ʻO ke kānāwai ʻauhau ʻauhau ʻo Dekemaba 2017, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), e ʻoki i nā ʻauhau no ka poʻe waiwai a me nā ʻoihana a me kā lākou mau mea kūʻai, e hoʻonui i nā uku mālama olakino, e hoʻoweliweli hou i ka Arctic National Wildlife Reserve a me ke kaiapuni, a alakaʻi i ʻoki hou aku no nā papahana pilikanaka a koʻikoʻi hoʻi e like me Medicaid, Medicare, nā hōʻaiʻē meaʻai, nā hōʻaiʻē haumāna, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ke ʻole mākou e kūkulu ikaika i kēia mau ʻoki a me nā neʻe e hele ma mua o ke koi ʻana e mālama i ke kūlana quo.
Moolelo Hou o ka Hooponopono Auhau
No nā makahiki he kanahā, ua ulu like ʻole ka loaʻa kālā a me ka waiwai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka 1% kiʻekiʻe e lawe ma kahi o 20% o nā loaʻa kālā āpau, ʻo ia ka pālua o kā lākou mahele mai 40 mau makahiki i hala. Loaʻa i ka 20% ʻilihune loa o ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 3% o ka loaʻa kālā a pau– 120 manawa i emi iho i kēlā me kēia hale. No ke aha kēia ʻano? ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka mana o ka poʻe kapitalista, ka ulu ʻana o ka kapitalisme honua, nā uniona nāwaliwali, automation, a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa maoli i lilo i kaua papa ʻaoʻao.
Ua ʻoi aku ka like o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻauhau kālā Federal, no ka mea, ʻauhau ʻia ka poʻe me ka loaʻa kālā kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka poʻe me nā uku haʻahaʻa. Eia naʻe, hoʻololi i nā kānāwai ʻauhau federal ma lalo o Reagan, George W. Bush a i kēia manawa ua hoʻemi ʻo Trump i nā ʻauhau federal i ka holomua ma o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻauhau ma luna o ka poʻe loaʻa kālā. ʻO ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka ʻauhau mai 90% ma mua o Kennedy a i 70% ma mua o Reagan i lalo o 40% i kēia lā. ʻO nā ʻauhau o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona kekahi o nā mea ʻoi loa ka regressive, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e uku i ka hapa kiʻekiʻe o ka loaʻa kālā ma nā ʻauhau.
ʻO nā mea nui o ke kānāwai ʻauhau a Trump
A. Hoemi i na Uku Auhau Loaa Pekelala
I ka makahiki 2017, ua uku nā ʻohana i ka helu 39.6% i nā ʻauhau kālā federal ma luna o $480,000. Ma lalo o ka hoʻolālā ʻauhau hou, e ʻauhau ʻia nā loaʻa kālā a pau ma luna o $600,000 ma kahi 37% a me nā loaʻa mai $480,00 a i $600,000 e ʻauhau ʻia ma 35%, 4.6 pakeneka emi mai ka helu kahiko. ʻOiai e loaʻa ana nā pae kālā a pau i nā hōʻemi liʻiliʻi o ka uku ʻauhau ʻo ka poʻe me ka loaʻa kālā kiʻekiʻe loa e pōmaikaʻi loa. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole e hōʻemi ʻia nā ʻauhau mālama ola, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana ma mua o ka ʻauhau kālā a lākou e uku ai.
Eia hou, ma lalo o ka hoʻolālā ʻauhau hou, e pāpālua ʻia nā unuhi maʻamau-ʻo ka loaʻa kālā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka ʻauhau inā ʻaʻole helu ʻia nā lilo. Ma ke ʻano o ke kaulike, he mea maikaʻi kēia no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe i hoʻokaʻawale i kā lākou hōʻemi. Eia naʻe, e hōʻeha ka TCJA i nā ʻohana nui aʻe no ka mea ua loaʻa mua i nā ʻohana nui ka hoʻokuʻu kālā no kēlā me kēia ʻohana a ua pau kēia.
Aia nā palena i ka nui o ka ukupanee moraki a me nā ʻauhau e hiki ke unuhi ʻia inā ʻike kekahi i nā lilo. I kēia manawa hiki i kekahi ke unuhi i ka ukupanee a hiki i $750,000 o ka moraki o kekahi, ma mua o ka uku ʻana i ka uku paneʻe ma ka miliona kālā. Ua kaupalena ʻia kekahi i $10,000 ma ka mokuʻāina, ka ʻauhau kūloko a me ka waiwai i hiki ke unuhi ʻia - e hoʻonui iki kēia i ke kaulike ʻana no ka mea e pōmaikaʻi nui kēia unuhi ʻana i ka 10% kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ka 20% kiʻekiʻe o ka hāʻawi kālā e noho ana ma nā wahi me nā hale kiʻekiʻe. koina.
