Umthombo: Counterpunch
Izinto zazibukeka zizimbi kubaqashi ngoJulayi 31. Ukumiswa kwerenti kwase kuphelelwe yisikhathi, ngakho izigidi zabhekana nokuxoshwa kanye nokuswela amakhaya. Inani lama-vagabond, kakade angu-500,000, abekwe ibhaluni. Pho benzani abameleli bethu abanesibindi eNdlu? Baye eholidini lasehlobo. Ngabe umengameli wafuna ukuthi bahlale enhlokodolobha baze baxazulule le nkinga? Baze bavimbele lokhu kukhukhulela ekubulaweni komphakathi? Akazange. Futhi bebematasa benzani amaDems endawo namaRepublicans ezweni lonke? Ukubopha abantu abangenamakhaya ngobuningi babo, ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi imiphefumulo enenhlanhla esezoxoshwa iyazi ukuthi ibalindele. Futhi kuthiwani ngabashisekeli bemakethe yamahhala yaseRiphabhulikhi e-capitol hill? Hhayi-ke, ungaqagela ukuthi imi kuphi: uma leyo mindeni ingakwazi ukukhokha irenti, leyo yinkinga yayo, futhi kungcono ingagxumi amatende ayo kunoma yiziphi izifunda ezidla imbuya ngothi - lowo umbono we-GOP. Ngamanye amazwi, kule ndaba yokuphila nokufa kwezigidi zabantu baseMelika, kwakungekho ukukhanya kwasemini phakathi kwamaDems abi kanye nezilwane ezihuquzelayo zaseRiphabhulikhi. Bobabili babezigezile izandla zabo ngalezi ziqashi ezineshwa baqonda ezindlini zabo zasehlobo.
Kwathi ngehora leshumi nanye - cha, empeleni kamuva, ngemuva kokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwesinqumo - uBiden wacwayiza. Wabe esehlehla. Ngo-Agasti 3, wayala i-CDC ukuba ibuyisele ukumiswa kuze kube u-Okthoba 3, ngaleyo ndlela kupheliswe amaphesenti angu-90 abaqashi abathintekayo. (Amaphesenti ayi-10 azokhishwa, yebo, asikhulumi ngawo.) Ukuqasha intethelelo kungaba ngaphezu kokumiswa, kodwa okungenani lesi sandiso sivala usizi olukhulu. Futhi mfana luningi usizi e-US
Abaqashi akubona bodwa abasengozini yokuphahlazeka endaweni egandayiwe. Abanikazi bezindlu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili basalele emuva ekukhokheleni izindlu zabo. Engeza lokho kwabangu-2 million abebengalahlekelwa ukuvikeleka ekumisweni kwakho futhi unabantu abaningi abalala ngaphansi kwemizila engaphezulu. Lokho manje kuhlehlisiwe, ngenxa ye-CDC, engeke ibusiswe ngokwanele ngomnyakazo wayo owusizo nowokudala, ikhiphe isimemezelo ngoSepthemba ngezizathu zempilo ezihlobene nalolu bhubhane. Kodwa, njengoba i-USA Today yamemezela ngoJulayi 2 - umbono owamukelwe kabanzi nangephutha - inkantolo ephakeme kuthiwa ikubeke kwacaca ukuthi ukumiswa "ngeke kunwetshwe ekupheleni kukaJulayi ngaphandle kwesenzo sekhongolose." Lesi bekuyizaba zikaBiden zokungenzi lutho. Kwakungamanga. Eqinisweni, le SCOTUS ukase ifike ngokuvumelana noBrett Kavanaugh ongabopheli, olungele i-politicos, abathi ibophe izandla zabo. Akwenzekanga. Kungani kungenjalo? Nokho, ngokwePhrojekthi Yenqubomgomo Yabantu, “sinamajaji [e-SCOTUS] angu-30 asenawo wabusa ukuthi i-CDC ingakwazi ukuvala ukuxoshwa kwabantu ezindlini…” Ukuphawula kukaKavanaugh kuyi-dicta engabophi.
I-People's Policy Project ithi uKavanaugh "ubonisa" ukuthi uma i-CDC inweba ukumiswa ngaphandle kwesenzo se-congress, bese othile emangalela, uzoshintsha ivoti lakhe. Ngakho ngisho noma ukwelulwa kwesinqumo se-CDC kubangela elinye icala lasenkantolo bese kuba ukuhlehliswa kwe-SCOTUS, “inqubo yokufika kulelo qophelo ithatha isikhathi eside, lapho kuyobe sekusebenza ukunqunywa kokuxoshwa.” Lapho ebhekana, uBiden wacaphuna le mpikiswano. Okwenze ukuthi alinde kuze kuqale ukukhishwa kwabantu ezindlini wukuthukutheliswa kukamengameli eshaya ngonya lwemali. Kulokhu, ingcebo capital.
Ngokusobala uBiden wagoqa ekuzibaleni izifiso zesigaba sonjiniyela wezakhiwo, okuhlanganisa nalabo ababaxhasa ngezimali, futhi umuzwa wakhe wokuqala wawungekona ukucasula lezi zikhulu. Kodwa-ke kwaba khona uphiko lwesokunxele lweqembu lakhe, lujikijelana ngale nhlekelele, lumhlukumeza futhi lumphoxa esidlangalaleni, futhi kwaba nemibono esabekayo yokuxosha abazali nezingane ezindlini zabo, amapeni okudlala kanye nezinkulisa zezingane phezu konqenqema. - ayikho ipolitiki ezivikelayo engahluleka ukubona ubungozi bokusolwa ngalokho.
