Uma uthola izindaba zakho ngepolitiki kwabezindaba zezinkampani, uthola izinganekwane ezintathelini nakosolwazi esikhundleni sokucaca.
Engqungqutheleni yezindaba ebishubile yangoLwesine noSomlomo weNdlu uNancy Pelosi, intatheli isebenzise igama elithi โizikweletu ezimbili ezinkulu zokusebenzisa imali kule Congressโ ukuchaza umthethosivivinywa we-Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIF) kanye nesiphakamiso sokubuyisana seDemocrat-One Build Back Better (BBB). I-phraseology emayelana nezikweletu "ezimbili ezinkulu" noma "ezinkulu kunazo zonke" iyindlela evamile yokugwema imidiya. Futhi yinganekwane.
Umthethosivivinywa wengqalasizinda okuthiwa u-$1.2 trillion owaphasisa iSenethi ngo-Agasti (futhi wabambezeleka ngoLwesine eNdlu) empeleni uzohlinzeka kuphela $ 550 billion in ukusetshenziswa kwemali okusha - futhi lokho sekuphelile isikhathi seminyaka eyikhulu โ ukwenza ingqalasizinda ibe yesimanje njengemigwaqo, amabhuloho, amachweba, izikhumulo zezindiza, izinhlelo zezokuthutha, i-inthanethi nezinhlelo zamanzi.
Umthethosivivinywa we-BBB ohlongozwayo - owandulelwa njalo ngesichasiso "ubukhulu" ezitolo zezindaba zezinkampani (noma ngabe ukhululekile noma ulandela imithetho ebekiwe) - uzosebenzisa ama- $ 3.5 trillion. ngaphezulu kweminyaka emi-10 ukubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu kanye nokwandisa ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukunakekelwa kwezingane kanye nenetha yokuphepha komphakathi jikelele . . . nakuba sisashiya izwe lethu emuva kakhulu cishe nazo zonke ezinye izizwe ezithuthukile.
Ngaleso sikhathi, nakuba ithole ukusakazwa kwabezindaba okuncane kakhulu kune-BBB futhi ibingavamile ukubizwa ngokuthi โinkulu,โ i-US House yephule wonke amarekhodi ngesonto eledlule ngokuvota ukuthi ichithe imali. $768 billion ngonyaka ozayo kwezempi. Njengoba kuyizindleko zonyaka, lokhu kusetshenziswa kwemali kuncane kakhulu kunezikweletu zeminyaka eminingi ze-BBB ne-BIF zihlangene. Kodwa-ke ayikho intatheli ephakamise umbuzo ngakho engqungqutheleni yezindaba kaPelosi.
Ukubeka lokhu imali emba eqolo kwezempi ngokubheka, i-Biden White House icele ukuthi kunyuswe isabelomali sezempi sikaTrump esesivele sikhukhumele, kodwa lokho ngokusobala bekungekukhulu ngokwanele kuPelosi nabanye abaholi beNdlu bazo zombili izinhlangothi, wengeze amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-25 kwisabelomali sonyaka sePentagon ngaphezu kwalokho uBiden akucelile. Umthethosivivinywa wezempi waphasiswa ngokwesekwa yi-bipartisan: 181 Democrats kanye 135 Republicans.
Ngisho nangemva kokuba impi yase-Afghan isiphelile ekugcineni, isifiso sokusungulwa sokusebenzisa imali engalawuleki kwezempi sibonakala singaneliseki.
Inganekwane elandelanayo kwabezindaba ezijwayelekile ukuthi i-Capitol Hill ethuthukayo efana ne-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ingabantu abasebenzisa imali ngendlela engafanele kanye nabaqhubi bebhajethi e-Washington, hhayi ama-Democrats ezinkampani noma ama-Republican. Kepha kwakunguPelosi kanye nobuholi beNdlu - obambisene ne-GOP ebumbene - okwathi wehlule ukuchitshiyelwa okuqhubekayo yethulwe ngesonto eledlule yi-AOC ukunciphisa amaphesenti ayi-10 kwisabelomali sePentagon. AmaDemocrat angu-86 kuphela futhi awekho amaRiphabhulikhi asekele ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali.
Njengoba i-Truthout ibike, amaDemocrat avotele ngokumelene nokwehliswa kwePentagon ngamaphesenti angu-10 athole cishe izikhathi ezi-4 ngaphezulu. umkhankaso weminikelo evela emkhakheni wezempi nezimboni kunalabo Democrats abavotele ukusikwa.
Ukucutshungulwa okuqinile kwethonya lebhizinisi kumalungu eCongress cishe akukho emithonjeni yezindaba evamile njengokubhekisiswa kwezindleko zezempi.
