Kodi mwadula misonkho yanu ya $1 miliyoni?
Okhometsa misonkho omwe amapeza ndalama zopitilira $10 miliyoni adasunga $1 miliyoni pa avareji pamisonkho yawo ya 2003, malinga ndi zomwe zapezeka posachedwa za IRS, chifukwa chakusintha kwamisonkho pansi pa Purezidenti Bush. Kupuma misonkho kudzakhala kwakukulu chaka chino.
Zingatenge pafupifupi zaka 29 kuti wogwira ntchito nthawi zonse apeze ndalama zokwana miliyoni imodzi pamalipiro amasiku ano a ola limodzi, zomwe zikugwera kumbuyo kwa kukwera kwa mitengo.
Okhometsa misonkho omwe amapeza ndalama zoposa $10 miliyoni “analipira pafupifupi gawo limodzi la ndalama zomwe amapeza m’misonkho ya ndalama zimene amapeza popanga $200,000 mpaka $500,000 chifukwa cha mitengo yotsika ya ndalama zimene amapeza,” anatero katswiri wa zamisonkho David Cay Johnston. M'maboma ndi m'deralo, okhometsa misonkho otsika amalipira gawo lalikulu la ndalama zawo pamisonkho kuposa okhometsa misonkho olemera.
Okhometsa msonkho omwe amapeza ndalama zosakwana $ 50,000 - ambiri okhometsa msonkho - adasunga pafupifupi $ 435 mu 2003. Zingatenge zaka 2,300 kuti zifanane ndi msonkho wa madola milioni.
Ndipo okhometsa misonkho adataya ndalama zoposa $435 pakukulitsa ndalama zochepetsera bajeti komanso kukwera kwamitengo yamisonkho ikalipidwa.
Chifukwa chiyani mamiliyoni akupeza mpumulo waukulu wamisonkho pomwe Congress ikudula ndalama zothandizira ana omwe mabanja awo sangakwanitse kulipirira koleji?
Chifukwa chiyani mamiliyoni akupeza mpumulo wamisonkho pomwe asirikali akuphedwa ndikulumala ku Iraq chifukwa chosowa zida zokwanira?
Chifukwa chiyani mamiliyoni akupeza mpumulo wamisonkho pomwe ma leve ofunikira amafupikitsidwa kuchokera ku New Orleans kupita ku California?
Chifukwa chiyani mamiliyoni akupeza mpumulo wamisonkho pomwe aku America 46 miliyoni alibe inshuwaransi yazaumoyo ndipo, monga zolemba za Institute of Medicine, kusowa kwa inshuwaransi yaumoyo kumayambitsa masauzande amafa osafunikira pachaka?
Okhometsa msonkho omwe amapeza ndalama zoposa $ 1 miliyoni adzawona ndalama zawo za msonkho pambuyo pake zikukula ndi pafupifupi 6 peresenti mu 2006 chifukwa cha kuchepetsa msonkho komwe dziko silingakwanitse.
Zoyipa kwambiri zikubwera. Monga lipoti la Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, kudulidwa kwamisonkho kwaposachedwa komanso komwe akufunidwa kwa mabanja omwe ali ndi ndalama zopitilira $ 1 miliyoni kungawononge ndalama zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe zakonzedwa zaka zisanu zikubwerazi pamaphunziro, zopindulitsa zachipatala, kafukufuku wazachipatala, kuteteza chilengedwe ndi mapulogalamu monga awa. monga nyumba, mphamvu, chisamaliro cha ana ndi chithandizo cha zakudya kwa mabanja omwe ali paumphawi.
Purezidenti Bush wapereka ndalama zambiri pa nthawi yopuma misonkho, ali ndi ngongole zambiri zatsopano kuposa apurezidenti onse ophatikizidwa omwe adasonkhanitsa 1990 isanafike. Ndipo popanda kusintha, Bush atsala pang'ono kuwirikiza ngongole za dziko panthawi ya utsogoleri wake.
Kubwereka ndalama kwa ochita nawo mpikisano pazachuma kuti mulipire misonkho kwa mamiliyoni ndi mabiliyoni ndiopusa kuposa kubwereka ndalama kuchokera kwa Tony Soprano kuti azitchova njuga.
Katswiri wa zamisonkho Robert McIntyre akuti, m’chaka chandalama chapitacho, “dola imodzi mwa dola zinayi zilizonse zimene boma linawononga kunja kwa Social Security inalipiridwa ndi ndalama zobwereka. Kupereŵera kwa $501 biliyoni kumeneko kunachitika makamaka chifukwa chakuti ndalama za msonkho wa ndalama zimene munthu amapeza monga gawo la chuma zinali zocheperapo ndi 29 peresenti kuposa mmene zinalili m’chaka cha 2000.
“Kuwonjezera kuchepetsa msonkho wa 2001 ndi 2003 kungawonjezeke $3.3 trilioni (kuphatikizapo chiwongoladzanja) ku zoperewera m’zaka khumi zikubwerazi,” inatero bungwe la Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "Chaka chilichonse kuchotsera misonkho kumawononga ndalama zambiri monga momwe ndalama zapachaka za m'madipatimenti onsewa zimaphatikizidwa: Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Energy, State, Housing and Urban Development ndi Environmental Protection Agency."
Ndi misala.
Kuchepetsa misonkho kukukulitsa chuma chambiri komanso kugulitsa kwa "giga-yachts" motalika kuposa mabwalo a mpira, koma sikukweza chuma. Kubwereranso kwachuma kwakhala kukukulirakulira pang'ono kwa ntchito, malipiro ndi malipiro, zogulitsa zapakhomo, zogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ndalama kuposa momwe zidakhalira pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse.
Misonkho ndi misonkho yathu ya demokalase. Misonkho ndi momwe timasungira ndalama zathu zothandizira zaumoyo ndi chitetezo cha anthu, zomangamanga, kafukufuku ndi ntchito - kuyambira kupanga katemera ndi intaneti mpaka ku masukulu aboma ndi mayunivesite, mayendedwe, makhothi, apolisi, mapaki ndi madzi akumwa abwino.
Popanda misonkho yabwino komanso yokwanira, sitingathe kukonza zomanga za anthu zomwe tidatengera kuchokera ku mibadwo yakale kapena kuthana ndi vuto la kutentha kwa dziko. Sitingathe kugulitsa kafukufuku ndi maphunziro ofunikira kuti apite patsogolo.
Mafomu a msonkho ayenera kubwera ndi chenjezo: Kuchepetsa misonkho kwa olemera ndi kowopsa ku thanzi, chuma ndi chitetezo cha dziko.
Ndi nthawi yosintha njira.
Holly Sklar ndi mlembi wina wa "A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Future" (www.letjusticeroll.org) ndi "Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All Of Wes" (www.raisethefloor. org). Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].