Osopolitiki base-US bakhale ngenkani isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuthi umphakathi ungabanaki. Isikhathi esihle-ke sokuthi osopolitiki badedele izimpisi. Ngaphandle kwesivumelwano esingalindelekile somzuzu wokugcina, nalu uhlu olufushane lokuncishiswa kwe-austerity okukhulu, okudalwe yi-bi-partisan kazwelonke, ngokusho kweNew York Times:
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Abamukeli besitembu sokudla abangu-600,000 bazokhishwa ohlelweni
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Ukuncishiswa okukhulu kwemfundo. Ngokuvumelana ne UMongameli Obama: "Uma lokhu kuncishiswa sekuqala ukusebenza izinkulungwane zothisha nothisha bazodilizwa futhi amashumi ezinkulungwane zabazali kuyodingeka aphikise ukuze atholele izingane zabo ukunakekelwa kwezingane."
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12 billion ekusikeni kweMedicare (okuningi okuzayo ngemuva kuka-2013)
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Izigidi ezithola ukungasebenzi zizobona amasheke azo ehliswa ngo-11% (isilinganiso esingu-132 ngenyanga)
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Izimali zikahulumeni eziya kohulumeni bezifunda zizoncishiswa, okudale ukushoda okwengeziwe ezifundazweni nakomasipala, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuncishiswe kakhulu okwasendaweni (izifundazwe sezikwenzile kakade. ukuncishiswa kwe-austerity kwe- $ 337 billion!)
Futhi, Imisebenzi engu-700,000 XNUMX okulindeleke ukuthi ilahleket, kuyilapho izingane ezingu-70,000 kulindeleke ukuthi zikhishwe ku-Head Start
Futhi lokhu kungoka-2013. Uhlelo lwamanje lokuncishiswa kwe-austerity "sequester" liyi-$100 billion yokuncishiswa kombuso minyaka yonke iminyaka eyishumi, okulingana nokuncishiswa okukhulu kwemisebenzi, i-Medicare, imfundo, kanye nokucekela phansi ngokuphelele izinhlelo zomphakathi ezixhaswa yi-federal.
Ingabe kuzokwenzeka ngempela lesi sikhathi? I-New York Times iyabika:
"Ngaseceleni, abasebenzi baseCapitol Hill kanye namalungu eCongress bavumile ukuthi azikho izinhlelo ezikhona zokulibazisa noma ukuqeda ukusikeka."
Umunwe okhomba eWashington, DC usuvele ufinyelele umvuthwandaba, ngomqondo ohlanekezelwe ukuthi, uma zombili izinhlangothi zinecala, akulona iphutha lamuntu ngempela. Empeleni ama-Democrats nama-Republican adale lokhu kusikeka "kwe-sequester", futhi angakwazi ukukuhlehlisa kalula ngokuthinta umunwe.
Zombili izinhlangothi zikhetha ukungakususi ukusikeka. Abafuni nje ukuzibophezela kwezepolitiki mayelana nokuwa, okuyinto izazi zezomnotho eziningi ezibikezele ukuthi kuzoduduza Umnotho wase-US usonqenqemeni ekuwohlokeni komnotho okusemthethweni.
U-Obama uye wasola amaRiphabhulikhi ngale siphithiphithi, nakuba yena ngokwakhe waqala le nqubo ngokudala "ikhomishana yokunciphisa ukushoda" eyasiza ekumiseni ukuncishiswa (khumbula ukuthi akukho nkinga yezikweletu ezidinga izinyathelo ezinzima kangaka).
U-Obama angaphinde anxuse umphakathi waseMelika kalula nje - phezu kwamakhanda e-congressperson - ukuthi ufune ukuthi ukusikeka kubekwe eceleni unomphela. Esikhundleni salokho, uhlongoza isivumelwano "sentengo enkulu" azi ukuthi amaRepublican ngeke asithathe.
Yini esivumelwaneni esikhulu sika-Obama? Ngokusho kwe Iwebhusayithi yeWhite House:
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U-$130 wezigidigidi "ekongeni" [ukunciphisa] ku-Social Security, ngokusebenzisa "i-CPI ephezulu."
