Chiziviso cheMupepeti: Ongororo dzichangobva kuitika dzevamiriri vemitemo muUnited States dzakaona kuti vasingasviki 2% yevaishandira paCapitol Hill vakaita mabasa eblue-collar vasati vasarudzwa. Iwo muzana anodonha zvakanyanya pakati pevanoda kusvika zviuru zvinomwe nemazana matatu emitemo yenyika munzvimbo dzese makumi mashanu, sekureva kwevaongorori veDuke University neLoyola University Chicago, avo. akawanikwa kuti 81 chete vevamiriri ivavo ndivo vakambopinzwa mumabasa eboka revashandi. Dan Osborn, ane makore makumi mana nemasere ekuberekwa anoshanda muzvivakwa, muenzaniso usingawanzo wemumiriri ari kushanda kuwedzera nhamba idzodzo.
Osborn arikukwikwidza akazvimirira ega kudare reSeneti yeUS gore rino muNebraska. Mupikisi wake, Sen. Deb Fischer, ane makore makumi manomwe nematatu ekuberekwa ari muRepublican akatanga kusarudzwa muna 73, akavimbisa kushanda mazwi maviri chete, asi iye zvino ari kutsvaga chetatu. Fischer akavaka $2012 miriyoni re-sarudzo yehondo chipfuva nerutsigiro kubva kune vekudzivirira makondirakiti, Seneti Republican vashandi pamwe neAIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee).
Osborn, baba vakaroora vane vana vatatu, akatanga kusimukira kumusha kwavo makore mana apfuura semutungamiri weBakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 50G, mushure mekunge atungamira kuramwa mabasa kwakabudirira kwemavhiki gumi nerimwe ne11 union. nhengo dzeOmaha Kellogg cereal factory. Asati ashanda muchirimwa ichocho kwemakore gumi nemasere, Osborn akange asiya koreji uye akatevera tsoka dzababa vake nekujoinha Navy. Akashandawo muzvikamu zviviri zveNebraska National Guard uye zvino ave kushanda se steamfitter kune kondirakiti inochengetedza inodziya system paBoys Town, inzvimbo inoyevedza iri muOmaha.
Pamushandirapamwe wake wekutanga mukupera kwekupedzisira, Osborn akashoropodza "makambani akazvimirira ... ari kutungamira nyika ino" uye akavimbisa "kuunza pamwe chete vashandi, varimi, mapurazi uye varidzi vemabhizinesi madiki mhiri kweNebraska nenyaya dzechingwa nebhota dzinofadza mapato ese. mitsetse.” Parizvino, akwidza mari inosvika mazana mana emadhora pakati pevazhinji vanopa. Osborn nevazvipiri vake vaunganidza zviuru zvina masiginicha anodiwa kuti avhote muna Mbudzi uno (vachiri kuunganidza masiginecha kuti vave nebuffer yakachengeteka). Zvibvumirano zvake zvebasa zvinosanganisira International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 400,000, Plumbers Local 4,000, Sprinkler Fitters Local 28, Steamfitters Local 16, Hofisi uye Professional Employees International Union uye Osborn aimbove BCTGM Local 699G.
Kuedza kusingajairike kwaOsborn munyika inotongwa neRepublican kwakakwevera ruzhinji rwenyika. Muna December, The Intercept yakashuma pane vhoti yakaitwa neChange Research, yakawana Osborn achitungamira Fischer nemuganho wemapoinzi maviri (vamwe vakabvunza nzira yesarudzo) Nhoroondo yaJanuary yeOsborn mune New York Times akaronga "kuda kwake kwenguva refu" semuyedzo wekuti "simba riri kusimukira rebato rakasimba remubatanidzwa ringashandura kuva chigaro chepamusoro chesarudzo mukati megore resarudzo apo vavhoti veboka revashandi vachasarudza mutungamiri anotevera negwara renyika."
Muhurukuro yake na Barn Raiser, Osborn anotaura nezve chikonzero nei akasarudza kumhanya, kuti puratifomu yake yakasiyana sei nevamwe vakwikwidzi vehurumende uye nei izvo Times inotsanangurwa se "chikumbiro chake cheblue collar wallet" chiri kusvika kune vavhoti munzira yemushandirapamwe.
Urikumirira Seneti yeUS kubva kuNebraska. Wakashanda muchiuto, wanga uchishingaira mubasa rebasa. Ndeipi chikamu chebiography chako chakanyanya kukukurudzira kuti ukwikwidze chigaro panguva ino?
