nguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, CODEPINK for Ukuthula, October 7, 2021
UMongameli Biden kanye neDemocratic Congress babhekene nenkinga njengoba i-ajenda edumile yasekhaya abayiqhuba okhethweni lwango-2020 ibanjelwe izinkampani ezimbili zeDemocratic Senators, izinsalela-uphethiloli consigliere Joe Manchin futhi umbolekisi wosuku lokukhokha intandokazi Kyrsten Sinema.
Kepha ngalo kanye isonto ngaphambi kwephakheji yasekhaya lamaDems '$ 350 billion-ngonyaka lashaya lolu donga lwezikhwama zemali ezinkampani, bonke ngaphandle kwama-38 House Democrats bavotela ukudlulisela imali ephindwe kabili kunaleyo kwiPentagon. USenator Manchin uye ngobuzenzisi uchaze umthethosivivinywa wokusetshenziswa kwemali ezindlini ngokuthi "ukusangana kwezimali," kepha uvotele isabelomali esikhulu kakhulu sePentagon njalo ngonyaka kusukela ngo-2016.
Ukuhlanya kwangempela kwezimali yilokho okwenziwa yiCongress unyaka nonyaka, kuthatha iningi lazo lokusebenzisa imali ngokuzikhethela etafuleni bese kulinikeza iPentagon ngaphambi kokucabanga nangezidingo eziphuthumayo zasekhaya. Ukugcina leli phethini, iCongress ivele yaphuma $ 12 billion ngezindiza zempi ezingama-85 ezengeziwe ze-F-35, eziyisithupha ngaphezu kukaTrump ezithengwe ngonyaka odlule, ngaphandle kokuphikisana ngokufaneleka kokuthenga ama-F-6s amaningi ngokutshala imali eyi- $ 35 billion kwezemfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, amandla ahlanzekile noma ukulwa nobuphofu.
The 2022 ukusetshenziswa kwempi bill (i-NDAA noma i-National Defence Authorization Act) eyedlulise iNdlu ngoSepthemba 23 izonikeza ama-dollar ayi-740 billion ePentagon nama- $ 38 billion kweminye iminyango (ikakhulukazi uMnyango Wezamandla wezikhali zenuzi), isamba esingu- $ 778 billion wezempi ukusetshenziswa kwemali, ukwanda okungama- $ 37 billion ngaphezu kwesabelomali samasosha salo nyaka. ISenate maduzane izophikisana ngohlobo lwalo mthethosivivinywa — kepha ungalindeli mpikiswano eningi kakhulu lapho, njengoba iningi lamasenenja “kungamadoda” uma kukhulunywa ngokondla umshini wempi.
Izichibiyelo ezimbili zeNdlu zokwenza ukusikeka okunesizotha zombili zehlulekile: eyodwa ngu-Rep. USara Jacobs ukukhumula $ 24 billion lokho kungezwe esicelweni sesabelomali sikaBiden yiKomidi Lemisebenzi Yezempi; kanye nomunye ngu-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez we-board-the-board Ukusika okungu-10% (ngaphandle kwenkokhelo yezempi nokunakekelwa kwezempilo).
Ngemuva kokulungisa ukwehla kwamandla emali, lesi sabelomali esikhulu ifaniswa nenani eliphakeme lokwakhiwa kwezingalo zikaTrump ngo-2020, futhi ingu-10% kuphela ngaphansi kwe- irekhodi le-post-WWII eyabekwa nguBush II ngo-2008 ngaphansi kwezimpi zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Kunganikeza uJoe Biden umehluko ongaqondakali wokuba ngumongameli wesine emva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi waseMelika ukukhipha ngokweqile bonke abongameli beCold War, kusuka eTruman kuya kuBush I.
Empeleni, uBiden neCongress bavalela ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 100 ngonyaka okwakhiwa izingalo uTrump azivumela ngezakhe izimangalo ezingenangqondo ukuthi Irekhodi lika-Obama Ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi ngandlela-thile kwaqeda amasosha.
Njengokwehluleka kukaBiden ukujoyina ngokushesha i- I-JCPOA ne-Iran, Isikhathi sokwenza isinqumo sokunciphisa isabelomali samasosha kanye nokutshala kabusha izinto eziseqhulwini zasekhaya kwakungamasonto nezinyanga zokuqala zokuphatha kwakhe. Ukungasebenzi kwakhe kulezi zinkinga, njengokudingiswa kwakhe kwezinkulungwane zabantu abafuna ukukhoseliswa, kusikisela ukuthi ujabule kakhulu ngokuqhubeka nezinqubomgomo zikaTrump ze-ultra-hawkish kunalokho azokuvuma esidlangalaleni.
