A duniyar hauka ta yau, ma’aikatan da ba su biya albashi ba suna ceto bankuna da kamfanonin da ake biya fiye da kima, shugabannin da ba su biya haraji ba, wadanda suke nonon kamfanoninsu da kasarmu kamar shanun kudi.
Yayin da ma'aikata a fadin Amurka ke rasa ayyukan yi, gidaje da inshorar lafiya, Merrill Lynch ya biya kusan ma'aikata 700 fiye da dala miliyan 1 kowanne a cikin kari a bara, wanda ya kai dala biliyan 3.6 na bonanza yayin da Merrill ya yi asarar dala biliyan 27.
Ma'aikata sun yi sadaukarwa tsawon shekaru. Matsakaicin albashin ma’aikata bai kai na shekarar 1973 ba, amma shugabannin gudanarwa da sauran attajiran Amurka ba wai kawai suna da yawa ba, suna biyan haraji kaɗan.
Matsakaicin ma'aikata na cikakken lokaci sun yi $41,198 a 1973 da $37,606 a 2008, an daidaita su don hauhawar farashin kaya.
Shuwagabannin sun samu karin ma'aikata sau 45 a 1973 kuma sama da sau 300 fiye da ma'aikata yanzu. Babban adadin haraji shine 70% a cikin 1973 kuma kawai 35% yanzu; masu biyan haraji suna biyan mafi girma akan kaso na kudin shiga da ake biyan haraji wanda ya fadi a cikin mafi girman sashi kuma suna biyan ƙananan ƙimar s akan kuɗin shiga ƙasa da wancan. Matsakaicin babban kuɗin da aka samu akan siyar da hannun jari da sauran kadarori shine 36.5% a cikin 1973 kuma 15% yanzu.
Biyan kuɗi na rashin hankali da raguwar haraji sun haifar da babban rabon kuɗin shiga da dukiya daga ma'aikata zuwa manyan jami'ai, masu kula da asusun shinge da sauran masu arziki 1%.
A shekara ta 2006, 1% mafi arziki sun karu da kason kudin shiga na al'umma zuwa matsayi na biyu mafi girma a tarihi. Shekara guda mafi girma ita ce 1928 - a jajibirin Babban Mawuyacin hali.
Dangane da sabon bayanan IRS, ban da kudin shiga na riba daga haraji daga asusun gwamnati da na ƙananan hukumomi, mafi yawan masu biyan haraji 400 suna da matsakaicin matsakaicin matsakaicin babban kuɗin shiga na dala miliyan 263 kowannensu akan dawo da harajin kuɗin shiga na tarayya a 2006 - sama da $221 miliyan a 2005 kuma Dala miliyan 67 a 1992, an daidaita don hauhawar farashin kaya.
Ka tuna, wannan shine kudin shiga na shekara-shekara, ba dukiyar da aka tara ba. Dala miliyan 263 na zuwa sama da dala miliyan 5 a mako.
A cikin 2006, 400 ultrarich an biya su a matsakaicin adadin 17% - ƙasa daga 26% a 1992. ultrarich suna samun mafi yawan kudaden shiga daga ribar babban jari. An yanke harajin babban birnin daga kashi 28 cikin 1992 zuwa kashi 20 cikin 1997 kuma an sake rage kashi 15 cikin dari a shekara ta 2003.
Abin da ya fi muni shi ne, attajirai suna yawan zamba a haraji. Forbes kwanan nan ya ba da rahoto game da wani binciken da aka yi amfani da bayanan IRS wanda ke nuna cewa masu biyan haraji da ke da kuɗin shiga tsakanin $ 500,000 da dala miliyan 1 a shekara sun gaza daidaita yawan kuɗin da suke samu da kashi 21% a cikin 2001, idan aka kwatanta da 8% na waɗanda ke samun $ 50,000 zuwa $ 100,000, da ƙananan rates ga waɗanda ke samun riba. Kadan.
Ya kamata mu kara haraji a sama don haka manyan attajiran kasar nan su daina biyan mafi karancin albashi fiye da ma’aikata kuma mu fara dawo da tashin hankali na rashin daidaito maimakon karfafa shi. Shirin Shugaba Obama na ƙaddamar da biyan kuɗin dalar Amurka $500,000 ga manyan jami'ai a kamfanoni akan aikin gwamnati ya fi kyau fiye da yadda yake, wanda ke shafar kamfanoni kaɗan kuma cike da madogara.
Aƙalla, bai kamata shugaba Obama ya jinkirta maido da mafi girman harajin zuwa kashi 39.6% da aka yi rinjaye a shekara ta 2000. Rage harajin Bush ya ceci kashi 1% kusan rabin dala tiriliyan tsakanin 2001 da 2008, in ji Citizens for Tax Justice.
Dala biliyan 79.5 na rage haraji na sama da kashi 1% a cikin 2008 ya zarce kasafin kuɗin Ma'aikatar Ilimi da Kare Muhalli. A cikin 2008, = 2 0 ya ɗauki kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara fiye da $ 462,000 kawai don shiga saman kashi 1.
Har ma mafi kyau, ya kamata mu ƙara babban adadin 50% akan kuɗin shiga sama da $ 1 miliyan, kamar yadda Netflix Shugaba Reed Hastings ya ba da shawarar da sauransu.
Mutanen da dala miliyan 1 da sama da su ke biyan kuɗin shekara-shekara ya kamata su biya ƙarin don haka mutanen da dala miliyan ɗaya abin arziki ne na rayuwa ba dole ba ne.
Idan ba mu fara biyan harajin masu arziki a yanzu ba, to, za ku iya tabbatar da cewa dutsen bashin da aka yi ta hanyar rage haraji da kuma bailout za a yi amfani da shi don fitar da "sake fasalin haƙƙin mallaka." Siffofin tsaro na ƙarshe na ma'aikata - Tsaron Jama'a da Medicare - za su kasance a kan toshe don biyan kuɗaɗen da ke da haƙƙin tattalin arzikinmu.
Holly Sklar marubucin marubucin "Mafi ƙarancin albashi: Yayi kyau ga Ma'aikata, Kasuwanci da makomarmu" (www.letjusticeroll.org) da kuma "Ɗaukaka bene: albashi da manufofin da ke aiki ga dukanmu." Ana iya samun ta a [email kariya].