Zinayamba ndi funso limodzi losavuta lofunsidwa ndi Senator Bernie Sanders kwa omwe adawaitana kumsonkhano watawuni: Kodi kuchepa kwapakati kumatanthauza chiyani kwa inu panokha?
Anthu oposa 700 anayankha.
Funso lachiwiri linafunsidwa mu e-newsletter yake, The Bernie Buzz: Kodi muli ndi nkhani yoti mufotokoze momwe mitengo ya gasi ikukhudzirani?
Mayankho opitilira 1200.
"Kuchuluka kwa mayankho kunali kodabwitsa," Sanders adandiuza. ‘Anthu ambiri m’boma langa – makamaka akumidzi – samasuka kuuza anthu za mavuto awo. 'Ali ndi zoyipa kuposa ine, ndikhala bwino. Zikomo pofunsa.’ Sichinthu chachibadwa [kugawana nawo zovutazi] . Awa ndi makalata ochokera ku mabanja ogwira ntchito, ochokera ku mabanja apakati. [ndi] anthu amene agwira ntchito moyo wawo wonse amene anayembekezera kukhala ndi mlingo wochepa wa chisungiko chachuma koma tsopano akudzipeza opanda kalikonse.’
Nawa mawu ena ochokera m'makalata:
Mayi ndi bambo akumidzi
Bambo wina kumpoto chapakati
Mayi wina: ‘Pofika February tinatha nkhuni [za chitofu cha nkhuni chimene timagwiritsira ntchito kutentha] ndipo ndinatentha mipando yodyera ya amayi anga. Ndilibe mafuta amadzi otentha. Ndithu, ife ndife dziko lovutika.
Bambo wina wazaka 55: 'Ndagwira ntchito kuyambira zaka 16. Sindimakhala ndi malipiro olipira, ndimakhala tsiku ndi tsiku.. Ndimadziwona ndikugwira ntchito mpaka tsiku lomwe ndidzamwalira. sizikuthandiza.. Ndangotopa, ndikamagwira ntchito molimbika, ndizovuta kwambiri.'
Bambo wina wa m’tauni ina yaing’ono: ‘Ndili ndi ntchito imene ndinkaiona kuti ndi yabwino, ndimagwira ntchito molimbika, ndimatsina makobiri anga, koma ndalama zangotsala pang’ono kuuma. dollar), ndi mipando yomwe idaperekedwa m'banja langa kuyambira koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, kuti kutentha kumayaka. Lero ndili wachisoni, wosweka mtima, ndi wolefulidwa kwambiri.’
Mkazi wochokera
Mayi wina wogwira ntchito wa ana aŵiri: ‘Ndimawononga pafupifupi $150 pa sabata ku golosale ndipo ndimandikhulupirira pamene ndinena kuti sindigula nthiti yaikulu. Banja langa linafunikira kusiya ulendo wathu wapachaka wopita kumalo osungira nyama, ndipo timayenda maulendo ochepa kuti tikaone mabanja athu m’tauni ina chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa gasi.’
Bambo wina wazaka 71: 'Ndapuma pantchito kuyambira 2000. Ndi mtengo wamafuta amafuta ndakakamizika kubwerera kuntchito kuti ndikatenthetse nyumba yanga ndikulipira misonkho yanga.'
Mphunzitsi: 'Apakati salinso gulu lapakati.
Mkazi ndi mayi wa ana aŵiri: ‘Anthu amene ndimawadziŵa amene sanavutikepo ndi ndalama tsopano amabwera pafupipafupi pa shelufu yathu ya chakudya kuti athe kudyetsa mabanja awo zakudya zofunika kwambiri! Chonde mverani zochonderera zathu ndi kuika makhalidwe abwino patsogolo!’
Sanders wawerenga zina mwamakalata omwe ali pansi pa Senate. Iye akuti, 'Izi ndizovuta chabe kubweretsa mlingo weniweni pansi pa Senate. Sizokha
Sanders akuti atolankhani amakampani ataya mwayi wodziwitsa nzika zakusalinganika kwachuma kwanthawi yathu ino. 'Mukakamba za kugwa kwa mabungwe ofalitsa nkhani pankhani ya udindo,' akutero, 'si Nkhondo yokha.
