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Ukhetho lukawonkewonke yayisoloko iligqabi lomkhiwane. Ke, ukubhubha kwayo akubutshintshi nyani ubume obusisiseko balo mthetho oyilwayo, ngokoluvo lwam. Ityhala nje umthetho oyilwayo inyathelo elincinci ukuya ezantsi kwendlela. Ndingathanda ukuxoxa ukuba umba obaluleke ngakumbi ngumthombo wenkxaso-mali, eguqulwayo kwi-bill ye-Senate ukusuka kwirhafu yengeniso kwizityebi ukuya kwiirhafu kwizicwangciso ze-inshorensi ephezulu kunye nababoneleli kunye nababoneleli. Ezi rhafu zinokuthi zihlehliswe.
Ngokwe-CBO, iziphumo zalo mthetho oyilwayo kwiipremiyamu zizonke ziya kuba kukunyuka okungafunekiyo kwe-1% iyonke. Basenokuba baphosakele, kodwa oko kubonakala kunzima ukuqikelela ngokuqinisekileyo.
Kwelinye icala, izibonelelo zomthetho oyilwayo zihambela phambili ngokucacileyo. I-Medicaid inikezelwa kubantu abafumana imivuzo ephantsi kwaye kwiitshintshiselwano izibonelelo zinceda abantu abaphakathi nabasezantsi.
Ngolo mbonakalo lungaphandle kwe-cuff, ndingatsho ukuba iziphumo ezipheleleyo zalo mthetho oyilwayo zijonge ukuba zilungile. Ewe, ayenzi nto ukutshintsha ulwakhiwo jikelele lwenkqubo. Ewe, iindleko ziya kuqhubeka ziphuma kulawulo ngendlela engazinzanga. Kodwa ngaba eli tyala liyenza ibe mandundu imeko? Kunzima ukubona ukuba njani.
Emva koko kukho umbuzo wokubala kwezopolitiko. Kukho uhlalutyo lweendleko-inzuzo yokuba ngaba iiDemokhrasi zinokuphulukana nangakumbi ngokukhupha ibhilikhwe yangoku okanye ngokupasisa umthetho oyilwayo ongathandwayo. Kukwakho nomnye umbuzo onokuba uya usiba mfutshane: ingaba iDemokhrasi iphumelele kangakanani okanye iphulukene kangakanani nefuthe kwinto uninzi lwethu oluyikhathaleleyo, olulutshintsho oluqhubekayo. Le mibuzo inzima kwaye ixhomekeke.
Andizazi iimpendulo, kodwa ubuncinci sinokuchaza ukuba iimpendulo zixhomekeke kwintoni. Impendulo yokuqala ixhomekeke kwindlela uluntu oluya kusabela ngayo emva kokuba umthetho oyilwayo upasisiwe. Ukuba uluntu luyithiyile ibhili kwaye ifuna ukuba iguqulwe, iiDemokhrasi ziya kubandezeleka. EMassachusetts impendulo kawonke-wonke ibintle iminyaka emininzi, kodwa ngoku kuzwelonke umthetho oyilwayo awuthandwa.
Impendulo yesibini ixhomekeke kwinto enye kuphela: ubukho benye indlela yezopolitiko esebenzayo kwiiDemocrats ezingezizo iiRiphabhlikhi. Ngamanye amazwi, yithi iiDemokhrasi ngandlela thile ziphulukana nezopolitiko kule nto. Mhlawumbi bayalahlekelwa ngenxa yokuba bewupasisile umthetho oyilwayo kwaye uluntu luwuthiyile, okanye basilele ukuwupasa kwaye uluntu lubohlwaya ngenxa yobuthathaka. Ngaba inkcaso inokwenzeka ukuba ibe yiRiphabhlikhi okanye i-leftist?
Uluvo lwam malunga nalo mthetho usayilwayo luyafana nolo uDavid Himmelstein aluvakalise ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. Xa ebuzwa malunga nendlela abantu abamele ukuvota ngayo, wathi kufuneka bavote Kulumkele. Akazange athi ukuchasa. Andiqondi ukuba kufuneka sichithe iinzame zokuhlasela abantu beCongress ngokungqongqo ngokuvota "ewe" kulo mthetho oyilwayo. Ndicinga ukuba ukuvotela okanye ukuchasa lo mthetho usayilwayo ngumba abantu abanengqiqo abangavumelani ngawo kuba ingqiqo ixhomekeke kwimiba yezopolitiko ekunzima ukuyisombulula. Ngokuqinisekileyo andicingi ukuba kufuneka sihlasele abezopolitiko abanjengo-Anthony Weiner okanye uBernie Sanders ngokhetho lwabo apha.
