Umthombo: Amanothi Ezabasebenzi
Uhulumeni wobumbano uchithe isikhathi izifundazwe ezisichithile zivaliwe. Sisabhekene nokushoda kuzwelonke kwezinsiza zokuhlola i-COVID-19 kanye ne-PPE futhi alukho uhlelo lukazwelonke lokuhlola noma lokulandelela othintana nabo. I-United States inamaphesenti angu-4 abantu emhlabeni, kodwa cishe ingxenye yesithathu yamacala e-coronavirus emhlabeni.
Kodwa abanye abantu babengachithi isikhathi sabo. Yiqiniso, abacebile benza konke abangakwenza ukuze bazuze ngokwezimali kule nhlekeleleโfuthi umsebenzi wabo uba nemiphumela emihle. Abantu baseMelika abacebe kakhulu abangama-400 bebevele bebiza ama- $ 2.96 trillion ngonyaka owedlule, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-60 aphansi abantu baseMelika ehlangene.
Manje abaningi abacebe kakhulu sebekulungele yenza okwengeziwe ngesikhathi sobhadane-njenge-Amazon ebhemayo, eqhubekisela phambili isikhulu esiphezulu uJeff Bezos kusondele kakhulu ekubeni isigidigidi sokuqala emhlabeni.
Inhloso yalaba badlali abanamandla ikabili: ukuvula kabusha umnotho ngokwemibandela yabo kanye nokubamba iqhaza enkingeni yezomnotho ukuze baphushele uhlu lwezifiso oselunesikhathi eside lwehliswa intela nezinsizakalo zikahulumeni. Bazocindezela intela ephansi kanye nezinsizakalo ze-gut naphezu kobufakazi obusobala, obuvezwe yilolu bhubhane, lokuthi sidinga uhulumeni owengeziwe, hhayi ngaphansi.
Ukuze benze lokhu kufanele bathole izigidi zabasebenzi babeke impilo yabo engozini ngokubuyela emsebenzini. Uma abasebenzi bengasebenzi, ayikho inzuzo eyenziwayo. Futhi yikuphi okubaluleke kakhulu kokaputeni bemboni?
Basebenza kanzima ukuze banqobe impi ngokuvulwa kabusha, benethemba lokunqoba izixwayiso ezimbi zochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi kanye nezifiso zomphakathi, okuvota njalo okukhombisa ukuthi bakhathazeke kakhulu ngegciwane elandayo kunokuhlaba umkhosi kuWall Street.
A Washington Post i-poll futhi Inhlolovo ye-Pew zombili zikhombisa ukuthi abasebenzi abadiliziwe kungenzeka basekele ukuvala izivalo okuqhubekayo kunalabo abasaqashiwe.
Umkhankaso wabo unezingxenye ezimbalwa:
- Amaphakheji wokusiza kwezomnotho weCongress agxile kakhulu ekutakuleni amabhizinisi amakhulu kunokuvikela abasebenzi. Noma yiziphi izintambo ezinamathiselwe mayelana nezinkampani ezigcina abasebenzi beqashiwe zazingenamandla, futhi lezo zintambo zizonqanyulwa ngokuphelele U-$450 billion ozobhekwa wuMnyango wezeziMali.
- Uhulumeni wobumbano wahoxisa indima yawo kulo bhubhane, waphoqa izifundazwe ukuthi zizithengele ama-ventilator azo, izinsiza zokuhlola kanye nemishini yokuzivikela futhi zithuthukise nezazo izinhlelo zokulandela umkhondo. Lokho kukhuphule izindleko zikahulumeni wasekhaya ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho ukuvalwa kwezwe kukhuphule imali yentela. Isebenzisa inzuzo yokushoda kwesabelomali sombuso okuwumphumela, i-consortium of conservatives icindezela amazwe ukuba amukele uhlu lwawo lwezifiso oselunesikhathi eside, njengokulahla izibopho zazo zempesheni kubasebenzi bakahulumeni, ukudiliza izinombolo zabo, kanye nokwenza ukuncipha okumangalisayo kwezinsiza zomphakathi.
- Izikhulu zeRiphabhulikhi, abezindaba abaphiko lwesokudla, kanye namaqembu angaphambili ebhizinisi (ikakhulukazi i-Save Our Country Coalition, i-American Legislative Exchange Council, i-State Policy Network, kanye ne-FreedomWorks) bebelokhu beshaya kakhulu izigubhu ukuze umnotho uvule kabusha. UMnyango Wezabasebenzi wase-US kanye nohulumeni bezifundazwe abambalwa basiza leyo nqubo ngokusabisa ngokushushisa abasebenzi ngokukhwabanisa kwezinzuzo zokungasebenzi uma benqaba ukubuyela emsebenzini ngenxa yokusabela impilo yabo.
