NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Juni 28, i-2020
Izishoshovu zenyanga edlule zishintshe kakhulu. Enye into esisizwe ngayo ukuxubha eceleni ingxabano yakudala ediniwe yokuthi uhulumeni kufanele abe mkhulu noma abe mncane. Endaweni yayo sinempikiswano ewusizo kakhulu yokuthi uhulumeni kufanele abeke phambili ukuhola nokujezisa, noma agxile ezinsizakalweni nakusizo.
Uma sifuna ohulumeni basekhaya nabombuso abahlinzeka ngochwepheshe ekulweni okudlayo, ochwepheshe ukusiza labo abaphethwe yizidakamizwa noma abagula ngengqondo, nochwepheshe abanekhono ekusingatheni ithrafikhi noma baphendule ezinhlotsheni ezahlukahlukene zezimo eziphuthumayo, imali isheshe futhi inengqondo okutholiwe. Ihleli ku-oversized ibhajethi ngamaphoyisa ahlomile kanye nokuboshwa.
Ezingeni likahulumeni wobumbano, kunethuba elikhulu ngokwengeziwe lokuhambisa imali kumandla abulalayo asemthethweni aye kuzo zonke izinhlobonhlobo zezidingo zabantu nezemvelo. Ngenkathi amaphoyisa namajele kuncane iphesenti kwezimali zasekhaya nezombuso, uhulumeni wase-US kulindeleke Sebenzisa, kulo isabelomali esibonakalayo ngo-2021, ama- $ 740 ezigidigidi kwezempi nama- $ 660 ezigidigidi kwabakuzo zonke izinto: ukuvikela imvelo, amandla, imfundo, ezokuhamba, ukukhulumisana, izindlu, ezolimo, isayensi, izifo ezibhubhisayo, amapaki, usizo lwangaphandle (okungezona izikhali), njll.
Asikho esinye isizwe uyachitha ngisho nengxenye okwenziwa yi-United States kwezempi. I-Russia isebenzisa imali engaphansi kwamaphesenti ayi-9 ne-Iran ingaphezudlwana kwephesenti elilodwa (ngokuqhathanisa izabelomali zango-1). Isabelomali samasosha aseChina sicishe silinganiswe ukusetshenziswa kwamaphoyisa aseMelika nokusetshenziswa kwejele - akufani nokusetshenziswa kwemali yaseMelika.
US military ukuchitha Ukhuphuke phakathi neminyaka engama-20 edlule, futhi izimpi eziye zaba yikho ziye zafakazela okukhiqizayo okukhiqizayo futhi kunzima kakhulu ukukuqeda. Lokhu kugxila kubukeka sengathi kuncane kakhulu abakwenzile ukuvikela noma ngubani ku-COVID-19, enhlekeleleni yemvelo, kusukela ingozi yenhlekelele yenuzi, ezindaweni zokusebenza ezingaphephile, kubo bonke ukuhlupheka okubangelwa ubuphofu, noma ukuntuleka kokuthola usizo oluphelele lwezempilo.
Kuzo zombili izindlu zeCongress njengamanje izichibiyelo zeNational Defense Authorization Act ziqoqa ukwesekwa okuzonciphisa isabelomali sonyaka mali esingu- $ 740 billion wezempi ngamaphesenti ayi-10 ngenhloso yokuhambisa lezozimali ngezinhloso ezihlakaniphile. Ukuhambisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-74 kuzoholela kwisabelomali sama- dollar ayizigidi ezingama-666 wama-militarism nama- $ 734 billion konke okunye.
Ingaqhamukaphi imali, ngqo? I-Pentagon ingumnyango owodwa onayo akakaze adlule ukucwaningwa kwamabhuku, kepha sinawo umbono othile lapho enye imali iya. Isibonelo, ukumane kuphele impi e-Afghanistan ukuthi lowo okhethwe uDonald Trump uthembise ukuthi uzoqeda eminyakeni emine eyedlule londoloza amaphesenti amakhulu alawo madola angama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-74. Noma ungakwazi londoloza cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-69 ngokuqeda isikhwama semali esetshenziswayo esaziwa njenge-akhawunti ye-Overseas Contingency Operations (ngoba igama elithi "izimpi" alizange livivinye futhi emaqenjini agxile).
Kukhona $ 150 billion ngonyaka ezisekelweni zaphesheya kwezilwandle, abaningi babo bakhathazeka kakhulu, abanye babo becela ubushiqela obunesihluku. Ngaleyo ndaba kukhona ukuqeqeshwa kwezempi kanye nokuxhaswa ngemali wezempi ezicindezelayo zaphesheya nguhulumeni wase-US. Kukhona futhi nokuthenga izikhali okungaphandle kokulawula okunezikhali ezingafuneki kuthululiwe emnyangweni wamaphoyisa endawo.
Imali ibingaya kuphi? Kungaba nethonya elikhulu eMelika noma emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokusho kwe-Census Bureau yase-US, kusukela ngonyaka we-2016, kuzothatha ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-69.4 ngonyaka ukuphakamisa yonke imindeni yase-US enezingane kuze kufike entanjeni yobuphofu. Ngokusho kweZizwe Ezihlangene, ama- $ 30 ezigidigidi ngonyaka angakwazi ekupheleni indlala emhlabeni, futhi cishe ama- $ 11 billion ayengaba Ukuhlinzeka umhlaba, kufaka phakathi ne-United States, namanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile.
Ngabe ukwazi lezo zibalo, noma ngabe zincane noma zilahliwe, kuphonsa noma yikuphi ukungabaza emcabangweni wokuthi ukusebenzisa ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-740 ezenzweni nasemasosheni kuyindlela yokuphepha? Amanye ama-95% okuhlasela kwamaphekula azibulala iqondiswe ngokumelene nokuqashwa kwamasosha angaphandle, kuyilapho u-0% eshukunyiswa yintukuthelo ngokuhlinzekwa kokudla noma kwamanzi ahlanzekile. Ngabe kukhona izinto izwe elingazenza ukuzivikela ezingabandakanyi izikhali?
Ukuhambisa imali usuka ezimpini kuya kokunye ukutshalwa kwemali kungaba ngomnotho inzuzo, futhi ngokuqinisekile zonke izinyathelo ezidingekayo zokusiza abantu oguqukweni zingathanda izindleko ingxenye encane yemali ethintekayo.
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UDavid Swanson ungumbhali, isikhulumi, uMqondisi oMkhulu we World BEYOND War, kanye Nomxhumanisi Womkhankaso weRootsAction.org.
