Ngabe Umphakathi wase-US Ucabangani Uhulumeni Wawo Ngokubopha Futhi Ubhake Umhlaba?

NguDavid Swanson, ngo-Okthoba 22, 2019

Idatha Yenqubekela-phambili isikhathi eside ibonakala ingelinye iqembu lase-US PEP (Inqubekela phambili Ngaphandle Kokuthula). Babekhiqiza imibiko ewusizo yokuvota kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezihloko sengathi u-96% wabantu abekho. Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle ayitholakalanga. Bangitshele ukuthi bavele bazithele phezu kwayo. Awukayitholi ekhasini eliyisiqalo lewebhusayithi yabo (noma okungenani ingaphezu kwamakhono ami okuzulazula), kodwa i-Data for Progress manje isishicilele umbiko obizwa ngokuthi “Abavoti Bafuna Ukubona Ukulungiswa Okuqhubekayo Kwenqubomgomo YaseMelika Yangaphandle.”

Basebenzise “izingxoxo eziyi-1,009 zabavoti abazichaza bona ngokwabo, ezenziwa ngabakwaYouGov ku-inthanethi. Isampula likalwe ngokuya ngobulili, ubudala, uhlanga, imfundo, indawo yokubalwa kwabantu base-US, nokukhetha kwevoti likamongameli lango-2016. Abaphendulile bakhethwa kuphaneli ye-YouGov ukuthi bamele abavoti ababhalisile.” Lona bekungumbuzo:

“NgokweHhovisi Lesabelomali SeCongress, i-United States kulindeleke ukuthi isebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-738 kwezempi yayo ngo-2020. Lokho kungaphezu kwamazwe ayisikhombisa alandelayo ehlangene futhi angaphezu kwesabelomali sase-US sezemfundo, izinkantolo zombuso, izindlu ezithengekayo, ukuthuthukiswa komnotho wendawo, kanye noMnyango Wezwe kuhlangene. Abanye bathi ukugcina indawo yezempi yomhlaba wonke evelele kuyadingeka ukuze kusigcine siphephile, futhi kuzifanele izindleko. Abanye bathi imali ingase isetshenziswe kangcono ezidingweni zasekhaya njengokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo, noma ukuvikela imvelo. Ngokusekelwe kulokhu osanda kukufunda, ungakweseka noma uphikise ukwabiwa kabusha kwemali kusuka kusabelomali sePentagon kuya kwezinye izinto ezibalulekile?”

Iningi lama-52% liwusekele noma “liwusekela ngokuqinile” lowo mbono (u-29% wawusekela ngokuqinile), kuyilapho u-32% wawuphikisa (u-20% ngokuqinile). Uma umusho uqala “Lokho kungaphezu . . . ” ishiywe ngaphandle, i-51% isekele umbono (i-30% ngokuqinile), kuyilapho i-36% iphikisa (u-19% ngokuqinile).

Impela kunenkinga enkulu ngokuzenzisa okuvamile kokuthi isabelomali sePentagon yisabelomali sezempi, okungukuthi amakhulu ezigidigidi zamaRandi eziya “Ezokuphepha Kwasekhaya,” kanye nama-nukes emnyangweni “wamandla”, nazo zonke izinhloli eziyimfihlo. -izikhungo zempi, kanye nezindleko zezempi zoMnyango Wezwe, kanye Nokuphathwa Kwama-Veterans, nokunye okungeza ku-$ 1.25 trillion ngonyaka, hhayi $ 738 billion. Kunenkinga yokuphikisana nesabelomali soMnyango Wezwe kusabelomali sezempi lapho okuningi okwenziwa uMnyango Wezwe kuwukusebenzela impi. Kunenkinga ngokuphakamisa ukuthi imali ithuthelwe ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, okungukuthi abantu base-United States sebevele bachitha kabili lokho abakudingayo ekunakekelweni kwezempilo; imane ichithwe ngokumosha kulabo abenza inzuzo yokugula. Kunenkinga ngenketho yokuba impi noma ukusetshenziswa kwemali yasekhaya. Kungani kungasebenzisi impi noma ukusebenzisa imali ngokuthula? Bobabili ama-imperialists kanye nama-humanists bakholelwa ukuthi i-United States kufanele yabelane ingcebo yayo nomhlaba ngezinye izindlela ngaphandle kwezempi. “Ukuvikela imvelo” akusona neze “isidingo sasekhaya” — kuwumsebenzi womhlaba wonke. Umbono wezempi ogcina abantu bephephile uphikiswana kakhulu hhayi kuphela kwezinye izinto ezibalulekile kodwa futhi nokuqwashisa ukuthi empeleni kwenza abantu baphephe kancane. njll.

