By UWilliam D. Hartung futhi UMandy Smithberger, May 8, 2019
Kusukela TomDispatch
Esicelweni sayo sebhajethi sakamuva, abaphathi bakaTrump bacela irekhodi eliseduze $ 750 billion ye-Pentagon nemisebenzi yokuzivikela ehlobene, isibalo esimangazayo nganoma yisiphi isilinganiso. Uma kudluliswa yiCongress, empeleni, kuzoba ngesinye sezabelomali esikhulu sezempi emlandweni waseMelika, phezulu amazinga aphakeme afinyelelwe ngesikhathi seMpi yaseKorea neyaseVietnam. Futhi gcina into eyodwa engqondweni: ukuthi ama- $ 750 billion ayimelela kuphela ingxenye yezindleko zonyaka zombuso wethu wokuphepha kuzwelonke.
Kukhona okungenani amabhodwe ahlukene we-10 anikelwe izimpi, alungiselela izimpi ezengeziwe, futhi abhekana nemiphumela yezimpi esezikhona. Ngakho ngokuzayo a Umongameli, a jikelele, a Unobhala Wezokuvikela, noma i-hawjik ilungu leCongress ugcizelela ukuthi amasosha aseMelika axhaswe ngemali kabi, cabanga kabili. Ukubheka ngokucophelela izindleko zokuvikela zaseMelika kunikeza ukulungiswa okunempilo kuzimangalo ezinjalo ezingenangqondo.
Manje, ake sithathe uhambo olungamadola ngamakhulu dollar lesifundazwe lase-US lokuphepha kwezwe lase-2019, sibala izibalo njengoba siya, bese sibona lapho ekugcineni sifika khona (noma mhlawumbe igama kufanele "likhuphuke"), likhulume ngokwezezimali .
Isabelomali “seSisekelo” sePentagon: Isabelomali esijwayelekile, noma "isisekelo," sePentagon kuthiwa silinganiselwa ku- $ 544.5 billion ku-Fiscal Year 2020, isamba esinempilo kodwa sikhokha kancane imali esetshenzisiwe kwezempi.
Njengoba ungacabanga, leso sabelo sezimali sinikezela ngezimali eziyisisekelo zokusebenza koMnyango Wezokuvikela, iningi lazo eliyochitheka lapho kulungiswa izimpi eziqhubekayo ezingakaze zigunyazwe yiCongress, izinhlelo ezisetshenzisiwe zezikhali ezingadingeki empeleni, noma imfucuza eqondile, isigaba esikhulayo esifaka yonke into kusuka kuzindleko eziphezulu kuya ekuziphatheni okungadingekile. Lokho $ 544.5 billion iyimali ebikwe esidlangalaleni yi-Pentagon ngezindleko zayo ezibalulekile futhi ifaka phakathi ne- $ 9.6 billion yendlela esetshenzisiwe yokusebenzisa izinto ezifana nomhlalaphansi wezempi.
Phakathi kwalezo zindleko eziyisisekelo, ake siqale ngokuchitha, isigaba ngisho nabathuthukisi abakhulu kakhulu bezezimali zePentagon abakwazi ukusivikela. IPentagon's Defence Business Board yathola ukuthi ukusika ngaphezulu okungadingekile, kubandakanya ukuphathwa budlabha nokuqothuka kwabasebenzi bezinkontileka ezizimele, kuzokwenza lokhu. londoloza $ 125 billion eminyakeni emihlanu. Mhlawumbe ngeke umangale ukuthola ukuthi isiphakamiso sebhodi asikwenzanga lutho ukuthulisa izingcingo zokuthola imali ethe xaxa. Esikhundleni salokho, kusuka ku- ifinyelela phezulu kakhulu yePentagon (kanye ne Umongameli ngokwakhe) weza a Isiphakamiso ukwakha i-Space Force, insiza yesithupha yempi kodwa okuqinisekisiwe ukuqhubekisa ukuqothuka kohlaka lwayo futhi okubili umsebenzi osuvele wenziwa ezinye izinsizakalo. Ngisho abahleli bePentagon balinganisela ukuthi i-Space Force esizayo izobiza ama- $ 13 billion eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo (futhi lokho ngokungangabazeki kuyisibalo sebhola eliphansi).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMnyango Wezokuvikela uqashe ibutho losonkontileka abazimele - Ngaphezu kwe-600,000 kubo - abaningi benza imisebenzi engenziwa ngentengo ephansi kakhulu ngabasebenzi bakahulumeni. Ukusika abasebenzi bezinkontileka ezizimele ngo-15% kuye ku- nje isigamu sabantu besizosindisa ngokushesha okungaphezu kwalokho $ 20 izigidigidi ngonyaka. Futhi ungakhohlwa izindleko eziqile ezinhlelweni ezinkulu zezikhali njenge-Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent - igama elingaziwa likaPentagon lomcibisholo we-Air Force omusha we-intercontinental ballistic - nokukhokhwa kwemali ejwayelekile kwezingxenye ezincane (njenge $8,000 ngegiya le-helikopta elibiza ngaphansi kwe- $ 500, umgwaqo ongaphezulu kwe-1,500%).
