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Ua ʻike paha ʻo Billionaire White House ʻo Michael Bloomberg e hiki mai ana ka nīnau. I ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa pelekikena Demokratika 19 Pepeluali ma Las Vegas, ua hele mai ka nīnau - mai NBC's Chuck Todd. Pono anei nā billionaires, makemake ʻo Todd e ʻike?
"Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui loa - he kālā ʻino paha - inā paha ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kēlā kālā?" Ua hahai ʻo Todd.
"ʻAe," i pane aku ai ʻo Bloomberg. "Ua hana nui au no ia mea."
ʻO ka "hana paʻakikī" ka mea e pono ai no ka waiwai pilikino nui mai nā lā o ka makahiki Gilded kahiko o ʻAmelika. Ma ʻAmelika, hele ka ʻili kahiko, hiki i kekahi ke waiwai. Pono ʻoe e kau i kou poʻohiwi i ka huila, kou ihu i ka pōhaku wili.
ʻO kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo? Ua hoʻāʻo nā ʻepekema ʻepekema i kēia hihia "hana paʻakikī" no ka waiwai nui. ʻO ka lanakila ma ka honua ʻoihana, ua loaʻa iā lākou Loaʻa, ʻo ka mea maʻamau e hele mai i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ke kālā kālā, ma o "kālā ʻohana, hoʻoilina, a i ʻole kahi moʻopuna a me nā pilina." Nui nā mea noiʻi, ʻo ka mea hoʻokele waiwai ʻo Andrew Oswald ua ʻike, "ua hoʻopili hou i ka ʻike ʻana ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana e pili ana i ke kālā ma mua o ka dash."
ʻAʻohe o kēia noiʻi, ma ke ʻano maoli, i hoʻōki i ka poʻe waiwai nui mai ka ʻōlelo ʻana he pono lākou i kā lākou waiwai nui no ka mea ʻo lākou - e like me Michael Bloomberg - ua "hana ikaika."
I ka makahiki 1990, ʻo ka makahiki he ʻumi i hāʻule mua ai ʻo Bloomberg i ka ʻike aupuni, ʻaʻohe kanaka i hana i ka "hana paʻakikī" i ʻōlelo ʻoi aku me ka hilahila ʻole ʻo John K. Castle, kahi waihona kālā o New York nāna i kūkulu i kahi waiwai pilikino ma kahi o $ 100 miliona. .
"ʻAʻohe o kēia hana me ka hana ʻole 60 mau hola o ka pule," wahi a Castle me ka haʻaheo Wall Street Pai mea hoolaha. "Akā, hana wau i 60 mau hola i ka pule no ka mea makemake wau, ʻaʻole no ka mea ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi uaki manawa."
ʻAʻole paha i hana ʻo Castle i kēlā kuhikuhi manawa-wāki. ʻO ka ʻoihana Pai Ua hoʻokomo koke ka mea kākau moʻolelo iā Castle iā ia iho ma ka uaki, ma ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike, a hahai ʻo ia i ka hale waihona kālā o New York a puni no hoʻokahi lā ma waena o ka pule hana hoʻoilo.
Ua wehe ʻia kēlā lā, ma Florida, me Castle e hōʻike ana i kāna waiwai ʻo Palm Beach he $11 miliona. Ma hope mai, ka Pai Ua nānā ʻo Castle i ka hoʻolele ʻana i nā hola o ka ʻauinalā e lele ʻana i nā mea paʻa "e kau ana i kekahi o kāna mau lio hōʻikeʻike ma kāna mahiʻai he 10 ʻeka kokoke." Ua pau ka lā ma luna o ka wai, me ka ʻai ʻana o Castle i ka tiiki a me nā pahū ma luna o kona moku moku.
ʻO kēia lā luhi, ka Pai i hōʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole kūpono i ke ʻano no Castle. I loko o nā mahina hoʻoilo, noho ʻo ia i kekahi mau lā ma kāna ʻāina ʻo Florida i kēlā me kēia pule. A ʻo Kakela, ka Pai i hoʻohui ʻia, loaʻa nō hoʻi ka manawa e hoʻonohonoho i kahi huakaʻi pilikino i ka Pole ʻĀkau, e piʻi i kona ala i luna a iho i nā mauna ma ʻApelika a me ka Himalayas, a hoʻouna aku i kāna moku moku ma kahi huakaʻi ʻelua makahiki a puni ka honua.
Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokō paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Castle ka manawa e lele pono ai i kāna moku moku i ke ala holoʻokoʻa. Akā, e lele ʻo ia i nā ʻāina ʻē e hālāwai me ka yacht ma nā awa o waho, a laila e kapena i ka moku no hoʻokahi pule a ʻoi paha o ka holo ʻana a hiki i ka manawa e kāhea aku ke dute iā ia i New York. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Castle ma kahi o 150,000 mau mile ea i ka hana. Hoʻohana maikaʻi nā manawa a pau. Ua haʻi aku nā luna nui, ʻo Castle i ka Pai, "makemake i kahi manawa e hoʻi i hope a loaʻa ka ʻike ākea."
