Izikhulu eziphezulu manje zenza imali eningi ngosuku kunaleyo eyenziwa isisebenzi esivamile ngonyaka.
Ungaba nengcebo egxile ezandleni zabambalwa, noma intando yeningi. Kodwa awukwazi ukuba nakho kokubili. - ULouis Brandeis
Ukuthi bacebe kangakanani kunendaba. Uma sivumela ingcebo enkulu ukuba iqoqwe emaphaketheni abambalwa, khona-ke ingcebo enkulu ingabeka i-ajenda yethu yezombangazwe futhi ilolonge isiko lethu lezombangazwe - futhi i-ajenda namasiko avelayo ngeke ayamukele imizamo yokwenza umsebenzi waseMelika kubo bonke abantu baseMelika. โ Sam Pizzigati
I-Plutocracy: 1. Ukubusa noma amandla engcebo noma abacebile; 2. Uhulumeni noma izwe lapho kubusa abantu abacebile. 3. Isigaba seqembu elibusayo, noma elisebenzisa amandla noma ithonya, ngenxa yengcebo yalo. - Isichazamazwi Esingafinyeziwe sikaWebster
Emazweni angu-100 amakhulu kwezomnotho emhlabeni, angama-47 amazwe, kanti angama-53 ayizinkampani. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisikhombisa nanhlanu ezinkampani ezinkulu aqasha umxhumanisi ukuze avimbele abasebenzi ekusunguleni inyunyana.
Intuthuko eshaqisayo kanye nolaka longxiwankulu abakhulu nezinkampani, ngaphandle kokuthi kuhlolisiswe, nakanjani kuzoholela ekusweleni nasekucekeleni phansi okungenathemba kwezixuku ezikhandlekayo. Kubalulekile, uma sifisa ukujabulela izibusiso ezigcwele zokuphila, ukuthi kubekwe isheke phezu kokuqongelela okungalungile kanye namandla obubi bengcebo embi. - Umthethosisekelo we-Knights of Labor, 1869.
Isikhumbuzo saseWashington singamamitha angama-555 ubude. Isho ukuthi isho isilinganiso sesinxephezelo esimaphakathi sika-2003 sama-CEO ku-Fortune 500. Isilinganiso seholo labasebenzi lingaba amayintshi angu-16 kuphela ubude, okumelela isilinganiso sama-419 koyedwa. Ngo-1965, itshe lesikhumbuzo somsebenzi lalingamafidi angu-13 amayintshi ayisithupha ubude, limelela isilinganiso sika-41 kuya ku-1.
Amandla ezomnotho azuzwe njengefa awahambisani nemibono yalesi sizukulwane njengoba amandla ezepolitiki azuzwe njengefa ayengahambisani nemibono yesizukulwane esasungula uhulumeni wethu. - UFranklin D. Roosevelt.
Uzalelwe epuletini lasekhaya - Amaphesenti angamashumi amane nambili alabo abasohlwini bathola ingcebo eyanele ukuze babekwe phakathi kweForbes 400.
Izibonelo:
J. Paul Getty Jr. wazuza njengefa ingcebo yamafutha kuyise.
UDavid Rockefeller Sr. ($2.5 billion) ungumzukulu womsunguli weStandard Oil uJohn D. Rockefeller.
U-SI noDonald Newhouse (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7 lilinye) bathola ifa lephephandaba elizimele elikhulu kunawo wonke ezweni, kanye nezincwadi ze-Conde Nast, kuyise ngo-1979.
USamuel Curtis Johnson ($ 1.5 billion) ungumzukulu omkhulu womthengisi we-flooring owasungula umdondoshiya omkhulu we-wax u-SC Johnson and Sons.
I-United Nations Development Programme yabika ngo-1999 ukuthi abantu abangu-225 abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni manje sebenemali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1. Lokho kulingana nemali engenayo yonyaka ihlangene yabantu abampofu kakhulu emhlabeni abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.5. Amaphesenti ayishumi abantu abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni athola amaphesenti angu-10 esamba semali engenayo yomhlaba. Amaphesenti angu-49.6 aphansi athola amaphesenti angu-60 emali engenayo yomhlaba. Ingcebo yabantu abathathu abami kahle kakhulu emhlabeni manje idlula isamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya wamazwe angu-13.9 angathuthukile kancane. Ingxenye yabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha emhlabeni wonke iphila ngemali engaphansi kuka-$48 ngosuku, kuyilapho izinkulungwane eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2 ziphila ngemali engaphansi kwe-$1.3 ngosuku.
Lezi ngezinye zezinto ozifunda encwadini entsha, esanda kuphuma, enesihloko esithi Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality & Insecurity ka-Chuck Collins kanye noFelice Yeskel ne-United for a Fair Economy (The New Press, 2005). Incwadi igcwele izithombe, namashadi, namagrafu - ayenza ibe ithuluzi elihle lokufunda ekhaya, labancane nabadala ngokufanayo.
Ibeka izinto ngendlela efanele. Kukugcina ezinzwaneni zakho. Yifunde.
Bese ulalela uBill O'Reilly omncane.
Yibe usuyifunda futhi. Ukuqhathanisa kuhle.
Ama-limousine okwelula amade, nokho abantu abaningi abanamakhaya.
Amakhodi e-zip angamashumi amathathu eMelika acebe ngendlela emangalisayo. Khonamanjalo, yonke imiphakathi yasemadolobheni nesemakhaya ithwele kanzima ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ingqalasizinda ewohlokayo, ukwanda kokungavikeleki nokwesaba.
Kwenza isipho esihle kakhulu samaholide. Futhi cishe ngeke ukuthole Wal-Mart. Noma i-Costco, ngaleyo ndaba.
URussell Mokhiber ungumhleli we-Corporate Crime Reporter eWashington, DC,