Bese kuba nezinhlelo zezikhali ezisetshenzisiwe ezenzelwa amasosha angeke akwazi ngisho nokusebenza njengazo $ 13-billion umgibeli wezindiza, amabhomu enuzi a-200 abiza ama- $ 564 million a pop, kanye ne-F-35 yokulwa nendiza, uhlelo lwezikhali ezibiza kakhulu emlandweni, ngentengo okungenani $ 1.4 isigidintathu esikhathini sokuphila kohlelo. IProjekthi On Ukwengamela Kahulumeni (i-POGO) ine okutholiwe - kanye neHhovisi Lokuziphendulela kuHulumeni muva nje kuqinisekisiwe - ukuthi, yize kuneminyaka yokusebenza nezindleko ezinkulu, i-F-35 kungenzeka ingasebenzi njengokukhangisiwe.
Futhi ungakhohlwa okwakamuva kwePentagon Phusha yezikhali eziteleka ezinde nezindlela ezintsha zokuphinda zenzelwe izimpi ezizayo neRussia noma iChina ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi, uhlobo lwezingxabano ezingakhuphuka kalula zingene eMpini Yezwe III, lapho izikhali ezinjalo bezizobe ziseceleni kwephuzu. Cabanga uma ikhona enye yale mali ebinikelwe ukuthola indlela yokuvimbela leyo zingxabano, kunokuba kubhekwe ezinye izindlela zokulwa nazo.
Isilinganiso sebhajethi Yesisekelo: $ 554.1 billion
Isabelomali Sempi: Njengokuthi isabelomali sayo esijwayelekile besinganele, iPentagon ibuye igcine nesikhwama sayo esisheshayo, esaziwa ngokusemthethweni njenge-akhawunti ye-Overseas Contingency Operations, noma i-OCO. Ngokomqondo, lesi sikhwama senzelwe ukukhokhela impi yokwesaba - okungukuthi, izimpi zase-US e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, eSomalia, eSyria, nakwezinye izindawo eMiddle East nase-Afrika. Ngokwenzayo, kuyakwenza lokho nokunye okuningi.
Ngemuva kwempi yokuvala ukuvalwa kukahulumeni kuholele ekusungulweni kwekhomishini ehlukanisile ekwehliseni ukusilela kwemali - eyaziwa ngokuthi yiSimpson-Bowles ngemuva kozakwabo, uChief Chief of Staff u-Erskine Bowles nowayenguSenator waseRepublican u-Alan Simpson - iCongress yadlulisa Umthetho Wokulawula Isabelomali kwe-2011. Kubeka ngokusemthethweni ukunqotshwa kwemali yamasosha neyasekhaya obekufanele isindise inani $ 2 isigidintathu ngaphezulu kweminyaka ye-10. Ingxenye yalelo nani izovela kwiPentagon, kanye nasezimalini zezikhali zenuzi eMnyangweni Wezamandla. Njengoba kwenzeka, noma kunjalo, kwakukhona umthwalo omkhulu: leyo mali yesabelomali yayingabandakanywa emabhokisini. I-Pentagon ngokushesha yaqala ukubeka amashumi ezigidigidi zama-dollar angenela kuwo amaphrojekthi wezilwane ezazingenakwenza lutho ngezimpi zamanje (futhi inqubo ayikaze ime). Izinga lokuhlukumezeka kwalesi sikhwama lahlala liyimfihlo iminyaka, nePentagon uyavuma ku-2016 kuphela ukuthi ingxenye nje yemali ku-OCO yaya ezimpini zangempela, okwenza abagxeki namalungu amaningi eCongress - kubandakanya nowayeyi-Congressman uMick Mulvaney, manje osengumphathi wakamuva kaMongameli Trump - dub“isikhwama esishisayo.”
