Musi waChikumi 20, Oregon's Portland City Council yakavhota nebvumirano kuti ibvumidze bhajeti yanga iri imwe yemienzaniso yakakwikwidzwa zvakanyanya yekusagadzikana mundangariro dzazvino.
Masvondo apfuura, muvhoti yekubvumidza hurongwa hwebhajeti iyi muna Chivabvu 29, ratidziro yeGuta reGuta rakachengetwa rekubvumirana rakaputswa apo Commissioner Amanda Fritz vakavhota "Kwete." (Zvimwe pavhoti yake gare gare). Nekudaro, pakuvhota kwekupedzisira kwebhajeti neChina chapfuura akange amanikidzwa kuchinja pfungwa dzake.
Ko bhajeti ra2013 rakagadziridzwa sei? Pakatanga chirongwa cheBudget chePortland mwedzi yakati wandei yapfuura, Meya achangosarudzwa Charlie Hales akazivisa kushomeka kwemamiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu emadhora muGeneral Fund yeguta. Dhipatimendi rega rega rakaudzwa kuti riendese mabhajeti aine gumi muzana ekucheka, zvichiratidza kutsunga kwaHales kutarisa misa-mazhinji uye kutemwa kana kubviswa kwezvirongwa zvakakosha izvo vazhinji vePortlanders vakavimba nazvo.
Iyi nguva yekupedzisira yekucheka yakavimbiswa kuve yakaipisisa mumakore akati wandei anoteedzana ematanho ehuori. Nguva imwe neimwe vakuru veguta vakaudza veruzhinji kuti kuzvipira "kwenguva pfupi" kunofanirwa kuitwa izvozvi kuitira kuti hupfumi hugadzirise mangwana. Nguva imwe neimwe pakanga pasina kutendeuka-kutenderera uye mamwe macheki aive, akafanofungidzira, akatengeswa gore rinotevera kunyangwe iyi yehupfumi "tonic" rekodhi inosiririsa.
Isu tinoti "nekufanofungidzira" nekuti haugone kuvaka guta uchirova mabasa enhengo dzenharaunda uye mambure ekuchengetedza magariro. Basa rega rega rinorasika uye kuchekwa kwesevhisi kunounza mari shoma yekuti vanhu vaise muhupfumi. Pasina chigadziko chevatengi chinobudirira hapana hupfumi hunogona kuzvisimudza kubva mumatambudziko atanga tichitambura kubva muna 2008. Nokudaro, gore negore kutema muPortland uye kune imwe nzvimbo kunokuvadza tarisiro yekudzorera uye kunobatsira pakuderera.
Vezvematongerwo enyika vanoenderera mberi nekumanikidza nzira iyi zvine hukasha, zvisinei nemhedzisiro yayo, nekuti ivo vane rufu-kubata pa "logic" iyo yakaonekwa yakafa isina kururama mune zvese zvehupfumi dzidziso uye ruzivo. Kana fungidziro yavo yekupenga - yekuti nzira yekupora yakarongedzwa nehurongwa hunopfumisa hupfumi uye bhizinesi hombe, ukuwo kuputsa zvirongwa zvinoshandira veruzhinji - chaive chokwadi, saka taifanira kunge taona kupora chaiko pari zvino. Mabhajeti evakuru aya "kugadzirisa" anoita zvakapesana, zvichidzamisa matambudziko makuru ehupfumi nekusaenzana.
Uku ndiko kukanganisa kwe "austerity." Uye umboo hwacho hwakakura. MuEurope mose, upfumi hwakaora mwoyo hwakakonzerwa nokuzvipira kwoupofu kushandisa matanho okuderedza.
Saka chii chakashanda muPortland kufambisa zvinhu kuenda kumhedzisiro iri nani? Kutanga, Meya Hales uye kutsvaga kweCity Council kwekusagadzikana kwakasangana nekudururwa kweveruzhinji kwekupikisa pamisangano yeruzhinji yebhajeti. Kupokana kwakazoguma muna Kubvumbi 11 apo vanopfuura mazana mana vairatidzira vakashamisa kanzuru yeguta uye vakaremedza vashandi vavo. Vaipinda vaive nhengo dzeMetropolitan Youth Commission, Laborers International Local 400, Portland Community College, Friends of Trees, Portland Safety Net, SUN Schools, Eastside Action Plan, Elders in Action, AFSCME Local 483, nevamwe vakawanda. Vakakatyamadza Kanzuru yeGuta neuchapupu hwepamoyo uye dzimwe nguva hwekupokana. Vazhinji vaipfeka zvitsvuku kuratidza kubatana uye vakatakura zviratidzo zvakawanda mukudzivirira zvirongwa zvekugarisana nevamwe.