Noma kunjalo, lena ekugcineni idatha yokuvota yase-US ewusizo kuphrojekthi yokuqeda impi. Ukuthi lisebenzisa ngokunembile igama elithi “ezempi” kunelithi “ukuzivikela” nokuthi libuza mayelana nokuhambisa imali ezintweni eziwusizo kuwukuncishiswa ngaphezu kokuvota okujwayelekile kwezinkampani, okungavamile ngisho nanjengoba kunjalo, ekutheni imali ebizwa ngezokuvikela kufanele ikhuphuke. noma phansi.

Ukuthi umusho owodwa obekuhloswe ngawo ukwazisa abantu ngezinga lokuhwebelana ube nomthelela olinganiselwe mhlawumbe akukona ukuthi kwakuwumbono omubi kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kwakuwumusho owodwa kuphela. Njengoba ngaphawula eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule, sinezinhlolovo ezibonisa ukuthi yi-25% kuphela e-US ecabanga ukuthi uhulumeni wabo kufanele asebenzise imali ephindwe kathathu kwezempi njengesizwe esilandelayo esinempi kakhulu, kodwa kuphela i-32% (hhayi i-75%) ecabanga ukuthi iyayisebenzisa njengamanje. kakhulu. Ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwase-US eminyangweni eminingi kahulumeni kudlula kakhulu imali esetshenziswa ezempi yaseChina ngokuphindwe kathathu. Umthethosivivinywa kuCongress wokukhawulela ukusetshenziswa kwezempi yase-US izikhathi ezintathu zezwe elilandelayo elinamandla kakhulu ungase uphathe ukwesekwa okukhulu okuthandwayo, kodwa iCongress ngeke iwudlulise ngaphandle kwengcindezi enkulu yomphakathi, ngoba izodinga ukusikeka okukhulu kwezempi yase-US okungase kubangele. umjaho wezikhali obuyela emuva.

Lapho iNyuvesi yaseMaryland, eminyakeni edlule, yahlalisa abantu phansi futhi ibakhombisa isabelomali sombuso eshadini likaphayi (imfundo ebaluleke kakhulu kunomusho owodwa) imiphumela yaba mihle kakhulu, iningi elinamandla lifuna ukukhipha imali enzima embuthweni wezempi futhi. ezidingweni zabantu nezemvelo. Phakathi kweminye imininingwane eveziwe, umphakathi wase-US uzonqamula usizo lwakwamanye amazwe uye kobushiqela kodwa wandise usizo lokusiza abantu phesheya.

I-Data for Progress iphinde yabuza lo mbuzo: "I-United States njengamanje isebenzisa ngaphezu kwengxenye yesabelomali sayo sokuzikhethela ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi, okungaphezu kwalokho echitha kwamanye amathuluzi enqubomgomo yangaphandle njenge-diplomacy nezinhlelo zokuthuthukiswa komnotho. Abanye baphikisa ngokuthi ukugcina ukuphakama kwezempi yase-US kufanele kube umgomo ophezulu wenqubomgomo yangaphandle, futhi kufanele siqhubeke nokuchitha amazinga njengoba enjalo. Abanye baphikisa ngokuthi esikhundleni sokuthela imali empini kufanele sitshale ekuvimbeleni izimpi ngaphambi kokuba zenzeke. Ingabe uyasisekela noma uyasiphikisa isiphakamiso sokuchitha okungenani amasenti ayishumi kumathuluzi okuvimbela impi angewona awezempi kuwo wonke amadola esiwachitha ePentagon?”

Lo mbuzo uthola amaphesenti elungelo lesabelomali sokuzikhethela futhi unikeza enye indlela eqhubekayo. Futhi okutholakele ukuthi umphakathi wase-US uncamela kakhulu enye indlela eqhubekayo: “Iningi elicacile labavoti lisekela inqubomgomo 'yedimu ledola', ngamaphesenti angama-57 ngandlela thize noma ngokunamandla futhi amaphesenti angama-21 nje aphikisana nenqubomgomo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ubuningi babavoti beRiphabhulikhi, abangamaphesenti angama-49 abasekelayo futhi abangamaphesenti angama-30 kuphela abaphikisana nenqubomgomo. I-dime yenqubomgomo yedola idume kakhulu phakathi kwabazimele kanye namaDemocrats. Inani eliphelele elingu-+28% labazimele kanye nenetha +57% lamaDemocrats lisekela i-dime yenqubomgomo yedola. "

