Umthombo: Kulezi Zikhathi
Emasontweni ambalwa nje kuqubuke ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19 e-US, njengoba izifundazwe ziqala ukusebenzisa imiyalo yokuhlala ekhaya, kwase kubonakala kabuhlungu ukuthi amabhange okudla endawo azobhekana nengcindezi enkulu. Isidingo sosizo lokudla sakhula ngokushesha ezweni lonke njengoba imindeni esebenzayo izithola ingenawo umthombo wemali engenayo, futhi umshwalense wokuntuleka kwemisebenzi wawungakaqali. Amabhange okudla ahlangabezane nokwanda okungazelelwe kwesidingo okwenza kube nzima ukusiza wonke umuntu oswele. Iziteshi zezindaba zendawo bezigcwele izindaba zezimoto ezikleliswe emabhange okudla, imindeni inethemba lokuthi izimpahla zisazotholakala uma isifika phambili kulayini.
Lokhu bekungafanele kusimangaze. Abantu baseMelika abalinganiselwa kwabayi-4 kwabayi-10 bebevele bengenawo u-$400 ebhange wokubhekelela izimo eziphuthumayo ngaphambi isimo esibucayi. Izinto bekumele zibe zimbi kakhulu ngozamcolo wokudilizwa okuhlobene ne-Covid-19. Inkinga eyayisafufusa bekufanele ibe sobala ngisho nonyaka odlule, lapho inhlolovo ye-Morning Consult yabantu abadala base-US abangaba ngu-2,200 yembula ukuthi cishe ingxenye yesine yabantu baseMelika ingena ezikweletini ukuze bakhokhele izidingoโikakhulukazi irenti, izinsiza kanye nokudla.
Ngokusho koMnyango Wezolimo wase-US Ukuvikeleka Kokudla Kwasekhaya e-United States umbiko owakhishwa ngoSepthemba odlule, bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-37 abantu baseMelika abalwa nendlala. Imizi ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyi-15 ithathwe njengokungavikeleki kokudla, ingenakho, ngezinye izikhathi, ukuze ihlinzeke ngokudla okwanele kwawo wonke amalungu omndeni. Lezi zinkinga zikhungethe ngokusobala abantulayo, okuhlanganisa izingane, omakadebona, abadala nabasanda kuphelelwa umsebenzi.
Lesi simo esinzima sabhebhethekiswa yinkinga ye-Covid-19, esebeke ingcindezi ngokushesha ohlelweni lwamabhange okudla ezweni lonke. Futhi imigqa emangalisayo emabhange okudla ikwenza kucace ukuthi isidingo somphakathi ngeke sinciphe maduze.
Ukuphendula le nkinga, ngoMthetho we-CARES, iCongress yabela abantu baseMelika abaningi inkokhelo eqondile yesikhathi esisodwa engu- $ 1,200 - okuwuhlobo lwemali engenayo eyisisekelo (UBI) obekungaba yinto engaqali kwezepolitiki ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane. Nokho lolu sizo belunganele ezigidini zabantu ababhekene nenkinga yezimali.
Maphakathi no-April, u-Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) kanye no-Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), bethula umthetho wokunikeza u-$2,000 ngenyanga kubo bonke abantu baseMelika abaneminyaka engu-16 nangaphezulu benza ngaphansi kuka-$130,000, ngalokho abakubiza ngokuthi Imali Yezimo Eziphuthumayo. yoMthetho Wabantu.
Kusazobonakala ukuthi le ndlela izothathwa yini njengoba iCongress ibheka iphakethe losizo le-Covid-19 elilandelayo.
Enye inketho kungaba ukuhlinzeka ngokuvikeleka kokudla okuqinisekisiwe kuzo zonke izakhamuzi zase-US, kanye nezindlela zokukulethaโukuqinisekisa ukudla ngokwako njengelungelo lomuntu.
Indlela enjalo ingase ibonakale ingenakwenzeka, kodwa cabangela iqiniso lokuthi ukudla kuyisidingo sokuphila. I-Progressives ihlale yenza indaba yokuthi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nemfundo kungamalungelo abantu. Kunganjani ukudla? Futhi yize zingekho emhlabeni wonke, sesivele sinezikhungo โzesikhashanaโ zokuhlinzeka ngalezi zinsizakalo e-United States ebezikhona kudala ngaphambi kobhubhane lwe-Covid-19.