Sanders akukhulupirira kuti ntchito yopita patsogolo pakadali pano ndi iwiri. "Choyamba, tiyenera kulola anthu aku America kumvetsetsa kuti sali okha," akutero. 'Nchiyani chimathera pamene atolankhani sakunena zenizeni zomwe zikukumana ndi anthu wamba, ndiye anthu amaganiza kuti' Ndiyenera kukhala ndikulephera, chifukwa chiyani sindingathe kuchita?'. Ndipo chinthu chachiwiri. tiyenera kubwera ndi ndondomeko yopita patsogolo yomwe ikuyamba kuthana ndi chuma ichi.’
Sanders akusonkhanitsa pamodzi 'abwenzi mu Congress, akuluakulu osankhidwa, ndi abwenzi athu m'madera omwe akupita patsogolo - magulu a zachilengedwe, magulu ogwira ntchito, magulu azachuma, chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu, ufulu wa anthu, ndi zina zotero.' - kuti atsatire ndondomeko yakunja , Kumanga ndondomeko ndi kulimbikitsa thandizo m'munsi kuti atsutsane ndi mapiko a chipani cha Democratic Party.
"Cholinga apa ndikudzutsa nkhanizi panthawi ya kampeni," akutero Sanders, "ndikukhala ndi kena kake kopereka kwa Senator Obama tsiku lomwe asankhidwa. Tikudziwa kuti pali kukakamizidwa kwakukulu kwa Obama kuti ayang'ane ku phiko lachipani cha Democratic m'malo mopita patsogolo kwa chipani cha Democratic. Njira yokhayo yomwe tingayendetsere dziko lino munjira yopita patsogolo ndi ndondomeko yomwe imathandizidwa ndi anthu apansi. kampeni. Pamapeto pake zomwe ndondomekoyi iyenera kupereka, ndipo zomwe ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu a ku America ali okonzeka kuthandizira - makamaka ndi mtsogoleri wolimbikitsa ngati Obama - ndi kusintha kwakukulu kwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri m'dziko lathu.
Sanders alibe malingaliro okhudzana ndi zovuta zomwe zikubwera pokankhira ndondomeko yomwe ikuyimiradi mabanja ogwira ntchito ndi apakatikati, ndi osauka. (Ndikoyenera kuzindikira kuti kusiyanitsa kwamagulu kumeneku sikukhala kofunikira kwambiri pamene gulu lapakati likufinyidwa.) Koma amawonanso mwayi wokumana ndi zovuta zazikulu zomwe timakumana nazo.
'Nditha kukuuzani ndi zomwe ndakumana nazo kuti mphamvu zamabungwe azachuma, makampani opanga mphamvu, makampani a inshuwaransi, gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale - sizodabwitsa, aliyense wa iwo, ndipo tikuchita nawo aliyense. mmodzi wa iwo. Koma titha kuwatenga ndipo tikhoza kuwagonjetsa ngati tilimbikitsidwa komanso tili ndi ndondomeko yomwe tikumenyera nkhondo, "akutero. "Ndipo nkhani yabwino kwambiri - mukadakhala ndi purezidenti wofunitsitsa kusintha zomwe timakonda m'dziko lathu, pali ndalama zambiri zomwe zilipo kuti zikwaniritse zosowa zosakwanira za anthu mamiliyoni ambiri aku America." Muli ndi Bush atapereka mazana a mabiliyoni a madola pakupuma msonkho. Mukachotsa misonkho imeneyo, mukusamutsa dziko lino kukhala njira yamisonkho yopita patsogolo, momwe mumayamba kuthana ndi kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa olemera kwambiri ndi wina aliyense kudzera mumisonkho yopita patsogolo. Mutha kumasula ndalama zambiri kuti muthane ndi mavuto a umphawi waubwana, ndi zomangamanga zathu, ndi masukulu athu, komanso kuti mabanja apakati komanso mabanja ogwira ntchito sangakwanitse kutumiza ana awo ku koleji. ndalama zochitira zimenezo.'
