E mākaukau e lohe nui e pili ana i ka kuke ʻana i kēia kau hoʻolaha.
I ka pili ʻana i ka puʻunaue ʻana o ka waiwai ma kēia ʻāina, ʻo ka "pie" kahi mea hoʻohālikelike pundit punahele. Makemake kekahi poʻe kālai'āina e "māhele hou i ka pai," no laila ua like ka nui o ka ʻāpana o kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Akā ʻo ia ka "socialism," ʻāhewa kekahi poʻe loea. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i kā mākou billionaires a me nā miliona miliona e "ulu i ka pai" i mea nui i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻAmelika kahi ʻāpana lokomaikaʻi.
ʻO Thomas Friedman ka mea kākau moʻolelo o New York Times ua hoʻāʻo i kēia i kēia manawa. ʻO Michael Bloomberg, wehewehe ʻo Friedman, he kanaka ulu-ka-pie. ʻO Bernie Sanders, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, he kanaka hoʻokaʻawale-ka-pie.
Loaʻa iā Bloomberg kahi waiwai waiwai ma kahi o $ 50 biliona. Pehea ka nui o kona ulu ʻana i ka pai i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻohana ʻAmelika kahi ʻāpana e like me kona nui? Ma kaʻu helu ʻana, pono ia e hoʻonui ma kahi o 500,000 pakeneka o ka nui o ka waiwai o ʻAmelika - a ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 600 quadrillion.
E hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo no hoʻokahi minuke a e hoʻohālike e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pai i ka 1 pakeneka ka nui, i $ 6 quadrillion wale nō - 60 manawa o ka nui o ka pai i kēia manawa. E ʻimi anei ʻo Bloomberg a me kāna mau hoa pili kālā e kaʻana like i ka ulu ʻana o ka pai me nā mea ʻē aʻe o mākou, a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo paha lākou e ulu i kā lākou mau ʻāpana ʻoi aku ka nui?
E kala mai iaʻu me ka hoʻokalakupua, akā ʻaʻohe oʻu kanalua inā hiki iā ʻAmelika ke hoʻonui i kāna pie 60-fold, e hoʻohuli ana kēlā mau piliona kālā iā lākou iho i trillionaires - ʻike paha mākou i kā mākou quadrillionaire mua.
ʻIke ʻoe, ua ola mākou i kēia hoʻokolohua.
I ka makahiki 1982, i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai ka ʻauhau ʻauhau nui a Ronald Reagan no ka poʻe waiwai, ʻo ka waiwai nui o ʻAmelika ma kahi o $10 trillion. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻonui ʻia he ʻumi-ʻoi aku - a ua ʻike mākou i ka ʻike o ka waiwai ma mua o ka Gilded Age o nā makahiki 1900.
ʻO nā ʻohana waiwai loa o ʻAmelika - nā Kochs, Mars, a me Waltons - hoʻonui i kā lākou waiwai e 6,000 pakeneka, ʻoiai ka ʻohana waena o ʻAmelika e hehi ana i ka wai. Ua hoʻopili ʻia nā ʻohana ʻApelika-ʻAmelika, e ʻike ana i kahi He 50 pakeneka ka emi ʻana o ka waiwai o ka home median.
A ma hope o kēlā ulu ʻana, 40 pakeneka o nā poʻe ʻAmelika ʻaʻohe kālā e lawelawe i kahi $400 lilo pilikia.
ʻO ka mea ʻakaʻaka, ʻaʻohe mea o ka lehulehu ulu-ka-pie i wehewehe i ke kumu e kōkua ai ka ulu ʻana i ka pai i ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka poʻe ʻAmelika maʻamau - ʻaʻole ma hope o ka ulu nui ʻana i nā makahiki i hala aku nei i bubkus no lākou.
ʻO ka laina lalo: ʻO ka ulu ʻana i ka pai, ʻo ia iho, ʻaʻole ia e ʻoki.
Hiki paha i ka puʻunaue hou ʻana i ka pai, a i ʻole ʻo Bernie Sanders e kamaʻilio pie i ka lewa (pun intended)?
ʻOiaʻiʻo, hana. ʻAno iki. ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i $100 trillion American pie i kēia lā ma waena o kāna mau hale 125 miliona e hāʻawi i kēlā me kēia ʻohana i kahi ʻāpana $800,000. E ulu i kēlā pie e ka 25 pakeneka hiki ke loaʻa i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, a he lāhui miliona kā mākou.
He nui ka poʻe e paio ana ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻohana i kahi ʻāpana like he kūpono ʻole a kūʻē paha. A he hoʻopaʻapaʻa maikaʻi kēlā. Akā ʻo ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole i lawa ka nui o ka pai e hoʻolako ai i nā ʻAmelika āpau he wahaheʻe.
Nui nā mea e hele a puni. ʻO ka pilikia, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o nā ʻohana he mau ʻāpana nui loa ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau i ka ʻai ʻana iā lākou, aʻo nā miliona o ʻAmelika e noho ana i nā ʻōpala.
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