Okusiletha ezinganekwaneni eziningi zemidiya, kulokhu kuzungeza uSenator uJoe Manchin - ohlale ebizwa ngokuthi iDemocrat "ephakathi" hhayi iDemocrat "yebhizinisi" noma "yezinkampani". Izintatheli ze-Mainstream zithatha njengezangempela izimangalo zikaManchin zokuthi uphikisana nesinyathelo se-Build Back Better ngenxa yenani lentengo nangenxa yokuthi sandisa "ingqondo yokufaneleka."
Kepha njengoba noma iyiphi intatheli ephapheme kufanele yazi, inikezwe iManchin's ubuhlobo obuseduze nge ama-lobbyists ezinkampani, ukuphikisa kwakhe kuncane mayelana nomthelela wethegi yentengo ekushoda kwesabelomali noma mayelana namalungelo (uhlale elwela inhlalakahle kahulumeni embonini kaphethiloli wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi) kunalokho okumayelana nezintela ezifakwe ku-BBB. Ngempela, iphakethe le-BBB lizokhokhelwa kakhulu ngokwenyuka kwezintela ezinkampanini ezinkulu nabacebile.
Ngokuphambene, uMthethosivivinywa Wengqalasizinda we-Bipartisan uManchin asize ubuciko hhayi ikhokhwe nganoma yiziphi izintela ezintsha (ngenkathi ixhasa imiklamo yamandla angcolile).
Isiphakamiso sokubuyisana se-BBB sizokonga imali yabakhokhi bentela ngokunciphisa uxhaso kuwoyela negesi futhi sizonyusa imali ngokukhuphula izinkokhelo - ngokwesibonelo, imali yokukhishwa kwe-methane, enomthelela omubi ekufudumaleni komhlaba.
Uma izintatheli ezivamile zigxile kakhulu emifelandawonye yezinkampani ze-Manchin kanye nemininingwane yokuthi ubani ozuzayo nokuthi ubani okhokhiswa intela kulezi zindleko, kungasiza ukucacisa ukuthi kungani i-Manchin isekela i-BIF kodwa hhayi i-BBB. Izindaba ze-Bloomberg ahlinzekwa Ukucaciswa okuthile okungajwayelekile: "Amakomidi ezepolitiki omkhankaso kanye nobuholi bukaManchin athole cishe ama- $ 400,000 embonini kawoyela negesi kusukela ngo-2017, futhi ubengumamukeli ophambili kulo mkhakha kuCongress ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala zika-2021 ngama- $ 179,450, ngokuvumelana ne Isikhungo Sezombangazwe Ezisabelayo.โ
Ngokusho kwezintatheli zezitolo ezizimele like I-Intercept futhi Sludge, uManchin wenze imali engaphezu kuka-$4.5 million emabhizinisini amalahle omndeni wakhe kusukela ajoyina iSenate ngo-2011.
Ebuzwa ihange le-MSNBC mayelana nokuphikisa okuvela eManchin kanye โnamaDemocrats amaphakathi,โ ilungu leCongress elithuthukayo uKatie Porter. wanikeza uhlobo olucacile ukuthi izintatheli zezinkampani zivame ukugwema:
โKunenani elikhulu lezinkampani ezikhokha intela engu-zero, futhi ngokwenza ukukhetha kwezimali ezihlakaniphile - ngokwesibonelo, sisebenzisa indlela yokwenza inzuzo yangempela yebhizinisi ukubhekana nalezo zinkampani ezikhokha u-zero - singakhiqiza izigidigidi ezingama-700. . . . Singakwazi ukukhiqiza imali engenayo ukuze lokhu kungabi cishe ku-$3.5 trillion ekusetshenzisweni kwemali. . . . Nginesifiso sokukwenza. Umbuzo uwukuthi: ingabe uSenator Manchin? Noma ingabe ukhathazeke kakhulu ngabaxhasi bakhe bezinkampani ezihlanganisa izinkampani ezinkulu, imboni kawoyela negesi, imboni enkulu yemithi, nabanye abangakhokhi lutho ngaphansi kwesimiso sethu samanje sentela?โ
U-Rep. Porter waqhubeka:
โNgingathanda ukubona uSenator uJoe Manchin ephumela obala exhasa ngezimali i-IRS ngokugcwele, ukuze kube nohlelo lwentela lwebhizinisi olunobulungiswa emhlabeni wonke. . . . Ngicabanga ukuthi akunasibopho ngokwezimali ukuthi uSenator Manchin enqabe ukukhulisa imali futhi ngasikhathi sinye aphume kolunye uhlangothi lomlomo wakhe - mhlawumbe uhlangothi lomlomo wakhe alusebenzisayo ukukhuluma nabaxhasi bakhe benkampani - akhala ngokuthi singakwazi. 'ukhokhele izinto imindeni yaseMelika ezidinga kakhulu."
Jeff Cohen ungumsunguli we-RootsAction.org, uprofesa wobuntatheli osethathe umhlalaphansi e-Ithaca College, nombhali we-โCable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.โ Ngo-1986, wasungula iqembu lokubuka abezindaba ANO.
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