Tese tiri chigadzirwa chekare chedu, chakanaka, chakashata nechakashata. Saka, ndinofunga kuti mhinduro pfupi ingave iri yese. Asi, kunyanya, sangano revashandi. Kuramwa mabasa kwaKellogg kwakandivhura maziso kuti ndione kuti ndaigona kubatsira kuita shanduko muupenyu hwevanhu. Ndakaona vezvematongerwo enyika, kumativi ose emukoto, vachibuda uye vachitsigira varoti.
Seneti yedu yeUS ikirabhu yenyika. Izere nemamiriyoni, mabhizinesi execs uye magweta. Vanhu vanoshanda havamiririrwe. Ndinofunga yave nguva yekuchinja izvozvo. Inofanira kunge iri "isu vanhu" vanotimiririra, kwete vezvematongerwo enyika vekirabhu yenyika.
Ini ndinofungidzira kuti chimwe chipingamupinyi kune chero mukwikwidzi kubva kublue-collar kumashure iri kuwana nguva yekuenda kuvaka uye kumhanyisa mushandirapamwe wako. Kana usiri gweta rinoita bhizinesi hombe kana uine hupfumi hwemhuri, unotora sei nguva kubva kubasa rakafanana nerako, kuti ukwire pachigaro?
Ndinofunga ndicho chikamu chechikonzero nei vanhu vakaita seni vasingazviite, nekuti zvinotora nguva yakawanda nesimba. Nanhasi handisati ndambozorora kubasa. Ndinogona kuedza kuverevedza mumusangano wekudya kwemasikati pano kana uko, asi bhizinesi rangu zhinji rinoitwa mukati mesvondo, mushure mekunge ndabva pashifiti yangu (pashoma) yemaawa masere, uye kupera kwevhiki kwese.
Ndakanzwisisa kuzvipira kwandaizofanira kuita kuti ndiite izvi, asi pakupera kwezuva, ndichiri kunzwa sokuti zvinofanira kuitwa. Uye zvinofanira kuitwa zvino. Gore rino. Senge, ini handikwanise kuramba ndakamirira, kana kutarisira kuti mumwe munhu achamhanya mudenderedzwa rinotevera.
Uye ndinonzwa saizvozvo nekuti ndinofunga ruzhinji rwevanhu rwuri kunzwa saizvozvo. Pane isingaonekwe, isingabatike mhando yehuturu hwekunzwa kuti iyi ndiyo imwe yesarudzo dzakakosha dzenguva dzese. Ini ndinofungidzira kuti munhu wese akambokwikwidza musarudzo angadaidza nhangemutange yake kuti ndiyo inonyanya kukosha. Asi ndinonzwa kudaro, nekuti ndinofunga kuti zvinogoneka uye zvinobatika, tichipihwa chokwadi chekuti vanhu vazhinji vari kunyoresa sevakazvimirira-ndihwo huwandu hwevanhu vari kukurumidza kukurumidza kune vakanyoresa kuvhota muNebraska. Kune 270,000 muNebraska, uye inoda kusvika 440,000 muIowa. Imhaka yekuti tiri kuona kupatsanura kwakagadzirwa mukusarudzika kwezvematongerwo enyika, izvo zvinoita kuti nyaya yega yega yekugadzwa patsva kwete kuita chinhu chakanaka kana kuita kuti zvinhu zviitwe.
Vanhu vakadyiswa, vakavhiringidzika, vane hasha—chero chirevo chipi zvacho chaunoda kushandisa. Uye ndiri mumwe wavo.
Saka, chikamu chei chakapesvedzera danho rako rekunzvenga zita rebato uye kukwikwidza wakazvimirira kwaive kutora chikamu chevavhoti vari kukura?
Ndakazvimiririra, uye ndakazvimiririra kubva muna 2016. Ndakambova Democrat, asi ndinoona sekuti mapato ese akarega kuteerera vanhu vanoshanda uye akarega kuvashandira. Vese vanonyatsoenderana nezvido zvemakambani, kunyanya mupikisi wangu, Deb Fischer. Anotora mari yakawanda kubva kuindasitiri yezvitima, kubva kumakambani emishonga, uye anovhota saizvozvo. Kana vanhu vasati vazviziva, saka vanofanirwa kuziviswa nezvazvo. Ndosaka ndichiti Washington yakatyoka, uye isu tinofanirwa kupeta maoko edu togadzirisa.
