Umgca uqalisa kwangentseni ngoMvulo, ujija kwaye uphuma kwiingcango zamaplanga ezivaliweyo, wehla udlula kwindawo yokucoca isebe likamasipala kwaye kwakhona njengoko umda wepaki yendawo, ngaphambi kokuba ujike ubuyele umva kwi-nondescript yokuthenga arcade. Lo mboniso usisikhumbuzo sewaka lemifanekiso yemfazwe ebandayo yangaphambi kweperestroika yelizwe elalisakuba yiSoviet Union; Umgca oqheleke kakhulu wamakhulu aliqela adla umhlala-phantsi kunye noomama abancinci abanabantwana: belinde kwimvula yakusasa engwevu ukuze iingcango zivulwe ekugqibeleni kwaye ubanike ikhefu ekulindeni okuqale ngentsimbi yesixhenxe ngale ntsasa ibandayo, imbi. Kodwa le asiyoMoscow okanye iSt.
Le yiGlasgow ka-2001 – kunye neenzuzo zeveki zokhuseleko loluntu emgceni eliphindaphindwa ubude nobubanzi bendawo yaseBritane elityelweyo ye-sink estates kunye namatyotyombe angaphakathi edolophu. Lilizwe elikude kwiivenkile zabayili abakrelekrele kunye neevenkile zekofu ezivele kumgama oziikhilomitha ezisibhozo ukusuka kumbindi wedolophu ehlaziyiweyo yeGlasgow - iimayile ezisibhozo ezinokuba ngamawaka asibhozo. Oomama abaxhatshazwayo bayatshaya kwaye baqalekise imizuzwana ecothayo elandela impelaveki yokulinda lo mzuzu kunye nesithembiso esisiphetheyo. Incoko iphelele ekuchongeni abo basebenzi baseposini abathanda ukukugcina ulindile kunye nabo bantu banengqondo ephangaleleyo bavula ngexesha – ‘Uyambona? Ulibhatala elibi. Akakhe avule kwangexesha' utsho umfazi othweswe isikhafu entloko enemithambo ebomvu etyebileyo kwimpumlo ye-W.G Fields. Into eqhelekileyo njengamaxesha okuvulwa kweposi inokuba bubungqina bemfazwe yokulwa abantu balapha baziva bengabalwi.
Iqela elincinane lamadoda anxibe ezona zintle zikaTommy Hilfiger - ookrebe bendawo ababoleka imali kunye namadoda abo - bahlanganisana ngaphandle kwevenkile etshileyo kunye nedume ngokuqhekezwa kwezaphulelo zempahla zangasese; balinde ngobubi into yabo. Aba babolekisi-mali baqhele ukunconywa ngobubele babo bomoya: abanye bathatha nje ‘INcwadi yangoMvulo’ (njengoko incwadi yentlawulo yezibonelelo zokhuseleko loluntu iqhele ukubizwa njalo) ngoloyiko nokunye. Yimeko apho abantu abaninzi abakwizibonelelo bazifumana bekuyo njengoko bebhenela kwizigebenga ukuze bafumane imali yokuhlangabezana neemeko ezingxamisekileyo - ibhilidi esetyenziswayo engalindelekanga, ibango lokugqibela, isigulo esingalindelekanga - esingavunyelwanga lukhuseleko loluntu olufumanayo. Abo bangekho kwi-hock kwi-heavies
ukufumana intuthuzelo yexesha elifutshane kunye nonxunguphalo lwemali lwexesha elide kwiingalo ‘ezisemthethweni’ - kodwa hayi ngaphantsi koburhalarhume - iinkampani zezimali ezijikeleza njengookrebe bejikeleza abantu ababengaphangeli ngaphambili.
Iivenkile ezifana neCash Converters (“CAbaguquli bothuthu babonelela ngokukhethekileyo kubathengi banamhlanje ngeenkonzo ezimbini ezingenakuthelekiswa nanto - indlela ekhawulezayo nefanelekileyo yokuthengisa izinto ezisetyenzisiweyo okanye ezingafunwayo kwimali ekhoyo ngoko nangoko. Ivenkile nganye yeeCash Converters ngoku ibonelela ngeemveliso zezimali ezidumileyo kunye neenkonzo ezibandakanya izibonelelo zemali yetshekhi, iimali-mboleko zexeshana elifutshane kunye nokuthenga kwakhona okukhethekileyo okubizwa ngokuba yi-'Buyback') kunye neCrazy George's (“Injongo yethu kukubonelela nabani na. , kungakhathaliseki ingeniso yekhaya labo, umsebenzi okanye imeko yetyala, abanokhetho olubanzi lweemveliso zodidi oluphezulu zekhaya labo ngamaxabiso afikelelekayo”) ngamadoda anamhlanje anezibalo ezikhethwayo kwiintsapho ezinemivuzo ephantsi. ‘Ifikelelekayo’ apha ithetha i-APR eqhwalelayo ephantse ibe ngama-30%. Kunzima ukwazi ukuba ngubani ombi kakhulu: oobhobhoyi bengingqi kunye nobucwebe babo kunye neemela ezingabizi mali ininzi okanye amashishini ahloniphekileyo anobundlobongela obuqhelekileyo bezemali. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, iinzuzo zeveki ezilindileyo zisemdlalweni wabo bobabini – uninzi lwemali ekheshiswe apha ngale ntsasa izakuba sendleleni.
