Impumelelo yohlaziyo lwentlalontle sisindululo esisekwe elukholweni eWashington, DC Kule nyanga, njengoko abenzi bomthetho bexoxa ngokugunyaziswa kwakhona komthetho wentlalontle, abagcini be-Capital Hill baya kunika intshumayelo yabo rhoqo malunga nokulunga "koxanduva lomntu," ukungahoyi ukopha okuzinzileyo. yemisebenzi evela kuqoqosho. Kwaye njengoko uhlaziyo lwentlalontle yayiyeyona nto iphambili ekugxilwe kuyo nguMongameli uClinton "kwiDemokhrasi eNtsha," elinye icala lepaseji akunakwenzeka ukuba libuze inkolelo esisiseko yokuba "ukuphelisa intlalontle njengoko besisazi" kumele uloyiso kumgaqo-nkqubo wentlalontle.
Kwilizwe lokwenyani, nangona kunjalo, ukuchacha kwabantu abangasebenziyo kunye nokhuseleko loluntu olubuthathaka luya lusekwe kwinqanaba lokungqubana. Amalungu owiso-mthetho asekhaya kufuneka ajongane nenyaniso engendawo malunga neenkqubo zabo zentlalontle โezihlaziyiweyoโ: Ukuba abagxeki batyhola ukuba ukunqunyulwa kwentlalontle kuneempembelelo eziyingozi ngexesha lee-1990 zempumelelo, ubungakanani bokwenyani bomonakalo buvela kuphela emva kokudodobala koqoqosho lwaseBush.
โEwe, mininzi imisebenzi ekhoyo,โ watsho iqhula malunga nabasebenzi ngexesha likaClinton: โNdinemithathu kubo.โ Ukusukela ngoko, imivuzo yokwenyani ayikhange iphucuke ngokubonakalayo kwaye umsebenzi owongezelelweyo kunzima ukuwufumana. Ukuqeshwa kweentlawulo ezingezizo iifama kwehle ngokuthe ngcembe ukusukela ngoNovemba ka-2001, kuthe thaa imisebenzi engama-579,000 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka.
Uhlaziyo lukaClinton luka-1996 lwentlalontle luthathe indawo yoNcedo olusekwe kwimali ekhoyo kwiiNtsapho ezinaBantwana abaXhomekekileyo ngoNcedo lweXeshana olutsha kwiiNtsapho eziDinwayo (TANF). Uphando lucebisa ukuba kwimeko yoqoqosho oludodobalayo, abantu abakhe bafumana i-AFDC kunokwenzeka ukuba bafumane intlupheko eyendeleyo kunomsebenzi wokuphila. Oomama abangenamaqabane omtshato bakwimeko emaxongo ngokwenene ngokwengxelo entsha ekhutshwe yiNgxowa-mali yoKhuselo lwaBantwana. Le ngxelo ithi: โInani lamabhinqa angaphangeliyo anabantwana abangafumani ncedo liye lantinga nge-188,000 2001 ngonyaka omnye, nto leyo eshiya ingxelo eyi-20 kwane yabo bonke oomama abangenamaqabane omtshato bengafumani ncedo lukarhulumente nto leyo eyabangela ukuba abantwana bahlwempuzeke ngequbuliso. โAbazali abangenamaqabane bangene kuqoqosho luka-XNUMX bengakhuselekanga kangako kuqoqosho olusilelayo kunako nakuphi na ukudodobala koqoqosho kule minyaka ingama-XNUMX idlulileyo.โ
Iinkcukacha zolu ngquzulwano ziba nzima. Ngaphantsi kwe-TANF, amazwe ngamanye afumana izibonelelo zeebhloko ezibavumela ukuba benze iinkqubo zabo zentlalontle. (Njengoko ingcali yethiyori yezentlalo engasekhoyo uTeresa Brennan yatshoyo, ngoku kukho โIindlela ezingama-50 zokushiya iiNzuzo Zakho zentlalo-ntle.โ) Kodwa inkqubo ye-W-2 yaseWisconsin inika umzekelo otyhilayo. Inkqubo, eyanceda owayesakuba yiRhuluneli uTommy Thompson ukuba afumane umsebenzi njengoNobhala kaBush wezeMpilo kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu, idla ngokunconywa njengempumelelo yokunciphisa inani leentsapho ezifumana uncedo lwemali ngesiqingatha. Iziphumo zokwenyani ziye zaxutywa kakhulu.
