Ingabe uthole ukuncishiswa kwe-$1 million entela yakho?
Abakhokhi bentela abanemali engenayo engaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi zamaRandi bonge isigidi esingu-$10 ngokwesilinganiso ezintela zabo zango-1, ngokusho kwedatha ye-IRS yakamuva etholakalayo, ngenxa yezinguquko zentela ngaphansi kukaMongameli Bush. Ikhefu lentela lizoba likhulu kulo nyaka.
Kungathatha iminyaka engaba ngu-29 ukuthi isisebenzi esiqashwe ngokugcwele senze imali eyisigidi ngokwesilinganiso sanamuhla somholo wehora, osilela ngemuva kokwehla kwamandla emali.
Abakhokhi bentela abaneholo elingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-10 zamaRandi โbakhokha cishe ingxenye efanayo yeholo labo ezinteleni zeholo labo abenza ama-dollar angu-200,000 500,000 kuya kwangu-XNUMX XNUMX ngenxa yokwehla kwamazinga emali etholwayo,โ kubika uchwepheshe wezentela uDavid Cay Johnston. Ezingeni lesifundazwe nelendawo, abakhokhi bentela abahola kancane bakhokha ingxenye enkulu yeholo labo ezintela kunabakhokhi bentela abacebile.
Abakhokhintela abanemali engaphansi kuka-$50,000 - iningi labakhokhintela - longe i-avareji ye-$435 ngo-2003. Kungathatha iminyaka engu-2,300 ukufanisa ukuncishiswa kwentela yesigidi samadola.
Futhi abakhokhi bentela balahlekelwe ngaphezulu kakhulu kuka-$435 ekujuleni kokunciphisa isabelomali kanye nezindleko ezikhuphukayo zentela yezinsizakalo uma sezixhasiwe.
Kungani osozigidi bethola amakhefu amakhulu entela ngenkathi iCongress inciphisa usizo lokufunda lwezingane ezinemindeni engakwazi ukukhokhela ikolishi?
Kungani osozigidi bethola ikhefu lentela kuyilapho amasosha ebulawa futhi egogeka e-Iraq ngenxa yokuntula izikhali ezanele?
Kungani osozigidi bethola ikhefu lentela kuyilapho izilinganiso ezibalulekile zishintshwa ukusuka eNew Orleans kuya eCalifornia?
Kungani osozigidi bethola ikhefu lentela kuyilapho abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-46 bengenawo umshwalense wezempilo futhi, njengemibhalo ye-Institute of Medicine, ukuntuleka komshwalense wezempilo kubangela izinkulungwane zokufa okungenasidingo ngonyaka?
Abakhokhintela abanemali engenayo engaphezu kwesigidi esingu-$1 bazobona iholo labo langemva kwentela likhula cishe ngamaphesenti ayisi-6 ngo-2006 ngenxa yokwehliswa kwentela izwe elingakwazi ukukukhokhela.
Okubi kakhulu kuseza. Njengoba i-Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ibika, ukwehliswa kwentela kwamanje nokuhlongozwayo kwemindeni enemali engenayo engaphezu kwesigidi esingu-$1 kuzobiza ngaphezu kokunciphisa okuhlanganisiwe okuhlelwe eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo kwezemfundo, izinzuzo zezempilo zomakadebona, ucwaningo lwezokwelapha, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo kanye nezinhlelo ezinjalo. njengezindlu, amandla, ukunakekelwa kwezingane kanye nokusiza imindeni ehlwempu.
UMongameli Bush ukhiphe imali eningi kakhulu ngekhefu lentela, useqongelele izikweletu ezintsha eziningi kunabo bonke omongameli abahlanganiswe ngaphambi kuka-1990. Sisezikweletini eziqopha umlando emazweni angaphandle. Futhi ngaphandle koshintsho endleleni, uBush uzocishe aphindwe kabili isikweletu sezwe ngesikhathi sokuphatha kwakhe.
Ukuboleka imali kwabancintisana nabo kwezomnotho ukukhokhela ikhefu lentela kosozigidi nosozigidigidi kuwubuwula ukwedlula ukuboleka imali kuTony Soprano ukuze ugembule.
Uchwepheshe wezentela uRobert McIntyre uthi, onyakeni wezimali odlule, โidola elilodwa kuwo wonke amane ekusetshenzisweni kwenhlangano ngaphandle kwe-Social Security lalikhokhelwa ngemali ebolekiwe. Lokho kushoda kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-501 kwenzeka ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthi imali yentela yeholo lomuntu njengengxenye yomnotho yayingaphansi ngamaphesenti angu-29 kunaleyo eyayiyikho ngo-2000 wezimali.
โUkwelula ukwehliswa kwentela ka-2001 no-2003 kuzokwengeza u-$3.3 trillion (kuhlanganise nenzalo) emalini eshodayo phakathi neminyaka eyishumi ezayo,โ kubika i-Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. โUnyaka nonyaka ukwehliswa kwentela kuzobiza imali elingana nesabelomali saminyaka yonke sayo yonke le minyango yombuso ihlangene: Ezemfundo, Omakadebona, Ezokuphepha Kwezwe, Amandla, Isifunda, Ezezindlu Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemadolobheni kanye ne-Ejensi Yokuvikela Imvelo.โ
Ukuhlanya.
Ukwehliswa kwentela kukhulisa umnotho kanye nokuthengiswa kwama-โgiga-yachtsโ isikhathi eside kunezinkundla zebhola, kodwa akuwukhulisi umnotho. Ukusimama komnotho kwamanje kube nokukhula okubuthakathaka kwemisebenzi, iholo kanye neholo, isamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya, ukusetshenziswa kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kunokwenyuka okujwayelekile kwangemva kweMpi Yezwe II.
Izintela ziyizimfanelo zethu zentando yeningi. Izintela yindlela esihlanganisa ngayo imali yethu yezempilo nokuphepha komphakathi, ingqalasizinda, ucwaningo kanye nezinsizakalo - kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kwemithi yokugoma ne-inthanethi ukuya ezikoleni zomphakathi namanyuvesi, ezokuthutha, izinkantolo, amaphoyisa, amapaki namanzi okuphuza aphephile.
Ngaphandle kwezintela ezinobulungiswa nezanele, asikwazi ukulungisa ingqalasizinda yomphakathi esizuzwe njengefa kusukela ezizukulwaneni ezedlule noma sihlangabezane nenselele yokufudumala komhlaba. Asikwazi ukutshala imali ocwaningweni nasemfundweni ebalulekile ngenqubekelaphambili yesikhathi esizayo.
Amafomu entela kufanele eze nesixwayiso: Ukwehliswa kwentela kwabacebile kuyingozi empilweni, umnotho nokuvikeleka kwesizwe.
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