Inqaku elincamisayo kwiingcamango eziqhubekayo zokuba uMongameli Obama "ngomnye wethu" inokuba ekugqibeleni ifikelelwe ngesivumelwano esitsha se-bipartisan kwisilingi yetyala.
Ukunqanda ukusilela kwezemali, u-Obama kunye namahlakani akhe e-Congressional baye bathethathethana ngokusisiseko ukuze bavume phantse yonke into efunwa ngabantu baseRiphabhlikhi. Isicwangciso seminyaka eli-10 sokucutha ubuncinci i-2.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukusuka kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-federal kulindeleke ukuba luhlawule kakhulu kwiinkqubo zentlalo yasekhaya. Lindela ukunyuswa kwerhafu kubantu abazizityebi kunye neenkampani, nangona kunjalo. Okanye, nangona abanye bethetha ngokuchaseneyo, kuninzi kwindlela yokunciphisa inkcitho yasemkhosini.
Njengoko inkqubo ye-austerity iqhubeka, ukunciphisa uKhuseleko lweNtlalo, i-Medicare, kunye ne-Medicaid iya kuba phezu kwetafile.
"Ukuba umthetho oyilwayo uyaphumelela, uMongameli ngoku angabanga isambatho solondolozo lwezemali, ukhuseleko oluqinisekileyo kwizityholo zaseRiphabhlikhi zobusoshiyali kunye norhulumente omkhulu," utshilo. ixesha iphephancwadi (Aug. 1). Oku "kukuphumelela" okukhulu kumongameli, utsho Ixesha.
Ngokwenyani, olu luloyiso ngendlela uCharlie Sheen โaphumelela ngayoโ. Umbhali wemihlathi uPaul Krugman kwi ENew York Times ngokufanelekileyo uwubiza lo mthetho โnjengentlekele,โ lowo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kulucinezela ngakumbi uqoqosho olusele ludandathekile. โAbo bafuna ukuthotywa kwenkcitho ngoku bafana noogqirha bamaxesha aphakathi ababenyanga abantu abagulayo ngokubophisa, nto leyo ebenza bagule ngakumbi,โ utshilo uKrugman.
Kwiintsuku ezikhokelela kwisivumelwano, i-University of Texas economist uJames K. Galbraith uxelele IiNdaba zeNdaba zeNene (Julayi 21) โakukho nto ingqalileyo kwesi sicwangciso ekhupha nantoni na kwiipokotho zezityebi konke konke ngesiseko se-net. Ngapha koko, ezinye zeedola ezisisi-1.5 seebhiliyoni kwimbuyekezo yerhafu ziya kufezekiswa ikakhulu ngokunciphisa amaxabiso erhafu asezantsi kwabo bakwizinga eliphezulu lengeniso.
Nditsho nowayesakuba yiRhuluneli yaseMassachusetts uMichael Dukakis, ovele ekuqaleni kwale veki kumdlalo kanomathotholo we-Ed Schultz kwaye engenguye umntu oshiywe ngasekhohlo, ugxeka umgaqo-nkqubo wezoqoqosho ka-Obama "njengongqongqo kaHerbert Hooverism."
INostrum "yeDini eKwabelwana ngalo"
Kuyacaca nje ukuba imali ayithethi kweli lizwe, iyacinezela kwaye isoyikise ize idibane ngaphaya kweengcango de ingene indlela yayo. Ikwanyula abagqatswa โabatsha, abatshaโ abanentembeko edumileyo nabasebenzisa izilogeni ezingenamsebenzi ukwenza abantu bacinge ukuba izinto ziza kutshintsha ngokwenene. Emva koko, njengomlingo, โithemba esinokukholelwa kuloโ lijika kwiminyaka embalwa edluleyo libe ngumbuzo otyhafisayo wokuba ngaba uKhuseleko lweNtlalo, iMedicare, kunye neMedicaid ziya kusinda na kulo naluphi na uhlobo oluthembekileyo?