"Kodwa," utsho, "umntu kufuneka ahlawule. Asizange singene kule nkunkuma ngezenzo zabantu abanengqiqo. Singene kuyo ngenxa yokuthengiswa kwenkohlakalo kunye nee-hacks." Yinyani. Kodwa kufuneka siqonde eyona ndawo ilungileyo yokunikela ingqalelo kwimigudu yethu. Inyani yeyokuba ibali lokuthengisa kunye nee-hacks zaqala kude ngaphambi kwevoti yokugqibela kulo mthetho oyilwayo. Yaqala kude ngaphambili, enyanisweni, into ebizwa ngokuba lukhetho lukawonke-wonke kunye nokuthengwa kwe-Medicare kwagxothwa ngokuthanda iimfuno zikaLieberman noNelson. Ibali liqala ngento yokuba uninzi lweedemokhrasi-intsingiselo iblorho, oko kukuthi, isininzi esingabandakanyi nje i-Blue Dogs kodwa kunoko iziko lokwenene lomxhuzulane weqela, zibonwa kwinzala yemali yee-inshurensi kwaye ngakumbi ababoneleli kulo mba. NakwiNdlu yedemokhrasi ngakumbi, abameli abangama-90 okanye ngaphezulu kwabangama-250 beDemokhrasi bathanda iMedicare kubo bonke. KwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, ulawulo lwemali luphantse lwagqitywa, mhlawumbi ngabantu abathathu okanye abane abaxhasayo. Oku kukwilizwe apho isibini kwisithathu sabemi sinokuthi sithande i-Medicare yabo bonke banikwe ulwazi olwaneleyo malunga nesihloko. (Jonga isiqwenga sikaKip Sullivan samva nje ekufuneka sifundwe.) Ingxaki nantsi hayi abanye "umsila" weDemocratic Party, njengoko abanye abaxoleli kunye nabantu abangaziqondiyo ngamanye amaxesha bathi, kunye noRobert Kuttner umzekelo oza engqondweni kwiBill Moyers Journal yakutshanje. Ingxaki ubuncinane isibini kwisithathu samagosa anyuliweyo kwiqela.
Ukuba "thina" singamatsha ntliziyo aqhubela phambili, ngoko ke ngokomgaqo wokuba ukuhoya indlu yomntu luxanduva lokuqala noluphambili lomntu, eyona nto siyixhalabeleyo kuqala kufuneka ibe kukufikelela ngokunyanisekileyo koku. Ekugqibeleni asinakutyhola nabani na ongomnye ngemeko embi yemicimbi yohlaziyo lwezempilo ukuba sisayamkela into engekho ngqiqweni etyhalwa ngamanani athile abizwa ngokuba "yinkqubela phambili". U-Howard Dean uthi qatha engqondweni yakhe: ngoku ufuna ukubhangiswa kwetyala le-Senate kwaye azalisekise indima yakhe yesiqhelo yeqhawe eliqhubela phambili, nangona wayegxeka umhlawuli omnye kwasekuqaleni kwaye wathi nabani na ozama ukuyihlawula "uyakuhlawula ixabiso elikhulu iivoti" kuba "awunakuthatha ukhetho kubantu baseMelika."
Abaseki beeblogi eziphambili eziqhubela phambili basengozini kakhulu ngoku kule nto. UMarkos Moulitsas uziphatha njengomhlekisi kunye nokukhohlisa akwenzayo, nto leyo eqikelelwayo ngokupheleleyo kuba ibhlog yakhe ngokucacileyo "ayiyoblogi yenkululeko" kwaye utshate ngokusemthethweni kwiDemocratic Party yangoku. Akukho mntu unokunyaniseka kobukrelekrele onokuzitshata nelo rhamncwa (hayi ukuba uMoulitsas wenza ngathi unaye). UChris Bowers, uMike Lux kunye "nenkqubela phambili" efanayo babonelela ngobukrelekrele ngakumbi kodwa ekugqibeleni umbono ongenanto. I-Firedoglake ayinakukhuseleka nokuba ngenkxaso yayo ye-slinkerwink i-propagandist yokhetho loluntu kwi-Daily Kos, ye "Ukhetho loluntu Nceda," njalo njalo. Ekuphela kweeblogi endizaziyo malunga nenkqubela phambili kukhathalelo lwempilo xa kuthelekiswa nezihlwele ezingahlanjwanga ngokubanzi (ngokuchaseneyo neebhlogi ezifundileyo) yiCorrente kunye neZBlogs.
