Ethetha ngexesha lemfazwe, uMartin Luther King Jr. wathi: “Ngandlel’ ithile le mpambano kufuneka iphele.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amane ananye kamva, amajoni aselula abuyela eUnited States evela kwiindawo ezoyikisayo zokubulawa kwabantu. Amabango amadala emfazwe ethethelelekayo anyibilikile. Kukwanjalo ke nezithembiso zebutho elinobuntu emva ekhaya.
Amanani aphathelele abafi emfazweni asixelela nto ingako ngeemeko zoluntu. Kwaye amanani aqhelekileyo aphantsi malunga nokhathalelo lwempilo-izigidi ezingama-47 zaseMelika ezingenayo i-inshurensi yezempilo, mhlawumbi inani elilinganayo le-inshurensi ephantsi-isixelele kancinci malunga neziphumo zokwenyani okanye ezinye iindlela.
“Izibakala ezothusayo ngokhathalelo lwempilo eUnited States zaziwa kakuhle,” Ewe! Iphephancwadi liphawulwe ekwindla ye-2006. "Kukho ingxabano encinci yokuba inkqubo iphukile. Yintoni engaziwa kakuhle kukuba incoko malunga nokulungisa inkqubo yokunakekelwa kwempilo ifana nje."
Leyo yinkcazo efanelekileyo. Kuwo onke amajelo eendaba agxininise kunye neentetho zezopolitiko malunga nokhathalelo lwempilo, intetho ephambili ibambekile kwi-corporate-friendly rut. Kodwa kukho imiqondiso yokuba intshukumo yenkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo yabantu kweli lizwe ngoku ifumana amandla.
Kwiiyure ezimbalwa emva kokubhala la mazwi, ndiza kuba kumboniso omkhulu eSan Francisco. Intonga yombane yolu qhankqalazo oluyimbali lwe-19 kaJuni yintlanganiso yesizwe yeZicwangciso ze-Inshurensi yezeMpilo yaseMelika, isinxibo esiziphakamisa ngovuyo "njengombutho wezorhwebo welizwe omele iinkampani ezimalunga ne-1,300 ezinikezela ngezibonelelo zempilo kubantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-200 baseMelika."
Njengoko kusenzeka, le ntlanganiso yeZicwangciso ze-Inshurensi yezeMpilo yaseMelika iye yaqhuba kanye njengoko kwavela iindaba zokuba "ubunkokeli" bekhongolose benze ifomyula yokuxhasa ngokupheleleyo imfazwe eyongezelelekileyo. "Iinkokheli zeDemokhrasi kunye ne-GOP kwiNdlu zibhengeze isivumelwano ngoLwesithathu kwi-bill yenkxaso-mali yemfazwe ekudala idlulileyo bathi uMongameli uBush uya kuvuma ukusayina," i-Associated Press ibike. Umthetho oyilwayo "uya kubonelela malunga ne-165 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwi-Pentagon ukuxhasa imisebenzi yasemkhosini e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan malunga nonyaka."
Kukho inzuzo enkulu ekufeni. Phantsi kokhuseleko lwesizwe. Kwaye phantsi kweemeko zokhathalelo lwempilo.
Namhlanje, kulo lonke elaseUnited States, abantu bayafa ngenxa yokuba bengenako ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo. Kodwa izisombululo zomgaqo-nkqubo ziyafumaneka. KwiCongress, malunga nabaxhasi be-90 baxhasa i-H.R. 676, i-bill yokubonelela "i-inshurensi yezempilo ebanzi kubo bonke abahlali baseUnited States." Yibize nantoni na oyithandayo - "umhlawuli omnye" okanye "ukuphucula i-Medicare kubo bonke" okanye "ukhathalelo lwezempilo jikelele kunye nokukhethwa kwababoneleli kwaye akukho zithintelo zemali." Into eyongeza kuyo lukhetho lomgaqo-nkqubo wokuphatha ukhathalelo lwempilo njengelungelo lomntu ukuba kunjalo.
