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I-Biden ingathanda ithuba lokufumana kwakhona indawo yeedemokhrasi kwilizwe apho, kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka adlulileyo, baphulukene nomhlaba ngesantya esinamandla.
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Ivoti yeDemokhrasi kwiSenethi eyahlulwe ngokulinganayo, iWest Virginia Democrat uJoe Manchin sele ebonakalise ukuba umqobo obalulekileyo kumgaqo-nkqubo oqhubekayo. Ukuchasa kwakhe yayisisizathu esibalulekileyo sokusilela kukaBiden ukunyusa umvuzo ophantsi ukuya kwi-15 yeedola; UManchin ukwadlale indima ephambili ekucutheni iitshekhi zokuvuselela ikhaya, kunye nokuhlolwa kweveki yokungaphangeli. Uya kuba yivoti eyimfuneko nengathembekiyo njengoko iiDemokhrasi zizama ukulungisa ingxaki yemozulu, ukuqhubela phambili amalungelo ombutho womanyano, kunye nokuchasana neenzame zeRiphabhlikhi zobuhlanga zokumisela umthetho wokucinezelwa kwabavoti.
Nangona kunjalo, umthetho oyilwayo weziseko ezingundoqo u-Biden kunye neeDemokhrasi zilungiselela ukutyhila, ekulindeleke ukuba ibize i-3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kutyalo-mali kwimpahla yoluntu kunye neenkonzo, inika ithuba kubantu baseWest Virginia - kunye nathi sonke. UManchin uye walwela lo mthetho, wade wabiza ukuba uxhaswe ngemali ngokunyuka kweerhafu kwiinkampani kunye nezityebi. Kulo mbandela, u-Eric Levitz we Inew york ngokuqinisekisayo ba phi kisana, uManchin eneneni utsalela iBiden ekhohlo.
Ubuchule bukaManchin bubeka iWest Virginia kwindawo enamandla. Urhulumente uneemfuno ezingxamisekileyo, xa kujongwa ukwehla kwexesha elide kwishishini lamalahle kunye nefuthe eliphindwe kabini le-opioid kunye ne-coronavirus yezempilo yoluntu. Phantse isithathu sabemi baseNtshona bafaka izicelo zokungaqeshwa phakathi koMatshi ngo-2020 ukuya ekupheleni kukaJanuwari ka-2021.
A umbiko ngooQoqosho beYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts kunye neZiko loPhando loQoqosho lwezoPolitiko (i-PERI), ekhutshwe ekupheleni kukaFebruwari, iceba isicwangciso sokubuyisela eWest Virginia, kunye nemisebenzi emihle kunye nokuzinza kokusingqongileyo kwiziko layo. Uphononongo lubonise ukuba ezi zinto ziphambili zihambelana kangakanani na. Umzi-mveliso wamalahle wombuso uchithe iminyaka ngempumelelo udemoni iiDemokhrasi kunye neengcali zokusingqongileyo njengababulali bemisebenzi. Phantsi kolawulo lwamva nje lwe-neoliberal austerity, kunokubakho inyani kuloo nto, kodwa ngotyalo-mali oluthe chatha oluvela kurhulumente womanyano, iWest Virginia inokuphinda iphuhlise uqoqosho lwayo kwaye ikhokele isizwe ekulweni utshintsho lwemozulu ngaxeshanye.
I-PERI ifumene ukuba urhulumente we-Appalachian onzima unokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ngama-40 ekhulwini ngo-2030 kwaye afikelele kwi-zero emissions ngo-2050 - ekujoliswe kuyo i-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) misele ngo-2018 zazifuneka ukuze kuthintelwe umonakalo ongenakulungiseka kwiplanethi yethu kunye nempucuko yabantu - ngelixa kudalwa imisebenzi kunye nokukhuthaza impumelelo. Abaphandi be-UMass bafumanise ukuba i-3.6 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka (zombini ezikawonke-wonke kunye nezabucala) utyalo-mali kwinkqubo yamandla acocekileyo - i-avareji kwixesha le-2021-2030 - iya kuvelisa malunga ne-25,000 yemisebenzi yase-West Virginian ngonyaka. Abaphandi be-PERI baphinde bahlalutya isiphumo se-1.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka - kwakhona ngaphezulu kwe-2021-2030 - kutyalo-mali kwiziseko zophuhliso loluntu, ukuvelisa, ukubuyiselwa komhlaba, kunye nezolimo, bafumanisa ukuba ezi nzame ziyakuvelisa malunga ne-16,000 yemisebenzi ngonyaka.