Kuyabonakala ukuba, umongameli uvulelekile kumbono wokucuthwa kwezi nkqubo ukusukela kwiintsuku zakhe zokuqala e-ofisini, njengoko umbhali wemihlathi uDavid Brooks waxelela i-NPR ekuqaleni kuka-2009 emva kwentlanganiso yabucala u-Obama awayeyibambe kunye neentatheli ezilondolozayo. Kuyaqondakala ukuba, loo mbono wawungenguye kanye wayezimisele ukuwuphakamisa kuloo rali yolonyulo lolonwabo kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo eChicago Grant Park.
Endaweni yoko, into esiyiva kakhulu ngezi ntsuku ngumbono โwokuzinikela okwabelwana ngawo,โ eyona ngcinga iyityhefu yabantu abanenkululeko ephangaleleyo yokuba wonke umntu kufuneka ancame okuthile ukukhawulezisa ukuchacha kwezoqoqosho. Ngelishwa, amahlwempu nababuthathaka kunye nezigidi zabantu abaqhelekileyo, abasebenza nzima abanako ukuzincama ngakumbi.
Ewe, uluvo โlombingelelo ekwabelwana ngawoโ luhlala luyinkcazo-bungcali kuba phakathi kwayo yonke into eyenziwayo akukho mntu usele eqiqe ngenene ukuba izityebi ziza kuncama nantoni na kwaphela. Konke oku kusikhumbuza uqwalaselo luka-Anatole France lokuba idemokhrasi eMelika iphika zombini izityebi kunye namahlwempu ilungelo lokulala phantsi kwebhulorho ebusuku.
Ukusukela ekuthatheni i-ofisi ukukhula okukhulayo phakathi kwenkululeko kunye nenkqubela phambili ibiyeyokuba umongameli ekugqibeleni angafumana isibindi sokulwela umbono oqhubekayo othi uchaza u-Obama "wokwenyani". Ukusuka kumamkeli weendaba ezikhululekileyo ukuya kwindawo ye-MoveOn nangaphaya, u-Obama ube ngumamkeli wothotho oluqhubekayo lokungacelwanga-kwaye ubukhulu becala engahoywanga-ingcebiso malunga nendlela yokwenza indlela eqhubela phambili yoxolo, imisebenzi kunye nobulungisa.
Elinye icala lale ngcinga kukuba u-Obama ufuna nje isiseko esiqhubela phambili "ukumenza" athathe isityebi, elwa umlo olungileyo weqela labasebenzi laseMelika exhaswe ngamandla angenakuthintelwa woxinzelelo olukhulu lwengca kwinguqu eqhubekayo. Kodwa yayingeyiyo le nto yayisele iphambili kunyulo luka-2008? Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ingxabano ethi "make- him" ibiyinyani, i-White House ibinokuthi ithumele umthunywa eMadison, eWisconsin ngoFebruwari okanye ngoMatshi ukuba ime igxalaba kunye namashumi amawaka emva koko ezitalatweni zamalungelo othethathethwano oludibeneyo.
Oko akuzange kwenzeke, ngokuqinisekileyo, kwaye ngenxa yezizathu ezingeyiyo imfihlelo. Okokuqala, ulawulo luka-Obama aluvumelani nohlaselo lweRiphabhlikhi kwimivuzo yecandelo likarhulumente kunye nezibonelelo. Kunyaka ophelileyo umongameli wabhengeza isiphakamiso sakhe sokumiswa kwemivuzo yeminyaka emibini kubasebenzi bobumbano, inyathelo eliyilelwe ukonga i-60 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiminyaka elishumi. Kwangelo xesha, wenza isivumelwano kunye namaRiphabhlikhi aphiko lasekunene ukuba "okwethutyana" arhoxe kwisithembiso sephulo lokuvumela ukucuthwa kwerhafu yaseBush kwizityebi kuphelelwe lixesha, inyathelo elinokuthi lisindise i-70 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. unyaka nje omnye.
