Source: Consortium News
CʻO ka hiki ʻole o ongress ke hōʻike maoli i nā kānaka ola maoli o ʻAmelika, i hui pū ʻia me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻokele waiwai e uku ai i ka nele o ke aloha a me ka nui o ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ua lawe mai iā mākou i kahi manawa pōʻeleʻele i ka wā e hiki mai ana ke kai eʻe o ka pōʻino kālā, ʻilihune a me nā kipaku ʻana i nā hale kiaʻi. ko makou mau poo, ke keakea nei i ka la.
Hiki koke mai nā kipaku e hiki mai ana kik 28 miliona kanaka/ʻohana mai ko lakou mau home aku. No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, he ʻumi miliona wale nō ka poʻe i nalowale i ko lākou mau home i ka wā o ka pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai o 2008, a ua manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo ana ʻo ia ka mea pupule loa e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka mea a mākou e kū nei i kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pupule, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana i nā pae Charlie Sheen. (Aneane au e kākau i “Kanye West level” akā ʻo nā mea a pau āna e hana ai, ʻo ia ka manaʻolana e ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka pāpaho, a ʻaʻole au e hāʻule i laila. … Shit.
No ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ke kai eʻe e hiki mai ana no ka home home ʻole, pono mākou e hoʻopau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki i ko mākou aupuni ke hoʻopakele i nā kānaka a mālama iā lākou i ko lākou mau home. ʻAʻole wale lākou i hoʻopakele i nā panakō nui a me Wall Street i ke kani o $4.25 Trillion, akā ma luna o ka Pentagon ma luna o $ 21 Trillion o nā hoʻololi ʻike ʻole ʻia i kā lākou mau puke i nā makahiki he 20 i hala. ʻO kēia ka ʻōlelo – nui ke kālā.
ʻO ke kālā he manaʻo, manaʻo, manaʻoʻiʻo metaphysical, a ʻo ia ka manawa kiʻekiʻe e ʻike ai mākou i ka manaʻo ʻole o ke aupuni US. E like me kā Alan Watts i ʻōlelo ai: ʻAʻole he mea ke kālā, he ana ia. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole lawa ke kālā e hana ai, ua like ia me ka ʻōlelo a ka mea kūkulu hale ʻaʻole lawa nā iniha e kūkulu i hale. Loaʻa iā ia ka lāʻau, nā kui a me nā hamare. He ʻīniha wale nō ʻo ia.
Hiki i ke aupuni US ke hāʻawi maʻalahi i kēlā me kēia ʻAmelika $ 2,000 i hoʻokahi mahina no ka wā e hiki mai ana, kahi e mālama ai i nā mea āpau i ko lākou mau home a me nā hale. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua koho ʻo Canada hāʻawi $2,000 i ka mahina i ka poe i nele i ka hana no ka ma'i ma'i.
Akā, e haʻalele i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua lawa ke kālā. ʻAʻole ʻo ia kā mākou e kūkākūkā ai.
Ua lawa no hoi na hale kaawale. E like me 2018, aia ma kahi o 1.5 miliona mau hale hakahaka ma ka ʻāina. E hoohalike i ka mea i manaoia 553,742 poʻe home ʻole i kēlā me kēia pō. No laila ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi, ʻekolu mau hale kaʻawale no kēlā me kēia kanaka ʻole. ʻekolu. ʻAʻole ia he helu no nā keʻena kaʻawale, nā yachts, nā hale moe, nā lumi moe keu, nā hale kaʻa, condos, cubbyholes, attic spaces, basements, barns, pool houses, and walk-in refrigerators.
Inā hoʻohana ʻia kēlā mau wahi hakahaka no ka hale ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe o mākou ke laki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ko mākou mau hale ponoʻī, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i kahi ʻokoʻa koe wale nō ka nalowale ʻana o ka home ʻole. He mea ia a mākou e kamaʻilio ai ma ke ʻano "hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā" e like me nā lipine VHS, nā hōʻike pāʻani e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kūʻai, a me ka launa pū ʻana ʻaʻole i pili i nā hoʻāʻo koko a me ka loiloi Instagram.
ʻAʻohe poʻe hou ma ke alanui, ʻaʻohe makaʻu ʻē aʻe e loaʻa mai kahi pōʻino iki iā ʻoe a i ʻole kou ʻohana ma lalo o ke alahaka e hāʻawi ana i kahi kāne i kou lole komo no ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi sanwī. E pau ana kela pupule.
A ʻo ka helu e hiki mai ana o ka hoʻokuke ʻia—28 miliona—ʻaʻole ia e helu i ka nui o ka poʻe e noho nei i loko o nā pilina weliweli no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kūʻai i kahi no lākou iho, nā male weliweli a me nā hoʻonohonoho ola ʻē aʻe. (E like me kahi keiki 25 makahiki e noho pū me kona makuahine nāna e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kona mau wāwae ma luna o kahi moe i kēlā me kēia pō i ka nānā ʻana i ka Wheel of Fortune a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka sopa e pilau ana i ke kupapaʻu raccoon pala. pono e hāʻawi ʻia i kahi keʻena he 25 makahiki.)