Chimwe chezvinhu pamusoro pemushandirapamwe wako, wakaburitswa nguva pfupi yadarika na Jonathan Weisman mu New York Times, wanga wakatarisa nyaya dzebasa. Iwe uri mumwe munhu ari kutsigira yakabhadharwa nguva yekuzorora, mudiki wekuwedzera muhoro, kusimbisa njanji uye uri kutaura nezve kodzero yekurongera vanhu vakasarudzika se "vakazvimiririra makondirakiti." The Times akatsanangura chirongwa ichi sechinonakidza "zvishoma kune zvikwama zveblue-collar." Hazvina kunzwika senyaya nhete yenyaya kwandiri. Ndeipi mhando yemhinduro yawanga uchiwana pamusoro pepuratifomu yako?
Mhinduro yacho yakakura. Zvinonetsa vanhu nekuti inyaya dzatinosangana nadzo zuva nezuva, kwete nyaya dzinotiparadzanisa. Nyaya idzi dzinogona kutibatanidza. Ndizvo zvandinoda kutarisisa, kwete kugadzira kupatsanurana kwakawanda.
Chimwe chezvinhu izvo Times handina kutaura kuti chikuva changu chinoda kudzikisa mutero wemuhoro wenguva yakawandisa. Mumunda mangu tinoedza kushanda ovhataimu kuitira kuti tibudirire muupenyu. Asi pasina mihoro yenguva yakawandisa, vanhu vazhinji vanokwanisa chete kutsika mvura nemari. Asi nemubhadharo wakavimbiswa wenguva yakawedzerwa, kana uchida kupa nguva—uye, unoziva, tinongopihwa maminetsi akawanda muhupenyu huno—uye sarudza kushandisa nguva iyoyo kubatsira kambani yako, unofanira kubhadharwa zvakafanira. Asi zvinokukandira mubhaketi remutero wepamusoro apo iwe unoshanda nguva yakawandisa. Uye ndicho chinhu chandinoda kurwa. Kana wakazvipira kupira mhuri yako, haufanirwe kurangwa nazvo.
Imwe nyaya isina kujairika pachirongwa chako ikodzero yekugadzirisa. Zvinorevei uye nei uri kusimudza izvi senyaya?
Ndagara ndichishanda mumaindasitiri, asi ndichiita zvinhu zvakawanda zvaungafananidza nemabasa ekurima. Chimwe chazvo chiri kukanganisa midziyo.
Ndakaenda kumapurazi akawanda ndikaona matarakita nemidziyo inoshandiswa nevarimi. Ndivo vamwe vevanhu vanobatsira zvikuru panyika. Asi kana vagadziri vemidziyo yepurazi vakabvisa kugona kwavo kugadzirisa midziyo yavo, izvo zvinozocheka mutsetse wavo mukuru-nguva. Uye iri kudirana mune mamwe masekete zvakare. Subaru yakarwa mutemo wekodzero yekugadzirisa muMassachusetts, uye mamwe makambani haasi kure kumashure. Vanoda kukutorera kugona kwako kugadzirisa mota yako.
Muchirimo chapfuura mota yangu yakaparara padivi pemugwagwa. Alternator yangu yakabuda. Sezvineiwo, mudzimai wangu akakwanisa kundiendesa kubasa. Ndichibva kubasa ndakanomira paAutoZone neimwe shamwari yangu ine truck rainge rakazara maturusi ndokubva tachinja alternator padivi peroad. Ndakakwanisa kutenga alternator yakagadziridzwa ne$150. Dai ndakatenga vhezheni yemugadziri wepakutanga, ingadai yakave pedyo nemadhora mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu. Saka, izvo zvinotora mari muhomwe dzevanhu kana iwe ukabvisa kugona kwavo kugadzirisa mota yavo. Ungangorangarira pawaigona kubvisa seri kwembozhanhare yako wodzosera bhatiri rako. Iwe hauchagone kuita izvozvo! Zvino iwe unofanirwa kuenda nayo kuApple Store kwaunofanirwa kumirira mumutsara kwemaawa maviri, uye ndinovimba une mari yakakwana yekuivhara.
John Deere aive mumwe wevagadziri vezvigadzirwa zvepapurazi zvekutanga kuda kuti varimi vagadzirise midziyo yavo panzvimbo ine rezinesi.
Ndaida kusimbisa kukosha kwenyaya kune vangafunga kuti haisi nyaya hombe. Zvakanaka, saka ndingadai ndakabhadhara $200 mamwe madhora kune alternator. Asi ko dai ndaifanira kubhadhara $500 yakawanda nekuti ndaifanira kuitora muchitoro kuti nditenge imwe? Iyi ingori mari yakawedzerwa pahupfumi hwatowedzera. Uye iri nickel-uye-diming munhu wese. Zvose zvinowedzera.