Sanders amatchula zinyalala, chinyengo ndi nkhanza mu bajeti yankhondo ya $ 515 biliyoni, komanso kuti ma Democrat ndi 'amantha kwambiri' potsutsa zochulukirapo. Mwachitsanzo, bungwe la Air Force lokha lavomereza kuti limataya ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni mazana ambiri pachaka zomwe sizikusowa. Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo inanena kuti imagwiritsa ntchito makompyuta akale ndipo 'sakudziwa kumene akuwononga ndalama. Iwo anali oona mtima – sadziwa!’ Ponena za mphamvu, iye akuwona fanizo la Franklin Delano Roosevelt ndi Congress ya 1941 akuyang’ana mmene nkhondo inalili n’kunena kuti, ‘‘Man, tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu pamodzi.’ mwayi woti tisinthe makina athu, okhala ndi zomera zotenthetsera dzuwa - zofanana ndi zida zazing'ono za nyukiliya - kupereka 15-20% yamagetsi ofunikira
Mumachita izi,' akutero Sanders, 'mumapanga zinthu izi - mphepo, dzuwa - mu
Ndipo, ndithudi, pali chisamaliro chaumoyo.
'Kwa $ 2-3 biliyoni pachaka - sabata imodzi ya Nkhondo
Sanders akukhulupirira kuti ndondomeko yolimba mtima yomwe ikuyang'ana zosowa za anthu wamba aku America ndiyopambana - potsatira mfundo za anthu komanso ndale. 'Ndikuganiza kuti anthu ali okonzeka kuchitapo kanthu molimba mtima m'mbali zonse. Zomwe zisankho zimatiuza ndikuti sikuti pali kusatsimikizika kwachuma komwe sikunachitikepo, komanso kuti anthu amawona m'malo ambiri kuti dziko lino likuyenda molakwika. Ndikutanthauza, mlingo umene tikukhala mphamvu yachiwiri yachuma, kuti dongosolo lathu lachipatala likuphwanyidwa, kuti tili ndi ngongole ya $ 9 trilioni ya dziko, kuti tili ndi umphawi waumphawi waubwana - anthu amamvetsa zonsezi, ndipo akudabwa kuti chikuchitika ndi chani mdziko lomwe anakuliramo? Nenani zoyenera, ndikuchita zoyenera, mudzapambana zisankho .. Kotero, kutuluka pa ndondomeko yomwe imayankhula ndi zosowa za mabanja apakati ndi ogwira ntchito mwachiwonekere ndi ndondomeko yabwino ya anthu koma ndi ndale zabwino. '
Sanders akutenga kabuku kamene kali ndi makalata ochokera kwa anthu ake. ‘Ndikufuna kuti anthu asakhale opsinjika maganizo, ndiponso asakhale osuliza,’ akutero. ‘Uku sikulota kwa Utopian, titha kuchita zinthu izi. Tili ndi zothandizira. Ndikungoyika ndalama komwe sitikuyikapo ndalama. Mavuto omwe tikukumana nawo m'dziko lino, ndithudi, angathetsedwe.
Pano tikusewera ndi ndalama zothandizira zaumoyo, okalamba, ndalama zamaphunziro, Head Start. Ndipo pansi panjira muli ndi anyamata ochokera ku bili ya Defense Appropriations, omwe akugwiritsa ntchito ndalama mopanda malire m'njira zosawerengeka. Tili ndi kuthekera kosintha
Ndi lipoti lochokera ku Capitol Hill lolemba Greg Kaufmann, mlembi wodziyimira pawokha yemwe amakhala kumudzi kwawo osaloledwa.
Katrina vanden Heuvel ndi Mkonzi ndi Wofalitsa wa The Nation.
ZNetwork imalandira ndalama kudzera mu kuwolowa manja kwa owerenga ake.
Ndalama