ngu-Walker Bragman, I-Daily Poster, Okthoba 4, 2021
Izishayamthetho eCongress zilungiselela uku cabanga ukusikeka okukhulu kumthethosivivinywa wokubuyisana ophuthumayo wama- $ 3.5 trillion owenzelwe ukulwa ne-apocalypse yesimo sezulu futhi unikeze inetha lokuphepha kubantu baseMelika abasenkingeni. Ngasikhathi sinye, izishayamthetho ziqhubekisela phambili ngokungenanhloso uhlelo lokusetshenziswa kwemali yokuvikela oluzobeka iMelika ethubeni lokusebenzisa imali engaphezulu kokuphindwe kabili kwiPentagon ngasikhathi sinye.
Ama-dichotomy abonisa ukuthi nangemva kokuphela kwempi e-Afghanistan, isakhiwo sezempi nezimboni sikulungele ukukhula okukhulu eminyakeni ezayo. Ngempela, lokho yiso kanye isiphetho sombili wangoJulayi ngesinye sezinkampani ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kanye nezingcingo zamuva zosonkontileka bezempi ezenziwa ngemuva kokuphela kwempi yase-Afghanistan.
Ngenkathi ukuphela kwempi ende kunazo zonke e-United States kungabonakala njengokuhlehla kubatshali bezimali bezokuvikela, osonkontileka bezempi kanye nezintshisekelo zebhizinisi ezibalandelayo balindele ukubona ukukhula okukhulu emkhakheni eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, noma ngabe Izwe libambe iqhaza ezimpini ezisemthethweni ezihlomile. Ngenxa yokwanda kokungazinzi komhlaba, ukuwa kubhadane lwe-COVID-19, izifiso ze-US Space Force, kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha bezempi, labo abazuza ezimpini zomhlaba balindele iminyaka eyisiphithiphithi - futhi enenzuzo - ezolandela.
Futhi lezo zibikezelo zenzuzo zixhaswe yiCongress kuze kube manje ziqhubeka nokuvuma izabelomali eziphakeme kakhulu zePentagon - futhi ukwenqaba izinyathelo ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezokuvikela.
Njengoba osomthetho bezinkampani zeDemocratic Alliance besabisa ngokubulala umthethosivivinywa weqembu osebenzisa isimo sezulu kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo, iqembu liya phambili ngesabelomali sezokuvikela esibeka izwe ethubeni lokusebenzisa $ 8 isigidintathu ekuvikeleni kukazwelonke eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo - inani eliphindwe kabili kunenani lomthetho ophelele wezokuphepha wamaDemocrats - futhi lilingana inani eliphelele izwe lachitha izimpi zalo zangemva kuka-9/11. Uma leyo mali ingasetshenzisiwe, kungasho i-jackpot enkulu kakhulu yabathengisi bezikhali beWall Street.
UDkt.Anelle Sheline, ocwaningayo ohlelweni lwaseMpumalanga Ephakathi eQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, ukhungathekile yindlela yezimboni zezokuvikela yokulwa nezimpi ezizayo kanye nokwehliswa komhlaba, futhi ukholelwa ukuthi ubuqili obunjalo benkampani bungabhebhethekisa ubutha obengeziwe.
"Ukunwetshwa kokutshalwa kwezimali ezinkampanini ezizimele ezakhiweni zezimboni kuzoba nomthelela wokuqhubeka nokwenza ubudlova bube sekwamukelwa ngasese, futhi nokwenza abenzi bobudlova bangabophezeleki ekubhekeni kwentando yeningi," esho. “Lokhu kuzobhebhethekisa izinga ezenziwa ngalo amasosha aseMelika, futhi kuthathwe njengombutho wamasosha.
"Qhubeka Nomdlalo"
I-KPMG, enye yamafemu ama- "Big Four" e-accounting ahlangana njalo nezinkampani ze-Fortune 500, ikhiphe i- Umbiko kaJulayi enesihloko esithi, "Ithuba Lokulingana Kwangasese ku-Aerospace Nezokuvikela."
Ifemu, okuyi wamangalelwa ngendima eliyidlile enkingeni yemalimboleko engaphansi kwe-subprime, ibikezela ukuthi “manje mhlawumbe esinye sezikhathi ezihamba phambili zokuthi izimali ezizimele zithole amandla nokuzibandakanya” nezakhiwo zezempi nezimboni.
