Kungumsebenzi wabameli abaqhubekayo nezishoshovu ukutshela amaqiniso aphazamisayo, ngaphandle kokugcotshwa ushukela noma i-cheerleading. Ukuze sibhekane ngokuphumelelayo nezinkinga ezinkulu ezibhekene nezwe lethu nomhlaba, abathuthukayo kudingeka bahlole ngokucophelela yonke into—enhle, embi futhi exubile.
Kodwa ngesonto eledlule, usihlalo weCongressal Progressive Caucus, uPramila Jayapal, waba sematheni ngesikhathi ebeka uMengameli uBiden izinga lomsebenzi. "Ngimnika u-'A' kuze kube manje," kusho u-Jayapal ngenye indlela inhlolokhono enesisekelo esihle ne Washington Post. Unikeze uBiden ibanga eliphezulu yize, njengoba asho, "lokho akusho ukuthi ngivumelana naye kuyo yonke into."
Sekukonke, izinqubomgomo zabaphathi beBiden azikasondeli ekubeni zihlale zivelele. Ukunikeza u-“A” ku-Biden akufuneki neze.
Iphinde ibe nekhanda elingalungile ngokwesu. Uma sizothola izinguquko eziphezulu kulesi sikhathi esibalulekile, uMongameli Biden udinga ingcindezi egxilile - hhayi isilinganiso esiphezulu kakhulu - esivela kwabathuthukayo.
Esikoleni, ibanga elithi “A” ngokuvamile lisho “ukusebenza kahle kakhulu” noma “ukuphumelela okuvelele.” Ukunikeza isinqumo esinjalo kumongameli we-Biden kuze kube manje kukhuthaza umbono oyiphutha omkhulu futhi kwehlisa ibha eqhubekayo.
I-Biden ifanele ukubongwa ngokuqokwa okuqinile kwezinga eliphezulu (uDeb Haaland njengoNobhala Wezangaphakathi ugxumela engqondweni), imiyalo eminingi ebalulekile (eningi ihlehlisa iminyaka emine yeTrumpism enyantisayo), kanye nempumelelo eyodwa ebalulekile yomthetho - i-American Rescue Act. Umthetho ohlongozwayo Wemisebenzi WaseMelika (isinyathelo esincane esibheke Edilini Elisha Elihlaza) kanye noMthetho Wemindeni YaseMelika (imfundo/owokulwa nobumpofu) nawo uyaqhubeka impela.
Kepha uBiden wenze ama-aphoyintimenti amaningi amakhulu asebenzela inkampani yaseMelika - ngokwesibonelo, "UMnu. Monsanto” UTom Vilsack njengo Unobhala wezoLimo kanye nowayengunxiwankulu u-Gina Raimondo njengoba UNobhala Wezohwebo. Ukumaka izinsuku zokuqala eziyi-100 zika-Biden, i-Revolving Door Project ikhiphe ibanga eliphelele lika-B ikhadi lemibiko ngokuthi uBiden wenze kanjani ukuvimbela “ukuthunjwa kwebhizinisi” kwegatsha eliphezulu yizimboni ezifana nezibaso ezimbiwa phansi, iBig Pharma kanye neBig Tech.
Ekuthuthukisweni kwenkathi ka-Obama, abaphathi be-Biden bathole i-B/B+ ekugcineni i-Wall Streeters ekubuseni amaqembu ayo ezomnotho nezezimali. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, njengoba ihlelwe yi-Revolving Door Project, U-Biden uthole i-D- ekunciphiseni amandla enhlangano yezempi nezimboni phezu kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US: “Kuyasithusa kakhulu ukuqasha kukaBiden ama-alumni ambalwa eCentre for a New American Security, ithangi lokucabanga lika-hawkish elixhaswe abakhiqizi bezikhali abafana no-Lockheed Martin noNorthrop Grumman. ”
Njengoba nje “abasebenzi beyinqubomgomo” egatsheni lesigungu esiphezulu, isabelomali sombuso sikhomba izinto eziza kuqala kuqala. Isabelomali sikaBiden sibonisa ukuqhubeka kwakhe nokwamukeleka kwakhe kwezempi nezimboni, ukubamba okuqinile okucindezela izigidigidi eziningi ezidingekayo ezinhlelweni ezibalulekile zenhlalo, ezomnotho nezemvelo. Abaphathi basanda kuveza uhlelo lwabo ku ukwandisa isabelomali esiyisisekelo sezempi ukuze $ 753 billion, ukukhushulwa kwezigidigidi ezingu-13 zamaRandi ngaphezu kwesabelomali sokugcina sikaTrump esikhukhumele. (Sesikutshelile konke, isamba sonyaka semali esetshenziswe ezempi yase-US senziwe ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1 trillion iminyaka.) Futhi uBiden uyaqhubeka nokuqongelela imali esetshenziselwa izikhali zenuzi, okuhlanganisa nama-ICBM - lowo owayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela uWilliam Perry ngokufanelekile. uthi “zingezinye zezikhali eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.”