Akā, e hoʻihoʻi hou aʻe kāua a nīnau i nā palaka lolo i hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou mai kā mākou ʻenekinia kaiaulu. No ke aha e noho ʻole ai kekahi no ka lawa ʻole o ke kālā? Wahi a kekahi poʻe me ka huhū, "No ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i hana nui, no laila pono lākou e noho ʻole. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia 'o ka hana hana' - a ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kēia ʻāina! ʻO George Washington kekahi mea ʻo Ford Motor Company. ʻAe!”
ʻAe, he wahi maikaʻi kēlā koe—ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole. ʻAʻole pilikia ka hana paʻakikī o kekahi i loko o ko kākou kaiaulu. E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā keiki kālā hilinaʻi waiwai haumia a pau e noho ana ma luna o kā lākou hoki i ka lā a pau e puhi ana i ka mauʻu ma waho o ka ʻiʻo o ka lemur exotic. Ua waiwai naʻe lākou. ʻEhia ka nui o nā wahine a i ʻole nā kāne pāʻani e hoʻomaha mau ana ma ka loko wai e hoʻomoe mau ana i kā lākou ʻōpala i ka lā? ʻAʻole lākou hana ikaika. ʻEhia ka nui o nā "lālā o ka papa" i uku ʻia i nā haneli haneli e noho ma ka papa a hele i hoʻokahi kelepona ʻaha kūkā i hoʻokahi mahina?
Eia kekahi, e noʻonoʻo i ka poʻe e hana maoli ana no kā lākou waiwai - e like me ke CEO - ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻoe e hana lākou i kahi tausani manawa ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe a i ʻole ka mea holoi kīʻaha a i ʻole ka mea eli lanahu? ʻAʻole naʻe. He aha ka hana paʻakikī loa ma ka honua? E ʻoki ana paha i ka asbestos mai loko mai o kahi hale kanu hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻino ma Phoenix, Arizona i ka wela 110-degere me nā lako palekana kūpono ʻole.
Manaʻo ʻoe e uku ʻia kēlā mau kāne i ka uku kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua no ka mea ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī? ʻAʻole! Laki lākou inā loaʻa nā niho. Laki lākou inā lōʻihi kā lākou hoʻomaha ʻaina awakea no ka sandwich a he mimi.
ʻAʻole hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika i ka hana paʻakikī. E wehe i kou poʻo i ka hoʻonohonoho pono ʻana o kēia hui. Pono nā mea a pau me ka hale ma luna o ko lākou poʻo. Pono e loaʻa i kēlā me kēia keiki ka hoʻonaʻauao paʻa. Pono kēlā me kēia kanaka e inu i ka wai maʻemaʻe ʻono. ʻO ka maikaʻi ke kū'ē i nā mea a mākou e hana nei maʻaneʻi.
Akā, liʻiliʻi loa kēia kūkākūkā i loko o kā mākou moʻomeheu. Ke hoʻomākaukau nei nā panakō a me nā konohiki e hoʻokuke i nā ʻohana 28 miliona. ʻAʻole like ia e kūʻai hou aku ka panakō i kēlā mau hale i ka wā o ke kaumaha e hiki mai ana i ka maʻi maʻi. ʻAʻole. E noho kaʻawale kēlā mau hale, e like me ka 10 miliona mau hale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā o ka 2008 Great Recession i noho ʻole no nā mahina inā ʻaʻole mau makahiki. No laila, ʻo ke kumu o ka kipaku ʻana i ka poʻe i waho, ʻo ia wale nō… um… e hoʻomaopopo i ka home ʻole lākou? Pehea e hiki ai ke hoʻomaopopo?
Inā ʻo ka pahuhopu ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kaiāulu maikaʻi a hana, he mea kūpono ʻole ke kipaku ʻana i nā kānaka mai ko lākou mau hale. E pōʻino nā ʻohana. E pilikia ana nā keiki. E hiki mai ana ka hemo ana. Ka pepehi kanaka. Hoʻohui. ʻO ka overdoses. ʻAʻohe o ia mea maikaʻi no ke kaiāulu. ʻAʻohe mea kōkua iki iā ʻAmelika. No laila ka ʻoiaʻiʻo aloha ʻO ka mea e hana ai, ʻo ke koi ʻana i hale no nā mea a pau.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi no ke kaiāulu ʻo ia ka ʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe i ko lākou mau home, hiki ke hoʻonaʻauao a ulu ma ke ʻano he kanaka. He aha ka mea i loaʻa i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ulu kanaka no kēlā me kēia kanaka?