Wanga uchitsoropodza mamwe maitiro eindasitiri yekubika nyama, yaunotenda kuti inofarirwa neBig Ag pamusoro pevarimi vadiki nevapfuri. Chii chakaita kuti mufarire munyaya iyi? Kwakanga kuri kukura muNebraska uye kuziva vanhu vanoedza kurarama sevarimi?
Varimi vemhuri vadiki vandinotaura navo, nyaya dzavo dzinoenderana nevemabhizimisi madiki kumaruwa nemumaguta. Asi nzvimbo dzekumaruwa kunyanya dzakave ne nguva yakaoma kukwikwidza nemaWalmarts nemaAmazons enyika. Iwe unogona kutyaira kuburikidza neMugwagwa mukuru chero kupi zvako muU.SA-kwete muNebraska chete-uye unogona kuona Dollar General kune rumwe rutivi uye Walmart kune rumwe rutivi, uye zvitoro zvose zvaamai-ne-pop zvakavharwa.
Uye vanhu vazhinji vanoshanda kuWalmart, McDonald's kana Dollar General vanofanirwa kunge vari paMedicaid nekuti havangobhadharwa zvakakwana. Ndizvo zvinonetsa. Makambani makuru aya ari kushandisa mari dzevateresi kuburikidza nehurumende yemubatanidzwa kupa rubatsiro rwehutano hwavo, asi ivo vasingabhadhare vashandi vavo mari dzavanotambira.
Ndiyo nzira yakanaka yandinogona kuisa nayo. Ndaizotaura zvimwe zvakaipa. Saka, hongu, zvinoshungurudza kuona. Uye mapurazi madiki emhuri ari kudzipwa, nekuti vanomanikidzwa kugadzirisa chero zvakawanda zvavanogona kutengesa mombe dzavo kune vagadziri venyama hombe kana kuti vanomanikidzwa kutenga mhodzi dzeMonsanto chete - zvese izvi maitiro anongobatsira iyo huru kambani. mapurazi.
George Norris aive mumwe wevakuru vevanhu vanofambira mberi vakabva kuNebraska tsika yekumhanya semunhu akazvimiririra. Zvinobatsira here munhu kumhanya akazvimirira sewe nhasi, kana kuti nhasi mumwe munhu akafanana naye haachayeukwi?
Sezvandinozvinzwisisa, populism inopera uye inoyerera munhoroondo yese, kunyanya kubva kuRevolution Revolution. Chikonzero cheizvi ndechokuti vanhu vane mari vanogara vachirwisana kuti vawane yakawanda, uye kuti vave nesimba uye kutonga. Uye vanozviita nekutenga congressmen nemaseneta. Uye ipapo vanhu vanotanga kuona kuti hurumende haisi kuvashandira, uye vanotanga kusarudza vanhu vazhinji vanonzwa kurwadziwa kwavo nekunetsekana.
Asi chiziviso ndechekuti vanhu vane mari havamboregi kurwa. Ivo havaneti. Ndosaka sarudzo iyi yakakosha nekuti zvatiri kuona iclass struggle, kana muchida.
Tinogara munyika yakapfuma zvikuru munyika yose, uye tinoda kurarama upenyu hwakanaka. Tinoda kuva varidzi vedzimba uye varidzi vemotokari. Kufanana neni, handisi kuedza kuwana mari kuti nditenge Corvette. Ndinongoda kugara murunyararo uye kuwirirana uye mufaro munyika yakapfuma kwazvo pasi rose. Ndiwo hwaro hwechiroto cheAmerica. Ndizvo zvakakodzerwa nevanhu vekuAmerica. Uye kana 1% yehuwandu iine makumi mapfumbamwe muzana ehupfumi, zvinonetsa.
Pane here mamwe mabhindauko ekuti dai wakasarudzwa waizotsigira maererano nekudzikamisa simba remari yakawanda mune zvematongerwo enyika?
Term limits, hongu. Vezvematongerwo enyika vanogona kuve nenjodzi, asi ini ndinowana mativi ese enyaya iyoyo, kunyanya kana ukawana munhu ari pachokwadi uye anoda kuita chinhu chaicho uye kwete kutengesa mweya yavo kumakambani. Asi panogara paine divi remari iyoyo, ndosaka ndiri kutsigira miganhu yematemu. Matemu maviri muSeneti makore gumi nemaviri. Kana usingakwanise kuita zvawaronga kuita mumakore gumi nemaviri, saka pamwe unofanira kumbomira parutivi worega mumwe munhu achipinda uye kuyedza kuita shanduko.
