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ʻO nā hoʻololi i ke kulekele ʻauhau mai ka makahiki 1980 ke alakaʻi nei i ka like ʻole o US i nā pae i ʻike ʻole ʻia mai ka makahiki Gilded mua. ʻO ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kēlā alahele - a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi hui egalitarian ʻoi aku ka pono - pono e hoʻoponopono piha i nā loli o ke kulekele ʻauhau a mākou i ʻike ai i nā makahiki he ʻehā i hala.
ʻO nā ʻauhau ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka loaʻa kālā ʻāina i kēia manawa ua kūpaʻa maikaʻi ʻia no 40 mau makahiki. ʻO ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā ʻauhau federal i ka makahiki i hala he 17 pakeneka, e pili ana i ka awelika no ka hapalua kenekulia i hala. ʻO ka ʻauhau kālā, ʻoiai, ua paʻa mau i ka 8 pakeneka o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
Pono kēia mau pākēneka paʻa i kumu no ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻaʻole ka ʻoluʻolu. Ma kekahi ʻōnaehana ʻauhau e pili ana i nā loina ʻauhau holomua, pono ka loaʻa kālā ʻauhau federal mahuahua ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā i ka poʻe ma nā ʻauhau ʻauhau kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole naʻe pēlā. ʻO nā ʻoki ʻauhau nui a Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, a me Donald Trump i kau inoa ai i ke kānāwai, ua hoʻohuli i kā mākou ʻauhau ʻauhau i ka poʻe ma luna.
Mahalo i kēia mau ʻoki ʻana, ua hoʻopau kā mākou poʻe waiwai i nā makahiki he ʻehā i hala e uku i nā ʻauhau ma nā uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Ua emi nui ka ʻauhau a lākou e uku ai a ua kūpaʻa ka huina kālā o ke aupuni pekelala no ka mea ke uku nei nā ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻauhau uku regressive.
ʻO kekahi mau helu: Ma waena o 1980 a me 2018, hoʻololi ke kānāwai ʻauhau e makemake ana i ka poʻe waiwai o ka lāhui i haʻalele i kā mākou mau piliona uku 79 pakeneka emi mai ka auhau, e like me ke ana o ko lakou waiwai. ʻO ka .01 pakeneka kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina, he hui i loaʻa i nā ʻohana me ka waiwai i ʻoi aku ma mua o $100 miliona, ua ʻike i kā lākou uku ʻauhau ma ke ʻano o ka hāʻule ʻana o kā lākou waiwai ma kahi kokoke i ka 73 pakeneka.
ʻO ka hapa nui o mākou e hoʻopau pono i ka hapa nui o ka hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā a mākou e ʻike ai. ʻAʻole nā kānaka me ka waiwai nui. ʻO kahi ʻohana waiwai loa e ʻike ana i $25 miliona i ka mālama ʻauhau ʻaʻole e wikiwiki a hoʻolilo i kēlā $ 25 miliona ma ka meaʻai, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka home, a i ʻole nā lole hou. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēlā mau miliona i hoʻohui ʻia e hoʻohui wale i ka waiwai o ka ʻohana ultra-waiwai, a ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻohana - a me ka waiwai e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ka waiwai e hoʻohua ai i ka waiwai, a ʻo ka ʻoki nui ʻana i nā ʻauhau a ko mākou poʻe waiwai e uku ai, ma ke ʻano he pākēneka o kā lākou waiwai, ua hoʻohuli i ka wikiwiki o ka waiwai o ko mākou lāhui. ʻO ka mahele o ka waiwai o ʻAmelika i paʻa i kā mākou luna .01 pakeneka, ua piʻi ʻehā, piʻi mai ka 2.3 pakeneka i ka makahiki 1980 a i ka 9.6 pakeneka ma 2018. ʻO ka loaʻa o ka .01 pakeneka o ka poʻe loaʻa kālā o kā mākou lāhui, ua lele mai ka 1.5 pakeneka. i ka 4.6 pakeneka.
ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻauhau ʻauhau a ko mākou poʻe waiwai i mua i ka makahiki 1980 e hoʻolōʻihi i ka ulu ʻole ʻana o ka waiwai a me ka loaʻa kālā. Akā ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi wale ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa iā mākou i ka makahiki 1980 ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo lapuwale o ka waiwai o ʻAmelika iā mākou i kēia manawa. ʻO nā piliona i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e kā mākou waiwai nui e hoʻomau i ka ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe inā mākou e hoʻi i ke kūlana quo 1980. Ke noho nei ʻo Jeff Bezos ma luna o kahi $ 100 biliona mahalo i ka waiwai o kāna waihona Amazon. ʻAʻohe o ka waiwai o ia waiwai e pae ma kāna ʻauhau ʻauhau kālā a hiki i kona kūʻai ʻana aku i kāna mau ʻāpana Amazon.
No laila he aha kā mākou e hana ai? ʻO ka ʻauhau ma luna o ka waiwai ʻo ia ke ala pololei loa a kūpono hoʻi e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pae ʻino o ʻAmelika i ka ʻike waiwai.
ʻO ka hilinaʻi wale ʻana i ka ʻauhau ma ka loaʻa kālā a i ʻole ka waiwai paʻa a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana ʻaʻole loa e hoʻohuli pono i ka nui o ka waiwai o ko kākou lāhui. ʻAe, pono e uku ka poʻe waiwai i nā kumukūʻai ʻauhau loaʻa ma luna o kā lākou loaʻa kālā mai ka waiwai. ʻAe, pono lākou e kū i ka ʻauhau waiwai a me nā ʻauhau ʻauhau ma ka ʻai ʻana e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe o mākou. Akā, pono i ka poʻe waiwai ke kū i ka ʻauhau hou ma ko lākou waiwai maoli.
E lilo ana ia ʻauhau ma ke ʻano he kaohi i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā waiwai hou aʻe a hoʻonui pū i ka loaʻa kālā nui, ʻoiai inā i pale aku kekahi poʻe waiwai i kēia ʻauhau hou. ʻO ka waiwai o ka hale ma mua o $ 172 miliona, e like me ka poʻe economists ʻO Emmanuel Saez lāua ʻo Gabriel Zucman, e hōʻike ana i kahi waihona ʻauhau o $6.3 trillion. ʻO ka waiwai o ka hale ma mua o $ 31 miliona e hōʻike i kahi waihona ʻauhau ma luna o $ 13 trillion.
ʻO ka Senatoa Elizabeth Warren i ka makahiki i hala, ua noi aku ʻo ia i 2 pakeneka ʻauhau ma luna o $50 miliona a he 3 pākēneka ʻauhau ma luna o $1 biliona. Inā ua kau ʻia kēia ʻauhau i ka makahiki 1982, helu ʻo Saez lāua ʻo Zucman, ʻo ka ka pomaikai Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka 400 mahele o ka waiwai o ko mākou lāhui mai ka 1 pakeneka a i ka 2 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2018. Ma ke ola maoli, me ka ʻole o kēlā ʻauhau i ka hopena, ka pomaikai Ua piʻi ka 400 i ka 3.5 pakeneka ma 2018.
Wahi a Saez lāua ʻo Zucman, he 10 pakeneka ka nui o ka ʻauhau ma ka waiwai ma mua o $1 biliona, inā e hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 1982, e mālama i ka Forbes 400 mahele o ka waiwai o ka lāhui ma kona pae 1982 o 1 pakeneka.
ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohuli i ka uaki i ka makahiki 1982. Akā hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā hana koʻikoʻi e hoʻopau i ka pōʻino like ʻole i loaʻa iā mākou mai ia manawa. ʻO kā mākou manaʻo: E hoʻohui kākou i kahi papa ʻekolu i ka noi a Senatoa Warren. Ma luna o ka waiwai i ʻoi aku ma mua o $5 biliona, e kau kākou i ka ʻauhau he 10 pakeneka.
Hiki paha i kēia ʻauhau ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa maoli i kēlā mau waiwai ma mua o ka hōʻailona $5 biliona i ka manawa? Malia paha, akā, ʻaʻole ia e weliweli loa. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻohana waiwai me kahi $ 5 biliona wale nō e lawa ka waiwai e uhi ai i $100,000 i kēlā me kēia lā o nā lilo no hoʻokahi haneli.
E ʻike mākou i kahi hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa - no ko mākou olakino demokalaka - inā mākou e ʻae i ka waiwai ma mua o $ 5 biliona e ulu nui aʻe. No laila e kuhi hewa kākou ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka like ʻole o ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole e pale i nā multibillionaires.
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