- Bobabili abaholi bezingqungquthela zikaTrump kanye neRiphabhulikhi bacacile: ngeke kube khona okunye ukuvuselela umnotho ezifundazweni noma kwabangasebenzi ngaphandle kwesiqinisekiso sokuthi amabhizinisi azobanjwa engenangozi uma abasebenzi bawo benenkontileka ye-COVID-19 emsebenzini. Umnyango uvulekele ubudedengu ngezinga elikhulu.
Okubizwa ngokuthi ukululama kusukela ku-Great Recession saw 2008 Izinzuzo ze-Wall Street zifinyelele phezulu ngenkathi amaholo abasebenzi wahlala emile futhi inyunyana ukuminyana hit okuphansi ngaso sonke isikhathi. "Ukubuyisela kimi, ubumpofu bakho" futhi kuyinhloso yebhizinisi emnothweni we-post-corona.
IQEMBU LETEA 2.0
Abasebenzi be-Conservative bazama ukuphinda bavuselele "ukunyakaza" kwe-Tea Party ukuze bacindezele amazwe ukuthi avule kabusha umnotho wawo. A inethiwekhi esekelwa usozigidigidi yamaqembu aphambili ezinkampani ngobudlelwano obujulile nabenzi bomthetho bombuso abalandela imithetho kanye ne-White House yasiza ukuhlanganisa ithimba le-motley ukuthi libhikishele imiyalo yokuhlala ekhaya ezishayamthetho zombuso futhi yandisa izenzo zabo kwabezindaba.
"Kufana nokugqekeza," kusho uNancy MacLean, umbhali weDemocracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. โUngathola abantu abazokwenza, kodwa ngaphandle kweqhaza elisebenzayo lomqashi bekungeke kwenzeke.
โKunjalo nangemibhikisho yokulwa nokuvalwa. Kungenxa yokuthi kukhona wonke la maqembu angaphambili axhaswe ngezimali ezinkampani asekelwa futhi athuthukiswa yiFox News kanye negumbi le-echo elingakwesokudla ukuthi bangakha inganekwane yokunyakaza kwabantu abaningi futhi basebenzise le nkinga ukuze baphoqelele ngezinqubomgomo ezingathandwayo abaziyo ukuthi ngeke neze. kwenzeke ngenye indlela.โ
Okusenhliziyweni yomkhankaso wokuphinda kuvulwe izinhlangano ezifana neTea Party Patriots kanye neFreedomWorks nezishoshovu ezivelele eziphiko lwesokudla njengoStephen Moore, isazi sezomnotho esilondolozayo esisebenzele iHeritage Foundation kanye neWall Street Journal futhi wake watshela umenzi wefilimu uMichael Moore (akukho budlelwane) lokho "Ubunxiwankulu bubaluleke kakhulu kunentando yeningi."
UMoore ungumeluleki wezomnotho kaTrump futhi ubelokhu ecindezela i-White House ukuthi ilandele izeluleko zabaholi bamabhizinisi kanye nosomnotho abalondolozayo esikhundleni sochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi.
UMoore uphinde abe ngumholi ku Save Our Country Coalition (SOCC), okuhlanganisa umzamo wokuphinda kuvulwe, ukunciphisa intela, kanye nomthetho wokusula isikweletu somqashi. Ungomunye wabaningi abaxhumene ne-White House ku-SOCC. Enye i- I-American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), ixhaswe ngezimali izinkampani ezinkulu kanye nosozigidigidi abadla ngoludala. Ubulungu be-ALEC buhlanganisa kokubili ama-lobbyists ezinkampani futhi cishe ingxenye yesine yazo zonke izishayamthetho zombuso.
Izimpawu ze-ALEC umsebenzi oyinhloko wukuklama umthetho oyimodeli ozuzisa izinkampani futhi ungethulwa ngendlela yokusika amakhukhi ezishayamthetho ezweni lonke.
Ngokwemibhalo etholwe ngabakwa Centre for Media and Democracy, I-ALEC isingathe ucingo ngo-Ephreli 22 mayelana nesidingo sokuvula kabusha umnotho nePhini likaMongameli uMike Pence kanye nezishayamthetho zezifundazwe ezingama-300 nabagqugquzeli bezinkampaniโngezithembiso zezingcingo ezizayo noNobhala Wezabasebenzi u-Eugene Scalia kanye noNobhala Wezemfundo uBetsy DeVos.
Iningi lezishayamthetho zezwe laseRiphabhlikhi likhuthaze imibhikisho elwa nokuvalwa kwezindawo ezifundazweni zabo.
Okunye okuhlanganisa umbango yi- Inethiwekhi Yenqubomgomo Yezwe (SPN), iwebhu kazwelonke yama- think tanks axhaswe ngezimali yinkampani ekhiqiza amaphepha amhlophe nokwaziswa komthetho wemodeli ye-ALEC.