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AmaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-35 "ekongeni" [enciphisa] ekuthatheni umhlalaphansi kwabasebenzi bakahulumeni.
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AmaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-400 "ekongeni" [okuncishiswayo] kokunakekelwa kwezempilo, okuningi kwakho kusikwa yi-Medicare.
U-Obama uyehluleka ngokubhuqa ukusho amagama e-Social Security noma i-Medicare ohlelweni olungenhla, ekhetha ukubhala ngekhodi ("superlative Consumer Price Index"). Uhlelo luka-Obama lokugwema ukuncishiswa kwangomhla lu-1 kuNdasa lusathatha ngokuthi amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-500 azosikeka eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo, uma kuqhathaniswa nesigidigidi esingu-$1.
Kodwa icebo lakhe liyisiphazamiso nje. U-Obama uyazi ukuthi uhlelo lwakhe alunalo ithuba lokuphasiswa ngoMashi 1. Uveza icebo lakhe ngamanga njengeliwukuphela kwendlela yokusikeka kwangomhla lu-1 Mashi, noma umbono ongcono kakhulu - lowo othandwa iningi labantu baseMelika - ukumane uvale ukusikeka kwe-sequester unomphela. Ukungayivezi le nketho kwenza u-Obama abe nesandla ekusikeni.
Abaningi osolwazi baye baqagela ukuthi iCongress izovumela ukuncishiswa ukuthi kuqale ukusebenza amasonto amathathu, kusukela ngoMashi 27 kuphawula umnqamulajuqu wezimali ozocindezela iCongress ukuthi iqhube kabusha. Lokhu kungase kuqalise umzuliswano omusha wokuxoxisana "ngokuthengiselana okukhulu" okusha okuphinde kuqondise "izinhlelo zokufaneleka" futhi kupakishe kabusha ukusikeka okukhulu kube yibhokisi elihle. Iqembu elikhomba ngeminwe ngempumelelo kakhulu ngemuva kokusikeka kwangomhla lu-1 kuNdasa lizoba sesimweni esingcono kakhulu sokusho izinto ngemuva komhla zingama-27 kuNdasa, basho kanjalo ochwepheshe.
Noma ngabe yimuphi umphumela wangempela, amaDemocrats namaRepublican abelana ngemibono eyanele yokuthi ukuncishiswa okukhulu ezinhlelweni zomphakathi ezithandwayo kubonakala kungenakugwema. Ingxabano enkulu eyenzelwe i-TV iwukuma kwezombusazwe okumsulwa, okuhloselwe ukukhohlisa abantu abasebenzayo abathinteke kakhulu kulokhu kuncishiswa ukuze bakholelwe ukuthi "ilinye iqembu" elinesibopho.
Osopolitiki bakwazile ukubalekela lesi senzo esinyanyisayo ngoba mancane amazwi azimele akhuluma iqiniso ngokwenzekayo. Amaqembu amaningi ezisebenzi kanye nenqubekela phambili aqamba amanga ngokuguquguqukayo, abeka icala ngokuphelele kumaRiphabhlikhi, ngaleyo ndlela evumela amaDemocrats ukuthi angaziphenduleli ngokuhlanganyela kwawo nesidingo sezinkampani eziphakeme zokusebenzisa amandla ukuhlasela inetha lokuphepha komphakathi. Eqinisweni zombili izinhlangothi zihlasela ngokuhlanganyela abantu abasebenzayo nabampofu nge-austerity, ezingeni ledolobha, isifunda, kanye nezwe.
Uma amaqembu ezisebenzi kanye nomphakathi ehlangana esifuneni esithi 'Akukho Ukuncishiswa, Ukukhokhiswa Abacebile' futhi bahlele ukugqugquzela okukhulu, kungaba nenkulumompikiswano yomphakathi ehluke kakhulu eyenzekayo njengamanje. Akusensuku zatshwala ukuthi la maqembu aziklebhule imihlathi abahlaseli bawo.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/sequester-recession_n_2741558.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/deficit_reduction_table_bucketed_r8.pdf