Abantwana abasele bekruqukile banxiba iimpahla ezithandwa ngabo bonke abantwana abahlwempuzekileyo (Adidas, Fila, Nike and Reebok), kodwa njengabantwana abangamahlwempu ehlabathini lonke, abananto eziswini zabo. Iti kunye nebhotolo ethotyiweyo edla ngokusetyenziswa kwisidlo sakusasa kudala yaphela; yiyo loo nto uninzi lwaba bantwana luchitha iintsasa zangoMvulo bebuthelene ngaphandle kweposi edakumbileyo nedandathekisayo kunasesikolweni. Sisithethe apho amawakawaka abantu baseGlaswegians kunye namaBritane anobungqina - isiko elibuhlungu lokudlula elingekho ngaphandle kwendawo yam yamava.
Xa iingcango zivuleka ekugqibeleni, kukho uvakalelo olubambekayo lwamandla kunye nesehlo esibalisa elalo ibali. Kwabaninzi apha, oku kwaye kuya kuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo evekini. Ulonwabo luhlala ixesha elifutshane. UAgnes ungumzekelo. Kwiipounds ezingama-78.90 azifumanayo, phantse iipounds ezingama-65 sele zibekelwe umbane kunye neethokheni zegesi, ikhathalogu yeposi ethenga kuyo iimpahla zabantwana bakhe, imali ebolekwe kummelwane kwaye iyahamba. Oku kumshiya kunye nabantwana bakhe ababini malunga neeponti ezili-13 kwintsalela yeveki. Oku kufuneka kuthenge ukutya kweveki, kuhlawule imali yebhasi yokuya esikolweni kwaye kubeke iimpahla ezintsha kumqolo wabantwana – akukhange kubenjalo kule veki iphelileyo nakule veki. Ndabuza uAgnes enoba wakha wahendelwa kusini na ukuba athabathe umsebenzi wesingxungxo ukuze ancedise kwimali awayenayo yenzuzo encinane. Ewe, ndiyabazi abantu abenza imisebenzi emincinci yokucoca kunye nezinto ezinjalo, kodwa bathatha umngcipheko omkhulu.
Ngokwenene banjalo. Le nyanga ibona uhlengahlengiso olukhulu lwenkqubo yentlalo-ntle yaseBritane, ‘olona shukumo lubanzi lwenkqubo yentlalo-ntle kwisizukulwana' utsho uNobhala weMisebenzi noMhlalaphantsi u-Alistair Darling. Amanyathelo amatsha anzima okuphelisa ubuqhophololo benzuzo nawo aya kusebenza. Okokuqala, ibhanki yabucala, i-inshorensi kunye neenkcukacha zenkampani esebenza ngazo ziya kujongwa apho kukho ‘izizathu ezivakalayo zokurhanela ukuba ubuqhophololo buyenziwa. UMthetho woBuqhophololo boKhuseleko lwezeNtlalo ka-2001 (uMthetho woBuqhophololo) sele uvulele indlela yokwandisa amandla eSebe lezeMisebenzi kunye neMhlala-phantsi ukuze kufumaneke ulwazi kwimibutho edwelisiweyo malunga nabathengi babo ukuze kuliwe ubuqhophololo benkqubo yenzuzo ethi i-arhente iqikelela iiponti ezimbini zeebhiliyoni ngonyaka.
