Bernie, Izichibiyelo, kanye Ukuhambisa Imali

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Juni 14, i-2020

USenator Bernie Sanders ekugcineni wenze okuthile abanye bethu ababecabanga ukuthi kuzonikeza umkhankaso wakhe wokuba ngumongameli eminyakeni emine edlule, futhi kulo nyaka odlule. Ukhona ehlongozwayo ukwethula umthetho ozosusa inani elikhulu lemali embuthweni iye ezidingweni zabantu nezemvelo (noma okungenani izidingo zabantu; imininingwane ayicacile, kodwa ukukhipha imali kwezempi is isidingo semvelo).

Kungcono sekwephuzile kunanini ngaphambili! Masenze kwenzeke ngombukiso omkhulu wokusekela umphakathi! Ake sikwenze isinyathelo sokuqala!

Ngobuchwepheshe, emuva ngoFebhuwari, uBernie wangcwatshwa ephepheni elimayelana nendlela azoyikhokhela ngayo yonke into ayefuna ukuyenza, imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-81 zamaRandi ngonyaka ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi. Nakuba isiphakamiso sakhe samanje sincane nakakhulu ku-$ 74 billion, kuyisiphakamiso esiqondile sokuhambisa imali; ayingcwatshwa embhalweni omude ofuna ukukhokhela uguquko oluguquguqukayo cishe ngokuphelele ngokukhokhisa abacebile intela; sekuvele kwaba Embozwe okungenani ngemidiya eqhubekayo; ixhumeka nokuqhuma kwamanje kokusebenza okumangalisayo, futhi uSanders uyenzile tweeted lokhu:

“Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-740 eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela, ake sakhe kabusha imiphakathi yasekhaya ecekelwe phansi ubumpofu nokuboshwa. Ngizobe ngifaka isichibiyelo ukuze nginciphise i-DoD ngo-10% futhi ngiphinde ngitshale leyo mali emadolobheni nasemadolobheni ebesikade singawanaki futhi sawashiya isikhathi eside kakhulu.”

Futhi lokhu:

“Esikhundleni sokuchitha imali eningi sithenga izikhali ezibhubhisayo eziklanyelwe ukubulala abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka, mhlawumbe—mhlawumbe nje—kufanele sitshale ekuthuthukiseni ukuphila khona lapha e-United States of America. Yilokho okuphathelene nokuchitshiyelwa kwami.”

Esinye sezizathu zalokhu kuthutha kukaSanders cishe ubushoshovu obukhona manje obufuna ukuthi izinsiza zisuswe ekubeni ngamaphoyisa ahlomile ziye ezindlekweni eziwusizo. Ukuphambukiswa okudabukisayo kwesabelomali sendawo kube ngamaphoyisa namajele ahlomile kudlulele kakhulu ngamanani aphelele, ngokulingana, nasekuhluphekeni nokufa okudalwe, ngokuphambukisa kweCongress isabelomali sombuso sempi kanye namalungiselelo empi eyengeziwe - e lapho kuvela khona izikhali nokuqeqeshwa kwamaqhawe kanye nezimo zengqondo eziningi ezilimazayo kanye nomakadebona abadukile abanezinkinga emsebenzini wamaphoyisa endawo.

Isicelo sesabelomali sika-Trump sika-2021 sihluka kancane eminyakeni edlule. It kuhlanganisa U-55% wemali esetshenziswa ngokuzithandela kwezempi. Lokho kushiya ama-45% emali evotelwa yiCongress kukho konke okunye: ukuvikelwa kwemvelo, amandla, imfundo, ezokuthutha, idiplomacy, izindlu, ezolimo, isayensi, ubhadane lwezifo, amapaki, usizo lwangaphandle (okungezona izikhali), njll., njll.

Okubalulekile kuhulumeni wase-US bekungaxhunywanga kakhulu nokuziphatha kanye nemibono yomphakathi amashumi eminyaka, futhi bezilokhu zihamba ngendlela engafanele njengoba nokuqwashisa ngezinkinga esibhekene nazo kwenyukela phezulu. It kungabiza ngaphansi kwe-3% yezindleko zezempi zase-US, ngokwezibalo ze-UN, ukuqeda indlala emhlabeni, futhi cishe u-1% ukuhlinzeka umhlaba ngamanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile. Ngaphansi kwe-7% yezindleko zezempi zizoqeda ubumpofu e-United States.

Esinye isizathu esenza ukuthi uSanders enze isiphakamiso sakhe manje kungenzeka ukuthi uSanders akasangenele ukhetho lukamongameli. Angazi ukuthi kunjalo, kodwa kungafanelana nobudlelwano obuyinqaba ukuthula osekunesikhathi eside bunabo nosopolitiki kanye nabezindaba zezinkampani.

