Umthombo: Amanye Amagama
Mhlawumbi elona bali lingaphantsi kwengxelo yonyaka ibe yindlela uMitch McConnell ubambe abantu baseMelika ukubanjwa ukuze bavumele iinkampani ezinkulu zibulale abantu baseMelika ngaphandle kwesiphumo.
U-Mitch wathatha wena kunye nam ukubanjwa ngoMeyi, xa iNdlu yabaMeli idlulisa isenzo se-HEROES esasiza kuxhasa ngemali oorhulumente basekhaya kunye noorhulumente basekhaya kunye nokubonelela abasebenzi abangaphangeliyo ngentlawulo eqhubekayo ngeveki.
UMitch wala nokuvumela iNdlu yeeNgwevu ukuba ixoxe ngoMthetho we-HEROES de okanye ngaphandle kokuba umthetho ukwasemthethweni iinkampani ezibulala abasebenzi kunye nabathengi. Yiyo i, UMcConnell ufuna ukwenza ukuba kungenzeki ukubamba iinkampani ziphendule ngokusemthethweni usulelo lwe-COVID-19 olubangelwa kukuziphatha kakubi ngokhuseleko.
Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, uMcConnell uyala ukuvumela uMthetho we-HEROES nokuba uxoxwe kwi-Senate.
Ngeli xesha sibonile iinkampani zigxotha abantu ngenxa yokwala ukuthatha ubomi babo ezandleni zabo, abaphathi ukuququzelela amachibi okubheja obomi bokwenyani apho abasebenzi zizakubhubha kuqala, kwaye iinkampani zixoka ngokuphandle kubasebenzi bazo kunye nabathengi malunga nobungozi be-COVID-19.
UMitch McConnell ufuna ukubakhusela bonke. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, ukungakhuseleki kwakhe kunokudlulela ngaphaya kobhubhane kwaye kuseke inkqubo enokubeka iinkampani ngaphezulu komthetho ngokusisigxina, kulo lonke uluntu lwaseMelika, ngeendlela oorhulumente basekhaya kunye noorhulumente basekhaya abangenakuze bachase.
Ngelixa abantu baseRiphabhlikhi baye balwa ngokuchasene nokunyuswa kowona mvuzo uphantsi okanye bavumele abasebenzi bamanyane iminyaka engaphezu kwe-100, into eyenziwa nguMcConnell ngoku kukunika iinkampani elona lungelo liphezulu: ilungelo lokubulala abasebenzi kunye nabathengi ngokungohlwaywa.
Kwaye uMcConnell ubambe amapolisa engingqi yakho kunye namasebe omlilo, izikolo zikarhulumente, kunye neenkqubo zokhathalelo lwempilo zikarhulumente ukuze athathelwe ukukhuseleka kwakhe kwishishini.
Oku kungaphaya kokuziphatha okubi. Oku koyikeka, kwaye bekufanele ukuba bekuphezulu kwibali ngalinye leendaba eMelika kwezi nyanga zintandathu zidlulileyo. Kodwa uninzi lwamaqumrhu ajonge ukugqiba ukongama phezu kwabasebenzi bawo lubandakanya iinkampani ezinkulu ezingabanini beendaba zethu.
IMelika ihlupheke ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-40 phantsi kweMantra kaReaganism, eyacholwa kuMilton Friedman, ukuba xa iinkampani zigxile kwingeniso โisandla esingabonakaliyoโ siya kubakhokela ukuba benze okona kulungileyo ebantwini nakuluntu. Bubuxoki.
Olu luhlaselo kumalungelo abasebenzi. Kodwa okungaphezulu, luhlaselo lwenkampani kumalungelo oluntu. UMcConnell uthi ilungelo lequmrhu lokubulala abasebenzi kunye nabathengi libaluleke ngaphezu kobomi babantu.
Njengoko izibonelelo zokungaphangeli ziphela, ukugxothwa kwabantu, amashishini amancinci esifa ngasekhohlo nasekunene, izigidi zeentsapho ziye zaphoswa engxakini, kwaye abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi ezili-10 baphulukene ne-inshurensi yezempilo, uMcConnell usaqhubeka nokusibamba sonke.
Lixesha lokuzilwela. Ukuba amajelo eendaba aqhubeka nokwala ukuxoxa nge-blackmail kaMcConnell, kufuneka sithethe ngabanye phakathi kwabahlobo kunye noluntu, kwaye sivumele abenzi bomthetho ukuba bazi into esiyicingayo. Lixesha lokuphakamisa isihogo.
UThom Hartmann ngumamkeli wentetho-mboniso kunye nombhali we Imbali efihlakeleyo yeMonopolies: Indlela amaShishini amakhulu aLitshabalalise ngayo iPhupha laseMelika. Le op-ed yatshintshwa ukusuka kwi-CommonDreams.org yaze yasasazwa ngabakwa-OtherWords.org.
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