AMY GOODMAN: Standard & Poor's yalengeza Lachisanu kuti yatsitsa mbiri ya US yangongole koyamba m'mbiri. Kusuntha kwa S&P, m'modzi mwa mabungwe atatu otsogola pangongole, kudabwera patangotha โโโโmasiku ochepa pomwe Congress idavomereza dongosolo lochepetsa kuchepa kwa $ 2.1 thililiyoni. S&P idatcha mawonekedwewo "oyipa," kuwonetsa kuti kutsika kwina kotheka m'miyezi 12 mpaka 18 yotsatira. Kutsitsa mavoti amtundu umodzi m'munsimu AAA, kampani yowerengera ngongole inati "kusokoneza ndale" potsutsana ndi ngongole kunapangitsa kuti boma la US likhale ndi mphamvu zoyendetsera ndalama zake, mawu, "osakhazikika, osagwira ntchito komanso osadziลตika bwino." Inanenanso kuti mgwirizano wa $ 2.1 thililiyoni wa bipartisan womwe udafika sabata yatha "unalephera" pazomwe zinali zofunika kuti achepetse ngongole ya dziko pakapita nthawi.
Mu lipoti lake, S&P idadzudzula mosapita m'mbali za ndale ku Washington komanso kukana kwa a Republican kukweza misonkho monga gawo la mgwirizano wa sabata yatha kuti akweze ngongole, akulemba, "Tasintha malingaliro athu pa izi chifukwa ambiri a Republican Congress ikupitiliza kukana chilichonse chomwe chingakweze ndalama, zomwe tikukhulupirira kuti Congress idalimbikitsidwa pochita izi, "adatero.
Polankhula ndi atolankhani dzulo, Senator wa Democratic John Kerry adadzudzula ma Republican a Tea Party omwe adakana kusaina mgwirizano uliwonse womwe umabweretsa misonkho.
WERENGANI. JOHN KERRY: Ndikukhulupirira kuti uku ndiye, mosakayikira, kutsika kwa Tea Party. Uku ndi kutsika kwa Tea Party chifukwa anthu ochepa mu Nyumba ya Oyimilira adatsutsa ngakhale chifuniro cha ma Republican ambiri ku Senate ya United States, omwe anali okonzeka kuchita zazikulu, kuti achite $ 4.7 trillion, $ 4 triliyoni, ndi kusakaniza kuchepetsa ndi kusintha, mu Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, komanso kuzindikira kuti tinkafunika kupanga ndalama.
AMY GOODMAN: Chabwino, kuti tikambirane zambiri za momwe chuma cha America chikukhudzira anthu aku America, timapita ku Washington, DC, kukalankhula ndi wolemba mabuku ogulitsa kwambiri Barbara Ehrenreich.
Patsamba lake la Facebook, Ehrenreich akulemba kuti, "Kunyada kwanga kokonda dziko lanu sikukhumudwitsidwa ndi kutsika kwa S&P pamitengo ya ngongole yaku US, koma chifukwa chakuti kutsutsa kumafalikira paliponse - Tel Aviv, Santiago, Tottingham, osatchulapo No. Africa. ndi Middle East - timateroPOPANDA."
Kusindikiza kwa zaka 10 za bukhu la Barbara Ehrenreich Nickel ndi Dimed: Yayamba (Osati) Ndikafika ku America zasindikizidwa kumene. M'bukuli, akufotokoza nkhani ya moyo wa ku America wolandira malipiro ochepa, ndipo iye mwini amayesetsa kupeza ndalama zogwirira ntchito monga woperekera zakudya, wogwira ntchito ku hotelo, wothandizira kunyumba yosungirako okalamba komanso wothandizira Wal-Mart. Bukuli, pazaka 10 zapitazi, lagulitsa makope oposa mamiliyoni awiri.
Iye ndi mlembi wa mabuku ena ambiri, kuphatikizapo Mbali Yowala: Momwe Maganizo Abwino Akuwonongera America ndi Nyambo ndi Kusintha: Kutsata (Zopanda Pake) kwa American Dream, wothandizira pafupipafupi Harper a ndi Nation komanso ali ndi wolemba nkhani ku New York Times ndi Time Magazine
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