Kuhlelo lwamva nje lwe "Health Care Meltdown," umbhali uC. Rocky White uzichaza "njengeRiphabhlikhi egcinayo ehlala ibambe usomashishini 'zitsale ngefilosofi yakho ye-bootstraps' yentengiso yasimahla." Ugqirha wexesha elide, uMhlophe uchaza "ukukhungatheka endaqala ukujamelana nayo ngelixa ndizama ukubonelela ngovelwano, ukhathalelo lwezempilo olusemgangathweni kwimeko yemarike apho imigaqo eqhelekileyo yezoqoqosho zoshishino ayisebenzi."
UGqr White wazintywilisela kuphando malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo wokhathalelo lwempilo kunye nezezimali. Emva koko waphonononga iinkcukacha zedatha yamva nje malunga norhwebo lweendlela zohlaziyo. "Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ndiphendule njani i-cube," ubhala, "impendulo ayizange iguquke. Le mpendulo yayiphantse ibe yinto engenakwenzeka kum, iRiphabhlikhi yemarike yamahhala, ukuba ndiyamkele."
Nazi izigqibo ezimbini eziphambili zikaGqr. White ngamazwi akhe:
* "Kude kube sisusa injongo yenzuzo kwinkxaso-mali yokhathalelo lwempilo, asikwazi kwaye asiyi kusombulula ingxaki yethu yezempilo."
* "Naliphi na iqela eliphakamisa umgaqo-nkqubo wohlaziyo ogcina ukusetyenziswa kweenkampani ze-inshurensi ze-inshurensi kwi-imarike ebizwa ngokuba yi-free market iqhutywa yinjongo enye - ukukhusela i-golden coffer yesabelo sabo se-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola yenkomo yemali!"
UGqr. White wongezelela: "Ukuqhubeka nale ndlela kubaluleke kakhulu ekucebiseni ukuba sithengise iinkonzo zethu zomlilo kunye namapolisa kwaye siziguqule zibe yimibutho eyenza inzuzo. Wenza oko kwaye abantu baya kufa - kanye njengokuba befa ngoku phantsi kwempilo yethu yangoku. inkqubo yokukhathalela!"
Okubuhlungu kukuba, i-inshorensi kunye nemizi-mveliso yezibhedlele ekumbindi wokhathalelo lwempilo eUnited States, eneneni, yenza ingeniso kwizinto eziphambili ezigwebela ukufa abantu abaninzi kwaye abaninzi ngakumbi baya kukubandezeleka okunokuphetshwa.
Ngeli xesha, amashishini amashishini ayaqhubeka nokubulala kwiinkcitho zomkhosi wase-US ngoku kwindawo yeebhiliyoni ezi-2 zeedola ngosuku.
Ebudeni bentetho eyayinikelwa ngexesha lemfazwe ngowe-1969, isazi ngebhayoloji esafumana iBhaso likaNobel uGeorge Wald sathi: “Urhulumente wethu uzixakekise ngokufa, lishishini lokubulala nokubulawa.
Ukuxakeka kusaqhubeka.
UMartin Luther King wathi: “Xa oomatshini neekhompyutha, iintshukumisa zengeniso namalungelo omhlaba, zigqalwa njengezona zibalulekileyo kunabantu,” watsho uMartin Luther King, “ubuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo ngokugqithiseleyo nokuthanda imfazwe akunakoyiswa.”
Sekunjalo, ngandlel’ ithile, le mpambano kufuneka iphele.
UNorman Solomon, umbhali we "War Made Easy," ngusihlalo welizwe Ukhathalelo lwempilo AYILULO iMfazwe. Abanye abaququzeleli bee-co-chairs zephulo, eliqaliswe yi-Progressive Democrats yaseMelika, nguDonna Smith (ovezwe kwi "Sicko"), uMarilyn Clement (umququzeleli wesizwe we-Healthcare-NOW) kunye no-Rep. John Conyers, umxhasi oyintloko we-H.R. 676.