Mai ka makahiki 2018 a hiki i ka 2027, i ka wā e pau ai ka Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, ua manaʻo ʻia nā ʻoki ʻauhau ma ke kānāwai e hōʻemi i nā loaʻa ʻauhau holoʻokoʻa ma kahi o $440 biliona kālā wale nō ma kahi o 30% o ka huina o ka loaʻa kālā o kēia kānāwai.
B. Nā hoʻololi i ke kānāwai mālama pono
Ma kāna haʻi'ōlelo Moku'āina o ka Union ma Ianuali 30th, Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Trump no ka "hoʻopau ʻana i kahi ʻauhau koʻikoʻi i hāʻule i ka hapa nui o nā ʻAmelika e hana ana ma lalo o $ 50,000 i ka makahiki." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā Obamacare (ʻo ka Affordable Care Act) kahi e loaʻa ai i nā kānaka ke ʻinikua olakino a i ʻole e uku i ka hoʻopaʻi, ʻo ia ke kauoha. I kēia manawa, e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2019, ʻaʻole koi ʻia ka ʻinikua olakino no ka mea ua hoʻopau ka Tax Cuts and Jobs Act i ka mana o ka Affordable Care Act. Me ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka mana o kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe olakino e haʻalele i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻinikua olakino a hiki i ka wā e pono ai lākou, e waiho ana i ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e makemake i ka mālama olakino maikaʻi e hoʻonui ai i nā kumukūʻai inikua. ʻO kēia piʻi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ʻinikua olakino e alakaʻi i ka liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e loaʻa ka ʻinikua olakino ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā uku—he ʻano ʻino o nā uku kiʻekiʻe a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i uhi ʻia. Manaʻo ʻia e piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai ma mua o 10% a ʻoi aku paha i ka makahiki mua, ʻoi aku ma mua o $1000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Manaʻo ka Congressional Budget Office e piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā ʻAmelika ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai 37 miliona a 50 miliona mau kānaka i ka makahiki 2027. Manaʻo ʻia ke aupuni federal e mālama i $ 340 biliona ma waena o 2019 a me 2027 no ka mea he liʻiliʻi ka poʻe e loaʻa nā kōkua mālama ola, no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e kau inoa hou. no ka mālama ola aupuni. E hoʻonui ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ke kanaka i ka maʻi, ka ʻeha a me ka nui o nā make.
C. Auhau Waiwai
Ma lalo o ka Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), e pāpālua ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻauhau ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka $11 miliona mau kālā mua i waiho ʻia e ke kanaka i kā lākou makemake a me ka $22 miliona kālā mua i haʻalele ʻia e nā kāne i kā lākou ʻāina, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka ʻauhau ʻāina. ʻO 0.1% wale nō o nā ʻāina āpau e uku i kēia ʻauhau. E alakaʻi ana ia i $83 biliona kālā no ka poʻe waiwai nui i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana a he $83 biliona ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa kālā aupuni mai ke kūlana ma mua o kēia bila.
D. ʻAuhau ʻOihana a ʻOihana
ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi loa o ka hoʻolālā ʻauhau hou a Trump ʻo ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai ʻauhau loaʻa kālā mai 35% a 21%. ʻO ka loaʻa kālā hou mai kēia ʻoki ʻana e hele nui ʻia i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā ʻāpana a hoʻonui paha i nā kumukūʻai o nā kumulāʻau. No ka mea, ʻo ka 1% nui loa o ka heluna kanaka nona ka 40% o nā waiwai āpau a ʻo 80% o ka heluna kanaka nona wale nō 7% o nā waiwai āpau, ʻo kēia ʻoki e hoʻolilo i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka waiwai ʻoi aku ka like ʻole. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka mea a Trump i kapa ai he "ʻoihana liʻiliʻi" - nā ʻoihana ʻaʻole i kūʻai ʻia ma ke kumukūʻai kūʻai a me nā ʻoihana i loaʻa e kekahi poʻe - i kapa ʻia ʻo pass through entities, e ʻike pū i ka emi ʻana o kā lākou ʻauhau mai 39.7% a i 29.6%. ʻO 70% o kēia loaʻa kālā hele i ka 1%.
E hōʻemi ana nā hui o ʻAmelika i nā ʻauhau ma ka loaʻa kālā ma waho, kahi e hoʻoikaika hou ai i nā hui o ʻAmelika e hoʻopukapuka kālā ma waho, e hoʻonui ana i ka "lele kapikala" i hoʻohiki ai ʻo Trump e kaupalena i kāna hoʻolaha.