Ekulweleni ezo zinto zibalulekileyo, abaqhubela phambili kufuneka baxhathise umtsalane wento esinokuyibiza ngokuba yi โwoke neoliberalism.โ Ivuse imisebenzi ye-neoliberalism ngokusebenzisa izityholo zobuhlanga kunye nobuhlanga - iingxaki zokwenyani! - ngokuchasene namanyathelo anokunceda abasebenzi bebonke. (Khumbula uHillary Clinton, "Ukuba saphule iibhanki ezinkulu ngomso, ngaba oko kuya kuphelisa ubuhlanga?") Kwingxoxo-mpikiswano malunga nomthetho oyilwayo weziseko zophuhliso weBiden, abanye abantu abaneenjongo ezintle bawela kulo mgibe, sele befake utyalo-mali kumsebenzi wokhathalelo kunye neziseko zoncedo. ngokuchasene omnye nomnye.
The Washington Post umbiko NgoMvulo, "Abanye abantu abasondeleyo kwi-White House bathi bavakalelwa kukuba ugxininiso kwiziseko ezingundoqo zotyalo-mali lubonisa i-nostalgia yomhla wohlobo lomsebenzi oyindoda oMhlophe," ecaphula umongameli we-SEIU uMary Kay Henry kwi-White House. ukungahoyi uqoqosho lwenkathalo. UHenry uthe, "Sichasene nocalucalulo lwesini kunye nobuhlanga ukuba lo msebenzi awufanelanga njengerabha, intsimbi kunye nomsebenzi wemoto wenkulungwane edlulileyo." Iingcali zezoqoqosho uHeidi Shierholz, uDarrick Hamilton, kunye noLarry Katz baxelwe kwi-White House ukuba ukutyalomali kumsebenzi wokunyamekela kuya kudala imisebenzi emininzi kunotyalo-mali kwiziseko ezingundoqo.
Masingayenzi le nto.
Ewe abasebenzi, ngakumbi abasetyhini, bathwaxwa kukunqongophala kokufikeleleka, ukhathalelo lwabantwana olusemgangathweni, kwaye bonke abasebenzi abakhathalelayo bahlawulwa kancinci ngalo msebenzi. Uluntu lwethu lufuna umsebenzi wokhathalelo kunye neziseko ezingundoqo, kwaye abasebenzi kuzo zonke ezi ndawo zibalulekileyo bafanelwe yimisebenzi ekhuselekileyo, enesidima, nehlawulelwa ngokwaneleyo. Abameli - kwanabo, njengoHenry, "bathetha incwadi yabo," njengoko bethetha kwiimarike zemali - akufanele bamkele isakhelo sokunqongophala. Endaweni yoko, sonke kufuneka silwele ukwandisa ipayi. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, xa uqhuba abantwana bakho ugoduka usuka kwabo baxhaswa ngemali ngokupheleleyo, kukhathalelo lwemini olukumgangatho ophezulu, awufuni ukuba ibhulorho iwele.
Ukugxotha utyalo-mali lweziseko zophuhliso njenge โnostalgiaโ yomsebenzi oyindoda omhlophe wodidi olusebenzayo bubudenge kumanani amaninzi.
Enye yeyokuba basekho abasebenzi abamhlophe abangamadoda. Abazange bavele banyamalale ekutshoneni kwelanga kweFordism, umvuzo wosapho, kunye nokungunda kweJell-O. Inani elifanelekileyo labo lihlala eWest Virginia, ilizwe elincinci elinamandla angaphezulu kwezopolitiko ngoku. Abasebenzi abamhlophe abangamadoda babesebenza kwishishini lamalahle, kwaye abaninzi ngoku bafuna imisebenzi eluhlaza, kunye nezibonelelo "zotshintsho nje" i-PERI icebisa kwingxelo yayo. Akulunganga ukuba abakhululekileyo babagxothe; kwaye ayibobulumko kwezopolitiko: Ngaba bekungayi kuba ngcono ukuba amadoda amhlophe afumane imisebenzi ehlawula kakuhle, masithi, ukuvuselelwa kwezolimo endaweni yokujoyina iProud Boys kunye nokunkqonkqoza kwiingcango zikaMarjorie Taylor Greene 2024?
