UTony Maxwell, isikhulu samasosha asemanzini ase-Afrika naseMelika eselathatha umhlalaphansi, ubezama - ngaphandle kwempumelelo enkulu - ukuthola umakhelwane wakhe wase-Jacksonville, eFlorida ukuthi ahambe naye okhethweni lwamaphakathi nonyaka futhi avote. Umakhelwane osemncane, owashiya esikoleni esiphakeme, wayengenaso isithakazelo sokugibela.
โUkuvota,โ insizwa limenyezelwe, โayishintshi lutho.โ
Leso simo sengqondo sokukhathala emhlabeni sifanela abanye abantu baseMelika - labo abahlezi phezu komnotho wethu ongalingani ngokujulile - kulungile. Laba abadla izambane likapondo abafuni ukuthi izinto zishintshe. Basebenze kanzima kakhulu ukuhlanganisa iqoqo lezinhlaka nezinqubomgomo ezigcina ingcebo yabo iphephile futhi ikhula, ngezindleko zawo wonke umuntu.
Manje amaDemocrats, ngenxa yemibandela yangoLwesibili emaphakathi, aneningi elikhululekile elisebenzayo e-US House of Representatives. Ingabe lamaDemocrat angasebenzisa leli ningi elisanda kutholwa ukuze afinyelele leya nsizwa ephelelwe ithemba e-Jacksonville? Konke lokho kuncike - ekushisekeleni kwabo ukucabanga okukhulu nesibindi, ekuzimiseleni kwabo ukubekela inselele ingcebo egxilile namandla avimba izinto ukuthi zingashintshi.
Noma iyiphi inselele enjalo, vele, ngeke ikhiqize umthetho omusha obalulekile esikhathini esizayo. Amademokhrasi angase abe neNdlu eza ngoJanuwari, kodwa amaRiphabhulikhi alandelanayo asazolawula iSenethi futhi abe nomngane onomqondo ofanayo e-White House. Eminyakeni emibili ezayo, ukuthola noma yimuphi umthetho omusha omkhulu nogqamile ube ngumthetho kuzoba yinto engenakwenzeka.
Kepha ukuphishekela umthetho onjalo kungasikhomba - futhi kusihambise - ngendlela enhle. Ukubamba nje izigcawu mayelana nomthetho othatha amandla ethu ezomnotho, ukukhuthaza imibuthano kulo mthetho nokuthatha amavoti aphansi kuwo, kungathumela yonke iMelika umlayezo onika amandla lolo shintsho olubalulekile. can kwenzeka ngokuzenzakalelayo.
Lolu hlobo lokusunduza okunolaka nokuqhubekayo, ngokuqinisekile, lungamela ikhefu elikhulu esikhathini esedlule seDemocratic Party. Izikhulu eziningi zeCongressional amaDemocrats azinqobile emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule aqhelelene nanoma yini enkulu futhi enesibindi. Izinguquko ezigqugquzelwe yilezi zikhulu zivame ukuba inkimbinkimbi futhi ziqaphe kakhulu - futhi zifakwe engcupheni enkulu ngenxa yokwesaba ukucasula abangaba abanikeli abajulile be-Democratic Party.
Lokho kwesaba kungase kudambe. Idlanzana lamaDemocrats aphambili anamehlo okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2020 - kanye nosayizi okhulayo wesisekelo sezishoshovu eziqhubekayo zeqembu - abe neziphakamiso ezithuthukisiwe zonyaka odlule ezingasiza ukuvusa uguquko lwangempela kokuthi ubani ophethe futhi ophethe iMelika.
USenator Bernie Sanders waseVermont waqala ukugingqika kwebhola elikhulu nelinesibindi ngomkhankaso wakhe wokuba ngumongameli wango-2016. Usangeza imibono emisha engxubeni yezepolitiki. Kulo Septhemba odlule, ngokwesibonelo, uSanders wethula umthetho ozokwenza vimbela abaphathi bezinkampani kusukela kubasebenzi abahola kancane ukuze bazenzele ezabo izidleke zenani eliphelele.
Ngaphansi kwalesi siphakamiso esisha sakwaSanders, izinkampani ezinabasebenzi abangu-500 noma ngaphezulu kuzodingeka zikhokhe intela ilingana nezindleko yezinzuzo ze-federal safety-net - kusukela ezinhlelweni ezifana nezitembu zokudla kanye ne-Medicaid - abasebenzi babo abahola kancane kufanele bathembele kuzo.
USenator u-Elizabeth Warren waseMassachusetts uphonsela inselelo ukuhaha kwebhizinisi nokubamba, futhi. I-Accountable Capitalism Act, yethulwe ngo-Agasti odlule, uzophinde agxile izinkampani ezinkulu ekusebenzeleni โhhayi nje abaninimasheya kodwa nabasebenzi babo nemiphakathi.โ Lesi siphakamiso sikaWarren sizobeka eceleni amaphesenti angama-40 ezihlalo zebhodi yezinkampani zabaqondisi bezinkampani ezikhethwa yizisebenzi zezinkampani.
