Ama-CEO athi i-Slash Safety Net at Bottom of Fiscal Cliff
Uma ubulokhu uzibuza ukuthi ubani obangela umsindo mayelana "newa lezimali," hlangana Lungisa umfelandawonye Wezikweletu kuma-CEO angama-95 amafemu amakhulu.
I-Fix the Debt ibiza abantu baseMelika ukuthi "banikele ngokuhlanganyela" ukuze bagweme ukuwela phezu kwentaba yezimali, ngokwamukela "isixazululo somqondo ovamile ukuvimbela inhlekelele kanye nokuvuselela amandla omnotho waseMelika."
Kumaphesenti angu-1 aphezulu osozigidi nosozigidigidi, ukuzidela kwabo kuwukwenyuswa kwentela okungatheni, okungase kufike ngendlela yoshintsho lwenani elincane noma ukuqedwa kokunye ukukhululwa. Lena “imihlatshelo” emincane kangangokuthi ngeke baze bayibone, ikakhulukazi uma bethola izinzuzo zekhefu lentela lezinkampani ezintsha abazicindezelayo.
Kodwa kubantu abasebenzayo abaye basebenza imisebenzi ekhandlayo ukuphila kwabo konke—emigqeni yokuhlanganisa izimoto, njengabakhonza ngezinyawo usuku lonke, njengabakhi abasebenza kanzima ngaphandle ngenxa yokushisa okukhulu namakhaza ashubisa umnkantsha—ukuzinikela kwabo kuhlanganisa ukusebenza eminye iminyaka emibili nentshabalazo yabo. imizimba kuze kube yilapho ekugcineni bekwazi ukuthola usizo ku-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare.
ULloyd Blankfein, oyi-CEO yakwaGoldman Sachs, ungumholi obalulekile womfelandawonye we-Fix the Debt. UBlankfein unikeza ithemba elijabulisayo lokutshalwa kwezimali kwezinkampani ezintsha eMelika uma izimfuno zama-CEO sezihlangatshezwane. Konke lokhu kudinga ukuthi uMongameli u-Obama kanye namaDemocrats bavumele izinguquko ezinkulu, eziphazamisa impilo ku-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare.
"Kunesamba esikhulu semali etshaliwe manje esihlezi eceleni, silindele izinguquko ezinengqondo," kusho u-Blankfein kukholamu yakamuva ye-Wall Street Journal. Abaphathi abacebile njengaye—uBlankfein owadonsa u-$16,164,405 ngo-2011—bazimisele ukukhokha izintela ezithe xaxa uma nje kukhona “ukuvumelana nezimo kanye “nokuzinikela okwabiwe.”
UBlankfein kanye nabalingani bakhe be-Fix the Debt bakulungele “ukuvumelana nezimo” ekuvumeni ukukhokha imali encane emalini yabo engenayo engaphezu kuka-$250,000, “kodwa kuphela uma behlanganiswa nokuncishiswa okukhulu kwemali esetshenziswa ngokubona kanye namalungelo.” Ngokusobala ubona izinga elilinganayo lokuzinikela ngenxa yokwenyuswa kwakhe kwentela okungatheni kanye nesisebenzi esineminyaka engu-65 esingasebenzi okufanele manje silinde iminyaka emibili ngaphezulu ukuze sithole isheke Lokuvikeleka Komphakathi ukuze siqhubeke nokuphila okuncane. Noma cabangela leso sisebenzi, sintula noma yikuphi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, okudingeka ukuthi samukele ukubambezeleka kweminyaka emibili ekutholeni i-Medicare.
IMelika ngeke isakwazi ukukhokhela izinga elifanayo lokuphana njengakuqala, uBlankfein utshele i-CBS muva nje. Nakuba izinhlelo zezokuphepha zase-US zibhekwa kabanzi njengezinikeza usizo oluncane kakhulu kunakwamanye amazwe asethuthukile, abantu baseMelika kufanele balungise “okulindelwe” kwabo ngokufanele. I-Social Security "ayizange iklanywe ukuthi ibe uhlelo olukwesekayo ukuze uthathe umhlalaphansi iminyaka engu-30 ngemva kokusebenza iminyaka engu-25," esho. Empeleni, umamukeli ojwayelekile uthola iminyaka engu-12 yezinzuzo Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi ngemva kokusebenza iminyaka eminingi kunaleyo.
UBlankfein ufuna abantu bazi ukuthi bazobhekana nokuncane.
"Kuzodingeka wenze okuthile, ngokungangabazeki, ukwehlisa okulindelwe abantu kulokho abazokuthola, amalungelo, nalokho abantu abacabanga ukuthi bazokuthola, ngoba ngeke ukuthole, " wabhala.
Khonamanjalo, emzamweni wabo okuhloswe ngawo ukuthi wehlise ukushoda kukahulumeni, umfelandawonye we-Blankfein kanye ne-Fix the Debt bamatasa bakhuthaza umbono wokuthi izinkampani zase-US akumele zisabophekile ukukhokha intela ezitshalweni zazo neminye imisebenzi etholakala ngaphandle kwase-US Le "ntela yendawo ehlongozwayo" uhlelo" luzokhipha inzuzo yezinkampani zangaphandle ekukhokhisweni intela, lizilondolozele intela eyizigidigidi eziyi-134, ngokombiko omusha we-Institute for Policy Studies onesihloko esithi."Umkhankaso We-CEO 'Wokulungisa' Isikweletu: Ihhashi Le-Trojan Lokuphulwa Kwentela Yezinkampani Eziningi."
Labo abangabaza ubuqotho bokuzibophezela kukaBlankfein ekunciphiseni imali eshodayo bazoveza ukuthi imali elinganiselwa ku-$134 billion ingasiza ekukhokheleni phansi ukushoda kwesabelomali sombuso.
Naphezu kokungalingani okusobala kwalokho okushiwo u-Blankfein kanye Nokulungisa Isikweletu, ohlakaniphile baseBeltway bacindezela u-Obama namaDemocrats ukuthi bayekethise izinhlelo ezibalulekile ekuthatheni umhlalaphansi okunesithunzi kubantu baseMelika abasebenzayo.
Lokhu kucindezela kokuyekethisa okuyihlazo kuvela kuma-CEO kanye nezingcweti ezihlala ku-Planet Affluence, abangakaze basebenze kanzima noma bachithe usuku bekhathazekile ngokuthi bazozondla kanjani izingane zabo.
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