Ngakho-ke iGeneral Motors ibuyile ukwenza izigidigidi ngenzuzo. Futhi uma okwedlule kuyinoma yimuphi umhlahlandlela, siyazi ukuthi lokho kusho ukuthini: isikhathi sokudilizwa okuthile!
Noma mhlawumbe akunjalo. Emuva ngawo-'80s kanye nama-'90s, lapho abakwa-GM bebelokhu bethumela inzuzo enkulu, babeyenza kanyekanye exosha amashumi ezinkulungwane zabasebenzi edolobheni lakithi eFlint nangaphesheya kweMichigan. Njengamanje kubukeka sengathi uyedwa umuntu ofakwa ethini Isikhulu esiphezulu u-Edward Whitacre. (Ngesonto eledlule kuphela uWhitacre ubethi akahlelile ukuhamba noma nini maduze—okuyinto exakayo ukuthi owayengumongameli we-Boy Scouts of America wehlulekile Ukulungiswa.)
Kodwa uma bengadeli abantu okwamanje, nabo abaqashi.
Phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-2010, iGM yenza inzuzo engu-$2.2 billion, nokho ngokwe-Wall Street Journal, bengeze kuphela imisebenzi engu-2,000 kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika, bathatha abasebenzi babo besuka ku-113,000 baya ku-115,000.
Futhi okuyiqiniso ku-GM kuyiqiniso ezweni. Uhulumeni ungene ngokheshi ngezigidigidi zamadola kanye neziqinisekiso zokugcina iCorporate America ingawi ngenxa yobuwula bayo, ukungaboni ngaso linye kanye nobugovu. Futhi kwasebenza-ku-Corporate America. Kungenzeka ukuthi awuzange uqaphele njengoba ubudlelwa imali, kodwa inzuzo ye-Fortune 500 isicishe yabuyela kwesejwayelekile. It ifinyelele ku-$391 billion ngo-2009, inyuke ngamaphesenti angama-335 kusukela ngo-2008. Futhi izinkampani ezinkulu ezingama-500 okungezona ezezimali manje zihlezi ku-$1.8 trillion ewukheshi, ngaphezu kwanoma yisiphi isikhathi eminyakeni engama-50 edlule. (Yilokho okushiwo abezindaba zebhizinisi njalo-ukuthi "bahlezi" kukho-nakuba ngokwazi kwami lokhu akulona iqiniso langempela.)
Yilokho okufanele sigxile kukho uma sikhuluma ngoGM nezinye izinkampani ezithathe i-handout yamahhala. Akukhona mayelana nokuhlelwa kabusha okuqhubekayo kwamakhadi amhlophe-abafana-abagqoke amasudi. Kusho ukuthini ukuthi i-CEO entsha ye-GM nguDaniel F. Akeerson, umqondisi ophethe ku-Carlyle Group? Mhlawumbe leyo GM isizophathwa abadlali bebhola bangempela abangenayo inkinga yokubukisa ngomthetho noma ukuhlonipha okuyisisekelo kwaseMelika.
Ukuze siqonde ukuthi kwenzekani, kufanele sigxile emqondweni, njengoba benza. Futhi okubalulekile ukuthi umhlaba wonke wamabhizinisi ucabange ukuthi ungenza kanjani amabhakede amakhulu emali ngaphandle kokusiqasha ukuthi sibasebenzele. Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lokhu kuzizuzisa kanjani lezi zinkampani. Mhlawumbe amarobhothi afanayo enza izinto eziningi manje nawo ahlelelwe ukuzithenga?
Kodwa umphumela uthi: Kufanele sibhekane neqiniso lokuthi iningi lama-CEO aseMelika alifuni ukuthi umnotho ube "ngcono." Ngoba kubo, kwakungeke kube ngcono—banenzuzo ephuma ezindlebeni zabo, kuyilapho amaphesenti angama-9.5 abantu abangasebenzi bonke abasebenzi babo besaba kakhulu ukucela ukunyuselwa amasenti angu-25 ngehora. Bangajabula ukuthi izinto zihlale njengoba zinjalo manje. Phakade.
Kodwa nakuba zimbi njengezindaba ezimbi, izindaba ezinhle zingcono. Izigidi ezengeziwe manje ziyaqaphela ukuthi sidinga Idili Entsha. Kufanele senze kabusha impucuko yaseMelika, futhi kuzothatha abantu abaningi.
Uthi bewazi IPortugal manje ithola amaphesenti angu-45 kagesi wayo emithonjeni evuselelekayo—inyuke isuka kumaphesenti ayi-17 eminyakeni emihlanu edlule? Noma leyo Scientific American yathola ukuthi singakwazi ukuqeda konke ukusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli wezinsalela ngo-2030? Noma lokho high altitude umoya inganikeza amandla aphindwe izikhathi eziyikhulu manje asetshenziswa umhlaba wonke? Futhi okuhle kunakho konke, singakwazi ukwenza ushintsho—sicebile! Uyakhumbula leyo $100 trillion kuma-akhawunti ethu asebhange ezinkampani? Nokho ngenkathi umhlaba wonke uphokophele ekusaseni, sihlezi lapha nje. Okuwukuphela kwento ezosebenza ukuze sifinyelele lapho yilokho oseke wasebenza: njengoba nje senza ngeminyaka yawo-'1.8s kanye nama-'30s, kufanele siyeke ukwesaba i-60% ephezulu, futhi sibenze basesabe. Yileyo ndlela kuphela abazokhulula ngayo amandla abo okufa kuleli zwe isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuba basivumele sizisindise thina kanye nabo.
Yinye into eqinisekile: U-Obama ngeke asenzele lokhu. UKhongolose? Khohlwa.
Uma sifuna ukuphila okufanele thina nezingane zethu, kufanele sizithathele thina. Asikwazi ukuqhubeka silindele amabutho agibela amahhashi. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi singabagibeli bamahhashi.
Futhi ukusuka esitezi esiphezulu sombhoshongo weGM edolobheni laseDetroit, kufanele bezwe ama-hoofprints ethu a-comin'.
Michael Moore ungumenzi wefilimu nombhali owine i-Academy Award. Waqondisa wakhiqiza URoger & Mina, Bowling for eColumbine, I-Fahrenheit 9 / 11, Futhi Sicko. Ubhale nezincwadi eziyisikhombisa, muva nje, Umhlahlandlela Wokhetho lukaMike wango-2008.
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