Ngalolu bhubhane, abasebenzisana ne-SPN balandela incwadi yokudlala abayifeza ngaphambili lapho bephika ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuxhumana phakathi kokubhema nomdlavuza: bakhuthaza ukungabaza mayelana nezinga lokufa kwe-coronavirus kanye namamodeli asetshenziswa ochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi ukubikezela inani elisazofa.
Lezi zinsolo zinanelwe nguTrump, ogqugquzele itulo lokuthi izinga lokufa liyakhuphuka ukuze kumiswe ukuqokwa kwakhe kabusha.
UKUBEKA ISISELELE
Impendulo yobhubhane iwele emahlombe ohulumeni bezifundazwe. Labo abahlaselwe kakhulu yileli gciwane manje babhekene nokushoda kwesabelomali okukhulu futhi inethiwekhi esekelwa yinkampani isebenzisa lesi sikhathi sokucindezela ukuqina yonke indawo.
Ngokwesibonelo, iMichigan ilinganiselwa ku-$1 billion kuya ku-$3 billion ngokubomvu. I-Mackinac Center, inkampani exhaswe ngezimali ye-SPN, ishicilele incwadi austerity wish list wezinto ezingahlangene nobhubhane. Kuhlanganisa ukudiliza ingxenye yesine yezisebenzi zikahulumeni โezingabalulekileโ, ukuvala imitapo yolwazi yasendaweni, ukugibela amaphrimiyamu okunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabasebenzi bakahulumeni, kanye nokwenyusa imali yokufunda emanyuvesi omphakathi.
Ngokusho kwePolitico, I-California ibhekene nokushoda kwesabelomali sika-$54 billion futhi kulindeleke ukuthi yenze ukusikeka okukhulu uma ingalutholi usizo lukahulumeni, okuhlanganisa u-$18 billion wokunciphisa izikole nasemakolishi omphakathi. Vele, izikole zidinga uxhaso oluthe xaxa ukuze zenze ukuqhelelana komphakathi kube ngokoqobo kumakhampasi uma zifuna ukuphinda zivulwe.
I-California Policy Center, enye inhlangano ye-SPN, i ukuvuma ukuguqula uhlelo lwempesheni yabasebenzi bakahulumeni lusuka ohlelweni lwemihlomulo echaziwe, oluqinisekisa inkokhelo yanyanga zonke kwabathatha umhlalaphansi, luyiswe ohlelweni oluchaziwe lomnikelo, lapho umqashi ebamba iqhaza kuphela ngenani elithile ku-akhawunti yomhlalaphansi yomsebenzi ngamunye inyanga ngayinye. Uma isamba siphela ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi komsebenzi, kubi kakhulu.
Lezi ziphakamiso zenqubomgomo zibuyela emuva kuyo yonke inethiwekhi ye-SPN, okuholela ekwayeni elikhulayo lamaqembu ongqondongqondo alandelanayo kanye nosopolitiki abafuna izifundazwe ukuthi zilahle izibopho zazo kubasebenzi bazo. "Vele ungavumi ukutakulwa impesheni" wabhala iBeacon Center yaseTennessee. Umholi weSenate Majority uMitch McConnell useze wacela ukuthi izifundazwe zikwenze lokhu memezela ukuqothuka ukuze bakwazi ukushiya izibopho zabo zempesheni.
Ukukhululeka kwezomnotho kohulumeni bezifundazwe nabasekhaya kusenkabeni yezingxoxo zomthethosivivinywa olandelayo wokusiza eCongress, kodwa uMcConnell umemezele ukuthi uvikela abaqashi abazimele esikweletini sokuvula kabusha isimo esiyisibopho sanoma yisiphi esinye isikhuthazo sikahulumeni.
Ikhwelo lokunxeshezelwa kwabaqashi kanye nokwehliswa kwentela kwabacebile njengombandela wokuthola usizo okwengeziwe linanelwe nguTrump.
ISIMISO KANKULUNKULU
Ukuvula kabusha umnotho ungekho uhlelo lukazwelonke lokuhlola engathandeki kakhulu. A iningi labantu baseMelika kholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lwethu lwentela alulungile futhi izintela kufanele zibe njalo ekhuliswe kakhulu ezinkampanini nakubantu abacebile.
Akukona nje ukuthi uStephen Moore wazisa ubunxiwankulu ngaphezu kwentando yeningi.
Abaqashi nosopolitiki baphoqelela izinqubomgomo zabo emphakathini ngokusiphoqa ukuthi sikhethe phakathi kwezinketho ezimbili ezimbi kuyilapho sigcina umbono wokuthi ayikho enye indlela: Ukusebenza ngokungaphephile noma ukuxoshwa emsebenzini. Amazwe kufanele alinganisele isibopho sezomthetho sabaqashi noma ngeke kube khona olunye ugqozi.
Ukuze kugcinwe irakhethi yokuvikela inkampani iqhubeka, abaqashi nosopolitiki bancika kumgomo wakwa-Godfather: ukusenzela isipho esingenakukwenqaba.
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