I-Pentagon Ayikwazi Ukubala I-akhawunti Ye-$ 21 Trillion (Leso Akuyona I-Typo)

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Izinombolo zePentagon uqobo zikhombisa ukuthi ayikwazi ukwenza ama- $ 21 trillion. Yebo, ngisho isigidintathu esino-“T.” Futhi lokhu kungashintsha yonke into.

Kodwa ngizobuyela kulokho ngomzuzwana.

Kunezinto ezithile umqondo womuntu ongahlosile ukuzenza. Ingqondo yethu eyinkimbinkimbi ayikwazi ukubuka umhlaba nge-infrared, ayikwazi ukupela amagama emuva ngesikhathi se-orgasm futhi ayikwazi ngempela bamba izinombolo ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezimbalwa. Izinkulungwane ezimbalwa, singazizwa futhi sicabange. Sonke sike saba sezinkundleni zemidlalo nezinkulungwane zabantu. Sinombono wokuthi lokho kubukeka kanjani (nokuthi iphansi linamathela kanjani).

Kodwa uma singena ezigidini, siyalahlekelwa. Kube yinkungu yombhedo. Ukuyibona ngeso lengqondo kuzwakala sengathi uzama ukwanga inkumbulo. Singase sazi ukuthi yini engathengwa isigidi esingu-$1 (futhi singase siyifune leyo nto), kodwa mhlawumbe awazi ukuthi yinde kangakanani isitaki sezikweletu eziyisigidi esingu-$1. Cishe awazi ukuthi kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani isisebenzi esihola kancane ukwenza u-$1 million.

Kungakho uzama ukuqonda—ukuqonda ngempela—ukuthi IPentagon isebenzise i-21 trillion amadola angaziwa phakathi kuka-1998 no-2015 asigezela njengomama wakho ekutshela ukuthi umzala wakho wesithathu owahlangana naye kabili uyahlukana. Kubukeka kucasula ngendlela engaqondakali, kodwa ukhohlwa ngakho ngemva kwemizuzwana engu-15 ngoba … yini enye okumele yenziwe?

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Kodwa ake sibuyele ekuqaleni. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, uMark Skidmore, uprofesa wezomnotho, wezwa UCaptain Austin Fitts, owayengumsizi kanobhala eMnyangweni wezeZindlu nokuThuthukiswa kwamaDolobha, uthi iHhovisi loMnyango Wezokuvikela lika-Inspector General lithole Imali esetshenziswayo ebiza amabhiliyoni angu-6.5 ngo-2015. USkidmore, njengoba enguprofesa wezomnotho, wacabanga into efana nokuthi, “Usho amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6.5. Hhayi isigidintathu. Ngoba i-trillion izosho ukuthi i-Pentagon ngeke ikwazi ukubala imali eyengeziwe kunomkhiqizo wasekhaya we-United Kingdom yonke. Kodwa noma kunjalo, imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6.5 zamaRandi angaziwa ukuthi yasebenza kuphi.”

Ngakho wahamba wayobheka umbiko womhloli, futhi wathola okuthile okuthakazelisayo: Kwakuyi-trillion! Kwakuyi- $ 6.5 trillion ngo-2015 yokusebenzisa imali engaziwa! Futhi ngiyaxolisa ngesiqalekiso, kodwa igama elithi “trillion” libophekile ngokomthetho ukuba landulelwe ngokuthi “fucking.” Impela ingaphezulu kakhulu kwe-GDP yase-UK.

U-Skidmore wenze okunye ukumba. Njengoba Forbes kubikwe ngoDisemba 2017, "[Yena] kanye no-Catherine Austin Fitts ... benze uphenyo kumawebhusayithi kahulumeni futhi bathola imibiko efanayo kusukela ku-1998. Nakuba imibhalo ingaphelele, imithombo yasekuqaleni kahulumeni ibonisa ama- $ 21 trillion ekulungisweni okungasekelwe kubikwe uMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye Umnyango Wezezindlu Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemadolobheni weminyaka ka-1998-2015.”

Ake sime futhi sithathe umzuzwana sicabange ukuthi yimalini amatriliyoni angama-21 (ongeke ukwazi ngenxa yokuthi ubuchopho bethu busebenza kancane, kodwa sizozama noma kunjalo).

