Mishonga yakachipa. Pane mishonga mishoma inogona kutengeswa nemari inodarika $5-$10 mushonga mumusika wemahara. Zvisinei, mishonga yakawanda muUnited States inotengeswa nemazana emadhora papepa rakanyorwa uye dzimwe nguva zviuru zvemadhora pakunyorerwa. Pane chikonzero chiri nyore chechokwadi ichi: hurumende-inopihwa patent monopolies.

Hurumende inopa ma patent monopolies kuti ipe kurudziro kumakambani emishonga kuti atakure kuburikidza netsvagiridzo. Iyi inzira inoshamisa yekudzokera kumashure uye isingashande yekubhadhara tsvagiridzo. Zvinotisiya tichibhadhara mari yakawanda yemishonga isingadhuri. Zvinowanzotungamirirawo kumishonga yakaipa.

Tinogona kuita zvirinani uye Senator Bernie Sanders ataura nzira. Vakaunza bhiri rekugadzira homwe yemibairo inotenga marezenisi, kuitira kuti mishonga igozotengeswa nemutengo wayo wepamusika pachena. Bhiri raSanders raizokodzera 0.55 muzana yeGDP (inenge mabhiriyoni makumi masere emadhora pagore, nehukuru hwehupfumi hwazvino) yekutenga mapendi, ayo anozoiswa munzvimbo yeruzhinji kuitira kuti chero mugadziri akwanise kuashandisa pasina muripo.

Mari iyi yaizobva pamutero wemainshuwarisi ehurumende uye akazvimirira. Mari yakachengetwa kubva kumishonga yemutengo wakaderera yaizodzorera pakarepo inodarika zana muzana yemutero.

Nyika inonzi ichashandisa mari inosvika mabhiriyoni mazana matatu emadhora pakutenga mishonga yemishonga gore rino. Mitengo yaizodzika kusvika pachikamu chimwe chete kubva mugumi chemari iyi kana pakange pasina patent monopolies, zvichiita kuti pachengetwe mari inodarika mabhiriyoni mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu emadhora. Mari yakachengetedzwa pamitengo yakaderera yemishonga inofanirwa kudarika saizi yemutero zviri nyore, zvichisiya kudzikiswa kwakanyanya kwemitengo kuhurumende nemainishuwarenzi akazvimirira.

Iyo Sanders prize fund bill yaizoenda kure mukubvisa matambudziko akazara muindasitiri yezvinodhaka. Kutanga, zvaizopedza upenzi hwekuwana mainishuwarenzi kana kuti hurumende kubhadhara zvinodhaka. Kana mishonga ichidhura $5- $10 papepa, hapazovi nenhau hombe dzekuti ndiani anobhadhara zvinodhaka. Izvi zvaizobvisa kudiwa kwepepa uye hutongi hwakagadzirwa neindasitiri yeinishuwarenzi kuti ive nekubhadhara kwayo zvinodhaka.

Tinopedzawo matambudziko ekunyengedza ehunhu atinozvigadzirira isu nemishonga patent. Medicare inofanirwa kubhadhara $100,000 pagore pamushonga wekurapa cancer isingawanzo mune mumwe ane hutano ane makore makumi masere? Dambudziko iri rinova rekukurumidza pasina-brainer apo mushonga unowanikwa ne $ 80 pagore mumusika wakasununguka pasina kudzivirira patent.

Homwe yemubairo weSanders inogona zvakare kumisa maitiro mazhinji ehunyengeri ekushambadzira ayo indasitiri ikozvino yashandisa kusundira mishonga yavo, vachiwedzera mabhenefiti emishonga yavo uye kuvanza zvingangokuvadza mhedzisiro. Kashoma kuti mwedzi upfuure pasina kunyomba nenzira iyi. Kana makambani emishonga asisamirire kuwana mabhiriyoni epurofiti kubva mukushambadzira kunonyengera kwakadaro, havangazviite.

Zvingangodaro zvakare kuderedza yakawanda yemarara mune yazvino maitiro ekutsvagisa. Makambani ezvinodhaka anowanzo pedza mari yakawanda achigadzira mishonga yemakopi isinganyanyi kukosha pakurapa, asi inogona kuvabvumira kuwana chikamu cherendi yeanokwikwidza.

Homwe yemubairo weSanders haisiriyo yega inogoneka kune patents yekutsigira tsvagiridzo yemishonga inonyorerwa. Tinogona zvakare kuenda nenzira yekunanga mberi kwemari yehurumende uko hurumende yaizobvumira tsvakiridzo mberi. Isu tinotoshandisa mari inodarika mabhiriyoni makumi matatu emadhora pagore pakutsvaga kwakadaro kuburikidza neNational Institutes of Health. Izvi zvinoonekwa nenyanzvi dzezvehutano semari inoshandiswa zvakanaka zvikuru.

Zvingakwanisika kukwidza mari iyi nechikamu chemaviri kana matatu nechinangwa chekutsiva tsvakiridzo inotsigirwa nemvumo. Iyi mari yakananga yaizove nemukana wekuti mhedzisiro yese yaizowanikwa zvizere kune vaongorori uye neruzhinji, sezvo izvo zvaizova mamiriro emari. Mumiriri Dennis Kucinich akaunza bhiri nenzira iyi makore mashoma apfuura.

Panguva ino hatifanirwe kusarudza nzira yakanakisa yekutsvagisa patent-inotsigirwa nemishonga yemishonga, chatinofanira kuita kuita kuti gakava ritange. The Centers for Medicare uye Medicaid Research chirongwa chatichashandisa mari inosvika madhora mazana mana emadhora pamishonga yemishonga mumakore gumi anotevera. Iyi ingangoita $4 pamurume wese, mukadzi, uye mwana ari munyika. Yave nguva yadarika yekuti takafunga zvakadzama kuona kuti tiri kuwana kukosha kwemari iyi. Iyo Sanders prize fund bill inhanho yakakosha munzira iyi.

Ichi chinyorwa chakatanga kuburitswa muna Chivabvu 31, 2011 neThe Guardian Unlimited. 

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