UWarren naye ucabanga kakhulu futhi unesibindi ngaphambili kwezindlu. Isiphakamiso sakhe se-American Housing and Economic Mobility Act sizotshala amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-450 kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo ibhange โukwakhiwa nokugcinwa kwezindlu ezifinyeleleka emindenini esebenzayo.โ Ukunciphisa ithegi yentengo kulo mzamo, Isinyathelo sikaWarren ingakhuphula intela yezindlu emindenini ecebe kakhulu yezwe eyizi-10,000.
USenator Cory Booker waseNew Jersey uyabheka ekusunguleni uhlelo olusha โlwesibopho somntwanaโ oluzohlose โukuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke izingane,โ hhayi nje izingane eziphuma emakhaya acebile, โzinempahla ebalulekile lapho zingena ebudaleni,โ imali efinyelela ku-$50,000 yezingane ezivela emindenini empofu. Ingxenye enkulu yamadola yamabhondi ezingane zikaBooker izovela ekukhuphuleni izinga lentela enzuzweni yemali, imali engenayo egeleza kakhulu iye kwabacebile baseMelika.
USenator Kamala Harris waseCalifornia, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ulwela isikweletu sentela esingakhuphula iholo lemibhangqwana eyenza izibalo ezingaphansi kweziyisithupha kuze kufike ku-$500 ngenyanga.
"Ikhodi yethu yentela," u-Harris kuphawulwe ngenyanga edlule lapho ememezela uhlelo lwakhe oluthi โLIFT the Middle Class Actโ, โkufanele lubonise izindinganiso zethu futhi esikhundleni sokwephucwa kwentela okwengeziwe kumaphesenti angu-1 aphezulu nezinkampani, kufanele siphakamise izigidi zemindeni yaseMelika.โ
Eminye imibono yokuvelela yokuphonsela inselelo ukuqoqwa komnotho waseMelika kanye namandla ivela kubashoshovu abathuthukayo kanye nezifundiswa. U-Matt Bruenig Womklamo Wenqubomgomo Yabantu wenze isiphakamiso "i-American Social Wealth Fund," ibhizinisi elizimele lokutshalwa kwezimali lomphakathi elingathatha "imijovo yemali ejwayelekile evela kuhulumeni" futhi "ikhokhe njalo izabelo zezabelo kubanikazi bamasheya bayo - bonke abantu abadala baseMelika - ngokususelwa esilinganisweni seminyaka emihlanu ye- ukusebenza kahle kokutshalwa kwezimali kwesikhwama.โ
Izimali zalesi sikhwama sobumbano zizovela ezinhlobonhlobo zezintela zengcebo yangasese, yonke into kusukela enteleni yokuhlanganiswa kwezinkampani kanye nokutholwayo kuya enkokhelweni entsha kuma-IPO - ukunikezwa kokuqala komphakathi - lowo mdlalo we-Wall Streeters wokushaya ama-jackpots emakethe yesitoko.
Eminye imibono emikhulu nenesibindi iyangena ivela phesheya kwezilwandle, ikakhulukazi i-British Labour Party. NgoSepthemba odlule, isikhulu esiphezulu seqembu lezomnotho, uJohn McDonnell, wabiza umthetho lokho kungadinga izinkampani ezinkulu zase-UK ukuthi zidlulisele iphesenti elingu-1 lesitoko sazo ngonyaka, phakathi neshumi leminyaka, libe yisikhwama esikhethekile esihlomulisa abasebenzi, abazobe sebethola i-dividend yonyaka.
Ngonyaka odlule, iLabour Party yagunyaza isiphakamiso esiqine nakakhulu sokunciphisa ukuhlukaniswa kwamaholo phakathi kwabaphathi bezinkampani nabasebenzi. Abasebenzi bafuna uhulumeni anqabe izinkontileka zezimpahla nemisebenzi ezinkampanini ezizimele ezikhokhela abaphathi bazo abaphezulu ngokuphindwe ka-20 kunabasebenzi bazo.
Lowo mbono wokusebenzisa isikhwama somphakathi ekulweni nokungalingani, kuphawula uSarah Anderson we-Institute for Policy Studies, usuvele wavela e-United States. Izifunda ezinhlanu kuze kube manje sebewubonile umthetho yethule ukuthi ikhawulela noma inqabela amadola entela ezinkampanini eziklomelisa abaphathi abakhulu ngezindleko zabasebenzi.
Iningi elisha leDemokhrasi eNdlu yabaMeli linganikeza imibono efana nalena esakazwayo nenkulumo-mpikiswano, kanye nesigaba esisha salelo ningi - esifanekiselwa ngowesifazane omncane kunabo bonke owake wakhethwa ukuba abe yiCongress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - ngokuqinisekile unokuzinikela okuqhubekayo nothando. ukuheha abantu abaningi baseMelika kuleyo nkulumo.
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