[Amazwi ashiwo ngo-March 19, 2009, epaki lapho abantu behlala khona e-Richmond, Va., phambi kwamahhovisi e-Federal Reserve]
Ngaphandle kwe-United States kulula ukucabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu ngaphakathi e-United States wenza kahle. Uma uhlala ezweni eligcwele amasosha ase-US, njengoba amazwe angaphezu kwe-150 emhlabeni jikelele, uma uphila ngobumpofu obukhulu nezifo, uma i-United States ihlinzeka uhulumeni wezwe lakho ngezikhali ezibizayo ezicwebezelayo, uma abantu baseMelika uhlangana nabo. ukukuphatha ngendelelo, futhi uma izithombe onazo ze-United States zivela eHollywood, kungaqondakala ukucabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu ezweni lombuso wenza kahle.
Kodwa kwakungeke kube nengqondo. Isizwe esitshala embusweni siyisizwe esingayihloniphi impilo yomuntu. Isizwe esitshala imali embusweni siyisizwe esibuswa iqembu elincane lezikhulu ezinamandla nama-oligarchs. Isizwe esilawulwa iningi labantu baso ngeke sitshale imali embusweni. Umbuso wamaRoma wasakazekela kude, kodwa umuzi waphakade ngokwawo wawugcwele izigqila. Futhi njengoba kungekho okuphakade ngempela, ubuhlanya bombuso baqhubeka waze wazibhubhisa.
Ngakho-ke, empeleni, ngenkathi sinezikhali eziningi nezisekelo namasosha kunawo wonke umhlaba kuhlangene, silandela ezinye izizwe eziningi ngezinyathelo eziyisisekelo zempilo nokuphila kahle. Sinabantu abaningi abadonsa kanzima ukuthola imisebenzi, abasebenza amahora amade, futhi bahlushwa izifo ezingenasidingo, konke lokhu okwenza kube nzima ngabantu ukuba izakhamuzi ezikhuthele futhi ezibambe iqhaza. Kodwa okungenani kubaluleke kakhulu ukusho lokhu ngakolunye uhlangothi. Kungenxa yokuthi asizona izakhamuzi ezikhuthele futhi ezibambe iqhaza futhi sivumele ukuthuthukiswa kohlelo lukahulumeni, wezinkampani, kanye nezinkampani esigcina singenamsebenzi, singenamakhaya, futhi singenazo ukunakekelwa kwezempilo.
Kodwa akusephuzile kakhulu ukuguqula le nto futhi siguqule izindinganiso zethu.
Ithi yebo uma ufuna ukususa uxhaso lwethu lusuke empini luye ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, lusuka ekutakulweni kwebhange luye ezindlini ezithengekayo, lusuke ekuncishisweni kwentela yezinkampani luye kwezokuthutha ngobuningi, lusuke ezizikhalini zenuzi luye kumandla aluhlaza.
Manje, omunye angase athi: Ima kancane. Kungani kufanele sishintshe uxhaso sisuke endaweni ethile siye kwenye? Uma abamabhange befuna amatriliyoni ambalwa amadola lapha noma laphaya, abantu abaphethe bavele bayiboleke eShayina, noma iFederal Reserve ivele iyisungule emoyeni omncane. Kungani singakwazi ukwenza lokho ezintweni eziwusizo njengezikole namapulazi omndeni? Kungani kufanele usebenze ku-Wall Street ukuze uthole imali yamahhala? Futhi kuthiwani uma sinqamula ukusetshenziswa kwezempi futhi siqede zonke izimpi, sazi kanjani ukuthi noma iyiphi yaleyo mali izoqondiswa kabusha kokuthile okuwusizo kunokwehliswa kwentela ezinkampanini kanye nezigidigidi?
Impendulo yokuqala yile: Uma sihlela inhlangano enamandla ngokwanele ukumisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali esiyisebenzele kanzima ekubulaleni abantu sizobe siphethe ukuthi imali yethu isetshenziswa kanjani. Futhi uma singawuhleli lowo mnyakazo, imali yethu izoqhubeka iye kubo bobabili ababhange nezimpi, futhi iFederal Reserve, engeyona eyenhlangano njengeFederal Express, ngeke isungule noma iyiphi imali kuwe noma mina.
Impendulo yesibili yile: Uma sidala ukuqwashisa ukuthi umnotho wezempi awuwona umnotho nhlobo, ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali ekubulaleni kuphela akuwukhuthazi wonke umnotho njengoba kudingeka, bese kushintshela emnothweni wokuthula lapho amadola afanayo enza khona okuningi futhi. imisebenzi ekhokha kangcono izosusa amandla abagqugquzeli bezikhali abanawo phezu kwalabo abazibiza ngabameleli bethu. Uma ukutshalwa kwezimali kukahulumeni ezidingweni zabantu kuba yindlela evamile yokudala amathuba emisebenzi, khona-ke ukwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi ngeke kusaba impikiswano yezepolitiki ewujuqu yokutshala imali ekufeni nasekubhubhiseni.