Ukuphakanyiswa kwesabelomali salo nyaka kufaka isandla kulesi sikhwama ngesibalo esingabhekwa njengokungenangqondo uma kungeyona ingxenye yesabelomali sePentagon. Ezigidini ezicishe zibe yi- $ 174 billion ezihlongozwe kwisabelomali sempi kanye noxhaso "oluphuthumayo", kungaphezulu nje kwalokho $ 25 billion senzelwe ukukhokhela ngqo izimpi e-Iraq, Afghanistan nakwezinye izindawo. Okunye kuzobekelwa eceleni okubizwa ngokuthi “ukukhuthazelela” imisebenzi ebingaqhubeka noma lezo zimpi ziphele, noma ukukhokhela imisebenzi ejwayelekile yePentagon ebingaxhaswanga ngezingqinamba zokubanjwa kwemali. INdlu yabaMeli elawulwa yiDemokhrasi kulindeleke ukuthi isebenze ukuze kuguqulwe lolu hlelo. Noma ngabe ubuholi beNdlu bebuzoba nendlela yayo, nokho, iningi ukuncipha kwayo kwisabelomali sempi kungaba offset ngokuphakamisa izigaxa kwisabelomali esivamile sePentagon ngamanani ahambisanayo. (Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi isabelomali sikaMongameli uTrump sifuna ukuthi ngelinye ilanga kuqedwe lesi sikhwama semali.)
I-2020 OCO nayo ifaka $ 9.2 billion ekusetshenzisweni “okuphuthumayo” ekwakheni udonga lukaTrump othandekayo emngceleni we-US-Mexico, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Khuluma ngesikhwama esishisayo! Asikho isimo esiphuthumayo, kusobala. Igatsha elilawulayo limane nje lithatha amadola akhokha intela iCongress yenqabile ukuwanikeza. Ngisho nabasekeli odongeni lukamongameli kufanele bakhathazeke ngale ndlela yokubanjwa kwemali. Njengama-36 amalungu angamalunga eCongressan of Congress abasanda kuphikisana, "Yimaphi amandla abekwa uMongameli ongaxhasa izinqubomgomo zawo nawo angasetshenziswa ngabongameli abenqubomgomo yabo oyicasulayo." Kuzo zonke iziphakamiso ezihlobene nokuphepha kukaTrump, lokhu ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuthi kungaqedwa, noma okungenani kubekwe esikalini. emuva, unikezwe amaDemocrat enkomfa ngokumelene nakho.
Isilinganiso sebhajethi Yempi: $ 173.8 billion
I-tally egijimayo: $ 727.9 billion
Umnyango Wezamandla / Isabelomali Senuzi: Kungakumangaza ukwazi ukuthi ukusebenza ngezikhali ezibulala kakhulu ezempi yase-US, amabutho ezempi yenuzi, agciniwe eMnyangweni Wezamandla (i-DoE), hhayi iPentagon. I-DoE's Ukuphathwa kwezokuphepha kweNyukliya kazwelonke kuqhutshwa ucwaningo lwentuthuko, ukuthuthukiswa, kanye nokukhiqizwa ezweni lonke ngezihloko zezempi zenuzi kanye nokuphendula kwenyukliya kwempi lokho ilula sisuka eLivermore, eCalifornia, saya e-Albuquerque naseLos Alamos, eNew Mexico, saya eKansas City, eMissouri, saya e-Oak Ridge, Tennessee, saya eSavannah River, eSouth Carolina. I-laboratories yayo nayo ine umlando omude kokungaphathi kahle kohlelo, ngamaphrojekthi athile angena cishe cishe ayisishiyagalombili ukulinganisa kokuqala.
Isilinganiso sebhajethi yeNyukliya: $ 24.8 billion
I-tally egijimayo: $ 752.7 billion
"Imisebenzi Ehlobene Nezokuvikela": Lesi sigaba sihlanganisa isigidigidi sama- $ 9 billion esiya minyaka yonke ezinhlanganweni ezibandakanya i-Pentagon, inqwaba yaso ku-FBI yemisebenzi ehlobene nokuphepha kwezwe.
Imisebenzi Ehlobene Nezokuvikela iyonke: $ 9 billion
I-tally egijimayo: $ 761.7 billion
Izigaba ezinhlanu ezichazwe ngenhla zenza isabelomali salokho okwaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi “ukuvikela izwe.” Ngaphansi koMthetho Wokulawula Isabelomali, ukusetshenziswa kwemali bekufanele kube ku-$ 630 billion. U- $ 761.7 billion ohlongozwe isabelomali se-2020, nokho, ukuphela kwesiqalo sendaba.