Ke ewe, masenze umntu ahlawuleโkodwa masiyenze ibalwe. Umyalelo wokuqala weshishini weeblogi kufuneka utshintshe i-blogosphere. Ingxaki kukuba le ayingomcimbi wokubhloga, koko imalunga nokuxhasa iiblogi ezinenkqubela phambili kunye nokwenza iibhlog ezintsha. Kufuneka siphelise ukumelwa okungeyonyani kwe-faux-progressives ngokushiya iiblogi zabo kangangoko kunokwenzeka, nokuba bangama-clowns afana ne-Kos okanye ii-Bowers-like intellectuals. Ndiyala ukuthumela kwi-Daily Kos okanye Vula eKhohlo, kwaye uthumele kuphela kwi-Firedoglake ngenxa yoluntu olukhulu apha, kungekhona ngenxa yemisebenzi yokuhlela. Ndihlala ndijikeleza kwi-TPCafe mhlawumbi ngenxa yeli nqanaba kuphela kuDean Baker. Ndicebisa ngamandla ukuba wonke umntu athumele eCorrente ukuba kunokwenzeka. I-ZBlogs ingcono nangakumbi kodwa ngaphandle kweempendulo ezaneleyo zokuba luluntu olusebenzayo okwangoku. Kufuneka sisebenze kuloo nto.
Utshintsho olungakumbi luyacelwa. Ngokucacileyo iCorrente ayingomsebenzi omkhulu njengeFiredoglake, makayeke uKumkani uKos. Ifuna ngokucacileyo isoftware kunye noncedo lwemali. Oko kuya kwii-ZBlogs, singasathethi ke ngeeblogi ezingekadalwa. I-blogosphere okwangoku hayi yakhiwe ngokwedemokhrasi, kodwa ubukhulu becala ilawulwa ngoosomathuba abathi banolwazi lwesoftware nolawulo kwicala labo. Ukuba siza kuyenza ngokwedemokhrasi ke abaqhubela phambili kufuneka babambe ubuchule bobugcisa kunye nokuphatha. Mna ngokwam ndiyintloko yesayensi yekhompyuter kwaye ndingazama ukuboleka isandla ukuba ubomi bam bobuqu buhlala buvumela ixesha, elingavumiyo okwangoku.
Abaqhubela phambili ngokubanzi kufuneka baqonde ukuba iDemocratic Party ubuncinane isibini kwisithathu sibolile. Iinkokeli zedemokhrasi azingobantu balindelekileyo, ngabadlali abanamandla abazenzela nje izinto zabo. Ngokomzekelo, uChuck Schumer lilungu lezopolitiko elikrelekrele kwelinye lawona mazwe aseDemokhrasi kweli lizwe, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo akanguye iMedicare for All advocate kwaye ke uthengise uninzi lwabemi baseMelika, singasathethi ke ngesininzi esikhulu ekufuneka sikhona. eNew York. Akukho nanye kwezi zinto imkhathazayo nakancinci kuba akazinikezelanga kwiimbono eziqhubekayo kodwa ekunyulweni ngowona mda ubanzi unokwenzeka. Imidla yeedemokhrasi kunye noluntu ayisoloko okanye enyanisweni iyafana. Zenzeka nje ukuba ziphakame kumaRiphabhlikhi.
Okokugqibela, kufuneka sifumane imibutho engcono. I-Moveon.org ngoku ibiza ukuba kupheliswe umthetho oyilwayo we-Senate ngendlela ekhumbuza i-Moulitsas, i-Dean, kunye nezinye i-fakers. Umbutho ongcono kakhulu yiProgressive Democrats of America, eneneni enenkqubela phambili kwezoqoqosho, ngokungafaniyo neMoveon eyasekwa ngoosomashishini abazizityebi kwisitayile sakudala senkululeko. Ihamba ngaphandle kokutsho ukuba i-Healthcare for America Ngoku yishill nje ekusekweni kweDemokhrasi kwaye iyayikhaba ngokucacileyo ingcamango yenkcaso enentsingiselo. Kukwabo, ngaphezu kwako konke, ukuba sifanele sibeke ityala lethu ngentlekele eyilo mthetho oyilwayo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto kulula ukuba abezopolitiko baxhathise intshukumo enkulu xa kukho amaqela afana neHCAN asebenza ukuphazamisa nayiphi na intshukumo kuba "ayinakwenzeka." Sibeka ukholo lwethu ngeli xesha kumbutho othanda ngokucacileyo "inkqubo" kunye "nezopolitiko" kunomgaqo-nkqubo kunye ne-populism. Lixesha lokuba uhlawule kwaye uqonde ukuba akukho kuphumelela kunokwenzeka ngaphandle komlo. Masibuyele emva kwezempilo-NGOKU! kunye neProgressive Democrats of America.
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