Ke kukho inyani ukuba wonke umntu uyazuza kwiziseko zophuhliso, hayi amadoda amhlophe kuphela. Sonke sifuna iindlela, iibhulorho, oololiwe, izakhiwo zezikolo zikarhulumente, igridi yamandla esebenzayo. Ukuba ukhwela uhambo lukawonke-wonke, mhlawumbi uqaphele ukuba kwiidolophu ezininzi kunye nezixeko ezijikeleze isizwe, akukho namnye wabakhweli ohamba nabo abamhlophe. Kwaye ungxamiseko lwamandla ohlaza lukhulu ngakumbi kubasebenzi behlabathi abangekho mhlophe abathi-esele sifundile kwiintlekele ezininzi zemozulu - kusenokwenzeka ukuba baphulukane nendlela yabo yokuphila, amakhaya, umbane, amanzi, kwanobomi babo kwintlekele yendalo. Sikwabonile, kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo yengxaki yemozulu eqhubekayo, ukuba umsebenzi wokhathalelo owenziwa ngabasetyhini - uhlala usimahla, kwiintsapho zethu nakuluntu - uba nzima kakhulu ngamaxesha anje.
Enye ingxaki luluvo lokuba imisebenzi yeziseko zophuhliso inceda abantu abamhlophe kuphela. Le canard. Ingxabano efanayo yasetyenziswa emva kulawulo luka-Obama kwaye yachithwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngelo xesha. Emva ngo-2013, i YezoQoqosho nkqubo ibonise ukuba i-Hispanics ixhamla ngokungafaniyo kutyalo-mali lweziseko ezingundoqo kuba kunokwenzeka ngakumbi kunamalungu amanye amaqela ukuba asebenze kumashishini okwakha kunye nezothutho. Uphononongo lukwabonise ukuba bangakanani abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abaza kuxhamla kutyalo-mali olukhulu lweziseko ezingundoqo, beyincoma njengesicwangciso-qhinga sokujongana nokungafani kwemisebenzi yabantu abamnyama nabamhlophe. Abantu bebala baqeshwe ngamanani abalulekileyo kuhambo olukhulu; bobabini abasetyhini kunye nabantu bemibala bamelwe kakuhle kwi-R&D yokuvelisa.
Kuyinyani ukuba kwezinye iindawo ezininzi zamandla aluhlaza, abafazi kunye nabantu bemibala abamelwanga - ngakumbi abafazi. Kodwa oku kwakuyinyaniso ngakumbi kwishishini lefosili. Kwaye njengoko abaphandi be-PERI bebonisa, banikwe ukuba abafazi kunye nabantu bemibala bamele kangakanani ukufumana ukufikelela kwimisebenzi engcono, akukho sizathu sokuba utyalo-mali kumandla ohlaza alukwazi ukubandakanya amanyathelo alinganayo, kubandakanywa isenzo sokuqinisekisa kunye noqeqesho. I-Brookings Institute yakutshanje umbiko yenza isindululo esifanayo.
Kutheni le nto, kanye, ukuba abafazi kunye nabantu abanobuhlanga kufuneka babe ngabakhathaleli kunokuba babe ngabakhi bee-windmills? Ngaba loo nto ayilobandlululo oluhle kunye nesini? Imisebenzi yeziseko ezingundoqo inemiqobo yemfundo ephantsi yokungena kunye nokuhlawula imivuzo ephezulu kuneminye imisebenzi emininzi; bonke abantu abangabasebenzi kufuneka bafikelele kuzo. I Ingxelo ye-PERI ufumanise ukuba utyalo-mali lwamandla acocekileyo eWest Virginia lunokwandisa amathuba emisebenzi kubantu basetyhini kunye nabantu bemibala kwaye banokunyusa amazinga omanyano kula maqela.
Ukuphumelela iManchin ngaphezulu bekungayi kuba yodwa inzuzo yokutyala ngesisa eWest Virginia. Ngokunokwenzeka, uBiden angathanda ithuba lokufumana kwakhona indawo yeedemokhrasi kwilizwe apho, kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka adlulileyo, baphulukene nomhlaba ngesantya esinamandla. Kwaye, ukusebenzela ecaleni kwezopolitiko, kubonisa ithuba eliyimbali lokuqhubela phambili izisombululo kwiingxaki ezikhoyo ngokusingqongileyo kunye nezoqoqosho. Ngoku lixesha lokuba iWest Virginia ithathe ixesha layo, kwaye thina sonke siyivuyele.
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