Ku-2019, Uhlelo Lokubonisana Komphakathi e-University of Maryland lwenziwa isifundo lapho itshele khona abantu baseMelika abajwayelekile ngokusilela kwesabelomali sikahulumeni futhi yababuza ukuthi bazoyisingatha kanjani. Umuntu ophendulile ngokwesilinganiso uthande ukusika imali ngama- $ 376 billion, ikakhulukazi ngokukhuphula intela kwabacebile nasezinkampanini, kepha futhi ngokusika isilinganiso sama- $ 51 billion kwisabelomali samasosha.
Ngisho namaRephabliki ayethanda ukusika ama- $ 14 billion, kuyilapho amaDemocrats esekela ukusika okukhulu kakhulu kwe- $ 100 billion. Lokho kungaba ngaphezu kwe- Ukusika okungu-10% ku-Ocasio-Cortez Amendment ehlulekile, okuyi ukusekelwa okuhle kusuka kuma-Democratic Reps angama-86 kuphela futhi waphikiswa ngama-Dems ayi-126 nayo yonke iRepublican.
Iningi lamaDemokhrasi avotele izichibiyelo zokwehlisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali lisavotela ukwedlulisa umthethosivivinywa wokugcina ovuvukele. Ama-Democrats angama-38 kuphela ayezimisele vota ngokumelene umthethosivivinywa wokusetshenziswa kwemali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 778 othi, uma izindaba zeVeterans nezinye izindleko ezihlobene zifakiwe, zizoqhubeka nokudla ngaphezu kwe-60% ukusetshenziswa kwemali ngokubona.
“Uzoyikhokhela kanjani?” Kusobala ukuthi isebenza kuphela “emalini yabantu,” hhayi “emalini yempi.” Ukwenziwa kwenqubomgomo okunengqondo kuzodinga indlela ehlukile. Imali etshalwe kwezemfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo namandla aluhlaza kuwukutshalwa kwemali ngokuzayo, ngenkathi imali yempi inikela ngemali encane noma engenayo imbuyiselo ekutshalweni kwemali ngaphandle kwabenzi bezikhali nosonkontileka bePentagon, njengoba kwaba njalo ngama- $ 2.26 trillion aseMelika imosha on ukufa nokubhujiswa e-Afghanistan.
Ucwaningo yi-Political Economy Research Center e-University of Massachusetts ithole ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kudala imisebenzi embalwa kunanoma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lokusetshenziswa kwemali nguhulumeni. Ithole ukuthi u- $ 1 billion utshale imali embuthweni wezempi isilinganiso semisebenzi eyi-11,200, ngenkathi inani elifanayo elitshaliwe kwezinye izindawo lithela: imisebenzi engama-26,700 17,200 lapho itshalwe kwezemfundo; 16,800 kwezempilo; 15,100 emnothweni oluhlaza; noma imisebenzi eyi-XNUMX yokukhuthaza imali noma ukukhokhelwa kwezenhlalakahle.
Kuyadabukisa ukuthi ukuphela kwendlela ye- Isikhuthazo se-Keynesian lokho okungaphikiswa eWashington kukhiqiza kancane kubantu baseMelika, kanye nokulimaza kakhulu kwamanye amazwe lapho kusetshenziswa khona izikhali. Lezi zinto ezibekwa phambili ezingenangqondo zibonakala zingenangqondo kwezepolitiki kumalungu eDemocratic Congress, abavoti bawo abangaphansi abazonciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezempi ngokwesilinganiso sama- $ 100 billion ngonyaka ngokusekelwe ku ukuvota kwaseMaryland.
Ngakho-ke kungani iCongress ingahambisani nezezifiso zenqubomgomo yakwamanye amazwe ababusayo? Kubhalwe kahle ukuthi amaLungu eCongress axhumana kakhulu nabantu abathandekayo abanikeli bomkhankaso nama-lobbyist ezinkampani kunabantu abasebenzayo ababakhethayo, nokuthi "ithonya elingalungile" le-Eisenhower elidume kabi le-Military-Industrial Complex selibe igxilile ngokwengeziwe futhi ecashile kunanini ngaphambili, njengoba nje esaba.
