Ma kahi liʻiliʻi ma mua o ʻelua mau keneturi aku nei, ʻo 1795 ka pololei, ua paʻi ʻo Immanuel Kant i kahi puke politika. Zum Ewigen Frieden (To a Perpetual Peace). He mea kūpono ia i ke kaua a me ke ala e hoʻoholo ai i ka hakakā akā ʻaʻole i kāohi ʻia ke ʻano kanaka. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia iaʻu e like me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ʻai ʻana ma nā wahi he nui o ko kākou honua; alakaʻi ʻia e ka inaina maʻalahi i kekahi mau hihia a me nā manaʻo elitist e like me "ke kaua wale" i nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻike ʻo Kant i ka makehewa o kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana a ua manaʻo ʻo ia wale nō ka maluhia o ke kanaka i ka lua kupapaʻu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Churchill "ʻOi aku ka ʻāʻī ma mua o ke kaua, kaua." Ua hoʻohuli mākou i kāna aphorism. E pono anei i ke kanawai honua ke hoomalu i ka poe liilii a me ka poe nui, ka poe ilihune a me ka poe waiwai, ka poe nawaliwali a me ka poe ikaika?
Loaʻa iā mākou ka hui like ʻole ma ka honua i kūkulu ʻia (Gini Index 40.8) a ʻo 6.9% wale nō o kā mākou poʻe hana he lālā hui, 93.1% ʻaʻole. E hoʻokaʻawale i kēlā me Kelemānia (Gini Index 28.3), kahi kokoke loa i hui pū ʻia, kahi o ka uku i waena o nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua, akā naʻe ʻo ia ka lua o ka mea kūʻai aku nui loa ma ka honua. Noho nā ʻelele limahana ma nā papa o nā hui me ka leo i ka hoʻoholo ʻana. Loaʻa ka manaʻo o ka poʻe limahana a ʻo ko lākou mau makemake, nā manaʻo a me nā ʻōlelo aʻo i nā mea āpau mai ke alakaʻi hoʻolālā ma o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaʻina e hāʻawi ʻia i ke kaupaona kūpono. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana i nā hana ma ʻaneʻi. Hiki iā mākou ke aʻo mai i kā lākou papahana ʻoihana kahi e hana like ai nā kula a me nā hui, ma o nā haumāna, i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kahi ʻoihana akamai loa.
Aia kekahi ʻakaʻaka e hana nei i nā pōʻai i kēia mau lā e like me kēia: Loaʻa iā mākou ʻo Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs a me Bob Hope; i kēia manawa ... ʻaʻohe kālā, ʻaʻohe hana a ʻaʻohe manaʻolana. ʻO ka hope paha ke kumu o ka pane anemic o ka poʻe maʻamau no ka hoʻolaha koho balota Pelekikena. Ua hāʻawi mua kāna leka uila i ka manawa (ma ke kiʻi) o ka ʻaina ahiahi me ka Pelekikena no kahi haʻawina o $75. Ua hāʻule mau ke kumukūʻai i $3 - ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i nā mea kōkua mua! Ua kākoʻo ka poʻe i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka wā i hala, ʻaʻole no ko lākou makemake i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia mai, akā no ka manaʻolana e loaʻa ana iā lākou kahi moho e pakele ai i nā ʻeke o ka Wall Street heʻe. I kēia manawa ua pau ko lākou manaʻolana.
E lawe iā Elizabeth Warren no ka laʻana. He alakaʻi alakaʻi no ka pono o ka poʻe maʻamau, ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna o ka Congressional Oversight Panel e mālama i ka bailout panakō ma lalo o ka papahana TARP. Maikaʻi a maikaʻi. Ua hauʻoli nā kānaka a pau. Akā, i kona nīnau ʻana iā Kakauolelo Geithner i ka mea i loaʻa i ka $700 biliona kālā i hāʻawi ʻia i nā panakō nui, ua kokoke loa ke kani ʻana a ʻaʻohe pane maopopo. I ka hala ana o ka manawa a ua waiho aku na Repubalika iaia no kona imi ana; ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe o ka hāmau mai ka Hale Keʻokeʻo.
He loio lōʻihi no ka Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Kūkākūkā Kūikawā e hoʻonohonoho iā ia ma lalo o nā ʻōlelo a Dodd-Frank, akā ua hoʻomaha ʻia a ʻaʻole i koho ʻia no ke kūlana o kāna Luna Hoʻokele. Ke holo nei ʻo ia i Senatoa mai Massachusetts.
ʻO ka puke a Professor Warren i ka makahiki 2003 (i haku pū me ke kaikamahine ʻo Amelia Tyagi) Ka Loaʻa ʻelua Pahele: No ke aha e haʻihaʻi ai nā makuahine a me nā makua kāne papa waena He mea pono e like me ka heluhelu pono ana no ko kakou mau alakai i keia la. E like me kāna kuhikuhi ʻana, ʻo kahi ʻohana US me ʻelua mau loaʻa kālā he "ʻuʻuku ka loaʻa kālā i koe i kēia lā ma mua o kahi ʻohana hoʻokahi-loaʻa like 30 mau makahiki i hala". Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea i kēia manawa, ʻewalu mau makahiki ma hope, ʻaʻole maikaʻi. Ke piʻi hou aʻe nei nā hoʻolaha hoʻopale no ka uku moraki e like me ka hōʻike hou loa. Hōʻike pinepine kēia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
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