Mamembala a Kongeresi amakonda kukamba za makhalidwe abwino. Iwo ndithudi sakutanthauza Lamulo la Chikhalidwe: “Chitirani ena monga mufuna kuti iwo akuchitireni inu.”
Ngakhale kuti anthu aku America omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika akuvutika kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo, Congress idawonetsa zomwe imafunikira - kukwera mtengo kwamalipiro a Congress.
Nyumbayi inakana kuletsa $ 3,300 "ndalama zosinthira moyo" zomwe zidzakweza malipiro a congressional pa Jan. 1 mpaka $ 168,500 - osawerengera phindu lalikulu la thanzi, penshoni ndi zopindulitsa.
Malipiro a Congressional amakweza pakati pa 1997 ndi 2007 adzawonjezera $ 34,900. Izi ndizoposa antchito ambiri omwe amapeza m'chaka.
Zingatenge antchito oposa atatu kuti apange $34,900 pa malipiro ochepa omwe amakhala pa $ 5.15 pa ola - $ 10,712 pachaka - kuyambira Sept. 1, 1997.
Ogwira ntchito anthawi zonse omwe amalandila malipiro ochepa amapeza ndalama zosakwana $900 pamwezi kuti azilipira lendi, chakudya, chisamaliro chaumoyo, gasi ndi china chilichonse. N'zosadabwitsa kuti US Conference of Mayors Hunger and Homelessness Survey inapeza kuti 40 peresenti ya akuluakulu omwe amapempha thandizo lachangu la chakudya adagwiritsidwa ntchito, monga 15 peresenti ya osowa pokhala.
Ogwira ntchito yosamalira ana ndi alonda akuvutika kuti asamalire ana awo. EMTs ndi othandizira azaumoyo sangakwanitse kutenga masiku odwala.
Komabe Congress idadzikweza pambuyo pakukweza, pomwe sanapatse antchito omwe amalandila malipiro ochepa.
Monga Adam Smith mwiniyo analembera mu "The Wealth of Nations," "Ndi chilungamo … kuti iwo omwe amadyetsa, kuvala, ndikukhala gulu lonse la anthu, ayenera kukhala ndi gawo lazokolola za ntchito zawo zomwe. kuti akhale okhuta, ovala, ndi ogona.”
Ogwira ntchito masiku ano ali ndi mphamvu zochepa zogulira kusiyana ndi ogwira ntchito omwe amalandila malipiro ochepa mu 1950 pamene Harry Truman anali pulezidenti. Malipiro ochepera a 1950 ndi $ 6.30 mu madola a 2006, malinga ndi Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator.
Zingatenge $9.31 lero kuti zifanane ndi mtengo wa malipiro ochepa a 1968. Zimatengera pafupifupi antchito ochepera aŵiri kuti apange zomwe wogwira ntchito mmodzi anapanga zaka makumi anayi zapitazo.
Malipiro ochepera asanduka malipiro aumphawi m'malo molimbana ndi umphawi. Izi zimakhala ndi zotsatira zoyipa kuposa ogwira ntchito ochepa komanso mabanja awo.
Malipiro ochepera amayika malipiro. Malipiro ochepera akatsika, amatsitsanso malipiro a ogwira ntchito. Pakati pa 1968 ndi 2005, zokolola za ogwira ntchito zinakwera 111 peresenti, koma malipiro apakati pa ola limodzi adatsika ndi 5 peresenti, kusintha kwa inflation, ndipo malipiro ochepa anatsika ndi 43 peresenti.
Mapindu osinthika a inflation a ogwira ntchito ku koleji atsika kuyambira 2000. Miyezo yaumphawi ndi yaikulu tsopano kusiyana ndi zaka za m'ma 1970 ndipo tili ndi antchito otsika kwambiri omwe amalandila malipiro m'malo mwa kukula kwapakati.
Mosiyana ndi nthano, kukweza malipiro ochepa kumathandiza bizinesi ndikukweza chuma. Tinali ndi kukula kwakukulu kwachuma, kuchepa kwa ndalama, kuchepa kwa ntchito ndi kuchepa kwa umphawi pambuyo pa kukwera kwa malipiro ochepa omaliza mu 1996 ndi 1997. Mayiko omwe adakweza malipiro awo ocheperapo kuposa $ 5.15 omwe sali okwanira, akhala ndi njira zabwino zogwirira ntchito kuposa mayiko ena, kuphatikiza mabizinesi ogulitsa ndi mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono.
Malipiro okwera amawonjezera mphamvu zogulira ogula, amachepetsa chiwongola dzanja cha antchito okwera mtengo, ndikuwongolera zokolola ndi mtundu wazinthu ndi ntchito. Mwachitsanzo, In-N-Out Burger, nyumba yoyamba yamtundu wa hamburger, ndiye woyamba padziko lonse lapansi pakati pazakudya zofulumira kwambiri, kukoma kwa chakudya, mtundu komanso ntchito zamakasitomala. Malipiro awo olowera $9 ndi pafupifupi $4 pamwamba pa malipiro ochepera a federal.
Mwini bizinesi yaying'ono Malcolm Davis adalemba m'kalata kwa mkonzi, "Wogwira ntchito yemwe amalandila ndalama zochepa kwambiri amapanga $8 pa ola limodzi. … Ngati ndingapeze njira yochitira zinthu mwachilungamo ndi antchito anga kumidzi ya Kum'maŵa kwa North Carolina, nchifukwa ninji boma lathu silingathe kutero?
Kafukufuku waposachedwapa wa National Consumers League ndi Fleishman-Hillard Communications anapeza kuti 76 peresenti ya anthu ogula zinthu a ku America amakhulupirira kuti “mmene kampani imachitira ndi kuwalipira bwino antchito zimakhudza zimene amagula.” Ogula adati "kudzipereka kwa antchito" ndi umboni wamphamvu kwambiri waudindo wamakampani ndipo ndikofunikira kuti makampani awonetsetse kuti ogwira ntchito "amalipidwa malipiro amoyo."
Ntchito iyenera kukutetezani ku umphawi, osati kukusungani momwemo. Yakwana nthawi yoti a Congress ayimitse zokweza zawo zapamwamba, ndikukweza malipiro ocheperako kukhala malipiro amoyo.
Holly Sklar ndi mlembi wina wa "A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Tsogolo" (www.letjusticeroll.org) ndi "Kukweza Pansi: Malipiro ndi Ndondomeko Zomwe Zimagwira Ntchito Kwa Ife Tonse." Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
Copyright (c) 2006 Holly Sklar