Ngifisa sengathi i-Data for Progress ibuze mayelana nezisekelo zamasosha angaphandle. Ngicabanga ukuthi iningi lingavumelana nokuvala amanye awo, nokuthi izingcezu zemfundo zingakhuphula lelo nani. Kodwa babuza ngezihloko ezibalulekile. Isibonelo, ubuningi (kanye neningi elinamandla phakathi kwamaDemocrats) lifuna ukugodla izikhali zamahhala kwa-Israyeli ukuze kunqandwe ukuhlukumeza kwamalungelo abantu kwabasePalestine. Iningi elinamandla lifuna inqubomgomo yenuzi engasebenzisi kuqala. Iningi elinamandla lifuna usizo olwengeziwe eLatin America. Iningi elinamandla lifuna ukuvimbela konke ukusetshenziswa kokuhlukumeza. (Kufanele sithi “ukuvinjelwa kabusha” uma kubhekwa ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kuvinjelwe kangaki futhi kwavalwa kabusha.) Ngokuphawulekayo, umphakathi wase-US, ngeningi elikhulu, ufuna isivumelwano sokuthula neNorth Korea, kodwa iqembu elisifunayo iningi ngamaRiphabhulikhi. Ngokusobala, lelo qiniso lokugcina lisitshela kabanzi mayelana nokuchema kanye namandla kamongameli kunemibono ngempi nokuthula. Kepha iqoqo lemibono ebhalwe lapha lisitshela ukuthi umphakathi wase-US ungcono kakhulu kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle kunokuba abezindaba bezinkampani zase-US bazokusho, noma kunalokho uhulumeni wase-US ake enze ngakho.

I-Data for Progress iphinde yathola ukuthi izikhulu ezinkulu zifuna ukuqeda izimpi ezingapheli zase-US e-Afghanistan naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Labo abasekela ukuqhubeka kwalezi zimpi bayiqembu elincane, kanye nemithombo yezindaba yase-US, kanye ne-US Congress, uMongameli, kanye nezempi. Sekukonke sikhuluma ngo-16% womphakathi wase-US. KumaDemocrats ngu-7%. Bheka ukuhlonishwa okuthola u-7% kwabangenele ukhetho lobumongameli abangakasho ukuthi bazoziqeda ngokushesha zonke lezo zimpi. Angazi noma yiliphi ikhandidethi likamongameli wase-US emlandweni wase-United States okhiqiza ishadi likaphayi eliyisisekelo noma uhlaka ngisho nomdwebo onzima webhajethi efiselekayo yokukhetha. Zama ukufaka kuhlu abantu abakhona njengamanje kumongameli wase-US ukuze bacabange ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kufanele kube yini. Umuntu wayengakwenza kanjani? Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umuntu aze abuze omunye wabo lowo mbuzo? Mhlawumbe le datha izosiza.

UBernie wayisho ngoMgqibelo eQueens, futhi isixuku saqala ukumemeza sithi “Phelisa izimpi!” Mhlawumbe lapho abanye abangenele ukhetho beqala ukuyisho, kulapho bayobona khona ukuthi uqine kangakanani umbono womphakathi ngalezi zindaba.

I-Data for Progress iphinde yathola iningi eliqinile ngokumelene nokuvumela ukuthengiswa kwezikhali zase-US kohulumeni abahlukumeza amalungelo abantu. Umbono womphakathi ucace bha. Ukwenqaba okuphelele kukahulumeni wase-US ukwenza kanjalo. Okungacacisi kangako umqondo kahulumeni othenga izikhali ezibulalayo azisebenzisele enye into ngaphandle kokuhlukumeza amalungelo abantu - akekho oke achaze ukuthi lokho kungasho ukuthini.

Idatha Yenqubekelaphambili ibika eminye imibuzo emithathu abayibuzile. Omunye uphikise ukuzihlukanisa nokuzibandakanya, kodwa abasitsheli amagama abawasebenzisile. Bavele bachaze ukuthi bekuwumbuzo onjani. Angiqiniseki ukuthi kungani noma iyiphi i-pollster, azi ukuthi kuncike kangakanani emazwini, ingabika into ngaleyo ndlela, ikakhulukazi uma umphumela wawuhlukana eduze-ngisho.

Omunye bekungumbuzo mayelana nokuhluka kwe-US, okuthi - futhi - abangasiniki amagama athi. Siyazi nje ukuthi u-53% uvumelane “nesitatimende esiqaphela ukuthi i-US inamandla nobuthakathaka njenganoma yiliphi elinye izwe futhi empeleni ibangele ukulimala emhlabeni” ngokuphambene nesitatimende esikhethekile. Siyazi futhi ukuthi ama-53% ehle afika ku-23% kumaRiphabhulikhi.

Ekugcineni, i-Data for Progress ithole ukuthi ubuningi e-US bathi i-United States ibhekene nezinsongo ezingezona ezezempi. Ezinye izinto zisobala kabuhlungu kangangoba kubuhlungu ukubona ukuthi zidinga ukuxoxiswana ngethemba lokuthi zizobikwa ngazo. Manje, bangaki abangasho ukuthi impi ngokwayo iwusongo futhi iwumthombo oyinhloko wezinsongo zempi kanye nengozi ye-apocalypse yenuzi? Futhi i-apocalypse yenuzi ikuphi ohlwini lwezinsongo? Kunokuvota okusazokwenziwa.