzobhebhethekisa amalangabi empi, into esiyibone ngokuphindaphindiwe kuyo yonke iminyaka engu-20 'Yempi Yokwesaba.'
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uhulumeni wethu kufanele ahlele kabusha ngokuphuthumayo siqu ukuchitha izinto ezibalulekile ukubhekana nezidingo ezikhulayo zabantu baseMelika: indlala ekhulayo, ukungabi namakhaya, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi, izikweletu zabafundi, nokunye. Futhi ngokuphambene nombono ovamile, ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, imfundo, namandla ahlanzekile kungadala imisebenzi eyengeziwe kunokusebenzisa imali emkhakheni wezempi. Isikhathi sokuhambisa imali.
uGreta Zarro World BEYOND WarUmqondisi Wokuhlela kanye nomhleli we I-Divest Richmond evela ku-War Machine Coalition.