Ka Hoax o Trickle-Down Economics
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Trump a me Congressional Republicans ʻo ka hoʻolālā ʻauhau hou e "hana i nā hana, hoʻonui i ka uku, a kōkua i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi." ʻO kā lākou hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻauhau ʻoihana haʻahaʻa ma hope o ka ʻauhau o nā ʻoihana, a laila e alakaʻi i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā mea kanu, nā lako a me nā noiʻi e hoʻonui ai i ka huahana o nā limahana a hoʻonui i ka uku. ʻO ia mau manaʻo i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo "trickle-down economics" no ka mea ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei lākou ʻo nā pōmaikaʻi o ka ʻoki ʻauhau no nā ʻoihana waiwai loa a me nā kānaka e "hoʻohaʻahaʻa" i nā limahana a lākou e hoʻolimalima ai. ʻAʻole i nānā ka manaʻo o ka waiwai trickle-down i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo mai ka makahiki 2011, ua piʻi ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻoihana akā he kakaikahi wale nō o kēia mau waiwai i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā lako hou, nā mea kanu a i nā limahana, a ʻaʻole i hoʻonui ʻia ka uku. Akā, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka loaʻa kālā e hāʻawi i nā uku kiʻekiʻe a kiʻekiʻe aʻe a me nā bonus i nā luna kiʻekiʻe.
Mai ka makahiki 1970, ua piʻi mau ka huahua a me ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kēlā me kēia limahana akā he liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku awelika ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai ma ka mōʻaukala he hoax lokoino wale nō.
E pōloli i ka holoholona!
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Pelekikena Ronald Reagan i kahi ʻoki ʻauhau like i ka makahiki 1981 a i ka makahiki 1986. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ka lehulehu, me kēia mau ʻoki, e hana nui nā kānaka a loaʻa hou aʻe a ʻaʻole e hāʻule ka loaʻa kālā a no laila ʻaʻole e piʻi ka deficit kālā me ka ʻauhau haʻahaʻa, hoʻohaʻahaʻa mua ʻia no nā ʻohana kiʻekiʻe loa. Ua ʻae ʻo David Stockman, ka luna hoʻokele waiwai o Reagan, ma hope o nā nīnauele he nui kēia mau ʻauhau he Trojan Horse e hoʻopau ai i ka hoʻolilo kālā a me nā papahana pilikanaka no ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka poʻe hana, e "pōloli i ka holoholona". ʻAʻole hūnā ʻia kēlā ʻano kumuhana ma lalo o Trump a me Paul Ryan. Ke alakaʻi ʻole ʻia ka ʻauhau ʻauhau i kahi deficit kālā, e maʻalahi ke ʻoki a/a i ʻole hoʻokaʻawale i ka Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, Pell grants, Low Income Energy Assistance, Housing programs, the budget of the EPA, OSHA and other nā ʻoihana hoʻoponopono. ʻO kēia ke kumu nui o kēia ʻoki ʻauhau, e hoʻohana i ka piʻi ʻana o ke aupuni deficit e hōʻoia i ka ʻoki ʻana i nā papahana aupuni e hoʻonui i ka pono o ka lehulehu.
ʻO nā manaʻo kālā a Trump o Pepeluali 12, 2018 e lawe ana i ka mana o ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hale, ʻo Paul Ryan, ka Luna Hoʻokele kālā ʻo Trump, ʻo Mick Mulvaney, a me nā Koch Brothers, he papa inoa makemake no ka ʻēheu ʻākau. ʻAʻole lākou i hoʻoholo ʻia a manaʻolana ʻaʻole ia akā he pōʻino maoli i ka honua a me nā mea āpau koe wale nō ka poʻe waiwai. Hoʻonui ʻia nā hoʻonui nui no ka pūʻali koa a me ka Homeland Security. Manaʻo ka Trump budget e ʻoki i ka Food Stamps (SNAP) e 27%, ka papahana kōkua hale ʻo Pauku 8 no ka poʻe haʻahaʻa loaʻa ma ka 20%, e hoʻopau i ka papahana kōkua haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, a ʻoki i ka Medicare e $270 biliona kālā me nā ʻoki like me Medicaid. . Manaʻo ʻo Trump e ʻoki i ka waihona kālā o ka EPA e 34%. ʻOiai e ʻoki ana i ke kālā no ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana, hoʻonui ʻia ke kālā no nā palapala hōʻaiʻē a me nā kōkua ʻē aʻe i nā kula pilikino. Eia kekahi, ke manaʻo nei e hoʻonui i nā koi hana no ka hapa nui o nā papahana no nā poʻe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e like me Medicaid. ʻO kēia ʻauhau ʻauhau a me ka waihona kālā i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Robin Hood i hope, e lawe iā ia mai ka poʻe ʻilihune a hāʻawi i nā mea āpau i ka poʻe kuko.
