Umthombo: Ipolitiki Entsha
Lesi sihloko sibhalelwe I-Anticapitaliste, iphephandaba lamasonto onke le-New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) yase-France.
ICongress yaseMelika isidlulile kanti uMengameli uJoseph Biden usesayine i-American Rescue Plan (ARP) yakhe engu-$1.9 trillion ukubhekana nezinkinga ezimbili zobhubhane lwe-coronavirus kanye nenkinga yezomnotho. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi lesi yisinyathelo esikhulu kunazo zonke sokusiza esinjalo emlandweni wezwe, kodwa ezinye zezinhlelo zomthethosivivinywa kufanele zikhiphe izigidi ebuphofini. Ngenkathi umthethosivivinywa uphasise zombili izindlu zeCongress, wonke amaRiphabhlikhi avotele ngokumelene nawo, yize amaphesenti angama-70 abantu baseMelika besekela, kubandakanya namaphesenti angama-45 amaRepublican. Namuhla kuyo yonke imikhakha yezombangazwe abantu bayabuza: Ingabe lokhu ukuphela kwe-neoliberal austerity? Ingabe lesi yisiqalo senkathi entsha yezinguquko zaseMelika? Ingabe lokhu kumelela ukuqala kwesifundazwe senhlalakahle yeningi yentando yeningi yeMelika?
I-ARP ihlinzeka ngezigidigidi ukubhekana nalolu bhubhane, usizo kwabangasebenzi kanye nabasebenzi, usizo kohulumeni basekhaya nohulumeni basekhaya, nokusekelwa kwezimboni ezihlukahlukene kusukela ezindaweni zokudlela kuya ezindizeni zezindiza. Kunezimali zokunakekela izingane, imfundo, ukwandiswa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuthengekayo, okuhlanganisa impilo yengqondo, ukwandiswa kwezinhlelo zokudla, usizo lwezindlu nosizo lwabangenamakhaya, kanye nosizo lwezokuthutha zomphakathi. Nakuba umsebenzi oyinhloko walo mthethosivivinywa kuwukuqeda ubunzima bonyaka odlule, abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi kuzoholela ezinhlelweni ezihlala njalo ezimele izinguquko ezinkulu zezwe zaseMelika eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule.
Inkathi yokuqala yesimanje yase-United States yezinguquko kwezenhlalo yafika ngeminyaka yo-1930 lapho uMongameli Roosevelt ezuza umthetho wakhe Wesivumelwano Esisha. Ekujuleni koKuwohloka Okukhulu Kwezomnotho, njengoba ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kufinyelela ku-25%, uRoosevelt udale izinhlelo zemisebenzi eziqashe izigidi. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, i-FDR yaphasisa uMthetho Kazwelonke Wezobudlelwano Bezabasebenzi (NLRA) owanikeza abasebenzi ilungelo lokuhlela izinyunyana kanye noMthetho Wokuvikeleka Komphakathi owakha izimpesheni zikahulumeni. Lezi zinguquko ezimbili zazimele isimo senhlalakahle yaseMelika, inguqulo engaphelele kunaleyo eyayizodalwa yiYurophu kamuva. Isivumelwano Esisha se-FDR setha indinganiso yokuguqulwa okunenjongo, kwesakhiwo eMelika.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu kamuva, ngawo-1960, ukuphathwa kweDemokhrasi kaLyndon B. Johnson kwadala izinguquko zeNhlangano Enkulu. UJohnson wacindezela iCongress ukuthi iphasise Izenzo Zamalungelo Omphakathi kanye Namalungelo Okuvota, okuhlangene kwaqeda ukuchithwa kukaJim Crow nokuhlukaniswa eNingizimu. Uphinde wawina i-Medicare, umshwalense wezempilo kazwelonke wabantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65; I-Medicaid, usizo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo kulabo abahola kancane; kanye nohlelo lwesitembu sokudla olunikeza usizo lokudla okunomsoco. Johnsons's "War on Poverty" iphinde yakha Ihhovisi Lethuba Lomnotho, elaliphethe izinhlelo zemisebenzi, imfundo yezingane ezincane, nezinhlelo zokusiza umphakathi. U-Ronald Reagan waseRiphabhulikhi wahlakaza izinhlelo zeNhlangano Enkulu ngeminyaka yawo-1980s futhi ngaphansi kweDemocratic Bill Clinton neoliberalism kanye ne-austerity yalandela.
AmaDemocrat athi i-ARP kaBiden iyaqhubeka nomsebenzi kaRoosevelt noJohnson nokuthi izoguqula iMelika. Nokho, nakuba lezi zinguquko zidingeka kakhulu, azikho izinhlelo eziqala ukuguqula izinhlaka eziyisisekelo zonxiwankulu baseMelika, uhlelo olukhiqiza umnotho kanye nomphakathi phakathi kwabangalingani kakhulu emhlabeni. Izinhlelo ze-ARP zisilela kakhulu kunoma yisiphi isimo senhlalakahle yentando yeningi yomphakathi. Asisenalo uhlelo lukazwelonke lokunakekelwa kwezempilo, izindlu zomphakathi ezincane uma kuqhathaniswa, kanye nohlelo lwezemfundo yomphakathi olufeyila izigidi. I-ARP ka-Biden, nokho, iphakamisa ukuthi lapho kubhekene nezinkinga eziningi zomphakathi wethu, i-neoliberal austerity iyancishiswa.
Nge-ARP, i-Biden kungenzeka ihlanganise abantu abaningi abasebenza ngeDemocratic and Republican ukuze basekele usizo lukahulumeni, kodwa ngokuthula lapho kungekho nhlangano yabasebenzi. Okubaluleke kakhulu azikho izilawuli emalini, akukho mthethonqubo, akukho ukuhlalisana kwabantu. Izinguquko zika-Biden ziqhelelene nomphakathi wentando yeningi wezenhlalakahle esiwudingayo ukubhekana nezinkinga zethu zomphakathi, ezingakhiwa kuphela inhlangano yabasebenzi ezimisele ukuxoxisana nezezimali nezimboni.
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