Umoya uqhuma ngokulangazela. Iminwe iyaphambana. Kuba nzima ukuphefumula. UThemba, isikhathi eside ezivalele ekhabetheni, uqala ngokushaya umnyango.
Futhi ukuqapha emoyeni, abaningi sebevele bekhuluma ngezinsuku zokuqala eziyi-100 zikaBarack Obama. Ingabe uzothuthela ngqo ku-ajenda yokutshala izimali ze-Apollo, ehlinzeka ngemali yokulungiswa kabusha kwezakhiwo, asebenzise ukusetshenziswa kwamandla avuselelekayo futhi akhiqize imisebenzi emkhankasweni wokunciphisa ukuthembela kwethu kuwoyela wangaphandle? Ingabe uyokwenza uhlelo oluphelele lwezempilo noma aqale ngokuhlanganisa zonke izingane? Ingabe ekugcineni abasebenzi bazonikezwa ilungelo lokuhlela futhi? Uzokusingatha kanjani ukukhululeka kwezindlu ezibolekwayo kanye/noma asize amadolobha asindwe ubumpofu?
Kodwa njengoba izingqondo zethu, ngokumelene nakho konke ukuziphatha, zibheka ngale kwalolu suku ekunqobeni okungenzeka kube noshintsho, kungcono siqale ukunaka ezinye izinsuku eziyi-100 - izinyanga zokugcina zikaMongameli Bush ehhovisi.
UBush kanye nePhini likaMongameli uCheney bamele inkathi ehlulekile ye-Conservative - futhi bayayazi. Njengoba abaphathi bengena ezinsukwini zabo zokugcina eziyi-100, kubonakala kunoxhaxha lwemisebenzi: imithethonqubo yokuvimbela inkathi entsha ka-Obama yokuziphendulela; inqwaba yezinkontileka zokuklomelisa abangani kanye nokuvala izibopho; ibheyili ye-Wall Street ekhipha imali ngomnyango.
Cabanga ngalokhu: UNobhala woMgcinimafa uHenry Paulson unikeza amabhange amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-350, edweba umbuthano okhethekile ozungeze amabhange ayisishiyagalolunye - kuhlanganise neGoldman Sachs, inkampani ayeyihola phambilini - ngokusobala ukuthi inkulu kakhulu ukuthi ingahluleka. Le mali ngokusobala ayinayo imibandela, nakuba inhloso yonke bekuwukwenza amabhange aphinde abolekise ngemali ezinkampanini nakubantu ngabanye.
Manje kubonakala sengathi amabhange ahlela ukuqongelela imali, ukuyisebenzisela ukusiza ukukhokhela ukuhlanganiswa namanye amabhange anempilo (hhayi abuthakathaka), noma ukukhokha izabelo namabhonasi. Futhi uPaulson, esikhundleni sokubakhuza esidlangalaleni, ukwenze kwaziwa ukuthi ukuhlangana kungaba yinto enhle.
Esikhundleni sokwenza uhlelo lwamabhange lusebenzele amabhizinisi amancane nabantu futhi, imali yethu isetshenziselwa ukuhlanganisa amandla amabhange amakhulu ambalwa.
Kuye kwaba nokwanda okusheshayo kwezindleko zezempi phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule. Ngabe iPentagon iyacelwa ukuthi isize ukuqinisa umnotho - futhi mhlawumbe noMcCain - kula masonto okugcina? Noma, kungenzeka kakhulu, ingabe i-Pentagon ikhipha imali ukuze iklomelise abangani bayo futhi ikhiye ekusetshenzisweni kwemali ngaphambi kokuthi usherifu omusha afike edolobheni?
I-Washington Post ibika ukuthi i-White House "isebenzela ukwenza imithetho eminingi ye-federal, eminingi yayo engenza buthaka imithetho ehloselwe ukuvikela abathengi kanye nemvelo, ngaphambi kokuba uMongameli Bush ashiye isikhundla ngoJanuwari."
Cishe imithetho emisha engama-90 isemisebenzini, futhi okungenani eyisishiyagalolunye ibhekwa "njengebalulekile ngokwezomnotho" ngoba izobeka izindleko noma ikhuthaze izinzuzo zomphakathi ezedlula i-$100 million ngonyaka. Abaningi bazokwenza izinguquko abaphathi abasha abazokuthola kunzima ukuzihlehlisa eminyakeni ezayo. Ukukhishwa okwengeziwe okuvela ezimbonini zikagesi; ukukhululwa okwengeziwe ezitatimendeni zomthelela wendawo; imvume yokusebenzisa izintambo zegesi yemvelo emazingeni aphezulu okucindezela - izinguquko zingaba izinhlekelele zokugcina ezihanjelwe ngabaphathi bakaBush.
ICongress - endala, hhayi entsha esanda kukhethwa - ibuyela esimisweni esikhethekile ngemuva kokhetho. Abamele uHenry Waxman kanye noJohn Conyers bangalulekwa kahle ukuthi babize ukulalelwa okukhethekile ukuze bazame ukunqanda lokho uBush akuphekile ezinsukwini zakhe zokugcina eziyi-100. Masingavumeli ukuntwela kokusa okungenzeka kufiphazwe amafu asala enkathini endala ebhuntshile.
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