Umbiko uvula ngokuphawula ukuthi ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 lukhuphule ukungazinzi komhlaba jikelele - nokungazinzi komhlaba wonke kuhle embonini yezokuvikela. Lo mbiko uphawula ukuthi "ukukhokhelwa komhlaba njengamanje kubuthakathaka kakhulu kusukela ngeMpi Yomshoshaphansi, nabadlali abathathu abaphambili - i-US, iChina neRussia - beqhubeka nokusebenzisa imali ethe xaxa emandleni abo okuzivikela futhi ngaleyo ndlela banciphisela abanye Izindleko zezizwe zokuvikela. ”
Umbiko uqhubeka ubikezela ukuthi ngonyaka ka-2032, imali ehlanganisiwe yokuvikela iRussia neChina izobeka engcupheni yokudlula isabelomali sezokuvikela saseMelika. Ngokuya ngokuhlaziya, lo mphumela ongaba khona “uzoba nobuthi ngokwezepolitiki ukuthi kungukuqagela kwethu ukuthi imali esetshenziswayo e-US izokhokha ngokweqile ngisho nengozi yalokho okwenzekayo.”
Abahlaziyi beKPMG nabo badlale ukubuyisa kwezezimali kobuchwepheshe obusha empini. Baphawula “ukuvumelana okwandayo kokuthi amasosha esikhathi esizayo esiseduze azoqhutshwa akude,” bachaza ukuthi izindiza ezingabizi kakhulu ezingabiziwe ziyakwazi ukuqeda amathangi abizayo. Ababhali baphinde baveze ukuthi ukwanda komnotho womhlaba ukuthembela kwempahla enobuhlakani ngaphezu kwempahla ebonakalayo bekuyisizathu esihle sokubheja ezimpini ze-cyber njengokutshalwa kwemali: ukuncintisana ngezikhali nabaphikisi abasondelene nabo kuleli khono. ”
Lezi zintuthuko, qaphela ababhali, zinikeza ithuba abakhiqizi nabatshalizimali abakwazi "ukuhamba phambili komdlalo," bezivumelanisa nemingcele emisha yempi yomhlaba.
USheline eQuincy Institute uthi izincazelo zalo mbiko ngobuchwepheshe obunobudlova “cishe kuzwakala njengokufisa.”
“Bafana nokuthi, 'Cha, cha, kulungile manje, ungatshala imali kulezi zinhlelo ezibulalayo ngoba zisusiwe; ukubulala okukude; yizinhlelo ze-drone; akusona ngempela isibhamu, yindlela esuswe kakhudlwana yodlame, ”usho kanje.
Umbiko we-KPMG uqhubeka nokuqinisekisa abatshalizimali ukuthi "le ndawo ethembisayo yotshalomali ihlala noma izabelomali zingaphansi kwengcindezi yesikhashana," ngoba "isabelomali esincishisiwe empeleni siqinisa icala lotshalomali lomkhakha ozimele." Uma bengakwazi ukukhokhela ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane esilandelayo, umbiko uyachaza, ohulumeni bazodinga ukuthuthukisa imishini ekhona namakhono, kwandise isidingo sabalingisi bezinkampani ezizimele.
USheline ubona lo mbiko ngokwesimo sobudlelwano obukhulayo obuphakathi kwezinkampani zobuchwepheshe beSilicon Valley namasosha, athola ukuthi ubhekene nawo. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi, izimali ezizimele zibalekela ukutshala imali ezakhiweni zezimboni zezempi ngenxa yesikhathi esingaqinisekile sokubuyiselwa kwemali. Uyachaza umbiko weKPMG, ubukeka uhlose “labo abangakangeni kulo mdlalo” futhi batshale imali kulo mkhakha.
“Asilindele Ukubona Ushintsho Olubalulekile”
Ngo-Agasti, osonkontileka abaningana bezempi benanela ukubikezela kwe-KPMG kumakholi emiholo, beqinisekisa abatshalizimali ukuthi inzuzo yabo ekugcineni ngeke ithintwe ukuphela kwamuva kwempi yase-Afghanistan.
