Umthombo: Counterpunch
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi iBig Money ayikuthandi ukunyuswa kwentela kumthethosivivinywa we-Biden's Build Back Better (BBB). Ngempela, abacebile kakhulu bababulala. Futhi uBiden akakaze aphikisane nabo ngokuhlela ukuthi iFederal Reserve impompe imali ezinhlelweni zayo zabantu abasebenzayo, ngoba, phela, i-Fed inikeza kuphela imali kubantu asebevele balayishile. Noma, njengoba isishoshovu samalungelo abantu u-Ajamu Baraka sisanda kubhala ku-Twitter: โAbabusi baphonsa izigidigidi eziyi-120 ngenyanga ezandleni zonxiwankulu besebenzisa iFederal Reserve. Ngakho-ke bangakwazi ukuxhasa noma yini abayifunayo ngokudala imali yokuyikhokhela. "
Izigidigidi zase-US zinomsebenzi weCongress kanye ne-White House. Ukwenza kucace lokho, abagadli abanzima bezinkampani ezivela ku-Chamber of Commerce, i-Pfizer, i-ExxonMobil kanye ne-Business Roundtable ngokudelela nangokuhlukumeza kakhulu ukukhushulwa kwentela ye-BBB, obekungenza izintela zabo zifike kumaphesenti angama-28 ukusuka kumaphesenti angama-21. Lokhu bakwenza ngokudelela nangokubukisa kangangokuthi ngo-September 9, amaqembu angu-100 akwelinye icala anxusa ukhongolose ukuba umelene nalokhu kuxhashazwa kombuso wesintu.
Lezi zinhlangano eziyikhulu eziphikisayo, eziholwa i-Economic Policy Institute, zagxeka amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi achithwa izinhlangano ezicebile ukuze zihlasele โisabelomali esishintshayo nesinokulingana esihlongozwayo esizukulwaneni.โ Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-EPI bekuhlanganisa i-AFL-CIO, i-Americans for Tax Fairness, i-Center for American Progress, i-League of Conservation Voters kanye nezinye eziningi. Banele bathi laba abasayinayo badiniwe. Abakuthandi lokho okwenziwa yi-American corporate.
Futhi lokho okuphathelene nakho kubizwa ngempi yekilasi. Muva nje kwenziwe ngokusonta izingalo konke okubizwa ngamaDem amaphakathi ukuze kubulawe ukwenyuswa kwentela yebhizinisi okwakuyibhiliyoni engu-$3.5 trillion. Ngoba ama-oligarchs ethu awanelisekile ngedlanzana lezigidigidi eziphethe ingcebo eningi njengabo bonke abaphakathi. Bafuna okwengeziwe. Futhi ngokuqinisekile abahlosile ukuyeka noma yikuphi kwakho. Hhayi cha, abanazo izinhlelo zokwenza lokho.
Kepha inkampani ecebile yaseMelika kungenzeka ukuthi iziqhubele kude izinto. Kungenzeka ukuthi ivuse umdondoshiya olele. Ngoba njengoba abasebenzi beyeka ngobuningi babo - njengoba kusho abahlaziyi abaningi emasontweni asanda kwedlula - labo abasalayoโฆabaphuma esitelekeni. Ngo-Agasti babalelwa ku-4.3 million abasebenzi abashiye umsebenzi unomphela. Lokho kungamaphesenti angu-2.9 abasebenzi. Futhi labo abangasho, ngamazwi omsebenzi kaBernie Sanders, "phethula amabhega akho amabi futhi ushanele ezakho phansi," bashaye esikhundleni.
Abasebenzi abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi bakwaJohn Deere bangenela isiteleka ngo-Okthoba, kanjalo nabasebenzi abangu-31,000 bakwaKaiser, kwathi abangu-60,000 abasebenza eHollywood baxoxisana ngesivumelwano sokugwema isiteleka, ngokusho kweWashington Post ngo-Okthoba 17. kulo nyaka,โ kuphawula iPost. โIsiteleka siqhuba ngo-178 siqhuba imboni yaseMelika: Abahlengikazi nabasebenzi bezempilo eCalifornia nase-Oregon; abasebenzi bakawoyela eNew York; abasebenzi basefekthri yokusanhlamvu eMichigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania naseTennessee; izisebenzi ezikhiqiza ithelevishini namafilimu eHollywood; futhi nokuningi."
Futhi amashumi ezinkulungwane zezisebenzi ezingase zishaye โzilinde emaphikweni,โ njengoba uJonah Furman noGabriel Winant baphawula esihlokweni esibhalwe ngo-October 18. Inkathi yeziteleka isanda kuqala. Sekuvele kufaka phakathi, ngokombiko we-labournotes: abasebenzi basesibhedlela abangama-2000 eNew York, uhambo losuku olulodwa lwabasebenzi bezokuxhumana abangama-2000 eCalifornia, abasebenza ngensimbi abangama-450 eWest Virginia, abavukuzi abayi-1000 e-Alabama, abahlengikazi abangama-700 eMassachusetts, amabhasi angama-200- abashayeli e-Nevada, abenzi be-whisky abangama-400 eKentucky kanye neziteleka ezisanda kulungiswa zababazi abangu-2000 eWashington, abasebenzi basefektri yaseNabisco abayi-1000 ezweni lonke kanye nabasebenzi abangama-600 bakwaFrito-Lay eKansas.