Hoʻopaʻapaʻa paha kekahi, "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻae i ka poʻe e noho ma ko lākou mau home no ka mea pono mākou e aʻo iā lākou i ke kuleana pilikino." ʻO ia ka manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa a kēlā me kēia poʻe malihini Fox News no ka luaʻi e kuha me ka noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole hiki ke kuleana no kekahi mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia e hele mai ana. Ua ʻike anei kekahi i ka hele ʻana mai o kēia maʻi maʻi? Ua hoʻomākaukau anei kekahi me ke aupuni no ia mea?
ʻAʻole. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopakele mākou i nā ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa, ka ʻoihana mokulele no hoʻokahi. Ua hāʻawi wale ʻia nā piliona kālā iā lākou. Pehea ka ʻokoʻa o nā poʻo o nā mokulele mai kahi mea hale i nalowale i kāna hana ma ka maʻi maʻi? ʻAʻohe ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole anei ʻo nā Luna Nui o ka mokulele ka poʻe i kipaku ʻia—i waiho ʻia ma ke alanui e moe ana i loko o kahi pahu?
Ma luna o kēia mau mea a pau—a ʻo kēia wahi ka mea e puhi maoli ai i ka lua i loko o kou pālule—ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i nā kānaka i ko lākou mau home. ʻo kahi laʻana, wahi a ka Hawaii Post, “Ua hoʻolilo ʻo Utah ma ka awelika $20,000 i kēlā me kēia kanaka home ʻole. No laila, no ka ʻoki ʻana i kēlā mau kumukūʻai - akā no ka 'hoʻopakele ola,' ... hoʻomaka ka mokuʻāina e hoʻonohonoho i kēlā me kēia kanaka home ʻole me kona hale ponoʻī.
Ua hana. I ka makahiki 2015, ua ʻoki lākou i ka home ʻole ma 91 pakeneka a mālama i ke kālā mokuʻāina. Eia naʻe, mai ia manawa, ua piʻi hou ka home ʻole. He paʻakikī ke haʻi i ke kumu, akā hoʻokahi alakaʻi o a Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Utah food pantry, "ʻO ka hewa a mākou i hana ai ʻo ke kāpae ʻana i [ka papahana]."
ʻAe, kēlā hiki ʻo ia ke kumu. Ua ʻike nā luna kānāwai o Utah pehea e hoʻopau ai i ka home ʻole… a laila ho'ōki lākou i ka hana ʻana pēlā! (No ke aha ma kēia ʻāina e holo ai mākou me ka uē ʻana mai kēlā me kēia manaʻo nui e like me ka puʻu o nā nalo huhū a makemake nā mea āpau e kamaʻilio me mākou e pili ana i ka ʻinikua ola??)
No laila, eia nā mea hoʻonā. He pono kanaka ka hale. Ua lawa ko makou mau hale. Ua lawa kā mākou mau mea. Ua lawa na dala a lawa iniha. ʻAʻole pono ia he hale akua, akā pono i kēlā me kēia kanaka ke kaupaku ma luna o ko lākou poʻo a me nā pā maikaʻi ʻehā. ʻO Gehena, naʻu nō e hoʻololi—ʻelua a me ka hapa pā maikaʻi.
ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole lawa nā hale a mākou e hana ai, hiki iā mākou i kēia manawa Paʻi 3D i hale i loko o nā hola. (ʻOiai ʻo ia ke omo i ka wā e paʻi ai ka paʻi. Paʻa pū kēlā mau hale a pau i ka pā.)
ʻO ka manaʻo, mai haʻi iaʻu ʻaʻole lawa nā hale a me nā keʻena no kēlā me kēia. Nā ʻīlio a Paris Hilton Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hale $325,000! ʻAʻole wau e ʻakaʻaka. No nā ʻīlio wale nō. ʻO ia kā mākou e ʻōlelo ai, me ka huhū haʻahaʻa. (E manaʻo wau - ua hana ikaika kēlā mau ʻīlio e hele i ko lākou wahi.)
ʻO ka hopena hou aʻe, ʻo ia ke kaua ʻana i nā kipaku e hiki mai ana. Mai ʻae i nā mana e kīkē i kou mau hoaaloha a me nā hoalauna ma ke alanui. He moʻolelo ikaika ko mākou ma kēia ʻāina o ka hakakā ʻana me nā konohiki a me ka hana ʻino o nā kipaku ʻana, e like me Kaua hoʻolimalima o 1932 ma ka Bronx, a me ka ʻO Chicago Eviction Riots o 1931.
ʻAʻole koho wale ka hakakā ʻana, he kuleana. Inā ikaika ʻoe e pale aku i ka ʻenekinia kaiapili pili waiwai e hānai ʻia nei mākou i kēlā me kēia lā o ko mākou ola, a laila e ʻike koke ʻoe he pono kanaka ka hale.
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