I-icing kule keyiki kukwaziswa ‘kogwayimbo olubini kwaye uphumile’ umgaqo-nkqubo ovumela aboni ‘abazingisayo’ ukuba bakhutshwe kwi-benefits equation kwaye bakhutshwe kumanani abantu abangaphangeliyo ukuze banyuswe. ukuya kwiiveki ezilishumi elinesithathu. Kwiimeko apho isibini esinabantu abaxhomekeke kuwe sizama ukukuphepha isohlwayo ngokutshintshisa ibango kumntu omsulwa, izibonelelo zokunciphisa isixa senzuzo enxulumene nomvuzo ehlawulwe kwiqabane okanye nawuphi na oxhomekeke ‘umaphuli-mthetho’ iya kusebenza ixesha elide. yesohlwayo. Iphulo lentengiso yezinga eliphezulu lokuchasa ubuqhophololo nalo liyaqhuba – kukho iipowusta zebhilibhodi eziphikisanayo kunye neendawo zikamabonakude eziyi-40 ezibongoza uluntu ukuba lutsalele umnxeba womnxeba worhwaphilizo oneenkcukacha zabahlobo nabamelwane ababarhanela ngobuqhophololo.
Iipowusta ziyoyikeka ngokungenazintloni (‘IBENEFITS CHEATS. BUKA UMNGQA WAKHO. WE'RE ONTO YOU’ kwaye ‘IBENEFITS CHEATS. IYA KUPHUKA NINI INOMBOLO YAKHO?’) – ayimangalisi into yokuba abafana no-Agnes bayacekisa ukuba semngciphekweni wokuphulukana nezibonelelo zabo ngenxa yokubhatala kakubi umsebenzi wokucoca kunye nowonga. I-Curtain twitchers kunye ne-snoopers nazo zinokungenisa iinkcukacha kwi-intanethi zisebenzisa iphepha lemibuzo elikwi-intanethi elichukumisa zonke iziseko ezihlekisayo neziphantsi: ‘Loluphi uhlobo lobuqhophololo lwebhenefithi ocinga ukuba lwenziwayo?’ Ngaba ummangalelwa 'ubanzi, unzima, uphakathi, ulingana, umfutshane, ubhityile, utyebile okanye enye into’? Ingaba banazo ‘Afro, Bouffant, Bald, Curly, Dirty, Dreadlocks, Greasy, Long, Mohican, permed, punk, quiffed, spikey (sic) okanye spiked’ iinwele?’
Kuya kuba yinto ehlekisayo ukuba ayingothusi kangako. Okulusizi kukuba, akukho mandarins karhulumente akhoyo ukucacisa umahluko phakathi kwe-‘spikey’ (sic) kunye ne-spiked’. Kusisigqebelo esifanelekileyo ukuba abaza kuba ngabanolwazi bayacetyiswa ukuba ‘baqinisekise ukuba [awujongwa] ngelixa ugcwalisa le fom’. Oo-Agneses beli hlabathi abathabathi ngobubele ukubizwa ngokuba ‘abathengi’ - nangaphantsi ngobubele kwingcinga efihlakeleyo exhasa umthetho omtsha wokuba bonke abantu abafumana izibonelelo banokuba ngabakhohlisi.
Uncwadi lweSebe ngokwalo luya kuvuma ukuba ukutshutshiswa kwabaqeshi ‘akusoloko kuyeyona ndlela isebenzayo yokujongana nengxaki’ yabaqeshi abathi basebenzisana besazi okanye bakhuthaze ubuqhophololo. Ukutshutshiswa kwabamangali ngumcimbi olula kwaphela: ngenxa yokuba abanayo indlela yokufaka umngeni kwizityholo ababekwa zona.
Akukho mali ithetha ukuba akukho dabi lasemthethweni elibiza imali eninzi. Iintswelo zemihla ngemihla zobomi kwinzuzo azinakoyiswa ngokwaneleyo ngaphandle kokonwabisa imbono yobudenge yezibheno xa izibonelelo zisusiwe. Ubalo luyothusa: umntwana omnye kwabathathu baseSkotlani uhlala ebuhlwempu. Imizi enye kwamane ikuluhlu lwesonka.
Iimpawu ‘Wamkelekile kwiGlasgow’ ezibhengeza ukwamkelwa kwesi zindlu zicinezelayo - ikhaya elinabantu abaphantse babe ngama-30,000 - zikumema kwintlalontle yamva nje engahambanga kakuhle. Eli ayilohlabathi leekhamera zedijithali, iiDVD player kunye neeholide zangaphandle. I-Nikon inokuba sisiqithi saseGrike kuwo wonke umahluko owenzayo apha. Eli lilizwe lemigca yee-ofisi zenzuzo, ukuhlolwa kokhuseleko loluntu kunye nolindelo oluphantsi. Elinye ibhinqa lathi kum, ‘Ukuba bendikwazi ukusebenza ngaphandle kokubanga imali yentlalo-ntle ndingaya. Ndiyabazi abantu abasebenzayo nababangayo kodwa abafumani ntlawulo.’
