ʻO ka poʻe a pau ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Michele Bachman me he mea lā ua ʻae ʻo ka pilikia loa o ʻAmelika ʻaʻole ka deficit kālā, akā ʻo ka deficit hana.
He ʻumikūmāhā miliona ʻAmelika ʻaʻole hana, a ʻo ka helu a hiki i kahi kokoke i 16 miliona inā ʻoe e hoʻokomo i ka poʻe makemake i nā hana manawa piha akā hiki ke loaʻa i nā hana hapa manawa. E hoʻokau i kēlā poʻe a pau i ka hana, a e holo ʻoliʻoli lākou i nā hale kūʻai a hoʻolilo, pēlā e noho aliʻi ai i ka ʻenekini o ka hoʻokele waiwai kūʻai. A i ʻole, hele ka naʻauao maʻamau.
Akā ʻehia ka nui o nā hana e loaʻa i ka ʻoihana e hoʻōla i ka hemahema o nā hana - 14 miliona? ʻumikūmāono miliona? A i ʻole he nui loa? ʻAʻole pili ka pane i ka heluna o ka poʻe ma waho o ka hana akā i ka maikaʻi o nā hana i hāʻawi ʻia.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike o Ianuali mai ka National Employment Law Project, 76% o nā hana hou i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 2010 no nā ʻano uku haʻahaʻa, e hāʻawi ana ma waena o $9 a $15 i ka hola. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa ma ka lima ma ka $9 a i ʻole hoʻokahi hola - ʻoiai inā makemake lākou e noho i waho a i ʻole ma kahi moe o kahi hoaaloha - akā, ma ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā uku hana, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou e pono ai. loaa.
Inā paha he kahu kaʻa ʻoe, kahi holoi kīʻaha a mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe keʻena paha, a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka uku haʻahaʻa federal he $7.25 i hoʻokahi hola. Inā ʻelua kāu mau keiki e kākoʻo ai, ʻo kāu loaʻa kālā makahiki he $3,000 ma lalo o ka pae ʻilihune kūhelu no ka ʻohana ʻekolu, no laila pono ʻoe i kahi hana ʻelua hapa manawa. ʻAʻole e haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pono ʻoe e koho i kekahi o kāu mau keiki i kahu hānai manawa piha no kekahi.
Ma hope o koʻu hana ʻana i nā hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa iaʻu iho, hopohopo wau i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe e hoʻolei i ka huaʻōlelo "jobs" i hoʻololi ʻole ʻia e nā huaʻōlelo e like me "uku uku" a "maikaʻi." He aha nā ʻano hana a mākou e kamaʻilio nei? Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i nā hana me nā uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi a i ʻole nā pahu pahu nui ʻo McJobs e hele mai me ka manaʻo e kūpono ʻoe i nā peʻa meaʻai?
Ma waena o 1998 a me 2000, ʻoiai e hana ana au i ka noiʻi ʻana no kaʻu puke "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America," ua hana wau ma ke ʻano he waitress, he kaikamahine me kahi lawelawe hoʻomaʻemaʻe, kahi kōkua home kahu hānai a me kahi hui Walmart, me kaʻu. uku awelika $7 i ka hola, a i ʻole like me $9 o ka hola ma nā kālā o kēia lā. ʻOiai ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻonohonoho i kaʻu papa hana i hiki iaʻu ke hana i ʻelua mau hana i ka manawa, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manaʻo - ʻaʻole ma hope o ke kinoea, ka meaʻai a me ka hoʻolimalima ʻana no kahi kaʻa kaʻa hapa nui a i ʻole kahi lumi i loko o kahi motel noho ʻino. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hana i kēlā manawa, a ʻaʻole hilinaʻi iaʻu ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻoihana dot-com.
ʻIke wau i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa: ʻO ka nui o nā hana, ʻoi aku ka uku haʻahaʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana mana e koi i nā uku kiʻekiʻe, no laila e piʻi koke ka uku. Akā i ka hopena o nā makahiki 90, ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka poʻe hana i kahi "ʻoi aku ka nele o ka hana," ua piʻi iki ka uku o kēlā me kēia hola - ʻaʻole no ka mea ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kānāwai o ka lako a me ke koi, akā no ka mea ua lilo nā mea hana i mea maikaʻi loa i ka pale ʻana i nā limahana mai ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke koi kiʻekiʻe. uku. I kēia lā, me ka manaʻo o ka hui kūkākūkā ma lalo o ka hoʻouka kaua politika mai ka ʻākau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hana.
Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama - ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei i kona wā ma ke ʻano he ʻano hoa maikaʻi loa - e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i ka uku haʻahaʻa federal i $9.50 i ka makahiki 2011. Ua poina paha ʻo ia, e like me kona poina ʻana i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e kaomi no ka Employee Free Choice Act, i maʻalahi i nā limahana ke hoʻonohonoho. A i ʻole ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ʻo ia e nā helu hana ʻole ma mua o 9% a ua ʻae i ka manaʻo naʻaupō ʻo kēlā me kēia hana - ʻoi aku ka uku haʻahaʻa, backbreaking a hōʻino paha - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻole.
ʻO ia ke ala kaumaha o ka ʻuhane waena waena o ʻAmelika mai ka hopena o nā makahiki 70 a hiki i kēia lā: Ua hele mākou mai kā Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It" i ke noi ʻana i nā "mea hana hana" kūpono no nā mea a lākou. hiki ke kiola i ko kakou ala.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa wiwo ʻole i kēia manaʻo. He kanahākūmālima kaukani mau limahana Verizon e hele nei i nā laina picket e pale i kā lākou uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi i lanakila ʻia. Ua kau inoa nā tausani o nā limahana Walmart ma ke ʻano he lālā o kahi hui ("ʻO kā mākou Walmart") e koi i ka mahalo mai ka hui.
ʻO nā limahana kaʻawale a "ʻike ʻole" - nā nannies a me nā kaikamahine - ke hoʻonohonoho nei iā lākou iho i kahi National Domestic Workers Alliance. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi aku i kekahi o kēia mau pūʻulu: ʻAʻole mākou makemake i nā hana hou aʻe, makemake mākou i nā hana hou aʻe e mālama i nā limahana e like me ke kanaka a uku i kāu mea e ola maoli ai.
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