Idemokhrasi: Enye iNgcinga yoLawulo
Umongameli udume ngokuba ngumntu okwaziyo ukuthetha, oliciko lokuthetha. Ukanti ngandlel' ithile akazange awafumane amazwi okubhenca ubuqhophololo baseRiphabhlikhi ekudibaniseni umba wokunyusa amatyala, okwenzeke amaxesha angama-90 ukusukela ngo-1940, ngeerhafu kunye neenkqubo zentlalo. Ngandlela ithile akazange awafumane amazwi okuxelela abantu baseMelika, njengoko usoqoqosho weYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts uRichard Wolff kunye nabanye bebesixelela, ukuba amaqumrhu arhafisayo kunye nabantu abarhola ngaphezulu kwe-1,000,000 yeedola ngonyaka ngee-1960s iirhafu zerhafu zinokuwa. intsilelo kunye neendleko zenzala ezinxulumene nesiqingatha. Uphi kwakhona nawuphi na umyalelo owakhayo kwimpembelelo ye-1 yetriliyoni yeedola kwiindleko zokusebenza emkhosini e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan?
Ngokucacileyo, ekuphakameni koqhanqalazo olukhulu eMadison, u-Obama unike nje amazwi athambileyo malunga nendlela abasebenzi becandelo likarhulumente abangabahlobo kunye nabamelwane bethu, abantu esibahloniphayo nesibakhathaleleyo abanamalungelo. Into awayeyithetha kwezopolitiko yayikukuba iimbono ezikude njengeRhuluneli yaseWisconsin Walker zigqwashu kwezopolitiko. Inkqubo ye-bipartisan austerity ingcono iphunyezwe inyathelo ngexesha, njengoko nayiphi na i-liberal yenkampani enengqondo, ephucukileyo isazi. Akukho mfuneko yokuba uye kude kakhulu, ngokukhawuleza kakhulu. Ngapha koko, kutheni kuhluthwa amalungelo eengxoxo ezidityanelweyo xa iinkokeli zemanyano zizimisele ukuhambisana nezivumelwano? Kutheni umngcipheko uvusa enye intshukumo yomanyano eleleyo ekubizeni amanqanaba ngaphandle.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba uMongameli okanye ummeli wakhe wayeze eMadison, iziphumo zazinokuthi zifake umbane. Kodwa eyona nto yokugqibela ifunwa ngabaphezulu kwezopolitiko luluntu oluhlawuliswayo, oluqokelelwe kwezopolitiko olucinga ukuba lunokukhusela imigangatho yalo yokuphila. Njengoko isazinzulu sezopolitiko uSheldon Wolin echaza kwincwadi yakhe ethi, โDemocracy Incorporatedโ (Princeton University Press, 2008), idemokhrasi eUnited States ngokusisiseko iye yaba yenye ingcamango yolawulo. Uluntu โlwaluswa, alungowongamileyo,โ ngelixa izikhulu zezopolitiko nezoqoqosho ziqhuba lo mboniso.
UMongameli u-Obama ngokucacileyo akakho kwishishini lokuvusa i-rabble. Ngenxa yoko, โigqubaโ liya libaleka, lingenasiphelo. Kodwa kuya kuba nzima ngakumbi ku-Obama kunye neDemokhrasi ukuba basole yonke into malunga ne-Republican obstructionism. Ngokucacileyo, u-Obama "wokwenyani" akayena uClark Kent osekhohlo, umlweli othobekileyo olinde isinxibo sakhe seSuperman (leyo apho i-"S" imele i-socialism) ukuba ibuye kubacoci abomileyo.
Ngokwenyani, ubugorha bokwenyani buka-Obama bufunyenwe kukuzimisela kwakhe ukuzimela โekhohlo,โ njengoko kunjalo, ukuphoxeka ngokuthe gqolo amathemba esiseko esinenkqubela esamnyulayo ngenxa yokuba bebone kugqatso lwakhe ithemba lokuba iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezopolitiko. Kodwa ixesha lokuhlala kwithemba lika-2008, okanye ngaloo nto, iintshukumo zonyulo oluzayo luka-2012, zidlulile. Ngeli xesha imvukelo yenyambalala ibonakala ilungile. EGrisi, eSpain, eJiphutha nakwezinye iindawo abantu baye bathatha izitrato bekhusela idemokhrasi kunye nokuchasene nobungqongqo. Ukuthintela uluntu ukuba lutshone ngakumbi eludakeni, intshukumo yabasebenzi baseMelika kunye namahlakani ayo kuya kuba bubulumko ukuvuka benze okufanayo.
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