Ezintweni eziningi ezingajwayelekile mayelana nokuqhuma kwamanje kwezishoshovu mayelana nokucwasa ngokwebala kanye nesihluku samaphoyisa, mhlawumbe okuxake kakhulu kube yimpendulo yabezindaba yenkampani. I-New York Times ikhasi lokuhlela kanye ne-Twitter bobabili bamemezele ngokuzumayo ukuthi kunemingcele yokuthi kufanele babe bubi kangakanani. Akwamukeleki kungazelelwe ukuthi ukukhulekelwa kwefulege lokushisekela izwe kudlula ukulwa nokucwasa. Imithombo yezindaba nezinkampani ziwela phansi ukuze zimemezele ukwethembeka kwazo ekulweni nokucwasa ngokwebala, uma kungenjalo ekuphikisaneni nokubulawa kwamaphoyisa. Futhi ohulumeni basekhaya nohulumeni bezifunda bathatha izinyathelo. Konke lokhu kwakha ingcindezi kuKhongolose ukuthi okungenani yenze ukuthinta okuncane ngendlela efanele.

Manje sesingakwazi ukufunda enkampanini enkulu yobuntatheli bezinkampani mayelana nezinto enyangeni edlule ezazibizwa “ngezikhulu ezibandakanya ukufa” kodwa manje kwesinye isikhathi zibizwa “ngokubulala.” Kuyamangaza lokhu. Sibona amandla obushoshovu avame ukuphikwa, kanye nemvelo ehlanganayo yezinyathelo okuthiwa ziwuphawu njengokususa izithombe, izinyathelo okuthiwa ziyizinkulumo ezinjengokubiza ukubulala, kanye nezinyathelo okuthiwa zibaluleke kakhulu njengokukhipha amaphoyisa ezikoleni.

Kodwa, qhathanisa lokhu nempendulo esiyibonile lapho ubushoshovu bokulwa nempi budlondlobala. Ngisho nalapho imigwaqo yayigcwele kakhulu ngo-2002 - 2003, abezindaba bezinkampani abazange bahambisane, abazange bashintshe ingoma yabo, bangalokothi bavumele amazwi aphikisana nempi adlule amaphesenti angu-5 abavakashi bemithombo yezindaba, abakaze basebenzise amazwi okulwa nempi, futhi abakaze bashintshele ekubizeni "ibutho labantu. ukuhlinzwa” ukubulala. Enye inkinga ukuthi ohulumeni basekhaya abavoteli impi. Nokho, baye bakwenza ngokuphindaphindiwe lokho kanye. Ngaphambi, ngesikhathi, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi esiphezulu sezishoshovu, ohulumeni basekhaya base-US sebedlulile izinqumo siphikisane nezimpi ezithile futhi sifuna ukuba imali isuswe kwezempi iye ezidingweni zabantu. Imithombo yezindaba yenkampani ayikaze ithole nelilodwa ihlazo elinganikeza. Futhi osopolitiki ababazi kangcono babaleke endaweni edume kakhulu, nehlala idume isikhathi eside.

As I-Politico kubika ngo-2016 kuSanders, “Ngo-1995, wethula umthethosivivinywa wokuqeda uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi lwaseMelika. Ngasekupheleni kuka-2002, weseka ukusika kwePentagon ngamaphesenti angama-50. ” Yini eshintshile? Ukukhipha imali kwezempi kwavele kwaduma kakhulu. Imali yezempi yakhula kakhulu. Kodwa uBernie wagijimela umongameli.

Ngo-2018, abaningi bethu basayina incwadi evulekile kuBernie Sanders emcela ukuthi enze kangcono. Abanye bethu bahlangane nabasebenzi bakhe abaphezulu. Bathi bayavumelana. Bathe bazokwenza kangcono. Futhi ngokwezinga elithile ngokuqinisekile bakwenza. UBernie wayefaka ngezikhathi ezithile i-Military Industrial Complex ohlwini lwakhe lwezinhloso. Wayeka ukukhuluma kakhulu ngempi njengomsebenzi womphakathi. Ngezinye izikhathi wayekhuluma ngokuhambisa imali yethu yezikhali, nakuba ngezinye izikhathi ayesikisela ukuthi inkinga yayikwamanye amazwe, naphezu kwezihloko zase-US zokusebenzisa imali ephezulu kanye nomthengisi ophezulu wezikhali. Kodwa akazange akhiphe a isiphakamiso sesabelomali. (Ngokwazi kwami, alikho ikhandidethi likamongameli wase-US lanoma yiluphi uhlobo owake waba nalo. [Sicela, bakwethu, ningalokhu nithi lokho akunakwenzeka ngaphandle kokuveza nesisodwa isibonelo.]) Futhi akazange aqede izimpi noma anyakaze. imali agxile kuyo emkhankasweni wakhe.