Hoʻohiki wahaheʻe!
ʻO Trump, ma kāna State of the Union Speech o Ianuali 30, 2018, ua ʻōlelo ʻo kēia ʻoki ʻauhau ua loaʻa mua i nā bonus nui a me nā hoʻonui uku no nā limahana - he wahaheʻe ʻē aʻe. Wahi a ka hui noiʻi, "Just Capital", i ka nānā ʻana i nā hui nui loa he 90, ua manaʻo lākou he 6% wale nō o ka mālama ʻauhau o kēia mau hui he $45 biliona i kēia makahiki e lilo i mau bonus a i ʻole ka uku uku no kā lākou poʻe limahana, me ka ʻoi aku. ʻO ka hapalua o kēia e hele ana i hoʻokahi manawa bonus. ʻO kēia hoʻomaha ʻauhau nui he bonus i manaʻo ʻia ma luna o $ 900 biliona i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā makahiki ʻeiwa e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole like me nā ʻoki ʻauhau pākahi, paʻa mau nā ʻoki ʻauhau ʻoihana a ʻaʻole pono e hana hou ʻia ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻokahuli ʻia e kahi ʻaha kūkā a me ka Pelekikena e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka mea e hoʻonui ai i ka uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi no ka poʻe hana, ʻaʻole kēia ʻano hou loa o ka waiwai trickle-down akā ʻo ka mana hoʻonohonoho o nā limahana a me kā lākou hoʻonui ʻana i ka mana kūʻai i loaʻa ma o nā hahau, kūkulu hou i ka neʻe ʻana o nā limahana, lanakila $15 a ʻoi aku paha i hoʻokahi hola ma ka ʻāina, lanakila i kahi. ma luna aʻe o ka ʻilihune ka loaʻa kālā maʻamau, e hōʻemi ana i ka lele ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kulekele ʻēheu ʻākau.
He aha ka hana?
Inā makemake mākou e pale i ka hoʻolālā ʻauhau a Trump, ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻoholo i ke kūlana kahiko a i ʻole ka hewa liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻoulu kanaka. Akā, pono mākou e hoʻonohonoho no ka mea a mākou e makemake ai. No ka laʻana, pono mākou e noʻonoʻo ma mua o ka pale ʻana i ke Affordable Care Act a koi aku i ka mālama olakino maikaʻi a hiki ke loaʻa no nā mea āpau me nā malihini. Ma ka pae kūloko, hiki iā mākou ke kākoʻo i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka ʻauhau kālā holomua a i ʻole ka ʻauhau ma luna o ka waiwai no Olympia, Thurston County a me Washington State. Eia kekahi, pono kā mākou hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho e hoʻopili i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka kaulike waiwai me ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni a me nā malihini, ka hoʻoponopono lāhui a me ka wahine, anti-militarism a me anti-imperialism. Ua pili pono lākou a pau. E hoʻohui kākou i nā kiko.
Manaʻo wau e noʻonoʻo mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana mai lalo a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hoʻonaʻauao kaulana i kahi hoʻolaha no 2018 a ma waho aʻe no kahi Pūlāwai Kanaka. Pono e hoʻokomo i kahi noi ʻauhau e hōʻemi ana i ka ʻauhau no ka poʻe haʻahaʻa a me waena, a hoʻonui i ka ʻauhau no ka poʻe kiʻekiʻe. Hiki i kēia mau hoʻoponopono ʻauhau maoli ke hoʻolilo i ka Pūnaehana Kanaka e hui pū me nā ʻoki nui o nā hoʻolimalima koa, i ka mokuʻāina palekana ʻāina me ka Homeland Security, hiki ke hoʻolilo i nā piʻi nui o nā hoʻolilo lehulehu no ka ikehu ʻokoʻa, a no ka hoʻolilo kaiāulu e hoʻopau i ka ʻilihune a e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi. o ke ola. Hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ka ʻāina a koi aku i kēlā me kēia moho kālaiʻāina a mākou e manaʻo nei e kākoʻo i ka makahiki 2018, e kākoʻo i ka lehulehu i kēia Pūnaehana Kūʻai Demokarata. E like me ka ʻauhau, e koi kākou i ka waihona kālā o ke aupuni e ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka mea e kū nei, a e hoʻomohala i kahi papahana o ka ʻauhau holomua a me ka waihona kālā o nā kānaka i mea e hiki ai ke hoʻololi lōʻihi i kahi ahahui socialist participatory.
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