{"id":6413,"date":"2012-01-24T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/editorial-skewed-priorities\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:49","slug":"editorial-skewed-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/editorial-skewed-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: Prioridades sesgadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 8px;\">\n<p>No se puede hablar del d\u00e9ficit federal sin mencionar la guerra en Afganist\u00e1n. El senador Jeff Merkley hizo ambas cosas durante su discurso en el Foro de Columbia el mi\u00e9rcoles por la noche. El senador Merkley tom\u00f3 el gasto anual en la guerra de Afganist\u00e1n ($120 mil millones) y lo dividi\u00f3 en empleos que podr\u00edan crearse trabajando en la infraestructura del pa\u00eds que est\u00e1 atrasada en mantenimiento o reparaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Los comentarios de Merkley recordaron lo que el entonces congresista Brian Baird le dijo a un grupo dentro de la Escuela Chinook hace unos cinco a\u00f1os. Los electores de Baird estaban restaurando la escuela como un centro comunitario. Se preguntaron si podr\u00eda haber dinero federal para las artes o el desarrollo comunitario disponible para su proyecto. \u201cSi estuvieras en Afganist\u00e1n, podr\u00eda ayudarte\u201d, dijo Baird.<\/p>\n<p>No fue una respuesta jocosa. Un proyecto de escuela o infraestructura en ese pa\u00eds de Medio Oriente ha obtenido una clasificaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s alta que el nuestro. Merkley habl\u00f3 despectivamente de la infructuosa \u201cconstrucci\u00f3n de una naci\u00f3n\u201d en el centro de la aventura de Afganist\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Ahora estamos en un per\u00edodo de austeridad, como declara Thomas Edsall en un nuevo libro, The Age Of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics. Eso sugiere que se financiar\u00e1n a\u00fan menos proyectos nacionales. Ese resultado tiene un significado especial para nuestra regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Muchos habitantes del Noroeste \u2013especialmente los conservadores fiscales renacidos\u2013 no se dan cuenta de que el Noroeste del Pac\u00edfico es una criatura del gobierno federal. Fue el gasto federal el que cre\u00f3 ese sistema hidroel\u00e9ctrico y el sistema de carreteras interestatales lo que llev\u00f3 la econom\u00eda agr\u00edcola a la manufactura e incluso a la electr\u00f3nica. En la desembocadura del r\u00edo Columbia, es imposible mirar en cualquier direcci\u00f3n y no ver dinero federal: la expedici\u00f3n de Lewis y Clark, Fort Stevens, Fort Columbia, los embarcaderos en la desembocadura del r\u00edo Columbia, el dragado continuo, la costa de Estados Unidos. Guardia.<\/p>\n<p>Las guerras en Irak y Afganist\u00e1n han sido inmensamente costosas, rivalizando con el costo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Los contratistas privados se han beneficiado enormemente de las guerras, pero el estadounidense promedio no. El senador Merkley tiene raz\u00f3n al instar a un r\u00e1pido fin de nuestra ocupaci\u00f3n de Afganist\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You cannot talk about the federal deficit without mentioning the war in Afghanistan. Sen. Jeff Merkley did both during his talk to the Columbia Forum last Wednesday night. Sen. 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