Le mpi ngokuyeka noma ngokuqiniseka iphikisana namanga e-GOP asehlobo okuthi izisebenzi ezivilaphayo seziphenduke amazambane osofa ngenxa yezinzuzo eziningi zokungasebenzi. Lokho kuhlotshaniswa kwe-GOP kwathola i-hype yemidiya. Kangangoba manje sinomeluleki wendlu yabamhlophe uJared Bernstein oqinisekisa ibhizinisi ukuthi abantu baseMelika abangeke basebenze manje, bazothutheleka babuyele emakethe yemisebenzi ngoJanuwari, sebeyiqedile imali ababeyilondolozile, ngokusho kweNew York Times ngo-Okthoba 26. Njengentatheli uChris U-Floyd ubhale kuTwitter wathi: โLolu wuhlelo lwezomnotho lwe-'FDR entsha': giya abantu baze balambe, bese ubuka 'bekhasa bebuya ukuyothatha imisebenzi kadoti ukuze bathole iholo le-shit."
Izinganekwane zezisebenzi ezingamavila zenza izilwane ezihuquzelayo ngakolunye uhlangothi lwephasishi zacasuka kakhulu. Ngakho-ke emuva ngo-August isixuku sababusi baseRiphabhulikhi abangenangqondo benqaba lezo zinzuzo zenhlangano, ngokuyala kwabaphathi babo bezinkampani, futhi voila! Abekho abasebenzi! Ngabe abasebenzi bathutheleka besebenza kanzima ngama-dollar angu-8 ngehora emisebenzini eyehlisa isithunzi? Cha, abazange! Izisebenzi zazihlala emakhaya, ngaleyo ndlela zijabhise labo babusi abampofu, kakade ababedalulwe njengama-Scrooges anonya ezama ukulambisa abavoti ukuba bathathe imisebenzi edabukisayo ukuze bathole iholo eliphansi; kodwa manje bamile bembulwa njengamakhanda amathambo, abathi, ngaphezu kokuba izilo, babenephutha kangangokuthi ukuphela kwendlela yokubachaza, kahle, ubuwula.
Kodwa-ke, ukusabela kuye kwabonakala kungalungile izikhathi eziningi, kangangokuthi akuvamile ukuphetha ngokuthi kukhona okunye ngaphandle kwama-dimwits. Uyasikhumbula leso siphukuphuku u-Ronald Reagan kanye nezomnotho zakhe "ezikhohlisayo"? Ngabe lowo mbono usebenze kanjani kubantu abayizimpumputhe ku-GOP? Yehlulekile, ngokuphelele. Kodwa basacaphuna.
Uma incazelo yobuhlanya yenza into efanayo ngokuphindaphindiwe futhi ilindele umphumela ohlukile, khona-ke yonke i-GOP nama-Dem amaningi aphumile ku-rocker yawo. Bakholelwa ezinzuzweni zezomnotho ezinciphayo, njengoba nje bekholelwa ku-neoliberalism nokuthi uma udla umbuso, izinkampani ezicebile zizokwelapha ukungalingani, njengoba nje zikholelwa ukuthi i-US iletha inkululeko, ukuthula nenqubekelaphambili emazweni ewaqhumisa ngamabhomu. Umbono wokuthi uma uvumela abanye abahahayo ukuba bagxumeke yonke ingcebo, lokho ngandlela-thile kuzokhuluphalisa izikhwama zesixuku azintshontshile, kuwubuwula obumangalisayo. Nokho leso isivumokholo se-GOP, futhi amaDem amaningi โamaphakathiโ nawo ayayithenga.
Indlela abathenga ngayo iwukuklwebha ikhanda kwangempela. Kubonakala kusobala ukuthi uma umuntu oyedwa ezenza isigebengu, ekhipha yonke imali kubo bonke abanye, sekuyisikhathi sokuhlela kabusha uhlelo lwezomnotho nobudlelwano balo bamandla. Kodwa iningi lezikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe ziyenqaba neze ukubona le ndlovu ekamelweni - ngoba abaxhasi bazo abakhokheli. Ngakho-ke, uthi, abawona ama-nitwits, bakhohlakele. Kodwa-ke, kufika isikhathi lapho ukuba ndikindiki ubuchopho ngamaphuzu okukhuluma adle ngokukhohlakele kuba uhlobo lobuwula.
Ngakho-ke lapho labo baxhasi bethi โakusekho izinzuzo zokungasebenzi,โ babekholelwa imibono yabo ekhubazekile futhi babelindele izigqila zamaholo ezilalelayo, hhayi iziteleka, ukwesula ngobuningi kanye nabasebenzi babatshela ukuthi bangathatha umsebenzi wabo owubuwula futhi bawusunduze. Kuzoholelaphi konke lokhu? Hhayi-ke, ngokwethuswa kwezibalo ezinkulu zezinkampani, futhi ngokusobala nabaphathi beBiden, sekubangele ukwenyuka kwamaholo. Maningi amathuba okuthi lawo maholo kumele anyuke kakhulu ngaphambi kokuthi iningi labangu-4.3 million abayeke baphinde bayengwe. Ukushoda kwabasebenzi kusho amandla abasebenzi. Basho ukuthi abasebenzi babiza isibhamu. Abaphenduli be-All-Amurican bangase badlule ubuchopho babo obuncane konke abakufunayo, bezama ukuthola enye, indlela eshibhile yokuphuma kulokhu, kodwa amathuba awahlangani ohlangothini lwabo. Kunempendulo eyodwa kuphela yokushoda kwabasebenzi: khokha amaholo aphezulu. Noma ungakwenzi - futhi ubukele i-neoliberal capitalism ibhidlika. Kulinde isikhathi eside kuze kube uJanuwari.
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