Ke hele nei ka hoopunipuni a ka poe hookaa auhau o Amerika ma ke ao nui, oiai, ke hana nei ka poe koho balota me ka ike ole i ke koho balota aupuni. Ua ʻae ke Kakauolelo Waihona ʻo Hank Paulson e hoʻolilo i $125 biliona i loko o nā panakō nui ʻeiwa, me $10 biliona no Goldman Sachs, kāna ʻoihana kahiko. Akā, inā e nānā pono ʻoe i ke kālepa a Paulson, ua lawe ʻia ka poʻe ʻauhau no kahi kaʻa-he kaʻa pipiʻi loa. Ua uku lākou i $125 biliona no ka waihona kālā i hiki i kahi mea hoʻopukapuka pilikino ke kūʻai aku no $62.5 biliona. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ka hapalua o ke kālā o ka lehulehu he makana pololei ia i Wall Street, ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa i ka poʻe ʻauhau.
He mau ʻoiaʻiʻo dynamite kēia e koi ana i ka hana koke e kāpae i ka ʻaelike bailout a hoʻoponopono i kāna mau ʻōlelo hāʻawi. Hoʻopau i ka uku ʻana i ka waihona kālā ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o ka poʻe panakō ke kālā iā lākou. E wehe i kahi hoʻokolokolo Congressional e pili ana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o Paulson a me kāna koʻokoʻo i kahi ʻaelike aloha no ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā mea pāʻani i ka ʻāpana kālā a no kā lākou mea hana mua. ʻO nā limahana hoʻopakele a Paulson ka nui o nā poʻe kahiko o Goldman Sachs a me nā poʻe mai nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o Wall Street. ʻAʻole naʻe mākou i ʻike inā ua hoʻopau piha kēia mau mea kālā i kā lākou mau paʻa ʻo Wall Street. Ua waiwai paha lākou iā lākou iho i kā lākou hana ʻana i kēia hāʻawi manawaleʻa o ka waiwai lehulehu i nā panakō kūʻokoʻa a me kā lākou mau mea kuleana?
Ua hāpai ʻo Leo W. Gerard, ka peresidena o ka United Steelworkers, i kēia mau nīnau pahū i loko o kahi leka ʻeha i hoʻouna ʻia iā Paulson i kēia pule. Ua hana ka uniona i ka hana a kekahi mea hoʻopukapuka pilikino. Ua hoʻopaʻa ka poʻe loea kālā i nā ʻōlelo o ka hoʻopukapuka bailout a helu i ka waiwai maoli o ka mea i kūʻai ʻia e ka Waihona me ke kālā o ka lehulehu. I ka hihia o Goldman Sachs, hiki i ka loiloi ke hilinaʻi maʻalahi i ke kūʻai like ʻana i iwakālua mau lā ma mua. Ua hoʻolilo ʻo Billionaire Warren Buffett i $5 biliona ma Goldman Sachs a kūʻai aku i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka palekana—nā waiwai i makemake ʻia a me nā palapala hōʻoia e kūʻai i nā waiwai maʻamau i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO nā ʻāpana makemake wale nō a Buffett e uku i ka 10 pākēneka, aʻo ka lehulehu e loaʻa i ka 5 pakeneka. ʻO ke kālā no ke kālā, ʻo Buffett "ua loaʻa iā ia ma kahi o ʻehiku a hiki i ka 14 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka Treasury a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāna mau palapala kauoha," wahi a Gerard.
"Ua maopopo iaʻu ua ʻike kekahi ma ka Waihona i nā ʻōlelo o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā a Buffett," i kākau ai ka pelekikena o ka hui. "ʻOiaʻiʻo, koʻu kānalua ua aʻo pono ʻoe ia mea a ʻike pono i kāu mea e hana nei. ʻO ka 50-50 pākēneka–50 pākēneka i hoʻopukapuka ʻia a me 50 pākēneka ma ke ʻano he makana–ua kūlike loa ia me ka mana Repubalika o spread- the-wealth. - e pili ana i ka philosophy."
[Ka leka ʻo Gerard: http://www.usw.org/media_center/news_articles?id=0140]
Ua hana ʻia ka nānā ʻana o ka Steelworkers e Ron W. Bloom, ka luna o ka ʻimi noiʻi hui o ka hui a he kanaka koa ʻo Wall Street i hana ma Larzard Freres, ka hale hoʻopukapuka. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Bloom i nā ʻenehana loiloi maʻamau e hoʻokumu i ke kumukūʻai mākeke i uku ʻia ʻo Buffett i kēlā me kēia mahele i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ke kumukūʻai o ka Waihona. "Hoʻokumu ʻia ka loiloi ma luna o ka manaʻo ʻo Warren Buffett he mea hoʻopukapuka ʻekolu ʻaoʻao ʻaʻole i uku hou aku no kāna hoʻopukapuka ma mua o kāna pono," i wehewehe ʻia ai ka hōʻike a Bloom. "Ke manaʻo nei hoʻi ʻo ka hana a Gold Sachs ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i kāna mau mea kuleana e loaʻa nei i mea e unuhi ʻia mai iā Mr. Buffett i ka mea hiki iā ia… Eia kekahi, ua manaʻo ʻia he kanaka naʻauao like ʻo Henry Paulson a inā ʻo ia e uku hou aku. ma mua o Mr. Buffett–ina ua uku oia i $1 no kekahi mea a Mr. Buffett i uku ai i 50 keneta—o ka like ole he makana ia na ka poe uku auhau.
He mea kupanaha ka hopena. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Leo Gerard iā Paulson: "Inā pili ka hopena o kā mākou loiloi i nā kuʻikahi āu i hana ai ma nā ʻoihana ʻewalu ʻē aʻe - ʻo ka mea ma ka awelika e manaʻo ʻia he haʻahaʻa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o Goldman a no laila e koi ana i ka nui o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana - ʻo ʻoe. Ua uku aku ʻoe i $125 biliona no nā palekana i uku ʻia e kahi ʻaoʻao makemake ʻole he $ 62.5 biliona, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hāʻawi ʻoe i kahi $ 62.5 biliona i nā mea kuleana o kēia mau ʻeiwa.
Inā pili ka lula like i ka waihona kālā bailout nui a Paulson he $700 biliona, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gerard e lilo kēia i makana o $ 350 biliona mai ka poʻe ʻauhau ʻAmelika "e uku i nā ʻoihana i alakaʻi i ko mākou lāhui a ʻike ʻia ka honua holoʻokoʻa pilikia koʻikoʻi waiwai i loko o 75 makahiki."
Huhu anei kekahi? E nānā anei kekahi i kēia mau hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi? Ua pau ka Ahaolelo i ka hooikaika ana. Manaʻo paha ka poʻe kālā kālā ma ka Waihona e nalowale ana ka huhū o ka lehulehu ma nā hōʻike koho. Manaʻo wau ua kuhihewa lākou.
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