Zilungiselele ukuva okuninzi malunga nokubhaka kweli xesha lephulo.
Xa kufikwa kwindlela ubutyebi obusasazwa ngayo kweli lizwe, “iphayi” sisikweko esithandwayo sepundit. Abanye abezopolitiko bafuna "ukwahlula kwakhona ipayi," ukuze wonke umntu alingane ngobukhulu.
Kodwa oko “bubusoshiyali,” ezinye iingcali ziyakugxeka. Kungcono ukuthembela kwiibhiliyoni zethu kunye noosozigidi ukuba "bakhulise ipayi" enkulu kangangokuba wonke umntu waseMelika unesisa.
Umbhali weNew York Times uThomas Friedman ndenze kancinci oku mva nje. UMichael Bloomberg, uFriedman wachaza, yindoda ekhulayo. UBernie Sanders, ulumkise, yindoda ephinda-phinda-yahlule.
I-Bloomberg inemali emalunga ne-50 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ingaba inkulu kangakanani le payi ukuze wonke umzi waseMelika ufumane isilayi esikhulu njengesakhe? Ngokwezibalo zam, oko kuya kufuna malunga nama-500,000 epesenti yokwanda kobukhulu bobutyebi baseMelika bubonke - ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-600 yezigidi zeerandi.
Masiyiyeke into eyinyani umzuzu kwaye senze ngathi kunokwenzeka ukukhulisa ipayi ngepesenti enye nje enkulu, ukuya kwi-1 yezigidi zeerandi zeedola - umphinda-phinde ngama-6 ubukhulu bepayi yangoku. Ngaba iBloomberg kunye noogxa bakhe beebhiliyoni bangafuna ukwabelana ngokukhula kwepayi ngokulinganayo nathi sonke, okanye bangazama ukukhulisa ezabo izilayi nangakumbi?
Ndifake umbala othandabuzayo, kodwa andithandabuzi ukuba ukuba iMelika ikwazile ukukhulisa ipayi ngokuphindwe kangangama-60, ezo zigidi-gidi ziya kuziguqula zibe ngamawaka ezigidi zezigidi zezigidi zezigidi zezigidi zezigidi zezigidi zezigidi zeerandi - sinokude sibone i-quadrillionaire yethu yokuqala.
Uyabona, sele siphila kulo mfuniselo.
Ngo-1982, xa uRonald Reagan wehla kakhulu irhafu kwizityebi, ubutyebi baseMelika babumalunga ne-10 yezigidi zezigidi zeedola. Ukusukela ngoko, iye yanda ngokuphindwe kalishumi-kwaye siye safumana ukuxinana kobutyebi obudlula neXesha Eliqhelekileyo leminyaka yoo-1900s.
Ezona ntsapho zizityebi eMelika - iiKochs, iMars, kunye neWaltons - zanyusa ubutyebi bazo ngama-6,000 pesenti, ngelixa intsapho yaseMedian yaseMelika inyathela amanzi. Imizi yase-Afrika-yaseMelika iye yaphazamiseka, ifumana a I-50 pesenti iyancipha kubutyebi bamakhaya aphakathi.
Kwaye emva kwalo lonke olo lwando, ama-40 ekhulwini abantu abadala baseMerika andinayo imali ukujongana neendleko ezingxamisekileyo zeedola ezingama-400.
Into ehlekisayo, akukho mntu uvela kwisihlwele sokukhula kwe-pie owakhe wachaza ukuba kutheni ukukhulisa ipayi kwixa elizayo kuya kunceda abantu baseMelika abaphakathi - hayi emva kokukhula okukhulu kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo benza i-bubkus kubo.
Undoqo: Ukukhulisa ipayi, ngokwayo, akusayi kuyisika.
Ngaba ukwahlulahlula kwakhona ipayi kubambe okunokwenzeka, okanye ngaba uBernie Sanders uthetha nje ipayi esibhakabhakeni (injongo yepun)?
Eneneni, kuyenzeka. Thule kancinci. Ukwahlula i-100 yezigidi zezigidi zepayi yaseMelika ngokulinganayo phakathi kwamakhaya azizigidi ezili-125 kuya kunika umzi ngamnye i-800,000 yeedola. Khulisa loo payi ngeepesenti ezingama-25 ngokubonakalayo kule minyaka ilishumi izayo, kwaye sinesizwe sosozigidi.
Abaninzi baya kuphikisa ngelithi ukunika umzi ngamnye isiqwenga esilinganayo kuya kuba kungafanelekanga okanye kuya kuba nemiphumo engathandekiyo. Kwaye yingxoxo entle leyo. Kodwa ukucebisa ukuba ipayi ayikakhuli ngokwaneleyo ukuba ingabonelela bonke abantu baseMelika bubuxoki.
Kukho intabalala yokuhamba. Ingxaki kukuba isalamane esinesandla seentsapho sinezilayi ezikhulu kangangokuba abanakuze bagqibe ukuzitya, ngelixa izigidi zabantu baseMelika zihlala kwiimvuthuluka.
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