Ua haʻi aku nā mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ko mākou ʻāina i ko lākou kūʻokoʻa mai ka mea a lākou i manaʻo ai he aliʻi aliʻi ʻino ma ʻEnelani. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau keneturi ma hope mai, ʻaʻole he aupuni ʻē ke aupuni aliʻi ʻino o kēia lā. He papa billionaire ʻAmelika i loaʻa ka mana hoʻokele waiwai a me ka politika i ko mākou ola a pau.
Inā ʻaʻole mākou e hōʻemi i ka nui o ka waiwai a me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka loaʻa kālā, ke ʻole mākou e hoʻopau i ka hiki o ka poʻe waiwai nui ke kūʻai aku i nā koho balota, e hele maikaʻi ana ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e lilo i ʻano oligarchic o ke kaiāulu kahi kokoke i nā mana āpau i ka papa billionaire.
I ka makahiki 2014, ua loaʻa i ka US ka mahele like ʻole o ka waiwai a me ka loaʻa kālā o kekahi ʻāina nui ma ka honua. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia like ʻole ma mua o kēlā me kēia manawa i ka mōʻaukala o ko mākou ʻāina mai ka makahiki 1928. I kēia lā, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka 1 ka mea nona ka 37 pakeneka o ka nui o ka waiwai o kēia ʻāina. He 60 pakeneka wale nō o ka waiwai o ko kākou lāhui i ka 1.7 pakeneka.
I ka manawa he $5,000 ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻohana ma mua o ka makahiki 1999, ua pālua ka waiwai o ka poʻe 400 billionaires kiʻekiʻe ma kēia ʻāina i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. ʻO ka 1 pakeneka kiʻekiʻe ka mea nona ka waiwai ma mua o ka 90 pakeneka o nā ʻAmelika a me hoʻokahi ʻohana, ʻo ka ʻohana Walton o Wal-Mart, nona ka waiwai ʻoi aku ma mua o ka 40 pakeneka o nā ʻAmelika.
Ma ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka 1 pakeneka ma mua o ka 50 pakeneka lalo. Mai ka Great Recession o 2008, 95 pakeneka o nā loaʻa kālā a pau ma US ua hele i ka 1 pakeneka kiʻekiʻe. ʻOiai ua ʻoi aku ka waiwai o ka poʻe waiwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe ʻAmelika e noho ʻilihune ana ma mua o nā manawa a pau o ko kākou lāhui. I kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka hapa o ka poʻe ʻAmelika ma lalo o $ 10,000. Loaʻa iā mākou ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka ʻilihune kamaliʻi - 22 pakeneka - ma mua o nā ʻāina nui ma ka honua.
ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli i hala aku nei, ua ʻike ʻo Pelekikena Theodore Roosevelt i ka pōʻino o ka waiwai nui a me ka like ʻole o ka loaʻa kālā a me ke ʻano o ka pono waiwai a me ka politika o ka ʻāina. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hilinaʻi nui o kona manawa, ua hakakā ʻo ia no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻauhau waiwai holomua e hōʻemi i ka nui o ka waiwai i noho i ka makahiki Gilded.
"ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o ka mokuʻāina kūpono, a, ʻoi aku hoʻi, ka ʻāina, ke kāohi ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā kūpono ʻole ua hana i kahi papa liʻiliʻi o nā kānaka waiwai nui a ikaika hoʻi i ka ʻoihana, nona ka pahuhopu nui e paʻa a hoʻonui i ko lākou mana," wahi a ka Pelekikena Repubalika. . "ʻO ka waiwai nui maoli, ka waiwai pehu, ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kona nui e loaʻa ai nā ʻano ʻokoʻa e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia ma ke ʻano a me ke kiʻekiʻe mai nā mea i hala ʻia e nā kānaka liʻiliʻi. No laila, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au… he ʻauhau hoʻoilina i puka ʻia ma luna o nā waiwai nui, i mālama pono ʻia i ka pale ʻana a me ka hoʻonui wikiwiki ʻana i ka nui me ka nui o ka waiwai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Roosevelt i kēlā mau ʻōlelo ma ʻAukake 31, 1910. Ua ʻoi aku ka pili o kēia mau lā.
ʻO ka ʻauhau waiwai holomua ma luna o nā miliona miliona a me nā piliona kālā ke ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻemi ai i ka like ʻole o ka waiwai, e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kā mākou $17 trillion aie aupuni a hoʻonui i nā kumuwaiwai e pono ai mākou no ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka ʻoihana, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i mālama ʻole ʻia.