Usonkontileka wezempi i-PAE Incorporate, isibonelo, utshele abatshalizimali bayo ku Agasti 7 ikholi yokuhola ukuthi "asilindele ukubona ushintsho olukhulu" ngenxa yokuphela kwempi yase-Afghanistan ngoba abaphathi beBiden babehlela ukugcina inxusa laseKabul. Lokho kusho izinsizakalo zenkampani, ezifakiwe ukuqeqesha amabutho ezokuphepha endawo esikhathini esedlule, kusazodingeka.
"Siqaphe isimo e-Afghanistan, kubandakanya nezinkinga zezokuphepha eziphakanyisiwe, kepha njengamanje asiboni mthelela kumali engenayo noma inzuzo yethu kulolu hlelo," kusho ummeleli wenkampani ocingweni. Ngonyaka odlule, inkampani ezimele yokulingana kuthengiswa I-PAE enkampanini ekhethekile yokuthola inzuzo exhaswe enye inkampani ezimele yezimali.
ICACI International, ebilokhu ihlinzeka ngosizo lwezobunhloli nokuhlaziya amasosha ase-Afghanistan, itshele abatshalizimali ngo-Agasti 12 wayo umholo wokuhola ukuthi ngenkathi ukuphela kwempi kulimaza inzuzo yayo, "Sibona ukukhula okuhle kwezobuchwepheshe futhi silindele ukuthi kuqhubeke nokudlula ukukhula kobuchwepheshe, ngokubambisana kususe umthelela wokudonswa phansi kwe-Afghanistan."
I-CACI, ebhekene nenkantolo yenhlangano ye- esolwa ngokwengamela ukuhlukunyezwa kwesiboshwa ejele i-Abu Ghraib e-Iraq, usakhathazekile ngokuphela kwempi yase-US. Inkampani inayo bebexhasa ngezimali ithangi lokucabanga lempi ukuphokophela emuva ngokumelene nokuhoxa.
USheline ukhathazekile ukuthi izibikezelo zabahlaziyi beKPMG nosonkontileka bezokuvikela ngezingxabano ezizayo ezizayo zizobonakala zinembile.
Ngenkathi iBiden kungenzeka ukuthi yaqeda impi ende kunazo zonke eMelika futhi yamemezela amasonto ngemuva kokuthatha isikhundla ukuthi izwe ngeke lisasekela imisebenzi "ecasulayo" yaseSaudi Arabia eYemen, uSheline uthi lezi zinyathelo azimele ukumiswa kabusha ngokuphelele kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika. Uthi iMelika iqhubekile nokuxhasa imizamo yempi yaseSaudi Arabia, futhi uthi ukuhoxa e-Afghanistan kwakuyingxenye yecebo elibanzi lokuzibandakanya “empini ebandayo neChina.”
Futhi uSheline akazethembi ukuthi izishayamthetho zase-US zizoshintsha inkambo yempi yomhlaba. Ukhomba umthetho we-2022 National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA), othe, ngo- $ 768 billion, kwakuyisabelomali esibiza kakhulu emlandweni. Amademokhrasi endlu uvotelwe phansi izichibiyelo ezimbili ebezizosinciphisa kancane isabelomali - futhi zombili zithole amavoti ambalwa kunemizamo efanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Ngenyanga edlule, iNdlu yathatha igxathu lokunciphisa isigubhu samasosha ngokudlula ukuchitshiyelwa ku-NDAA ebhalwe ngu-Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Okuzohoxisa ukugunyazwa kwe-DRM yokubandakanyeka kwe-US empini yase-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen. Kepha ngalo lolo suku, iNdlu yadlula esinye isichibiyelo kusuka kuMmeli uGregory Meeks, D - NY, equkethe ulimi oluthambile uSheline athi "lisebenzisa kabusha ulimi olwalusetshenziswa uBiden emuva ngoFebhuwari ngeYemen."
ISenate manje isihlelelwe ukuthi icubungule zombili izichibiyelo njengoba isebenza ukwedlulisa i-NDAA. “Cishe bazokuphuca ukuchitshiyelwa kukaKhanna bese behambisana nokuchitshiyelwa kukaMeeks bese begcina konke kunjengoba kunjalo,” kusho uSheline.