Esikhundleni sohlelo lomshwalense wezempilo okhokha oyedwa ogcwele, sinemodeli yesikhashana ye-Medicare, ekhona kubantu baseMelika abaneminyaka engama-65 nangaphezulu kusukela ngo-1966. Ngemfundo yamahhala yasekolishi, sinamakolishi aphethwe uhulumeni (ngisho namadolobha). ezweni lonkeโsibuyela esibonelweni sokuqala seDolobha laseDolobheni laseNew York elakhiwa ngo-1847โcishe selilungele ukushintshela ezikhungweni ezingafundi lutho ezinikezwa uxhaso olwanele kanye nezimo ezifanele zezombusazwe nezomnotho.
Futhi mayelana nokwandulelayo ekuletheni ukudla njengelungelo lomuntu wonke jikelele, sinezitembu Zokudla, noma lokho okuye kwabizwa, kusukela ngo-2008, Uhlelo Lokusiza Ngokudla Okunempilo (SNAP). Izinguqulo zakuqala zibuyela enkathini ye-New Deal, okuhlanganisa nemizamo kaNobhala WezoLimo u-Henry A. Wallace kanye nomqondisi wokuqala wohlelo, u-Milo Perkins, phakathi kuka-1939 no-1943. Kwakukhona "izinhlelo zokuhlola" ezengeziwe ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, kodwa kwakuyi Umthetho Wesitembu Sokudla ka-1964 owaqinisa umzamo.
Uma uhlelo lwamanje lwe-SNAP oluhlolwe izindlela lungolwesikhashana, isinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo kungaba ukulenza libe yindawo yonke, indima yamanje yezifunda enciphe kakhulu, uma ingaqedwa.
Izinhlelo ezihlolelwe izindlela zivamise ukuba sengozini kwezombusazwe, zihlaselwe njalo ngamalungelo ezepolitiki โnjengeminikeloโ kwabampofu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izinhlelo zomhlaba wonke zithandwa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi esimweni esibucayi, futhi ziqondwa njengezilungele umphakathi. Lokhu kufanele kube yinto elula ukuyenza uma kuziwa ekudleni, ikakhulukazi njengamanje. (Futhi uma kukhona abantu okungenzeka "bangadingi" i-SNAP enwetshiwe, kufanele kube namabhange okudla afanelekayo lapho ikhredithi yabo ye-SNAP inganikelwa khona.)
Ngaphansi kohlelo olunjalo olunwetshiwe lwe-SNAP, abantu abadala banganikezwa u-$300 ngenyanga, kanye no-$225 ngomondli ngamunye. Lesi sibalo singaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwesilinganiso senani elitholwa manje nge-SNAP. Cishe abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-40 abathola izitembu zokudla njengamanje bangazuza ngokushesha kulolu sizo olwandisiwe. Abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-65 njengamanje abathola i-Social Security, okwamanje, bazothola ukukhushulwa okubafaneleyo kumasheke abo anyanga zonke. Le ndlela izophinde inikeze inzuzo kubasebenzi โababalulekileโ abaphambiliโlabo abasebenza ezibhedlela, izicishamlilo, abasebenza ezitolo zegrosa, abashayeli bokulethwa kwezidingo, abasebenzi beposi, abasebenzi basemapulazini, labo abasekhemisi, ezokuthutha, nabanye okuye kwadingeka baqhubeke nokusebenza ukuze badonse umphakathi. emuva ekuweni.
Njengoba sidingida usizo olufanele lwabantu baseMelika ukuze basinde kule nkinga yamanje, okwamanje kunezigaba ezintathu zosizo engxoxweni eya ngqo emphakathini: Inhlanganisela yokusizakala kwenkokhelo yomsebenzi kanye/noma ukuthuthukiswa komshwalense wokungasebenzi; ukuncishiswa, ukubambezeleka, noma ukuthethelelwa kwesikweletu lapho kucutshungulwa imali yezindlu, irenti, izinsiza kanye nemalimboleko yemfundo ephakeme; kanye nokukhululeka kwezokwelashwa kokuhlolwa nokunakekelwa kwe-Covid-19, kuya ngaseMedicare for All.
Impela, umnyakazo wokuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka kokudla kuwo wonke umuntuโi-SNAP yawo wonke umuntuโkufanele kube yingxenye yengxubevange ephaketheni elilandelayo lokusiza umphakathi. Kunokuba sixake amabhange okudla akhona esinawo, bekungeke yini kube ukuhlakanipha ukuqinisekisa wonke umuntu ukudla okuncane ngokuphelele? Ngokusobala, ukondla wonke umuntu ngale mali encane akufanele kubhekwe njengokunethezeka. Ubuncane be-rock-bottom, kanye nendlela yokugcina ukudla njengelungelo elibalulekile.
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