Ngaleso sikhathi, iBiden ikhulisa ubungozi bempi eyinhlekelele ngokungacabangeki neRussia noma iChina. Ngokuphambene kakhulu neyakhe ukugomela ngoFebhuwari 4 ukuthi "idiplomacy ibuyile enkabeni yenqubomgomo yethu yangaphandle," uBiden waqhubeka nokubukela phansi inkulumo budedengu eRussia futhi a indlela yokubhekana ukuya eChina. Imiphumela ifakiwe ukuvimbela iziteshi zamanxusa futhi ekhombisa ubuvila bezempi.
UBiden uzuze udumo lapho ememezela izinhlelo zokuthi a hhayi-ingqikithi Ukuhoxa kwamasosha ase-US e-Afghanistan, kodwa akazibophezeli ukuqeda impi yomoya yase-US lapho - futhi ezinye izinhlobo zokubandakanyeka kwezempi emhlabathini kuvulekile.
Ngeshwa, kuncane ukunaka okuye emaqinisweni ashaqisayo enqubomgomo yezangaphandle yeBiden kanye nesabelomali esikhuphukayo sezempi. Izindaba zasekhaya zisebusweni, lapho - ngokuphambene nokudumisa okuchichimayo - isithombe sisonke sixubene kakhulu.
Ngenkathi uBiden ekhiphe imiyalo ethile ephezulu ethuthukisa izinqubomgomo zenhlalo nezokulawula, uyenzile wenqabile ukukhipha abaningi imiyalelo yokuphatha edingeka kakhulu. Mnikeze u-“I” ongaphelele, okuhlanganisa nendaba ka-$1.7 trillion esikweletini semalimboleko yabafundi esibukela phansi umnotho futhi sithwalisa kanzima abakweletayo abayizigidi ezingama-45, ikakhulukazi abantu bebala. I-Biden ayizange ihlehle, ngisho nangemva kwalokho amademokhrasi angaqhubeki njengoMholi weSenate Majority uChuck Schumer bamcindezele ukuthi asebenzise igunya lakhe eliphezulu ngaphansi umthetho okhona ukuthethelela kufika ku-$50,000 esikweletini sasekolishi umuntu ngamunye.
Mayelana nezinguquko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo, uBiden sekuyisikhathi eside egodliwe ukwethembeka kwakhe emandleni enhlangano - njengoba uRep. Jayapal azi kahle, njengoba ehole ngokuzimisela impi ye-Medicare for All House. UBiden akakaze amlahle owakhe amazwana ashaqisayo ngoMashi 2020 ukuze avotele iMedicare for All uma ngandlela thize idlula zombili izindlu zeCongress. Phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-14 ezihlukumezayo zobhubhane kusukela lapho, ngenkathi izigidi zilahlekelwe ukuvikeleka ngoba umshwalense uboshelwe emsebenzini, isimo sikaBiden asizange sibe ngcono. Umuntu owayekhethiwe uBiden wayethembise ukwehlisa iminyaka yokufaneleka kwe-Medicare isuka ku-65 iye kwengama-60, kodwa ngisho naleso sithembiso esincane unyamalele.
Njengoba ingcebo nemali engenayo ikhuphukele phezulu emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, futhi ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi se-COVID, iBiden iphakamisa ukuthi kunyuswe intela ezinkampanini nakubacebile kakhulu - impela. ethandwa ngabavoti — ukukhokhela ingqalasizinda kanye nezinhlelo zokuxhumana. Isibonelo, uBiden uhlongoza ukubuyisela intela ephezulu yemali kubantu abacebe kakhulu ukusuka kumaphesenti angama-37 kuye kumaphesenti angama-39.6 kuphela, lapho yayikhona ngo-2017 ngaphambi kokuthi uTrump ehlise. UBernie Sanders oqokelwe isikhundla sikamongameli ukhankasele ukwenyuswa kwentela ephezulu ibe ngamaphesenti angama-52, kwathi i-AOC ifuna inyuswe ibe ngamaphesenti angama-70. indlela ethandwayo ngokusho kwamavoti. Ukubeka konke lokhu ngombono: Ngenkathi umnotho wase-US kanye nesigaba esiphakathi sidlondlobala ngeminyaka yawo-1950, ubakaki wentela wawuphezulu. ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-90 ngaphansi kukaMongameli weRiphabhulikhi u-Eisenhower.
Asixabene nalabo abafuna ukugqugquzela ithemba kubantu abathuthukayo ngokuveza ukuthi ubushoshovu babo sebuzuze izinto ezinkulu. Kepha ubushoshovu kufanele busekelwe ekugwemeni nasekubhekaneni namaqiniso mayelana nokuthi sikuphi manje - nokuthi kusadingeka sihambe kude kangakanani.
UJeff Cohen uyisishoshovu, umbhali kanye nomsunguli we-RootsAction.org. Ubengomunye wosolwazi kwezobuntatheli kanye nomqondisi wePark Center for Independent Media e-Ithaca College, futhi umsunguli weqembu lokubuka abezindaba i-FAIR. Ngo-2002-2003, wayengumkhiqizi kanye nomhlaziyi we-MSNBC. Ungumbhali we "Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media."
UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nombhali wezincwadi eziningi ezihlanganisa “I-War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Us Spinning Us to die.” Ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders esisuka eCalifornia siya ku-2016 kanye ne-2020 Democratic National Conventions. USolomon ungumsunguli kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy.
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