Ibali le-AP elingaqatshelwanga ngoMeyi libonise ukuba i-W-2 yayibiza kakhulu kwi-Wisconsin kunenkqubo yentlalontle endala. Nangona urhulumente enceda abantu abambalwa, inkqubo yentlalontle ixabisa i-$276.9 yezigidi ngaphezulu kwelona xesha lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwakutsha nje kunonyaka ophelileyo we-AFDC.
Ngoko kwenzeka ntoni โkwisiphelo sikarhulumente omkhuluโ? UWisconsin waqonda ukuba ukuba uza kunyanzela oomama ukuba bangene kwimarike yomsebenzi kunokuba bahlale ekhaya ukuze banakekele abantwana babo, kufuneka wenze amalungiselelo okhathalelo lwabantwana. Ngaphantsi kwe-TANF eWisconsin, imfuno yokunakekelwa kwabantwana ikhule ngama-160 ekhulwini. (Okumangalisayo kukuba, abafazi abaninzi abangena kubasebenzi abarhola imivuzo ephantsi baphetha bebambekile kwimisebenzi yokukhathalela abantwana babanye abantu, nto leyo, ngexabiso leyure lentlawulo elenza ukuba uMcDonald's abonakale enesisa, ayiphakamisi nabani na ngeentambo zabo zebhutsi.) uqeqesho lomsebenzi lufikeleleka lula. Njengoko uTommy Thompson ngokwakhe uye waphawula, ukuba ufuna ukwenza inkqubo "yentlalontle-to-umsebenzi" efikelela ngaphezu kwe-rhetoric, kufuneka uzimisele ukuyihlawula.
Nokuba kukho inkcitho eyongezelelweyo, i-brainchild kaThompson ayiyonto yokonwaba ngayo. Iipanti zokutya, iindawo zokuhlala ezingxamisekileyo, kunye nezibhedlele zesisa zonke zabona imfuno yeenkonzo zabo zidubula phezulu phakathi kuka-1997 no-2000, ngokwamaqela afana neNkomfa yeeNkolo eziManyeneyo yaseMilwaukee, iZiko loPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho kwiYunivesithi yaseWisconsin-Milwaukee, kunye neZiko. kwiKamva leWisconsin. Kwangelo xesha, ukukhutshwa ngenkani eMilwaukee kwanda ngaphezu kwama-200 ekhulwini. Kwaye xa iSebe lezoPhuhliso lwaBasebenzi livavanya abo babesakubafumana i-AFDC, bafumanisa ukuba iipesenti ezingama-68 zabo โbawufumene ngempumeleloโ umsebenzi bathi โbabengafumani mihla le.โ
Kakhulu kwiminyaka ye-boom yolawulo lukaClinton.
Ingxaki yokwenyani kukuba uninzi lwamazwe alwenzi kakuhle njengeWisconsin, lusilele ukwenza utyalo-mali olufanayo. Endaweni yokufumana uncedo lwemali, iintsapho ezininzi azifumani ncedo kwaphela. Enyanisweni, ipesenti yeentsapho ezifanelekileyo ezifumana izibonelelo zentlalontle yehla ukusuka kuma-84 ekhulwini ngowe-1995 ukuya kutsho kuma-52 ekhulwini ngowe-1999, ngokutsho kweNgxowa-mali yoKhuselo lwezoMthetho neMfundo NGOKU.
UMichael New kwiZiko laseCato ubhala ukuba "uchaza ukuba ngezona zohlwayo zinamandla kwaye awona manqanaba enzuzo aphantsi abe nempumelelo enkulu ekunciphiseni umthwalo wabo." Unyanisile. Kodwa ukucutha intlalontle kunye nokunciphisa intlupheko ayiyonto inye. Inkqubo yangoku ikulungele kakhulu ukuvuza amazwe angaphambili.
Uhlaziyo lwentlalontle ngokusebenza luthetha ukuba kumaxesha anzima kwezoqoqosho-awona maxesha intlalontle ifuneka kakhulu-urhulumente akananto ingako yokubonelela abahluphekayo nabangasebenziyo. Abo bazizityebi ngokwaneleyo ukuba bahambe nomnye wokunciphisa irhafu enkulu kaMongameli Bush abakhalazi. Kananjalo ayizizo iinkampani ezinokuqesha abasebenzi abafumana imivuzo ephantsi. Kodwa thina sonke, abafumana imisebenzi yethu ingakhuselekanga kangako kwaye izixhobo zethu zoluntu zicinezelekile, sishiywe sihlawulela intlupheko.
UMark Engler, umbhali ozinze kwisiXeko saseNew York, unokufikelelwa kwiwebhusayithi http://www.DemocracyUprising.com. Eli nqaku lavela kuqala kwi-TomPaine.com. Uncedo lophando olubonelelwa nguKatie Griffiths.
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