Ngaleso sikhathi i-CNBC ibike ngoMeyi 31 ukuthi "bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-11 abantu baseMelika abasalele emqashweni wabo." Bangeze ezigidini ezi-4 ezishiwo ngenhla futhi sibheka abantu abaningi abalele ngaphansi kwezinkanyezi. "Cishe amaphesenti angu-15 abantu abadala abaqashile abekho okwamanje ezinkokhelweni zabo zezindlu," ngokusho kwe-CNBC, kuyilapho "imali ekweletwayo enkulu yezwe yokuqasha ... ingaba phezulu njenge-$ 70 billion." Emuva ngoMeyi, izifundazwe bezingakayikhokhi yonke imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-45 zamaRandi osizo lokuqasha olwavunywa yingqungquthela. "Kumele sivumele lesi sinqumo sihlale size sisebenzise le mali," kusho ummeli oqashile uMark Melton etshela i-CNBC. Nokho, cishe ayizange.
Ngokunengqondo ungacabanga ukuthi abanikazi bezindlu, kanye nabaqashi, bangafuna leyo mali yebheyili. Kodwa abaningi abakwenzi. Imibiko igcwele abanikazi bezindlu abamanqikanqika ukuthola le mali: abaningi bakhetha ukuxosha futhi badle imali yerenti. Abanendaba nokuthi isiqashi esikhishwe erekhodini labo sizoba nenkinga yokusayina isivumelwano esisha sokuqashisa.
Abaqashi abamnyama, abadala nabahola kancane bangaphansi kwamanzi kakhulu kunabanye, ngokusho kombiko we-CNBC, othi labo abaphilayo abakhokhela isheke ngaphambi kokuba i-covid igadle basengozini enkulu. Ngokushaqisayo, ngaphambi kokunwetshwa kwesimiso sokumiswa, abantu abangu-550,000 55 abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-XNUMX babelindele “ukukhishwa ezindlini phakathi nezinyanga ezimbili ezizayo.” Indlela yokuchitha iminyaka yakho yokushona kwelanga - ukulala emabhentshini epaki futhi ugeza endlini yangasese yakwaMcDonald.
Ngamafuphi, thina e-US sinenkinga, okungukuthi ubudlova besistimu yethu yezomnotho. Kuthiwa imakethe yamahhala - okungaba kubi ngokwenele - kodwa ayinjalo, futhi ayivaliwe. I-socialism yabantu abambalwa abacebile kakhulu abangabanikazi bomnotho. Labo somabhiliyoni kanye nezinkampani zabo bafaka abafundi imali elinganiselwa ku-$2 trillion. Bancisha izigidi zokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okwanele, ngokumane bakubize ngamanani lapho bengafinyelela khona. Bakhokha amaholo endlala. Bakhokhisa amarenti ezinkanyezi. Bathenge futhi bakhokhele ukhongolose, abelungu kanye nabo bonke abanye osopolitiki, ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi lobu bubi abupheli. Futhi manje, kusukela ngo-Okthoba, bazokwenza ukuthi i-vagabondage ibe inkambiso kubaqashi abaningi bamanje. Abantu balahlekelwa yimizi yabo futhi bahlala ezimotweni zabo. Abanebhadi balala emigwaqweni yomgwaqo, balahlekelwa imisebenzi, ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala - ungacabanga uzama ukubukeka kahle emsebenzini ngemuva kokujikijela nokujika endleleni? - balahlekelwa iholo labo elibi futhi baqede ukucwila ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu ukuze bathole isidlo sakusihlwa.
Ngo-Agasti 2, ngaphambi nje kokuphenduka kwezibani zakhe zenyamazane, uBiden, wavele wakhumbula i-tsunami yokuswela, futhi ungakusho, ukufa kwabantu abahlala emgwaqeni, kwacela izifundazwe nezindawo ukuthi. ukubhekana nale nkinga. Izifundazwe nezindawo ezifanayo zimatasa zibopha abantu ngokulala emphakathini. I-New York Times yabika ukuthi i-white house inxuse izifundazwe ukuthi “zisheshise ukukhishwa kwezigidigidi zosizo oluqashiwe olufakwe emabhodleleni, kuyilapho encenga ohulumeni basekhaya ukuba basungule ezabo izandiso ngokushesha.”
Lokhu bekungahloniphi ngasohlangothini lukamongameli wethu. Ukube uBiden ubehlose ngempela ukuvimba lokhu kuxoshwa unomphela, ubezotshela uNancy Pelosi ukuthi agcine iNdlu iseshini kuze kube kukhona umthethosivivinywa okumele awusayine. Kodwa akazange akwenze lokho, ngakho akazange akwenze lokho, futhi ngokulandelayo wayezama ukuphebeza ukugxekwa ngokuvula izifundazwe. Ekugcineni waba nekhono eliyisisekelo lokuzihoxisa, nakuba engayixazululi le nkinga ekhungethe izixuku, ngoba ithunzi lokuphucwa umhlaba lisalokhu limboza. Woza ngo-Okthoba 3, uzodla izigidi. Uma kwenzeka, ungaba nesiqiniseko sokuthi uBiden uzokwenza akwenza ngo-Agasti 2: Uzokhomba izindawo ngenkinga abengayixazulula kahle, futhi ayazi kangcono ukuthi abananhloso yokubhekana nayo nganoma iyiphi indlela. ngaphandle kokweba amatende abantulayo bese bebabopha. Khonamanjalo imindeni eminingi izoxoshwa emgwaqeni. Izingane ezinenhlanhla zizolala emotweni, ngoba lokho, bakwethu, ubunxiwankulu baseMelika.
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