1. Inani lemali okuthiwa isemakethe yamasheya yi- $ 30 trillion.

2. I-GDP yase-United States yi- $ 18.6 trillion.

3. Cabanga ngenqwaba yemali. Manje ake ucabange ukuthi leso sitaki samadola siyizikweletu ze- $ 1,000. Ibhili ngayinye ithi “$1,000” kuyo. Ucabanga ukuthi inqwaba yamadola ingaba phezulu kangakanani ukube ibinjalo $ 1 isigidintathu. Kungase kube 63 miles ukuphakama.

4. Ake ucabange wenza u-$40,000 ngonyaka. Kukuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ukwenza u-$1 trillion? Hhayi-ke, ungawubhaliseli lo msebenzi, ngoba uzowubhalisela ikuthathe iminyaka eyizigidi ezingama-25 (okuzwakala sengathi isikhathi eside, kodwa ngizwa ukuthi izigidi ezingu-10 zokugcina zihamba ngempela ngoba usuvele uyayazi indlela yakho ehhovisi, lapho umshini wekhofi ukhona, njll.).

Ubuchopho bomuntu abuhloselwe ukucabanga ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane.

Futhi akuhlosiwe neze ukucabanga ngezigidigidi ezingama- $21 zamarandi uMnyango wethu Wezokuvikela ongakwazi ukuziphendulela. Lezi zinombolo zizwakala ngobhanana. Kuzwakala njengento ethize u-Alex Jones ayithola idwetshwe ngemuva kwakhe ngabakwamanye amazwe.

Kodwa inombolo eyizigidigidi ezingama-21 iphuma eHhovisi Lomhloli Wezokuvikela Lomnyango Wezokuvikela—i-OIG. Nakuba, njengoba uForbes asho, “ngemuva kokuba uMark Skidmore eqale ukubuza mayelana nezinguquko ezingenabufakazi ezibikwe i-OIG, ikhasi lewebhu le-OIG, elabhala, nakuba ngendlela engaphelele, lezi “zinguquko zokubalwa kwezimali” ezingasekelwe zehliswa ngendlela engaqondakali.”

Ngenhlanhla, abantu base bewathathile amakhophi ombiko, okwamanje—ungabuka lapha.

Nakhu okunye okubalulekile okuvela kuleyo ndatshana ye-Forbes—okungenye yezindatshana zemidiya ezivamile ongazithola ngokuntshontshwa okukhulu emlandweni waseMelika:

Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi sonke isabelomali sezempi ngonyaka wezimali ka-2015 sasingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-120, ukulungiswa okungasekelwe kwakuyizikhathi ezingu-54 izinga lokusebenzisa imali eligunyazwe yiCongress.

Kulungile. Izindleko nge akukho ncazelo zaziphindwe izikhathi ezingama-54 kunesabelomali sangempela esabelwe uKhongolose. Nokho, kuhle ukubona iCongress yenza i-1/54th yomsebenzi wayo wokwengamela ukusetshenziswa kwezempi (lokho empeleni kungaphezu kwalokho engangicabanga ukuthi iCongress iyayenza). Lokhu kubonakala sengathi kusho ukuthi amaphesenti angu-98 awo wonke amadola asetshenziswe yi-Army ngo-2015 ayengahambisani nomthethosisekelo.

Ngakho-ke, khuleka utshele, i-OIG yathi yini ebangele konke lokhu kusetshenziswa kwemali okungaziwa okwenza inzuzo kaJeff Bezos ibukeke njengeyomfana oshaya ithini ekhoneni lomgwaqo?

“[Umbiko womhloli jikelele kaJulayi 2016] ubonisa ukuthi ukulungiswa okungasekelwe kuwumphumela 'wokwehluleka koMnyango Wezokuvikela ukulungisa ukushiyeka kwesistimu.' "

Basola izigidigidi zamaRandi yokusebenzisa imali ngendlela engaqondakali “ekuhlulekeni ukulungisa ukushiyeka kwesistimu”? Lokho kufana nokuthi ngithi ngenza ucansi nama-aardvarks angu-100,000 angenazinwele zasendle ngoba ngangingabheki lapho ngihamba khona.

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Isho kancane kuwe.

Ekupheleni kosuku, azikho izincazelo ezibambekayo zaleli nani lokusebenzisa imali okungabaliwe, nokungqubuzana nomthethosisekelo. Njengamanje, i I-Pentagon iyacwaningwa ngokokuqala ngqa, futhi kuthatha abacwaningi mabhuku abayizi-2,400 ukuze bakwenze. Angibambe umoya ukuthi empeleni bazovunyelwa ukuthi bangene ekujuleni kwalokhu.