Manje uSanders akasasebenzi. Ngokubona kwabo, abanye basasebenza kanzima ukumtholela amavoti amaningi (noma uyawafuna noma cha) ngethemba lokuthonya iDemocratic Party (futhi mhlawumbe nokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uSanders nguyena oqokiwe uma kwenzeka isiphihli sesitimela saseBiden senzeka ngokuphelele). Kodwa uSanders yena ugxile kuye ukubiza ukuthi iBiden ivulekele ukuhamba kwesokunxele, njengoba nje noBiden kuphakamisa ukwandisa imali yamaphoyisa kanye vuselela izigebengu zempi zangesikhathi sase-Iraq.

Lesi sikhathi sokungagijimi singaba yisikhathi esihle sokuqubuka kokwethembeka, kanye nezinga lokwesekwa komphakathi osopolitiki abangakaze babonakale bekholelwa ngaso. Uma sifuna izinto ezihloniphekile esikhundleni sokubulawa kwabantu abaningi, kufanele sibambe leli thuba ukuze sibonise ukuthi siqonde ngempela, futhi asinandaba nokuthi ubani owenza okuthile ngakho noma ukuthi bayini noma abangagijimi. Sifuna uMitt Romney amashele iBlack Lives Matter hhayi ngoba sihlela ukubeka iMitt Romney Statue, hhayi ngoba sivumelana noMitt Romney kwenye into eyodwa, hhayi ngoba ibhalansi yempilo kaMitt Romney ibonakala iyinoma yini enye ngaphandle kwenhlekelele. , hhayi ngoba sicabanga ukuthi “ukusho enhliziyweni yakhe yenhliziyo,” kodwa ngoba sifuna ukuphila kwabamnyama kube okubalulekile. Sifuna futhi imali isuswe ebuthweni lezempi iye ezintweni ezihloniphekile, akunandaba ukuthi ubani oyingxenye yaleyo nqubo (nokuthi noma sithanda, sincoma, siyadelela, noma sizizwa nganoma iyiphi indlela ngoBernie Sanders), ngoba:

• Impi ingcolile.
• Impi isengozini kithi.
• Impi isongela imvelo yethu.
• Impi iphulukisa inkululeko yethu.
• Impi isisindisa.
• Impi ikhuthaza ukucwasana. Futhi:
• Sidinga i-$ 2 trillion / ngonyaka kwezinye izinto.

Ngenyanga edlule, Amalungu eCongress angama-29 ehlongozwayo ukususa imali ebuthweni yezempi iye ezidingweni zabantu. Singanezela kulelo nani uma sonke sizwakalisa amazwi ethu. Futhi ngisho naleyo nombolo ibingase ibe yenele uma empeleni bebengamelana nokuvota kumthethosivivinywa omkhulu wezempi olandelayo (uMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke ka-2021).

Ngokuvumelana ne Amaphupho ajwayelekile:

“I-United States kulindeleke ukuthi isebenzise imali ecela ku-$660 billion izinhlelo zokukhetha ezingezona ezokuvikela onyakeni wezimali ka-2021—cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-80 ngaphansi kwesabelomali sokuvikela esihlongozwe yiSenate NDAA. Uma isichibiyelo sikaSanders sengezwa kulo mthethosivivinywa, i-US izosebenzisa imali eningi ezinhlelweni ezingezona ezokuvikela—ezihlanganisa imfundo, imvelo, izindlu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo nezinye izindawo—kunakwezokuvikela.”

Impela impi ayihlangene “nokuzivikela” ngaphandle kwenkulumo-ze njengento engenangqondo futhi elimazayo njengombono wokufaka amaphoyisa ezikoleni zezingane, kanye nesabelomali esiphelele sezempi sase-US. ingaphezu kuka-$1.25 trillion unyaka. Futhi-ke, inkulumo kaSanders ethi “khona lapha e-United States” (bheka i-tweet yakhe ngenhla) isabonakala ihambisana nomqondo wokuthi impi iyinkonzo yomphakathi yezisulu zayo ezikude, futhi igeja usayizi wesabelomali sezempi, esingaba nesikhathi esinzima sokuyisebenzisa emhlabeni wonke uma sithatha ingxenye enkulu eyanele kuyo. Asidingi ukudlala ezenzweni zakudala zokulinda ukuthi enye indlela yempi “ukuzihlukanisa.” Noma yikuphi ukuncishiswa okukhulu kwezindleko zezempi kufanele kuvumele izinzuzo ezibalulekile kubantu base-US nangaphandle.

