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I kēia manawa, hoʻolilo nā ʻoihana a me nā mea waiwai nui i nā miliona e hoʻopau i ka hoʻolālā Build Back Better a Pelekikena Biden. Ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona, paʻakikī lākou i ka hana e mālama i kā mākou mau luna i koho ʻia mai ke kōkua ʻana i ko mākou ʻāina e hoʻōla mai ka maʻi maʻi.
Hōʻike mai ke koho balota iā mākou ua piha ka hoʻolālā o Biden i nā mea a ka poʻe e makemake ai: nā kumukūʻai lāʻau haʻahaʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama olakino, kahi ʻekekema ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me nā hoʻopukapuka hoʻihoʻi i ko mākou kaiāulu. ʻEkolu mai ʻehā mau mea koho Kākoʻo i kēia bila a me ka waihona kālā, akā, ke hakakā nei nā ʻoihana e hoʻōki. No ke aha mai?
ʻO ia no ka mea ʻo ka poʻe waiwai liʻiliʻi, ma hope o nā trillions i ka ʻoki ʻauhau a me nā hāʻawi i ka wā o ka hoʻokele hope, makemake lākou i ka like ʻole e lilo i ʻāpana mau o ke ola ʻAmelika. Makemake lākou i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o lākou a me mākou e like me ka maʻamau - me ka wai lepo a me ka ea, ke piʻi ʻana o ka mahana, a me nā hale kūpono ʻole, ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me ke olakino.
ʻAʻole ʻae ka People's Action, kaʻu hui i kēia ʻike. Manaʻo mākou hiki iā mākou ke hana maikaʻi, hui pū.
Ma ke ʻano he hui lālā nui loa o ka ʻāina, me ka ʻoi aku o ka miliona mau lālā ma 32 mau mokuʻāina, ʻike mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana me kahi lumi no nā mea a pau, kahi e ulu ai kēlā me kēia. Akā ʻaʻole e hiki mai kēia ke ʻole mākou e hana i nā hoʻopukapuka lōʻihi e pono ai ko mākou kaiāulu. ʻO ka hoʻolālā Build Back Better kahi uku hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma kā mākou hōʻike hou, Ma hope o ka pale: ʻo ka ʻoihana hui e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka Democracy, ʻike mākou i ka mea e hoʻolilo nui ana e hoʻopau i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻolālā Biden: me nā ʻauhau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā kumu kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, mālama olakino, hale, a me ka neʻe ʻana, a me nā hoʻopukapuka nui i nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ko mākou kaiapuni.
Kapa mākou i nā mea hana ʻino a hōʻike i ke ʻano o kā lākou hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i kā mākou demokala a me kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai. A puni ka ʻāina, ke lawe nei kā mākou mau lālā i kēia leka i nā puka o nā hui e haʻi iā lākou ua lawa mākou.
He iwakālua hui a me kā lākou hui - alakaʻi ʻia e ka US Chamber of Commerce, Blue Cross Blue Shield, a me ka National Association of Realtors - ua lilo ma luna o $ 201 miliona ma ka lobbying a hiki i kēia makahiki.
ʻO nā ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka mālama olakino wale nō - ka mea e kūʻē i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka hoʻokele Biden e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai lāʻau a hoʻonui i ka uhi olakino - ua lilo i $ 171 miliona ma 2021 ma ka lobbying, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana lākou i 1,500 lobbyists ma Wakinekona - ʻekolu no kēlā me kēia lālā o ka Congress.
I kēia manawa, uku nā kānaka ma ʻAmelika i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua no nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka mālama olakino. ʻAʻole pololei kēlā!
Ua nui ka nānā ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai o ka hoʻolālā Build Back Better: $3.5 trillion ma luna o 10 mau makahiki. Akā, ʻaʻole ia ka hoʻolimalima deficit - ua kālā ʻia e ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻauhau no ka poʻe waiwai loa. A ʻae ka poʻe akamai e uku ka pūʻolo nona iho.
E hoʻoikaika ia i ka hana waiwai, ʻaʻole e like me ka hōʻemi ʻauhau ʻo Donald Trump i ka makahiki 2017, e hoʻohui ana i $2.3 trillion i ka aie aupuni. Ma muli o ka hopena pololei o nā makana a Trump, Ua hiki i nā ʻohana waiwai nui loa he 82 ke pale aku i ka uku ʻana ma luna o $1 biliona ma nā ʻauhau, a he nui nā hui nui e uku ʻole i ka ʻauhau.
E hoʻohuli ka hoʻolālā Build Back Better i nā makana a Trump e hoʻonui i ke kālā no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pono olakino a me kahi hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau keiki mau. Loaʻa nā kālā hou aʻe ma ka ʻae ʻana iā Medicare a me ka 'Oihana Ola a me nā lawelawe kanaka e kūkākūkā i nā kumukūʻai lāʻau e mālama i $450 biliona a e hoemi i na kumukuai no nā lāʻau hōʻailona ma ka 55 pakeneka.
Ua ʻoi aku ka like ʻole o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Inā mākou e ho'ōla i nā ʻeha i loko o kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai a me ko mākou kaiāulu, pono mākou i ka Congress a me ka pelekikena e hoʻopuka i nā mea a ka poʻe e makemake ai a pono ai: kōkua a me nā hoʻopukapuka i hiki iā mākou ke ola a holomua. ʻO ia ka mea a ka Biden Build Back Better e hana ai.
ʻO kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, kā mākou demokala, a me ko mākou ola e kau nei i ke kaulike. Mai kuhi hewa: ʻo ka manawa kēia. ʻO nā hui kūʻē i ka poʻe i kēia Build Back Battle, a ʻo ka manawa kēia e lanakila ai nā kānaka.
ʻO Sondra Youdelman ka luna hoʻolaha no ka People's Action. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me Dani Zessoules o Dēmos e hana i ka hōʻike Ma hope o ka pale: ʻO ka ʻoihana hui e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka Democracy a he lā hana aupuni e kūʻē i ka mana ʻoihana ma luna o kā mākou demokala. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēia op-ed e OtherWords.org
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