E hoopuka koke ana au i kanawai e:
• Kāhea i ka hoʻolālā ʻauhau ʻauhau holomua i hiki i ka poʻe waiwai nui ke uku i kā lākou ʻauhau kūpono. ʻO ka uku ʻauhau no ka waiwai o kahi waiwai ma luna o $3.5 miliona a ma lalo o $10 miliona he 40 pakeneka. ʻO ka auhau ma ka waiwai o nā ʻāina ma luna o $10 miliona a ma lalo o $50 miliona he 50 pakeneka, a ʻo ka ʻauhau ma ka waiwai o nā ʻāina ma luna o $50 miliona he 55 pakeneka.
• E hoʻokomo i ka ʻauhau ʻoi aku o ka piliona kālā he 10 pakeneka. E pili ana kēia ʻauhau ma ka waiwai o nā ʻāina i ʻoi aku ma mua o $1 biliona i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 500 o nā ʻohana waiwai loa ma ʻAmelika i ʻoi aku ma mua o $2 trillion.
• Hoʻopili i nā puka ʻauhau ʻāina i ʻae i ka poʻe waiwai e pale aku i ka ʻauhau ʻāina. Ua hoʻohana kekahi o ka poʻe ʻAmelika waiwai loa ma kēia ʻāina i nā puka i loko o ke code ʻauhau e pale aku ai i ka uku ʻana i kahi $100 biliona ma ka ʻauhau waiwai mai ka makahiki 2000. E pani kaʻu bila i kēlā mau puka.
• Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka $3.5 miliona mua o ka waiwai mai ka ʻauhau federal ($ 7 miliona no nā kāne), ʻo ia ka hoʻokuʻu like i loaʻa i ka makahiki 2009. Ma lalo o kēia kānāwai, ʻaʻole ʻo 99.75 pakeneka o nā ʻAmelika e uku i hoʻokahi peni ma ka ʻauhau waiwai.
E hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia kānāwai ma mua o 99.7 pakeneka o nā ʻAmelika mai ka uku ʻana i ka ʻauhau ʻāina me ka hōʻoia ʻana e uku ka poʻe ʻAmelika waiwai loa i kā lākou ʻāpana kūpono.
Ua ʻae au me ke Kakauolelo Lapa mua ʻo Robert Reich nāna i kākau, ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia kānāwai, ʻo ʻAmelika "ke hana nei i kahi aristocracy o ka waiwai i noho ʻia e nā hoʻoilina ʻaʻole pono e hana no ke ola akā he mana nui i ke ʻano o ka waiwai waiwai o ka lāhui. hoʻonoho ʻia." Ua pololei ʻo ia i ke kāhea ʻana i ka manaʻo aʻu i waiho ai "he hana hoʻokipa i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kēia ʻano." E hakakā pū kākou e ʻike i ka hoʻokō ʻia.
Hāʻawi kālā ʻia ʻo ZNetwork ma o ka lokomaikaʻi o kāna poʻe heluhelu.
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Perhaps this article is intended to demonstrate the folly of redistributive schemes within a capitalist system. Public wealth management is this answer, not private wealth confiscation. Sanders proposes yet another bag man for the king scheme. Can anyone demonstrate a correlation between this neo-stamp act nonsense and the actual improvement of life for those at the bottom?
Hoʻokahi mea hou. Me he mea lā ke hoʻomaka nei nā conservatives i nā kamaʻilio collectivist ma ka nīnau wale ʻana i ka nīnau: ʻO ka kuleana pilikino o EVERYTHING ka pane maikaʻi loa?
It’s curious that someone who supports Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and war in the Middle East in general, is given a platform on Znet from which to propagate his populist progressive rhetoric. As if Sanders, along with Elizabeth Warren, represent some meaningful hopeful change. Can’t an anti-capitalist Left website provide better narratives than this.
Surely Sanders must know we already have an oligarchic society, a plutocracy. How could anyone spend as many years in the senate has he has and not know this, unless they too are as thoroughly indoctrinated. Sanders’ legislative bullet points will never survive the senate and he knows it, which makes the whole thing a deceit.
John, thanx for pointing out the ploys of fox in the hen house.. I don’t get what ZNet is trying to do here. Maybe supporting a “Progressive” in a run for the 2016 campaign? …very weak on their part (let alone on Huffington Post). Reading this article twice didn’t change my inkling about this man. Shallow is his Platform that supports the poor and the oppressed when you consider his entire record. A thorough read of the following article:
http://socialistworker.org/2006-2/610/610_11_BernieSanders.shtml
He mea koʻikoʻi loa ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana i kahi hoʻolaha Sanders.