Vaipindawo inhengo dzeJobs with Justice, People's Budget Project, uye Solidarity Against Austerity. Mapoka aya akaona kunzwa semukana wekutanga kuvaka kubatana pakati peruzhinji rwevanhu vemuPortland vanoshanda kuti vapikise kuderedzwa kwebhajeti rose uye kupikisa kuramba kwekanzuru yeGuta kukurukura dzimwe nzira dzekugadzirisa. Vakaisa chikwangwani pamusoro pemusuwo wemusangano waiti "COMMUNITIES UNITED TO STOP CTS," uye vakatambidza mazana emapepa nemasaini ane meseji iyi pamwe chete ne"RAISE REVENUE - NOT UNEMPLOYMENT." Muhuchapupu hwavo vaigaro tendeuka kuti vataure nevateereri, vachipokana kuti sei kucheka uku kuri kuparadza uye zvisina basa, vachiti mari iyi inogona kuwanikwa mumaoko e1%, uye vachitsanangura kuti kanzuru yeguta ingashandisa sei mari iyi kushandira nharaunda dzePortland. .
Nhengo dzeKanzuru dzakaratidza kusafara kuona vanhu vari muvateereri vachipindura nenhamba huru zvikumbiro zvevaratidziri kuti vamire kana kusimudza maoko avo nezviratidzo vachipikisa kucheka kwacho. Pakave nerutsigiro rwemazwi kubva kune vateereri, nekupikisa kukuru apo Guta reGuta rakaedza kugura humbowo hwekupikisa. Matestifiers akataurawo kuti tichava nesimba rakawanda sei kana takabatana kurwisa zvese zvakatemwa pane kukumbira kanzuru yeguta kuti isacheke zvirongwa zvega. Kusiyana nekunzwa kwebhajeti reveruzhinji kwakapfuura, chiitiko chaApril 11 chakatora chimiro chekuratidzira kunotyisa.
Uye kuratidzira uku kwakakanganisa. The City Council vaifanira kugadzirisa maitiro avo. Mimwe misangano miviri yeruzhinji yakawedzerwa kune yakanga yakarongwa kare. Zvakaziviswa kuti kushomeka kweGeneral Fund kwakaderedzwa kusvika pamamiriyoni makumi maviri nerimwe nemazana mashanu emadhora pane madhora makumi maviri nemashanu. Vakuru veguta vakatanga "kuwana" mari yezvimwe zvirongwa zvakakurumbira pane chopping block.
Zvakadaro, kushorwa kwemaitiro eGuta reGuta rekuomesera kwakaenderera mberi pakunzwa bhajeti reruzhinji kunotevera muna Chivabvu 16. Pamberi pazvo, pamusangano wevatori venhau kunze kweCity Hall, vadzimi vemoto vakamira parutivi nevatsigiri vedzimba kubva kuRight 2 Survive, vashandi veguta kubva kuAFSCME 189 , uye vashandi vezvemagariro evanhu vakatarisa pakurapa vakabatwa nekutengesa kwevanhu, vasingadi kuderedzwa kumabasa avo. Musangano wevatori venhau wakaperekedzwa netheater yemumugwagwa, pie giveaway uye banner yaiti "Bake a Big Pie!" - tichitarisa kudiwa kwekuunganidza mari nekubhadharisa mutero kune vakapfuma nemakambani makuru, avo vari kupihwa zororo rakakura remutero pane kubhadhara mari yavo.
Inenge awa imwe chete isati yatanga kunzwa bhajeti, meya akazivisa kuti vaive vagadzira nzira nyowani dzekudzikisa kucheka nekushanda neHurumende yedunhu reMultnomah. Mapurogiramu mazhinji aive nemari yadzo yakadzoserwa zvishoma kubva pakucheka kwavaitarisira. SUN zvikoro zvemunharaunda, nzvimbo yemhirizhonga mudzimba uye chirongwa chekuchinjana tsono zvakapihwa zororo - kwegore rino zvishoma.
Chidzidzo chacho? Dai pasina kubuda kwevanopikisa musi wa 11 Kubvumbi, pamwe chete nezvido zveimwe nzira kune yekuomesera, kanzuru yeguta ingadai isina kumanikidzwa "kutsvaga" mamwe mabviro emari.
Results
Izvi zvanga zvisiri izvo zvaidiwa naMeya Hales, asi kupikiswa neveruzhinji kwakamumanikidza kuti atore nzira iri nyore. Zvakadaro, isu tichiri kusara ne-chete bhajeti. Hofisi yeHealy Working Rivers yaenda. Vanodzima moto nevanogadzirisa zvinhu vari kudzingwa basa. Pachave neinenge $100,000 shoma kune vasina pekugara; $200,000 ichachekwa kubva kuShamwari dzeMiti; $50,000 ichachekwa kubva kuHillsdale neAlberta Street zvirongwa. Janus Youth, iyo inoshanda nevanobatwa nekutengesa vanhu, ichadimburwa zvikamu makumi maviri nezvishanu kubva muzana. Aya angori mashoma emapurogiramu akatopihwa mari shoma anotora kurova kukuru.