Ini ndanga ndichiwana flack yakawanda kubva ku Times nyaya yekufonera vese Joe Biden naDonald Trump vakura. Kuti ndigadzirise rekodhi, apa ndipo pandakakanganisa: Iniwo ndakavati havagone. Uye kutaura kuti mumwe munhu anyanya kuchembera uye haakwanisi mumutsara mumwe chete hazvina kunaka, munoziva, zvinoita kuti zviratidzike sekunge uri kukoshesa zera, izvo zvandisiri. Asi ini ndinonzwa kuti kana uri kumhanyira kune rimwe remabasa akakosha pasirese, unogona kunge wanyanya kuchembera.
Kana iwe usina makomiti makuru akazvimirira ekushandisa mari, kana usiri kutora mari yePAC, kana uri kuedza kukwidza mari sezvaunoita ne email blasts nezvimwe zvinhu-iro ibasa rakawanda. Iwe uri kuwana mhinduro yakanaka kubva kune vadiki vanopa?
Ndinopedza maawa mashoma pafoni mazuva ese. Ndinoita kuti vanhu vasungirire pandiri, asi ndakavawo nehurukuro dzinoshamisa nevanhu muNebraska yese. Asi isu tinorarama muzera redhijitari, uye tiri kusvika kune vanhu vazhinji nemadhijitari. Tangodarika $400,000 XNUMX, iyo isiri pedyo nedhora remadhora yekukwikwidzana naDeb Fischer mumujaho uyu. Asi tinofanira kushandisa mari yakakwana kuti tibudise shoko redu, tobva takwanisa kuzvidzivirira.
Chii chiri hukama hwako neDemocrats? Vachachengeta mutsara wavo wekuvhota wakavhurika munhangemutange yako here?
Handitendi kuti varikushingairira kutsvaga kukwikwidza chero ani zvake kwandiri. Ndinofunga vanoona nzira yekukunda. Chikamu chinonakidza nezvemushandirapamwe uyu ndechekuti tiri kuvaka mubatanidzwa. Ini zvakare ndine libertarian uye maRepublicans. Ini ndinoda kutsigirwa nemunhu wese. Chikwata changu chese chakangozara nehodgepodge yevanhu vanotenda kuti panofanira kuva neshanduko muhurongwa hwedu hwezvematongerwo enyika.
Pane here nyaya kana mibvunzo yereferendamu ingangoite kuti iite muvhoti kudonha uku kwaunoda kuti mushandirapamwe wako ukwezve vanhu?
Kodzero yekubvisa pamuviri ndeimwe yacho. Ndinotenda kuti mutongo wemukadzi wekuti obvisa pamuviri here kana kuti orega, uri pakati pake nachiremba wake, haisi nzvimbo yehurumende yemubatanidzwa kutaurira vanhu zvinhu izvozvo. Deb Fischer anotenda mune yakakwana kurambidza kubvisa pamuviri. Ini handibvumirani zvachose nechinzvimbo ichocho.
Fischer akasainawo kune kodzero yenyika yekushanda. Ndizvo zvinokuvadza kushanda. Ungave uri mumubatanidzwa kana kuti kwete, kana uri muindasitiri umo mune mibatanidzwa, vanounza mihoro yako zvakare.
Iniwo ndinopesana nezvirongwa zvevhocha zvezvikoro zvakazvimiririra, zvakaunzwa muparamende yehurumende gore rino. Chaizvoizvo, bhiri iri rinobvumira vanhu vakapfuma kuti vawane kiredhiti yemutero uye mari yekuti vana vavo vaende kuzvikoro zvakazvimiririra, ivo vachitora mari kubva kuzvikoro zvehurumende. Inyaya yakajeka yekuti mupfumi ari kupfuma.
Steve Early anga achinyora nezve zvematongerwo enyika kana basa muVermont sezvo anga ari undergraduate paMiddlebury College makore anopfuura makumi mashanu apfuura. Aimbova mumiriri wemubatanidzwa wepasi rose weCommunication Workers of America uye akabatanidzwa mukuronga, kutaurirana, uye kuita kwezvematongerwo enyika nenhengo dzeCWA nevamwe vashandi muNew England yese. Akavamba "Basa raBernie" uye aishingaira mune ese maSanders eMutungamiri mishandirapamwe. Kubva paakatamira kuBay Area, akanyora mabhuku mana, kusanganisira Refinery Town: Mafuta Makuru, Mari Yakakura, uye Kugadziriswa kweGuta reAmerica (Beacon Press) nezvedhorobha rake idzva, Richmond, California. Anogona kusvikwa pa [email inodzivirirwa].
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