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Kuyangixaka ukuthi lapho mina namanye amalungu eCongress athuthukayo siphakamisa umthetho wokubhekana nezidingo eziningi ezingafezeki zabasebenzi, asebekhulile, izingane, abagulayo nabampofu, sibuzwa njalo, โSizokhokha kanjani?โ Nokho asivamile ukuzwa lowo mbuzo mayelana nokwenyuka okukhulu kwezindleko zezempi, ikhefu lentela lezigidigidi noma uxhaso olukhulu lwemboni kaphethiloli.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi Ama-87 wezigidi zaseMelika abaqinisekisiwe noma abanomshwalense omncane, lesi sikhungo sisitshela nsuku zonke ukuthi asikwazi ukujoyina umhlaba wonke onezimboni futhi siqinisekise ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kubo bonke njengelungelo lomuntu ngokusebenzisa i-Medicare-for-all, uhlelo lomkhokhi oyedwa.
Noma kunjalo cishe uhhafu yabantu abadala baseMelika abanayo imali yokuthatha umhlalaphansi futhi 20 amaphesenti abantu abadala abalwela ukuphila ngemali engaphansi kuka-$13,500 ngonyaka, sitshelwe yizikhulu zezinkampani ukuthi kufanele sinciphise Ukuvikeleka Komphakathi.
Nakuba amakhulu ezinkulungwane zentsha yaseMelika ekhanyayo ingakwazi ukuya ekolishi ngenxa yezindleko ezimbi futhi izigidi zabantu baseMelika zicwila ezikweletini zabafundi, sitshelwa ukuthi asikwazi ukukhokhela amakolishi omphakathi namanyuvesi ukufundisa mahhala noma ukukhansela izikweletu zabafundi.
Ngesikhathi lapho 18 abayizigidi ezingu imindeni ikhokha ngaphezu kwengxenye yomholo wayo olinganiselwe ngezindlu, sitshelwa ukuthi kubiza kakhulu ukuqinisekisa wonke umuntu e-United States indawo ehloniphekile yokuhlala, ukunakekelwa kwezingane okuthengekayo kanye nomsebenzi okhokha iholo elinezinzuzo ezifanele.
Kepha uma kukhulunywa ngokunikeza iPentagon $ 738 billion - imali eningi kunaleyo ebiceliwe - kukhona ukuthula okuvala izindlebe kuKhongolose kanye nezikhulu ezibusayo ngalokho isizwe sethu esingakwazi ukukwenza nesingakwazi ukukwenza. UKhongolose uzovele ugunyaze futhi unikeze yonke le mali ngaphandle kwesenti elilodwa, akukho mibuzo ebuziwe.
Ngiyafisa ukwazi ukuthi bambalwa โoklebeโ ababuza ukuthi kuwukuhlakanipha yini ukusebenzisa imali eningi ekuzivikeleni. kunamazwe ayi-10 alandelayo ehlangene - ngaphezu kwengxenye yesabelomali sesizwe sakithi.
Futhi kunezingxoxo ezincane ezenzekayo mayelana nokuthi kungani iPentagon - egcwele ukukhwabanisa, ukukhuphuka kwezindleko kanye nokulungiswa kwamanani ezinkampani - yiyona kuphela i-ejensi enkulu kahulumeni ene akwenzekanga ngempumelelo ucwaningo oluzimele.
Uma ngikhuluma ngokushintsha izinto ezibalulekile kuzwelonke, ngikhuluma ngeqiniso lokuthi i Ukwenyuka kwama- $ 120 billion ekusetshenzisweni kwe-Pentagon - uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka wokugcina wokuphatha kuka-Obama - bekungenza wonke amakolishi omphakathi, inyuvesi, izikole zokuhweba kanye nohlelo lokufunda e-United States. ukufundiswa mahhala, waqeda ukungabi namakhaya futhi wanikeza ukudla kwesikole jikelele kuzo zonke izingane ezikoleni zikahulumeni zesizwe sakithi.
Isikhathi sesidlulile ukuthi sibheke kanzima ukusetshenziswa kwezempi, okuhlanganisa "impi yokwesaba," nokuthi kunengqondo yini ukuchitha izigidigidi ezimpini ezingapheli, izimpi ezivame ukudala izinkinga eziningi kunalokho ezizixazululayo.
Ngibize njengomuntu oqinile, kodwa mhlawumbe ngaphambi kokuxhasa umbutho omusha wasemkhathini, kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi akekho umMelika oqothuka ngenxa yesikweletu sezokwelapha noma ofayo ngoba akakwazi ukuya kudokotela ngesikhathi.
Umthethosivivinywa omkhulu wezokuvikela ongakhokhelwa uyisibonelo esisodwa nje esisobala sokuzenzisa koklebe abashodayo kuKhongolose kanye nezinkampani zabo ezibenza bakwazi ukusebenza.
Babekuphi labosopolitiki, iningi labo elifuna ukusika izitembu zokudla nezindlu ezithengekayo, ngenkathi iCongress idlulisa umthethosivivinywa wentela owawuhlinzeka ngekhefu lentela elingaphezu kuka-$1 trillion kubantu abacebe kakhulu nezinkampani zase-US ezinenzuzo enkulu?
Njengomphumela wokukhishwa kwentela kukaTrump kwabacebile, osozigidigidi manje khokha izinga lentela eliphansi kunamaphesenti angama-90 abantu baseMelika, nezinkampani ezinjenge-Amazon, General Motors, I-FedEx, Eli Lilly kanye ne-IBM ungakhokhi lutho entela yemali engenayo yombuso ngemuva kokwenza izigidi zezigidi zenzuzo. (Umsunguli we-Amazon kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu uJeff Bezos ungumnikazi weThe Post.)
Ngigaqele isikhundla sikamongameli ngoba sekuyisikhathi sombono omusha weMelika kanye nesethi entsha yezinto ezibalulekile. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa imali enkulu kwisabelomali sezempi esikhukhumele, ikhefu lentela lezigidigidi kanye noxhaso olukhulu lwemboni kaphethiloli, sidinga ukutshala emindenini esebenzayo yaleli zwe futhi sivikele abasengozini kakhulu. Sidinga uhulumeni omele thina sonke, hhayi nje izicukuthwane zezinkampani.
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