Impendulo yesithathu yile: Izinzuzo zokuqala ukuhlobana nezwe ngosizo olungezona ezempi, izingxoxo, ukubambisana, nobungane, kunokuba amabhomu nezisekelo ziyoba nezinzuzo zokuguqula kithi kanye nakuzo, futhi kuzoqedwa inkampani yethu. izivumelwano zohwebo. Nakuba imibuso ifika yedlula, abantu besizwe sasekhaya bavame ukwenza kangcono uma behamba kunalapho befika.
Impendulo yesine yilena: Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izinto ziba zimbi kangakanani e-United States, sinomthwalo wemfanelo wokuqaphela izinto ezesabekayo uhulumeni wethu azibekela abanye emhlabeni wonke futhi siziqede.
Manje siseminyakeni eyi-6 yomsebenzi ogcwele igazi futhi owesabekayo e-Iraq, kanye neminyaka eyi-7.5 e-Afghanistan. Izingane ezincane e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan zikhule nalezi zimpi futhi zalinyazwa yizo ngezindlela okunzima ukuzicabanga isikhathi eside kakhulu. Nakuba singabahlinzeki ngezindlu abantu bakithi, futhi asibanikezeli abantu base-Iraq, izigidi ezi-5 kubo abaye baxoshwa emakhaya, abangaphezu kwesigidi babulawa, izigidi eziningi zalimala, umndeni wawo wonke umuntu uthintekile. indlela engajwayelekile ezindaweni eziningi zaseMelika ngaphandle kweNew Orleans.
Futhi ngenkathi abantu base-Iraqi befuna ukuthi siphume, sihlala egameni lentando yeningi. Lokho kufanele kube wuphawu olucacile emhlabeni jikelele mayelana nesimo sentando yeningi yethu ekhaya. Sibulele, saxosha, sahlala sodwa, safumbathisa, sesaba, abantu abaningi base-Iraqi, futhi senza izithembiso eziningi zokushiya, kangangokuthi udlame lwehlile. Futhi lokho kufanele kube isizathu sokuhlala, njengoba nje ukwanda kodlame bekumele kube yisizathu sokuhlala.
Ingabe kukhona esikufundile eminyakeni engu-6 edlule? Abantu baseMelika abaningi baye bafunda ukuthi impi yase-Iraq yayisekelwe emangeni futhi bafunde ukusola amanga afanayo nge-Iran. Kepha abanye abakafundi ukumelana nazo zonke izimpi ezinolaka, ngoba ukusebenza kwe-Afghanistan akukathandwa njengase-Iraq.
Okufundiwe ingxenye enkulu kufundiswe inhlangano yokuthula. Besazi eminyakeni engu-6 edlule kanye nonyaka ngaphambi kwalokho, ukuthi le mpi izoba ngeyokukhwabanisa, engekho emthethweni, futhi ibe nenhlekelele. Abaningi benu babekwazi futhi bephikisana nakho.
Izolo bekunezigcawu eCongress mayelana nokuzibulala kwamasosha aseMelika. Abantu esibaqoka ukuthi benze amacala ethu manje bagcina sebezibulala ngezinga elesabekayo. Sizolahlekelwa abantu baseMelika abaningi ukunciphisa ukufa ngenxa yokulimala kanye nokuzibulala kunokufa empini. Uma lokho ekugcineni kuvusa abanye abantu, ngeke kube umzuzu maduzane. Kepha kufanele kubuzwe: Kuphi ukulalelwa kwama-Iraqis, Afghanis, Pakistanis, Palestinians? Isisulu sokuhlukunyezwa e-US safakaza ngonyaka odlule ngesathelayithi ekamelweni lekomidi elicishe lingenalutho, okwathi ngemva kwalokho uKhongolose uRohrabacher wamchazela ukuthi empini kufanele abekezelelwe amaphutha. Futhi izigele zethu manje zikhuluma ngeqiniso nokubuyisana, bengenandaba neqiniso lokuthi ukubandakanya abantu esidinga ukubuyisana nabo kuyinto engacabangeki ngempela. Umbono, esikhundleni salokho, owokuthi sibuyisane nathi. Ngitshele lokhu: uyoke ubuyisane nesizwe sakho esenza ubugebengu bempi? Uzokwazi?
Iningi eliqinile labantu baseMelika seliphikisane nokuthathwa kwe-Iraq iminyaka. Futhi cishe ingxenye kanye nokukhuphuka manje kuphikisa ukuhlalwa kwe-Afghanistan.
Isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi asinayo intando yeningi akuyona inkohlakalo yeCongress, nakuba lokho kuza ngomzuzwana oseduze. Isizathu esiyinhloko ukuthi iCongress ayinawo amandla, inikeze umongameli wonke. Umphakathi wentando yeningi awukwazi ukuhlalisana namandla kamongameli athathwe uBush futhi manje agcinwa futhi andiswa ngu-Obama. Umphakathi wentando yeningi awunazo izinhlaka zikahulumeni eziyimfihlo, imithetho eyimfihlo, imithetho ebhalwe kabusha isiphathimandla, indoda eyodwa enamandla empi, indoda eyodwa enamandla esikhwama, indoda eyodwa enamandla esivumelwano. Nokho uMengameli u-Obama, okunguye othe uzoqeda ukuhlukunyezwa avale enye yezindawo eziningi lapho sivalela khona abantu ngaphandle komthetho, ngesonto eledlule ubhale isitatimende sokusayina etshela iCongress ukuthi ingagxambukeli emandleni akhe oMthethosisekelo okwenza izivumelwano, nakuba iqiniso lokuthi uMthethosisekelo uthi izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zethimba lezigele kufanele zigunyaze noma yisiphi isivumelwano.
Sidayiswa ushintsho ngesikhathi sicela uguquko. Sesiqedile ngokuhumusha okungajwayelekile, kodwa ukuhumusha manje sekuzoba okuvamile. Asisenazo izitha zezitha, kodwa sibopha izitha ezingamakhulu. Sizosebenzisa amasosha angalwi ukulwa nathi. Sizothola izinguquko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo lapho inketho yomphakathi isho umshwalense wangasese ogunyazwe uhulumeni. IBlackwater ngeke kudingeke ihambe e-Iraq ngoba isishintshe igama layo. Ingabe yilokhu okuvotele?
Izolo ngithole i-imeyili evela ku-Amnesty International ingicela ukuba ngiphikisane nokuthi u-Obama avuselele imigomo kaBush. Hhayi-ke, abakaze bafe futhi abawona amapholisi. Yiwona ebesiwubiza ngobugebengu. Futhi izolo, i-ACLU ekugcineni, ekugcineni, ekugcineni - EKUGCINENI! - wabuyela ezingqondweni futhi wacela ummeli-jikelele ukuba aqoke umshushisi okhethekile futhi aqinise umthetho.
Nokho abaningi enhlanganweni yokuthula abafuni ukukhuluma ngomthetho, ngisho nemithetho emelene nezimpi ezinolaka. Abaningi abafuni nokukhuluma ngezimpi, bakhetha ukukhuluma ngokusetshenziswa kwezempi. Futhi kufanele sikhulume ngokusetshenziswa kwezempi. Kumele. Kodwa ukwenza lokho kukodwa ngeke kuziqede izimpi. Nezimpi zigcwele igazi nje noma ngabe ubani olele eWhite House.
Singase sigcine sesimisa izinhlelo ezithile zezikhali, ikakhulukazi izikhali ezingasebenzi noma eziklanyelwe ukulwa neSoviet Union noma imikhumbi yaseJapan. Kepha le Khongolose kanye nomongameli bafuna ukwenyusa isabelomali sonke sokubulala. Lokhu kuzoba ukunqoba ngokumelene nenkohlakalo egameni lokukhohlakala okukhulu kokuziphatha okwaziwayo ohlotsheni lwethu. Sizogcina sibutha amasosha amaningi futhi sithenge izikhali ezingcono ezibulala abantu abaningi. Lokhu kuzolahlekelwa iphuzu likaMongameli Eisenhower lapho esho lokho
“Zonke izibhamu ezenziwayo, yonke imikhumbi yempi eqhunyiswayo, namarokhethi adubulayo, ekugcineni, kusho ukweba labo abalambayo nabangondliwa, ababandayo nabangagqokile.
Ngalokho esikunikeza amabhange singanikeza amashumi ezinkulungwane zamadola kuwo wonke amaMelika, kodwa ngalokho esikusebenzisayo - okuhlanganisa nezindleko zezomnotho ezingaqondile - emsebenzini wase-Iraq, singanikeza ama- $ 100,000 kuwo wonke ama-Iraqi.
Masilungise izinto eziza kuqala kithi - okuhlanganisa ukuqeda izimpi hhayi nje ngoba zilwiwa kabi noma ziphethwe ngenkohlakalo, noma ngoba zibiza imali, kodwa ngoba zibulala abantu.
Qeda imisebenzi.
Qeda ukuhlasela kwemicibisholo.
Vala izisekelo.
Letha abafowethu nodadewethu ekhaya.
Zishushise izigebengu zempi.
Futhi dala ikhomishini yeqiniso nokubuyisana ebuyisana ne-United States namanye amaphesenti angama-95 obuntu.
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