Hurumende yeguta rePortland yakazivisa kuti pachangove nemapingi makumi maviri nenhanhatu anopihwa semugumisiro wekucheka. Zvakadaro, mabasa anosvika zana nemakumi mana nemaviri akarongedzerwa kubviswa, ruzhinji rwuri zvinzvimbo zvisina vanhu uye kuvhurwa kutsva kunouya nekuda kwekukurumidza kusiya basa. Aya mabasa anofanira kuzadzwa, kwete kunyangarika. Mutsetse weCity Council wekuti kuchangove ne 26 mapink slips anopihwa ndeyekuedza kuvhara kukuvadzwa kwenguva refu kuchaita kucheka kwavo kunharaunda dzedu.
Kanzuru yeGuta haina kana kumbova nepfungwa yekuunganidza mari kubva kune vakapfuma pamwe nevemakambani vanogona kuwana mitero yepamusoro nyore nyore. Izvi zvinonyanya kunyadzisa sezvo hupfumi hwavo huri kukura nekukasira ukuwo munhu wese achirasikirwa nepasi. Pasina matanho emutero anofambira mberi, makambani makuru nevapfumi vacharamba vachitora chikamu chinonyadzisa chechero hupfumi hwakawanikwa muzera rekuomerwa, uye pasina mubvunzo Portland ichasangana nekumwe kuderedzwa gore rinouya.
Mamwe matambudziko akadzika midzi akazviratidza muhurongwa hwebhajeti iri. Iyo isiri-purofiti isiri-bato yeUS Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) yakapa bhajeti rePortland D- nekuda kwekushaikwa kwayo pachena. Kwete kunyange maKomisheni eGuta anonzwisisa zvizere bhajeti, sezvakajeka apo Commissioner Dan Saltzman akataura nezvezvichangobva kuwanikwa zvekutsvaga mari, "Ndinofara kuti zvinhu izvi zvawedzerwa, asi handina chokwadi chekuti mari yese iyi yakabva kupi. ."
Kushaikwa kwekujeka kunonyanya kuoneka kana zvasvika kune Portland's Internal Service Funds (ISF) bhajeti. Mashandiro anoita homwe iyi ndeyekuti mahofisi emuguta anobhadhariswa huwandu hwemabasa ekutonga anopihwa nepakati, senge zvivakwa, zvikepe, kudhinda, IT rutsigiro, inishuwarenzi yehutano yevashandi, mutoro, komputa yevashandi, uye zvinodiwa nemutemo. Inomisikidzwa sehomwe yemari-mumari-kunze, uye nekudaro inofanirwa kuramba iri pachiyero chakafanana gore rega rega. Zvakadaro, homwe iyi yakura kubva pa$68.8 miriyoni makore mashanu apfuura kusvika pa$106.7 miriyoni nhasi.
Zvinoenderana nemagwaro eGuta pacharo, Internal Service Funds haina miganhu uye inowanikwa kune chero chinangwa chepamutemo. Vanopikisa kuomerwa vakapokana kuti kusakwana kwemamiriyoni e21.5 emadhora muGeneral Fund kunogona kuzadzwa nekuendesa mari kubva kuISF. Iyi nhanho yenguva imwe yekukurumidzira inogona kugadzirisa dambudziko riripo uye kupa Kanzuru nguva yekugadzira matanho ekusimudzira mari. Zvakadaro pane imwe yekupedzisira kunzwa bhajeti reveruzhinji, Guta reGuta rakazivisa kuti ISF yakanga isiri "isina kurambidzwa" sezvavaifunga. Zvikonzero zvakaita kuti ISF ikure, mari yezvirongwa zvipi uye nei mari idzi dzichirambidzwa kusiyana nezvisati zvatsanangurwa nemagwaro ehurumende yeguta.
Zvekuita pachena uye Democracy
Zvese mune zvese, bhajeti rePortland rakashaya chero demokrasi yechokwadi yakavakirwa paruzhinji ruzivo. Pakunzwa bhajeti, vaivepo vakaudzwa kuti pakanga pasina kana mari uye kuti vatsanangure zvirinani kuti sei zvirongwa zvavanofarira zvisingadimburwe - kupera kwenyaya. Kanzuru yeguta yakatosvika pakukumbira mazano ekuda kuchekwa kubva munharaunda. Chirevo chenhema chekuti Portland yakaputsika chaiitirwa kukanganisa mhedzisiro yekunzwa uku, kusundira parutivi nyaya yekusaenzana kwehupfumi muPortland, uye kusiya nharaunda dzePortland dzichirwa pakati pavo nekuda kwezvimedu.