Isabelomali Sezindaba ZamaVeterans: Izimpi zaleli khulu leminyaka zidale isizukulwane esisha sama-veterans. Kukho konke, ngaphezulu 2.7 abayizigidi ezingu Izikhulu zamasosha ase-US zingene ngezingxabano e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kusukela nge2001. Abaningi babo bahlala bedinga ukwesekwa okukhulu ukubhekana namanxeba omzimba nawengqondo yempi. Njengomphumela, isabelomali soMnyango Wezindaba Zasemadolobheni sesedlule ophahleni, ngaphezulu kwalokho kathathu kuleli khulu leminyaka okuhlongozwayo $ 216 billion. Futhi lesi sibalo esikhulu kungenzeka singafakazeli ngokwanele ukuhlinzeka izinsizakalo ezidingekayo.
Ngaphezu kwe 6,900 Izisebenzi zamasosha aseMelika ziye zafa ezimpini zaseWashington zangemuva kwe-9 / 11, nangaphezulu 30,000 olimele e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kuphela. Lokhu kulimala, nokho, kuyisiqongo nje seqhwa. Amakhulu ezinkulungwane yamasosha abuyela emuva ahlushwa i-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ukugula okuvela ngokuchayeka emigodini eshisayo enobuthi, noma ukulimala kobuchopho obuhlukumezanayo. Uhulumeni wase-US uzibophezele ekuhlinzekeni ukunakekela laba abasebenza izimpilo impilo yabo yonke. Ukuhlaziywa kweZindleko Zempi Yomsebenzi eYunivesithi yaseBrown kuthathe isinqumo sokuthi izibopho zangaphambi kwempi yase-Iraq nase-Afghan zodwa zizokwanda ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1 trillion eminyakeni ezayo. Lokhu kubiza kwezempi akuvamile ukubhekelwa lapho abaholi eWashington benquma ukuthumela amasosha ase-US empini.
I-Veterans Affairs iyonke: $ 216 billion
I-tally egijimayo: $ 977.7 billion
Isabelomali Sokuphepha Kwasekhaya: UMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya (i-DHS) uyi-mega-agency eyakhiwe ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kwe-9 / 11. Ngaleso sikhathi, yagwinya 22 izinhlangano zikahulumeni ezazikhona ngaleso sikhathi, zakha umnyango omkhulu manje osucishe ube no ikota yesigidi abasebenzi. Ama-ejensi manje eseziyingxenye ye-DHS ifaka i-Coast Guard, i-Federal Emergency Management Agency (i-FEMA), amasiko nokuvikelwa kwemingcele, ukuthuthela ezweni kanye nokuthengiswa kwamasiko, i-Secret Service, Federal Law Enforcing Training Center, Ihhovisi Lokuthola Inyukliya Yasekhaya, kanye nehhovisi Lobuhlakani kanye Nobulungiswa.
Ngenkathi eminye yemisebenzi ye-DHS - njengokuphepha kwezindiza kanye ukuvikela ngokumelene nokushushumbiswa kwesikhali senuzi noma "ibhomu elingcolile" phakathi kwethu - ube nomqondo ocacile wokuphepha, abanye abaningi abanaso. I-ICE - ibutho laseMelika lokudingisa - lenze okuningi kakhulu bangela ukuhlupheka phakathi kwabantu abangenacala kunokunqanda izigebengu noma amaphekula. Eminye imisebenzi engabazekayo ye-DHS ifaka izibonelelo ezinhlanganweni eziqinisa umthetho wasendaweni ukubasiza ukuba bathenge ibanga lezempi imishini.
Inani Lezokuphepha Kwasekhaya: $ 69.2 billion
I-tally egijimayo: $ 1.0469 trillion
Isabelomali Semicimbi Yezizwe: Lokhu kufaka isabelozimali soMnyango Wezwe kanye ne-US Agency for International Development (USAID). I-diplomacy ingenye yezindlela ezisebenzayo zokwenza i-United States kanye nomhlaba uphephe kakhulu, kepha bekulokhu kushaywa eminyakeni kaTrump. Isabelomali sonyaka we-2020 wezezimali sifuna a ingxenye yesithathu sinciphise ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezindaba zamazwe omhlaba, sishiya cishe ingxenye yeshumi nanhlanu yesamba esabelwe iPentagon nezinhlaka ezihlobene eziqoqelwe ngaphansi kwesigaba “sokuvikela izwe.” Futhi lokho akubizi neze iqiniso lokuthi ngaphezu kwe 10% Isabelomali sezindaba zomhlaba wonke sisekela imizamo yokusiza impi, ikakhulukazi $ 5.4 billion Uhlelo Lwezimali Olwamazwe Angaphandle (FMF). Inqwaba yeFMF iya kwa-Israyeli naseGibhithe, kepha kuwo wonke amazwe angaphezu kweshumi nambili uthola imali ngaphansi kwayo, kufaka phakathi iJordani, neLebanon, neJibouti, ne-Tunisia, i-Estonia, neLatvia, neLithuania, ne-Ukraine, ne-Georgia, ne-Philippines, ne-Vietnam.