ʻEhia ka poʻe waiwai e hana ana ma nā papa hana e like me kā John K. Castle? He helu nui, ʻike ʻia. Hoʻokahi 1998 Management Resource Group haʻawina o ʻAmelika e loaʻa ana ma kahi o $1 miliona ma ka makahiki, ʻo ka Hawaii Post hoike, ua ʻike ʻia ma luna o 20 pakeneka o kēia mau ʻeke hohonu e lawe ana i ʻelua mahina o ka hoʻomaha makahiki.
Ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ma waena o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻoheheʻe kālā ʻana o Wall Street, ua lilo ke poʻo nui o Bears Stearns ʻo James Cayne i hōʻailona o nā ʻano no CEO sloth. I ka mahina 2007 hoʻokahi i hoʻomaka ai kāna paʻa, ʻo Cayne lilo ʻumi lā "hana" e pāʻani ana i ke alahaka a i ʻole ke kolepa.
He nui nā hui ʻeke hohonu ʻo Cayne ma nā loulou. I ka makahiki 2016, ka ʻO Harvard Pakihi Pūʻai hoike ma ka noiʻi i ʻike i "he mau CEO i hoʻopaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau pōʻai kolepa i hoʻokahi makahiki kālā - ma kahi o hoʻokahi pōʻai i kēlā me kēia lā ʻekolu!"
I kēia manawa, "hana ikaika" kekahi poʻe waiwai nui a hoʻokomo i nā hola lōʻihi. ʻehia? Paʻakikī ke ʻōlelo. ʻO nā Luna Nui a me nā mōʻī kālā pā, ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻohe kī ʻana i nā uaki manawa. A inā hana lākou, e kuʻi paha lākou imua o e hui pū me kekahi mea hoʻopukapuka kālā no ka ʻaina ahiahi? E kākau lākou e like me hana ʻO ka manawa i nā hola a lākou e hoʻolilo ai ma nā loulou kolepa e hui pū ana i nā putts a me nā patter me nā pahu hopu lawe? E helu paha lākou i nā hola keʻena i ke kakahiaka e hele ai lākou e kamaʻilio ma nā kelepona paʻa i nā limousines chauffeured?
Nā nīnau hohonu. Manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole ʻike maopopo i ka nui o nā hola e hoʻopau ai ka poʻe waiwai e like me Michael Bloomberg hana. Akā inā hiki iā mākou ke helu i kēlā kiʻi, a inā he 60 a i ʻole 80 a i ʻole 100 mau hola o kēlā me kēia pule. pono he mau miliona dala o ka makahiki no ka lakou mau hana? Paʻakikī ke hana ʻia kēlā hihia.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻAmelika maʻamau e lawe i nā hana ʻelua e hoʻokō i ka hopena e hana mau i 60 a 80 mau hola i ka pule ole ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mea kokoke loa i ka uku paʻa o nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana mau ʻeke. Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka poʻe ʻAmelika e hoʻomālamalama i ka mōʻī no nā hola lōʻihi a lākou i hoʻokomo ai, a laila no ke aha e pono ai i nā luna hoʻokō "hana ikaika" ke loaʻa nā uku hanohano no lākou?
ʻAʻole ʻike ko mākou hui i ka waiwai nui ma ka hana paʻakikī wale nō. ʻAʻole pono.
"ʻAʻole lawa ka haʻi ʻana iaʻu ua hana ikaika ʻoe e kiʻi i kāu gula," e like me kā Henry David Thoreau i ʻike ai. "Pēlā ke hana ikaika nei ka diabolo."
Ke hana ikaika nei, Open Democracy economics editor Laurie Macfarlane kaulana ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, e "kōkua maʻamau iā ʻoe e loaʻa kālā hou aʻe," akā "ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā waiwai āpau ma o ka hana ikaika."
"Ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa," wahi a Macfarlane, "ʻaʻole pili iki ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka waiwai me ka hāʻawi ʻana, a me nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka politika a me ka mana."
"ʻAʻohe mea e hana i hoʻokahi piliona kālā," e like me Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waiho ia ma mua o kēia mahina ma ka hale pule kaulana ʻo Riverside ma New York. “ʻO ʻoe lawe he piliona dala.
Ua lawe nui ʻo Michael Bloomberg, he $62 biliona kālā.
Hoʻoponopono pū ʻo Sam Pizzigati iā Inequality.org. ʻO kāna mau puke hou loa Ka hihia no ka uku kiʻekiʻe a ʻAʻole lanakila mau ka mea waiwai: ka lanakila poina ma luna o ka Plutocracy i hana i ka papa waena o ʻAmelika, 1900-1970. Ua lawe ʻia nā ʻāpana o kēia noʻonoʻo mai kāna puke 2004, ʻO ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ka maikaʻi: ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana a me ka lanakila ʻana i ka like ʻole e kaupalena ana i ko mākou ola. E hahai iā ia ma @Too_Much_Online.
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