I-University of Virginia Research Park, ngaphesheya kwe-Rt. I-29 North evela ku-National Ground Intelligence Centre, ibambe ingqungquthela yobuchwepheshe bezikhali obukhuthazwe njengokubhekana nezindaba ezizuzisa umnotho.
Futhi kungani kungenjalo? Kokubili isikhungo sezempi kanye nepaki yokucwaninga kunikeza imisebenzi, futhi abantu abaphethe leyo misebenzi bachitha imali yabo ezintweni ezisekela eminye imisebenzi. Yini ongayithandi?
Nokho, inkinga eyodwa ukuthi leyo misebenzi yenzani. Inhlolovo yeWin/Gallup yezizwe ezingama-65 ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ithole ukuthi i-United States ithathwa njengengozi enkulu yokuthula emhlabeni. Cabanga nje ukuthi kumele kuzwakale kanjani kubantu bakwamanye amazwe uma sikhuluma ngezempi yase-US njengohlelo lwemisebenzi.
Kodwa asibambelele kwezomnotho. Ivelaphi imali yezinto eziningi ezenzeka esizindeni kanye nepaki yocwaningo enyakatho yedolobha? Ezinteleni zethu kanye nokuboleka kukahulumeni. Phakathi kuka-2000 no-2010, osonkontileka bezempi abangu-161 eCharlottesville badonsa imali engu-$919,914,918 ngezinkontileka ezingu-2,737 kuhulumeni wobumbano. Ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-8 zamaRandi zalokho ziye enyuvesi kaMnu. Jefferson, kanye nengxenye yesithathu yalokho e-Darden Business School. Futhi umkhuba ulokhu ukhuphuka njalo.
Kuvamile ukucabanga ukuthi, ngoba abantu abaningi banemisebenzi embonini yempi, ukuchitha empini nokulungiselela impi kuzuzisa umnotho. Empeleni, ukuchitha ama-dollar afanayo ezimboni ezinokuthula, emfundweni, ezingqalasizinda, noma ngisho nasezinhlakeni zentela kubantu abasebenzayo bazokhiqiza imisebenzi eminingi futhi ezimweni eziningi imisebenzi ekhokhela kangcono - ngokulondoloza okwanele ukusiza wonke umuntu ukuba enze ushintsho emsebenzini wokulwa ukuya emsebenzini wokuthula .
Ukuphakama kokunye ukusetshenziswa kwezimali noma ngisho nokwehliswa kwentela kuye kwasungulwa ngokuphindaphindiwe ngezifundo eziyisidala ezivela eNyuvesi yaseMassachusetts e-Amherst, okuvame ukucashunwa futhi akukaze kuphikiswe eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi ukuchitha imali ezitimeleni noma kuma-solar noma izikole ngeke kukhiqize imisebenzi eminingi futhi ekhokha kangcono, kodwa lokho bekungeke kukhokhise amadola kwasekuqaleni. Ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kubi kakhulu kunalutho, ngokwemibandela yezomnotho nje.
Ngeza kulokhu umthelela wenqubomgomo yangaphandle ukusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu kwezempi okuye kwaba nawo kusukela ngaphambi kokuba uMongameli u-Eisenhower asixwayise ngosuku aphuma ngalo esikhundleni: "Ithonya eliphelele - lezomnotho, lezombangazwe, ngisho nelikamoya -," esho, "lizwakala kuwo wonke amadolobha, zonke izindlu zoMbuso, wonke amahhovisi kahulumeni kahulumeni.” Namuhla nakakhulu, kangangokuthi mhlawumbe singakuqaphela kancane, kangangokuthi sekuyinto evamile.
I-Connecticut isungule ikhomishini ezosebenzela ukuguqukela ezimbonini ezinokuthula, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yezizathu zomnotho. IVirginia noma iCharlottesville ingenza okufanayo.
Uhulumeni wase-US usebenzisa imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama- $ 600 ngonyaka nje eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela, kanye nesamba esingaphezu kwe- $ 1 trillion minyaka yonke kwezempi kuyo yonke iminyango nezikweletu zezimpi ezedlule. Ingaphezu kwengxenye yemali esetshenziswa ngokubona e-US futhi icishe ilingane namazwe omhlaba wonke ehlangene, okuhlanganisa namalungu amaningi e-NATO namadlelandawonye ase-United States.
Kungabiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-30 ngonyaka ukuqeda indlala nendlala emhlabeni wonke. Lokho kuzwakala njengemali eningi kuwe noma kimina. Kungabiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-11 ngonyaka ukuhlinzeka umhlaba ngamanzi ahlanzekile. Futhi, lokho kuzwakala njengokuningi. Kodwa cabanga ngemali esetshenziswa ezinhlelweni ezilimaza umnotho ezilimaza nenkululeko yethu yomphakathi, indawo esihlala kuyo, ukuphepha kwethu, nokuziphatha kwethu. Ngeke kubize kakhulu ukuthi i-US ibonakale njengosongo olukhulu ekuhluphekeni nasebuphofini esikhundleni sokuthula.
UDavid Swanson ungumhlali waseCharlottesville futhi ungumhleli weWorldBeyondWar.org.