Kodwa uma abantu baseMelika beyiqonda ngempela le nombolo, izoshintsha kokubili izwe nomhlaba. Kusho ukuthi idola ligijima libheke kokungelutho. Uma i-Pentagon ifihla ukusetshenziswa kwemali okwenza inani lamadola entela lingene kuhulumeni wobumbano, kuyacaca ukuthi uhulumeni ushicilela noma kungakanani akufunayo futhi ucabanga ukuthi ayikho imiphumela. Uma lezi zigidigidi sezicatshangelwe, imali yethu ye-fiat inencazelo encane kakhulu kunaleyo esenayo kakade, futhi kuyindaba nje yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuba ukwehla kwamandla emali kuphazamiseke.

Kusho futhi ukuthi noma nini lapho uhulumeni wethu ethi “akanamali” yokwenza umsebenzi othile, kuyahlekisa. Ingakwazi "ukudala" ngokucacile njengoba ifuna ukuqhuma kwamabhomu nokufa. Lokhu kungachaza ukuthi amasosha kaDonald Trump angawa kanjani Amabhomu ayi-100 ngosuku lokho kubiza kahle enyakatho yesigidi esingu-$1 lilinye.

Pho kungani uhulumeni wethu engakwazi “ukudala” imali engapheli yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo, abangenamakhaya, izinzuzo zomakadebona kanye nasebekhulile, ukuze enze zonke izindawo zokupaka zibe mahhala futhi akhokhele i-Rolling Stones ukuze idlale imibukiso yangaphambili endaweni yangakithi? (Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ama-Rolling Stones ayabiza, kodwa ama-trillion amadola angavala izingoma ezimbalwa.)

Ngokusobala, uhulumeni wethu angenza lezo zinto, kodwa ukhetha ukungenzi. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-Louisiana yathumela izaziso zokuxoshwa kwabantu abadala abangu-30,000 kuMedicaid ukubaxosha emakhaya abo asebekhulile. Yebo, izwe elingahlanza izigidigidi zamadola phansi emgodini omnyama obhalwe ukuthi “Ibutho” alikwazi ukuthola imali yokunakekela izalukazi zethu ezimpofu. Ihlaya elinengekayo.

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OwayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela uRobert Gates ukhulume ngokuthi akekho owaziyo ukuthi imali indiza kuphi ePentagon. In a ngokulambisa okubikiwe inkulumo ngo-2011, wathi, “Mina nezisebenzi zami safunda ukuthi kwakucishe kungenzeki ukuthola ukwaziswa okunembile nezimpendulo zemibuzo enjengokuthi, 'Usebenzise malini?' nokuthi 'Unabantu abangaki?' "

Abakwazi nokuthola ukuthi bangaki abantu abasebenza emnyangweni othile?

Inothi lanoma ngubani ofuna umsebenzi: Vele uvele ePentagon ubatshele ukuthi usebenza lapho. Akubonakali sengathi bangaba nenhlanhla eningi ngokufakazela ukuthi awunayo.

Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngale ndaba, hlola ukubika okuhle kukaDavid DeGraw ku GuqulaMaker.media, ngoba imithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi evamile ingumlomo embonini yezikhali. Bangabangane abanezinzuzo ze-complex yezempi-yezimboni. Angikaze ngibone lutho oluvela kwabezindaba zezinkampani ezijwayelekile mayelana nale simangaliso esingu-$21 trillion. Ngiphuthelwe isikhathi lapho uWolf Blitzer we-CNN ethi imali esiyiphonsa ezimpini nasekufeni—okungaba imali ebalelwayo noma izigidigidi eziyimfihlo—ingaqeda indlala nobumpofu emhlabeni. izikhathi eziningi. Asikho isizathu sokuthi noma ubani adinge ukulamba noma ukulamba noma ukuswela indawo yokukhosela kule planethi, kodwa uhulumeni wethu ubonakala ezimisele ngokufakazela ukuthi awumele lutho ngaphandle kokuzuza ngokufa nosizi. Futhi abezindaba bethu bafuna ngabomvu ukukhombisa ukuthi abamele lutho ngaphandle kokuxhasa umbuso wethu ongenasimilo.

Lapho abezindaba bengayikhuthazi impi, bagcwalisa amaza omoya ngeshiti, ngakho izwe lonke alikwazi nokuzizwa licabanga. Umbono wethu wonke ugcwele umbhedo nobuwula bosaziwayo obungenamuntu. Khona-ke, nakuba kungekho obhekile, ukweba okukhulu kunakho konke okwake kwabonwa isintu kwenzeka ngemva kwethu—kucashe ngokuthi “ukuphepha kwezwe.”

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