Isamba semicimbi yamazwe omhlaba: $ 51 billion
I-tally egijimayo: $ 1.0979 trillion
Isabelomali Sobunhloli: Izwe laseMelika lenzile 17 izinhlaka zezobunhloli ezihlukile. Ngaphezu kweHhovisi le-DHS lobuhlakani kanye nokuhlaziywa kanye ne-FBI, okukhulunywe ngalo ngenhla, yi-CIA; Isikhungo Sezokuphepha Sikazwelonke; I-ejensi yokuvikela ubuhlakani; Ihhovisi Lombuso Lobunhloli Nocwaningo loMnyango Wezwe; IHhovisi Le-Arhente Yokuqinisa Izidakamizwa Yezokuphepha Kwezwe; IHhovisi loMnyango Wezezimali Wezobunhloli Nokuhlaziya; iHhovisi loMnyango Wezamandla Nobuhlakani; IHhovisi Likazwelonke Lokuqashwa kabusha; I-National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Intelligence Yezempi Yezindiza, Ukuqapha kanye Nokuphinda Ubuye; i-Army's Intelligence and Security Command; IHhovisi leNational Intelligence; I-Marine Corps Intelligence; kanye ne-Coast Guard Intelligence. Futhi-ke kukhona lelo 17th elilodwa, iHhovisi loMqondisi Wezobunhloli Kazwelonke, lisethelwe ukuxhumanisa imisebenzi yezinye i-16.
Sazi okuncane okumangazayo ngohlobo ukusetshenziswa kwemali kobuhlakani kwesizwe, ngaphandle kwalokho obekucatshangwa ukuthi kukonke, kukhishwa embikweni njalo ngonyaka. Njengamanje, sekuyi ngaphezulu kuka-$ 80 billion. Iningi lale mali, kufaka phakathi i-CIA ne-NSA, kukholakala ukuthi lifihlwe ngaphansi kwezinto ezifihliwe kwisabelomali sePentagon. Njengoba ukusetshenziswa kobunhloli akuyona umugqa ohlukile wokuxhaswa ngemali, akubalwa ngokwetally yethu ngezansi (kepha, kukho konke esikwaziyo, okunye kwako kufanele kube).
Isilinganiso sebhajethi Yobunhloli: $ 80 billion
I-tally egijimayo (namanje): $ 1.0979 trillion
Ukuvikelwa Kwenzalo Kwesikweletu Sezwe: Inzalo esikweletini sikazwelonke isisendleleni yokuthola enye yezinto ezibiza kakhulu kwisabelomali sombuso. Kungakapheli iminyaka eyishumi, kulindeleke ukuthi kudlule isabelozimali esivamile sePentagon ngosayizi. Okwamanje, ngaphezulu kwe- $ 500 billion billion yabakhokhi bentela abasebenzela isikweletu sikahulumeni unyaka ngamunye, cishe $ 156 billion kungabikwa ngokusetshenziswa kwemali yePentagon.
Isabelo sezokuvikela sesamba Sesikweletu Sikazwelonke: $ 156.3 billion
I-Tally yokugcina: $ 1.2542 trillion
Ngakho-ke, isibalo sethu sokugcina saminyaka yonke sempi, amalungiselelo empi, kanye nomthelela wempi ufika ngaphezu kwe- $ 1.25 trillion - ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwesabelomali sePentagon. Ukube umkhokhi wentela ojwayelekile ubazi ukuthi le mali isetshenziswa egameni lezokuvikela izwe - iningi layo lichithekile, lilahlekile, noma limane nje lingakhiqizi - kungaba nzima kakhulu kuhulumeni wezokuphepha kazwelonke ukuthi adle imali ekhula njalo ngomphakathi omncane ukubuyisela emuva. Okwamanje, isitimela se-gravy sigijima ngejubane eligcwele ngaphambili futhi okuyinhloko abazuzi - Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, namaqembu abo - bahleka yonke indlela eya ebhange.
UWilliam D. Hartung, a TomDispatch Njalo, ungumqondisi we I-Arms and Security Project esikhungweni senqubomgomo yamazwe omhlaba nombhali we Abaporofethi Bempi: Uke wavalwa nguMartin kanye Nokwenza i-Military-Industrial Complex.
UMandy Smithberger, a TomDispatch Njalo, ungumqondisi we Isikhungo Sokuvikelwa Kwamaphrojekthi kuProjekthi Ngokubhekwa Kukahulumeni.
