Ua hōʻole ʻo George F. Will, he kolamu hui no ka Washington Post, i ke aupuni pekelala e kauoha ana e hoʻonui i ka uku haʻahaʻa. No ke aha mai? No ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mākeke ma mua o ʻAnakala Sam i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o nā waiwai e like me ka hana kanaka, kākau ʻo ia.
No Will, ʻo ka hoʻolālā o ka hapa nui Demokarata hou e mālama nei i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hoʻonui i ka uku haʻahaʻa federal he ana ia o ka manaʻoʻiʻo makapō o ka pāʻina i ke kānāwai New Deal a FDR. Ua hana ia i kekahi mau kānāwai pili i ka limahana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā uniona hana o ʻAmelika a me ka papa hana no kekahi manawa.
No Will, ʻaʻole i kūpono ka nostalgia o ka Democrats no kēlā manawa me ka wā hou. No ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pololei ʻo ia e kākau ʻo ka poʻe uku uku he mea kūʻai i kūʻai ʻia a kūʻai ʻia ma ka mākeke. Hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ka haʻi ʻana o ka uaki haki i ka manawa pololei ʻelua i ka lā.
ʻO ka uku haʻahaʻa federal he ʻāpana ʻāina o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua, a Will sidesteps. E hele kāua i kahi āna i pili ʻole ai i ke aupuni, ka mākeke a me ka uku.
Hoʻokomo ʻia nā kuʻikahi kūʻai kūʻokoʻa hewa ʻole i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe uku uku ʻAmelika i ka hoʻokūkū kūʻai kūʻai pololei me nā limahana uku haʻahaʻa ma ka honua ulu. ʻO ka North American Free Trade Agreement kahi hihia. Ua mana ia ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Demokratika William Jefferson Clinton.
ʻO ka NAFTA kahi laʻana o ʻAnakala Sam e komo ana i ka mākeke honua a me ka ʻāina. A ua hoʻololi kēia hana i nā pae uku o ka hapa nui o nā limahana US i lalo, me ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa federal he pane i kēlā ʻano. ʻO ia hoʻi, he koho balota hou a ka Pew Research Center for the People & the Press "ua ʻike ʻia ua hōʻike ʻo ʻAmelika i nā kānalua ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ke kālepa ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana he mea maikaʻi." ʻIke ʻo Main Street i ka manawa, ʻaʻole like me Will.
I ka manawa like, pale aku nā kuʻikahi kālepa i kekahi mau limahana US uku nui ʻia e like me nā kolamu syndicated e like me Will. No laila ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia e hopohopo e pili ana i kahi mea kākau moʻolelo mai kahi ʻāina ulu e noi ana me ka hauʻoli no kāna ʻoihana me ka uku haʻahaʻa. He hana maikaʻi nā uku palekana a Will i ke komo ʻana o ke aupuni inā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa.
Penei ʻo ia i kākau ai: “e like ka uku haʻahaʻa ma nā wahi a pau: $0. He waiwai ka hana; hana nā aupuni i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai lākou i nā kumukūʻai o nā waiwai.â€
ʻAe, he pāʻani kūpono ka huli ʻana, ʻeā? E ho'āʻo i kēia hoʻokolohua manaʻo. E hōʻole i ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa federal i $7.25 i ka hola mai $5.15.
I kēia manawa, e hoʻokūkū ʻo Will a me nā limahana uku uku nui ʻē aʻe e like me nā kauka lapaʻau me nā mea nūpepa uku haʻahaʻa a me nā kauka mai nā lāhui e ulu nei no ka hana uku ma USA. Malia paha e loli ana ka hilinaʻi makapō o Will i ka mākeke inā lilo kāna mea hana i ka Wal-Mart Post a i ʻole kekahi pepa kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa a haʻahaʻa.
Hiki ke like me ka hopena. Ke nalowale nei nā nūpepa o kēlā me kēia lā i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka poʻe heluhelu. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa e hoʻokaʻawale i ke kālā he mau mea kūʻai aku no kēia mau pepa, a no laila e hāʻawi ʻia ka mana iā lākou ma ke ʻano he mea nona e hoʻemi i kahi helu maopopo ʻole o nā mea nūpepa ʻAmelika i ke kūlana o nā limahana e hana ana no ka uku hola e lele kokoke ana i ka uku haʻahaʻa federal. , nona ka $7.25 o ka hora e oi ana i ka $5.15 i keia manawa.
He lālā ʻo Seth Sandronsky no Sacramento Area Peace Action a he luna hoʻoponopono o Because People Matter, ka pepa holomua o Sacramento. www.bpmnews.org/. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma: [pale ʻia ka leka uila].
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