Ukuncishiswa kwezindleko kusetshenziswe yiCongress kukho kokubili ukusetshenziswa kwezempi nokungezona ezempi.
Ngokubona kwami, ukusikeka kwezempi kuncane kakhulu futhi ukusikeka okungewona okwezempi akufanele kube khona nhlobo. Ngokubona kwezinhlangano eziningi ezikhululekile, ukuncishiswa kwezempi - njengokusebenzisa imali kwezempi kanye nezempi ngokwayo - akufanele kunganakwa, kuyilapho ukusikeka okungezona kwezempi kufanele kuphikiswe ngokuphikisana nakho konke ukusikeka ngokujwayelekile.
Kodwa, qagelani?
Imikhawulo yokuchitha imali embuthweni wezempi yephulwa ngokusobala. Zombili izindlu zeCongress manje sezidlulise isabelomali sezempi esikhulu kunonyaka odlule futhi sikhulu kunalokho okuvunyelwe ngaphansi kwe-sequester.
Okwamanje i-sequester isetshenziselwa ukusika konke okuhle nokuhloniphekile kunqubomgomo yomphakathi.
Eqinisweni, iKomidi Lokwabiwa Kwezindlu kuphakamisa ukulungisa ukwephulwa kwayo komthetho wamazinga okusetshenziswa kwezempi ngokubeka ukunciphisa okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kwemali okungezona ezezempi. Futhi yini ingozi kulokho uma konke ukusikeka kubi ngokulinganayo?
I-sequester, njengomthetho omelene nokuhlushwa, umthetho wamacala empi, iSichibiyelo Sesine, Isichibiyelo Sokuqala, uMthetho Wokubhekwa Kwezobunhloli Bangaphandle, i-Kellogg-Briand Pact, noma i-U.N. Charter, kuvela ukuthi ingomunye waleyo mithetho ozikhethela yona.
Imithetho ngeyabantu abathile. Ujenene ophakeme manje osephenywa njengomuntu oshaya ikhwelo akanalo iseli lokuzihlukanisa nqunu e-Quantico esikhathini esizayo, nakuba uBradley Manning aphathwa ngaleyo ndlela.
Imithetho ingeyezinto ezithile. Ukudubula izingane esikoleni sase-U.S. kuyicala. Ukuwisa umcibisholo esikoleni sangaphandle kuyinto efana nokugcinwa komthetho. Omama baseYemen manje bafundisa izingane zomakhelwane babo ekhaya ukuze zigweme ukuya esikoleni kuyilapho ama-drones egcwele phezulu. Lokho kubizwa ngenkululeko, ukusabalala kwentando yeningi.
Futhi lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi inkulumo-ze: "I-Sequester Ibeka Amasosha Engozini Yokuba 'Amandla Angenalutho'." Lesi yisihloko sangempela, futhi kukhona ezinye eziningi ezifana naso. Emasosheni ase-U.S. kuphela lapho ukwanda kungabikwa kabanzi njengokusikeka okuyinhlekelele. Iqiniso elingaphelele alihlosiwe neze. Izindleko zezempi, empeleni, zizoba yinhlekelele. Akukona nje ukusikeka.
Sinamaphesenti angu-11 e-United States avuna ukuhlomisa amaSiriya, noma kunalokho "amaSiriya" njengoba abaningi babo besanda kufika eSyria ngenhloso yokubulala. Amaphesenti ayishumi nanye! Lokho akulutho. Lokho kuncane kunokukholelwa ezipokweni (ama-48% abantu baseMelika ngokwe-CBS bakholelwa ezipoki). Kepha amasosha aseMelika kanye nomphathi wawo omkhulu benza lokho abafuna ukukwenza. Intando yeningi mayilahlwe. Futhi imiphumela kufanele ilahlwe. Futhi abantu baseSiriya kufanele balahlwe.
Umugqa osiliva esivunguvungwini se-sequester solwazi olunganembile ukuthi izifunda nezindawo zilindele ukuncishiswa kwezempi. I-Connecticut isungule ikhomishana yokuhlela inqubo yokuguqulwa kusuka kwezempi kuya ezimbonini ezingezona ezempi. Ngethemba ukuthi izosebenza njengesibonelo kwezinye izifundazwe ezingama-49 kanye no-D.C.
Kodwa kufanele kube nolunye ulayini olusiliva, futhi angikaliboni okwamanje. Iningi lamaqembu ezishoshovu ezikhululekile analo namanje akuqondanga ukuthi ukusikeka okuthile kuhle kanti okunye kubi, ukuthi kufanele sikhankasele ukusikeka emshinini wempi ogwinya i-57% yezindleko zokuzikhethela ngenkathi sikhankasela ukwenyuka okumangazayo ekusetshenzisweni kwemali kumandla aluhlaza, imfundo, nezinye izidingo zabantu.
Manje yisikhathi salokho. Manje yisikhathi sokuyeka ukuthi "No Cuts!" bese uqala ukuthi "Hambisa imali ekusetshenzisweni okubi uye kokuhle!"
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