I-Military-Industrial Complex isebenzisa amaphutha kulokho okungcono uhlelo lwezepolitiki olubuthakathaka, olunenkululeko yentando yeningi ukwedelela intando yomphakathi nokusebenzisa imali yomphakathi ethe xaxa ngezikhali nasemabuthweni ahlomile kunelilandelayo lomhlaba 13 amandla ezempi. Lokhu kubuhlungu ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi lapho izimpi ze- ukubhujiswa okukhulu ezisebenze njengebhaxa lokuchitha lezi zinsiza iminyaka engama-20 ekugcineni, ngokubonga, zingaphela.
Abakhiqizi bezikhali abahlanu abakhulu kunabo bonke base-US (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman kanye neGeneral Dynamics) balinganiselwa ku-40% weminikelo yomkhankaso wezimboni zezikhali, futhi sebebonke bathole ama- $ 2.2 trillion ezinkontilekeni zePentagon kusukela ngo-2001 bekhokhela leyo minikelo. Sekukonke, I-54% yemali esetshenziselwa ezempi iphelela kuma-akhawunti osonkontileka bezempi bezinkampani, ibathola ama- $ 8 trillion kusukela ngo-2001.
IKomidi leNdlu neSenate Armed Services Committee bahlala enkabeni ye-Military-Industrial Complex, kanye neyabo amalungu aphezulu yibo abathola kakhulu imali yezimboni zezikhali kuCongress. Ngakho-ke kungukuyekiswa komsebenzi kozakwabo ukukhokhela izintela zenjoloba zokusebenzisa imali ezenzweni zabo ngaphandle kokubhekisisa, nokuzimela.
The ukuhlanganiswa kwamabhizinisi, Ukuthula nokukhohlakala kwemithombo yezindaba yase-US kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwe "bubble" yaseWashington ezweni langempela nakho kunendima ekunqobeni inqubomgomo yeCongress yezangaphandle.
Kunesinye futhi, isizathu esingaxoxwa kangako ngokunqamuka phakathi kokufunwa ngumphakathi nokuthi iCongress ivota kanjani, futhi lokho kungatholakala isifundo esimangazayo sango-2004 nguMkhandlu waseChicago Wezobudlelwano Namazwe onesihloko esithi "IHholo Lezibuko: Imibono kanye Nemibono Engalungile kuNqubo Yenqubomgomo Yezangaphandle."
I "Ihholo Lemirari”Ucwaningo luthole ngokumangalisayo ukuvumelana okubanzi phakathi kwemibono yenqubomgomo yakwamanye amazwe yabenzi bomthetho nomphakathi, kodwa lokho“ ezimweni eziningi iCongress ivote ngezindlela ezingahambisani nalezi zindawo zokuvumelana. ”
Ababhali benze ukutholwa okuphikisanayo ngemibono yabasebenzi bebandla. “Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi abasebenzi ababenemibono engqubuzana neningi lezakhamizi zabo bakhombisa ukuchema okuqinile ekucabangeni, ngokungeyikho, ukuthi abavoti babo bavumelana nabo,” kusho ucwaningo, `` kuyilapho abasebenzi ababenemibono ehambisana nezindawo zabo kaningi kunokucabanga ukuthi lokhu bekungenjalo. ”
Lokhu bekumangalisa ikakhulukazi kubasebenzi beDemocratic, abebevame ukuqiniseka ukuthi imibono yabo yenkululeko ibabeka embuthanweni womphakathi lapho, empeleni, iningi labo lalihlanganyela imibono efanayo. Njengoba abasebenzi bengqungquthela bengabaluleki abaphambili bamalungu eCongress ezindabeni zomthetho, le mibono eyiphutha idlala indima eyingqayizivele kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle yeCongress elwa nentando yeningi.
Kukonke, ezindabeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ezibalulekile, isilinganiso sama-38% kuphela sabasebenzi bengqungquthela abangakhomba ngokufanele ukuthi ngabe iningi lomphakathi lisekela noma liphikisana nohlu lwezinqubomgomo ezahlukahlukene ababuzwa ngazo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesibalo, ucwaningo luthole ukuthi “imicabango yabantu baseMelika yokuthi amavoti amalungu abo abukeka kanjani engalungile… [Mina] ukungabi bikho kolwazi, kubonakala sengathi abantu baseMelika bathambekele ekucabangeni ukuthi, kaningi ngokungalungile, ukuthi Ilungu livota ngezindlela ezingahambisani nendlela elingathanda ukuthi ilungu lalo livote ngayo.
Akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthi ilungu lomphakathi lithole ukuthi oMele abo uyavota ngendlela abangathanda ngayo noma cha. Imibiko yezindaba ayivamisile ukuxoxa noma ukuxhumanisa namavoti we-roll-call, noma ngabe i-Intanethi ne-Congressional Ihhovisi likaMabhalane kwenze kube lula kunakuqala ukwenza njalo.
Izinhlangano zomphakathi namaqembu ezishoshovu ashicilela amarekhodi okuvota anemininingwane eminingi. Govtrack.us Ivumela abavoti ukuthi babhalisele izaziso ezithunyelwa nge-imeyili zawo wonke ama-roll call call ku-Congress. I-Punch eqhubekayo ilandelela amavoti namazinga Ama-reps wokuthi avota kangaki ezikhundleni "ezinenqubekela phambili", kuyilapho amaqembu ezishoshovu ahlobene nezindaba elandelela futhi abike ngezikweletu azesekayo, njengoba kwenza uCODEPINK ICODEPINK Congress. Vula Izimfihlo inika amandla umphakathi ukulandelela imali kwezepolitiki futhi ubone ukuthi abamele babo babukeka kanjani emikhakheni ehlukene yezinkampani kanye namaqembu enzalo.
Lapho amaLungu eCongress eza eWashington enolwazi oluncane noma engenalo nhlobo inqubomgomo yezangaphandle, njengoba abaningi benza, kufanele bathathe inkathazo yokufunda kanzima emithonjeni ehlukahlukene, ukufuna izeluleko zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ezivela ngaphandle kwe-Military-Industrial Complex ekhohlakele basilethele kuphela impi engapheli, nokulalela ababamele.
The Ihholo Lemirari Ukutadisha kufanele kudingwe ukufundelwa abasebenzi benkongolo, futhi kufanele babheke ukuthi bathambekele kanjani ngokwabo futhi bebonke bathambekele ekuqondeni kabi okuvezwe yilokho.
Amalungu omphakathi kufanele aqaphele ukucabanga ukuthi Abamele abo bavota ngendlela abafuna ngayo, kunalokho benze imizamo emikhulu yokuthola ukuthi bavota kanjani ngempela. Kufanele baxhumane namahhovisi abo njalo ukuze benze amazwi abo azwakale, futhi basebenze nezinhlangano zomphakathi eziphathelene nezinkinga ukubenza baphendule ngamavoti abo ezindabeni abazikhathalelayo.
Sibheke phambili ekulweni kwesabelomali samasosha ngonyaka ozayo nasesikhathini esizayo, kufanele sakhe inhlangano ethandwayo eqinile esenqaba isinqumo esinqabile esimelene nentando yeningi sishintshe sisuke empini enobudlova futhi enegazi, eqhubekisa "impi yokwesaba" iye ekubeni yinto engadingekile futhi esaphazayo kodwa umjaho wezikhali eziyingozi kakhulu neRussia neChina.
Njengoba abanye eCongress beqhubeka nokubuza ukuthi singakwazi kanjani ukunakekela izingane zethu noma siqinisekise impilo yangakusasa kule planethi, inqubekela phambili kwiCongress akumele ibize kuphela ukukhokhisa intela abacebile kepha isike iPentagon – hhayi nje kuma-tweets noma ukuchuma kwezinkulumo, kepha kunqubomgomo yangempela.
Yize kungahle kwephuze kakhulu ukuhlehlisa inkambo kulo nyaka, kumele babeke umugqa esihlabathini kwisabelomali sezempi sangonyaka ozayo esibonisa lokho okufiswa umphakathi kanye nezwe elikudinga kakhulu kangaka: ukubuyisela emuva umshini wempi owonakalisayo, ophikisayo tshala imali kwezokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nesimo sezulu esisebenzisekayo, hhayi amabhomu nama-F-35.
UMedea uBenjamin uhlanganisa CODEPINK for Ukuthula, nombhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nezombangazwe YeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Islamic yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi we-CODEPINK kanye nomlobi we Igazi Ngezandla Zethu: Ukuhlasela KweMelika nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.