I-US okwamanje izingalo nezitimela kanye nezimali omashiqela abanonya emhlabeni wonke. I-US okwamanje ugcina izisekelo zempi emhlabeni wonke. I-US yakha futhi igcina inqwaba yezikhali zenuzi ezibhubhisayo. Lezi zinqubomgomo nezinye eziningi ezifanayo azikho esigabeni esifanayo nosizo lwangempela lokusiza abantu, noma idiplomacy. Futhi lokhu kwakamuva bekungeke kubize kakhulu ukuze kwande kakhulu.

UChristian Sorensen ubhala ku Ukuqonda Umkhakha Wempi, “I-US Census Bureau ibonisa ukuthi imindeni eyizigidi ezingu-5.7 empofu kakhulu enezingane izodinga, ngokwesilinganiso, u-$11,400 ngaphezulu ukuze iphile ngaphezu komugqa wobumpofu (kusukela ngo-2016). Isamba semali edingekayo. . . izoba cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-69.4/ngonyaka.” Kungani ungaqedi ubumpofu e-United States ngamabhiliyoni angama-69.4 bese uthatha amanye amabhiliyoni angama-4.6 echibiyelweni lakho lamabhiliyoni angama-74 futhi unikeze usizo lwangempela olunamathiselwe-anamathiselwe emhlabeni wonke ngokusekelwe ebunzimeni besidingo kunezisusa zamasosha?

Vele akulona iqiniso, njengoba uSenator Sanders ngokungapheli izimangalo, ukuthi i-United States iyizwe elicebe kakhulu emlandweni womhlaba. Akukona ngisho okucebe kakhulu njengamanje, ngomuntu ngamunye, okuyisilinganiso esifanele kuwo wonke ama-tweets weSenator kanye nokuthunyelwe kwe-Facebook. Ukuthi licebe kakhulu ngenani eliphelele kuncike ekutheni ukukala kanjani, kodwa akubalulekile ekubhekaneni nemfundo, ubumpofu, njll. Sidinga ekugcineni sisuse osopolitiki ngisho nasezinhlotsheni ezinobuhle kakhulu zokukhetha e-US. Futhi sidinga ukuwahambisa ekuboneni ukuthi ukukhipha imali empini kubaluleke kakhulu njengokuhambisa imali kumaphrojekthi amahle.

Ngisho noma ungalungisa yonke into ngokukhokhisa abacebile intela futhi ushiye ukusetshenziswa kwempi endaweni, ngeke ukwazi ukunciphisa ingozi ye-apocalypse yenuzi ngaleyo ndlela. Awukwazanga ukwehlisa izimpi, wehlise ukucekelwa phansi kwemvelo kwesikhungo esicekela phansi kakhulu imvelo esinaso, unciphise imithelela yenkululeko yomphakathi kanye nokuziphatha, noma umise ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi ngaphandle kokukhipha imali kwezempi. Imali idinga ukukhishwa, okuyinto njengenzuzo eseceleni ikhiqiza imisebenzi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi imali iyiswa ekusetshenzisweni kobuntu noma ekuncishisweni kwentela yabantu abasebenzayo. Uhlelo lokuguqulwa komnotho ludinga ukushintshela emisebenzini ehloniphekile labo abenza umsebenzi wokuhlinzeka ngezikhali kohulumeni emhlabeni jikelele. A uhlelo ukuguqulwa kwamasiko kudinga ukuvala ukucwasa nokucwasa nokuncika kodlame kufake ubuhlakani nobuntu.

Sekuyiminyaka eminingi manje, isithunywa seCongressional esivela eColonised Washington DC, Eleanor Holmes Norton, wethulwa isinqumo sokususa uxhaso lwezikhali zenuzi luye kumaphrojekthi awusizo. Kwesinye isikhathi, izikweletu ezinjengalezo zidinga ukukhuphukela phezulu ku-ajenda yethu. Kepha ukuchitshiyelwa kukaSanders kuseqhulwini njengamanje, ngoba kungaxhunywa kule nyanga kumthethosivivinywa okuthiwa iCongress yaseMelika eyingxenye futhi ehlukene futhi evalekile iwuphasise ngokungaguquki nangokuvumelana ngezinto eziningi ezinkulu minyaka yonke kusukela kudala.

Lesi sinyathelo siyasidinga manje futhi siyatholakala. Phuma lapho futhi uyifune!