Kuninzi lwabantu endithethe nabo, bekuya kuba kukuziphatha okubi ngakumbi ukungasebenzi emsebenzini ohlawula kakubi uze ubange izibonelelo kunokungasebenzi. Ubuncinane baphikisana ngolu hlobo, abantwana babo banempahla emqolo. Urhulumente wezabasebenzi waseBritani uqhwatyelwe izandla ngokufanelekileyo ngokuzisa owona mvuzo uphantsi wesizwe; kodwa nangona amanyathelo amancinci enkqubela phambili eyenziweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, omnye kubantwana abathathu baseBritani usahlala ebuhlwempu.
Kwelinye icala eliya kumaphephandaba kunye nesininzi sokuziphatha okuhle, uTony Blair ukwalile ukurhoxa kwizicwangciso eziphikisanayo zokufumana uncedo kubazali babantwana abaneerekhodi zokungahambi kakuhle esikolweni: abazali babantwana abafana noJohn oneminyaka elishumi elinanye ubudala. khange abe sesikolweni iiveki ezimbini kuba umama wakhe akanayo imali yokumthengela izihlangu ezitsha. Okanye abantwana abafana noMaggie oneminyaka elishumi elinesine ubudala, owala ukuya esikolweni ngenxa yobundlobongela obuqhelekileyo kunye nokuthengiswa kweziyobisi okwenzeka kwindawo yokudlala.
Inkqubo yesiVumelwano eNtsha eyaqaliswayo ukubuyisela ulutsha kunye nexesha elide abangaphangeliyo babuyele emsebenzini ibonakalise ukuba yindlela yabasebenzi abangabizi mali ininzi kubaqeshi abanganyanisekanga abaxhamla isibonelelo esisempilweni kuye wonke umntu abamthathayo. Abantu abatsha abaphakathi kweminyaka eli-18 nama-24 abala izikhundla abazibona njengezingafanelekanga baphulukana nezibonelelo zabo. Nkqu nomyalezo we-Demos thinktank uqikelela ukuba malunga nama-624,000 abantu abancinci baseBritane banyamalele kwiirekhodi ezisemthethweni ngale ndlela. Kwenzeka kanye oko kuJason, obala lakhe elintsundu libonisa ukuba wayenamava angaphaya kweminyaka yakhe engama-21. Ukusukela ekuphulukaneni neebhenefithi elele kwiisofa zabahlobo, kodwa uyazi ukuba inokuqhubeka ixesha elide. Umama wakhe akafuni kwanto imdibanisa naye, emva kokufumanisa ukuba usebenzisa iziyobisi. UJason ucinga ukuba isimo sengqondo sikanina sinento yokwenza ngakumbi nomtya 'woomalume' ababezalisa ibhedi kamama wakhe oko utata wakhe waphumayo. Wakhe wafumana umsebenzi kanye, esebenza njengomncedisi kwikhaya lokunyamekela abantu abakhulileyo, kodwa bamkhulula emva kokuba ephulukene neshifti ngenxa yokugula. Iinwele ezingakanywanga nobumdaka, unenkangeleko yomntu obethwayo nowaziyo. Ukuba ukhe waba namabhongo akasenawo ngoku: ‘Kutheni nditshaya i-hash kwaye ndenze iipilisi? Ngoba kutheni? Akukho nto kum. Ndiyakwazi ukuvimba izinto, ndilibale ngayo yonke into. Indenza ndizive ngcono.’
Ukuva ngebali likaJason andizange ndilubone ulutsha olungathathi ntweni nolunento yokwenza nomsebenzi olucetyiswe ngoosomashishini uBlair noDarling – endaweni yoko ndabona ukufifiwa kukukhanya kwethemba.
Abangaphangeliyo abanathemba ngandlela zonke - kodwa hayi ngendlela ecetywayo ngumthetho wezohlwayo kunye namaphulo eentengiso ezoyikisayo. Ukungabikho kwethemba kunye neemvakalelo zokungaphumeleli kunikeze indawo kwintlekele efileyo phakathi kwabantu abahlala kwezi zitrato zoyikekayo zamagumbi afumileyo kunye nophahla oluvuzayo. Obu bubomi emazantsi; apho ikamva lidla ngokubonakala lisisisongelo kunesizathu sokuba nethemba. Amaphupha abo athozamileyo ngokwaneleyo - njengokufumana ukutya okwaneleyo evekini, imali eyaneleyo yokuthengela umntwana olilayo izihlangu zesikolo, kunganyanzelekanga ukuba aboleke imali yokuhlawulela uhambo lwesikolo lomntwana - kodwa hayi kancinci ngokwaneleyo Urhulumente wezabasebenzi “onovelwano” kakhulu obambe amanzi angaphantsi ngokwaneleyo kunezihlangu zikaJohn oneminyaka elishumi elinanye.
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