Kunyangwe mukati menyika yakamanikana yeGuta reGuta, hurongwa hwegutsaruzhinji hwakatadza kusvika pazvaiwanzotarisirwa. Ichi chaive chikamu chekukurudzira kuseri kwevhoti yaCommissioner Amanda Fritz "Kwete" pabhajeti. Achitsanangura vhoti yake akati nezvemaitiro aya:
"Semaonero angu, iyi yanga iri nzira shoma yeBudget yekudyidzana kupfuura chero yemakore mana apfuura. Masevhisi andinoona seanonyanya kukosha kune Guta mari akarambwa seasina kukosha, kana mutoro wemumwe munhu. Kusvika nhasi, nhengo shanu dze Kanzuru haisati yasangana se'bhodhi revatungamiri' kuti tikurukure ruzivo rwatakanzwa muzvikamu zvebasa reBudget, kana kuronga zvinokosheswa.Pakanga pasina kana musangano mumwe chete webasa wekuburitsa nhuna dzenhengo imwe neimwe yeKanzuru.Kubva pakaburitswa Meya's Proposed Budget, mari inopfuura hafu yemiriyoni yemadhora yakaonekwa, asi pakanga pasina nhaurirano yekugovera mari itsva iyi. "
Chirevo chaFritz chinopa fungidziro yekuti zvinokosheswa bhajeti zviri kutongwa naMayor Hales kure nekutarisa veruzhinji uye kunyangwe vamwe vakuru vakasarudzwa. Zvaakataura zvakare zvinosiyana zvakanyanya nezvakataurwa naHales paruzhinji pahurongwa hwebhajeti. The Portland Mercury munguva pfupi yapfuura yakashuma kuti meya akatsiura vashandi veJanus Youth nokuda kwe "kumunyadzisa" nehupupuriro hwavo hwepachena pamusoro pekutengesa kwevanhu uye "vakavakurudzira zvakasimba kuti varege kuuya kumatare emangwana." Nhoroondo idzi dzese dzinotiita kuti tisavane nehanya naHales pakutora chikamu chegutsaruzhinji.
Kwekuenda Kubva Pano
Kana mhinduro dzenguva refu dzichiwanikwa kubhajeti rePortland uye kuoma kwehupfumi, vanozobva kusangano remagariro rakasununguka kubva kune vezvematongerwo enyika nevatsigiri vavo vemakambani. Kwenguva refu bhajeti rePortland rakabatsira bhizinesi hombe uye vapfumi vachirasikirwa neruzhinji. Kune bhajeti rinoisa nharaunda dzePortland pamberi, izvi zvinonyanya kukosha zvinofanirwa kudzoserwa kumashure. Izvi zvinoreva kuti kunyange Portland's 1% ichafanirwa kubhadhara chikamu chavo chakanaka kuita iyi "Guta Rinoshanda" kuitira kusimudzira vese, kwete kukara kwevashoma.
Mune imwe Oregonian op-ed ine musoro unoti "Austerity haisi iyo nzira yekugadzirisa bhajeti rePortland," mapurofesa ehupfumi Robin Hahnel (Portland State University) naMarty Hart-Landsberg (Lewis & Clark University) vakaisa mberi zvisungo zvakati wandei zvaizotanga. Ita izvi. Mazano avo anosanganisira mutero wemuhoro wedunhu unofambira mberi, kushandura mutero wemarezenisi eguta reguta kuita inofambira mberi, uye kugadzirisa mitemo yePortland Development Commission kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti mibairo kubva mukuvandudzwa inogovaniswa. Matanho aya anogona kukwidza mari inokwana zvekuti tinenge tisisataure nezvekuzadza maburi mubhajeti asi kuti tinenge tichipa vanhu mabasa, kuwedzera mabasa ekugarisana nevamwe, kupinza vadzidzisi mabasa, uye kuvaka patsva zvivakwa zvedu.
Kurwisana kwepasi pamusoro pebhajheji yeguta muna 2013 kwakabatsira kuparadzira kufarirwa kwemaitiro akadaro uye yakagadzira network yemubatanidzwa uye nhengo dzenharaunda dzinoda kubatana kumativi ose. Nekutarisa pakuvaka kubatana kwakatenderedza zvikumbiro zvekusimudzira mari, nekufumura kuti zvinokoshesa bhajeti zvinoiswa sei uye kuti zvinokuvadza sei nharaunda dzedu, uye nekuronga kuwedzera kufamba kwedu, tichakwanisa zvirinani kutarisana nematambudziko ari kuuya kwatiri muna 2014.
Mark Vorpahl mutariri wemubatanidzwa, murwiri wezvemagariro evanhu, uye munyori weVashandi 'Action - www.workerscompass.org. Anogona kusvika pane [email inodzivirirwa].
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