Lungela ukuzwa okuningi mayelana nokubhaka kule sizini yomkhankaso.
Uma kukhulunywa ngendlela ingcebo esatshalaliswa ngayo kuleli zwe, elithi “pie” liyisingathekiso esithandwayo se-pundit. Abanye osopolitiki bafuna "ukuphinda bahlukanise uphaya," ngakho ucezu lwawo wonke umuntu lulingana ngosayizi.
Kodwa lokho "i-socialism," abanye ochwepheshe bayathethisa. Kungcono ukuthemba osozigidigidi bethu nosozigidi ukuthi "bakhulise uphaya" ube mkhulu kangangokuthi wonke umuntu waseMelika abe nocezu olukhulu.
Umlobi we-New York Times uThomas Friedman wanelisa kancane lokhu muva nje. UMichael Bloomberg, uFriedman wachaza, ungumfana okhulayo. UBernie Sanders, uxwayise ngokuthi, ungumuntu ophinde ahlukanise phakathi.
I-Bloomberg inesamba semali elinganiselwa ku-$50 billion. Bekuzodingeka akhulise uphaya ube mkhulu kangakanani ukuze wonke amakhaya aseMelika athole ucezu olukhulu njengolwakhe? Ngokwezibalo zami, lokho kungadinga ukukhushulwa okungamaphesenti angama-500,000 kusayizi wengcebo isiyonke yaseMelika - ibe ngaphezu kwama- $600 quadrillion.
Ake simise okungokoqobo umzuzu owodwa futhi senze sengathi kungenzeka ukukhulisa uphayi ngephesenti elilodwa nje elikhulu kangako, kuma-$1 quadrillion nje kuphela - izikhathi ezingu-6 kunosayizi wamanje kaphaya. Ngabe uBloomberg kanye nozakwabo bezigidigidi bangafuna ukwabelana ngokukhula kukaphaya ngokulinganayo nathi sonke, noma bazozama ukukhulisa izingcezu zabo zibe zikhudlwana?
Ngifake umbala ongefani, kodwa angingabazi ukuthi uma iMelika ikwazile ukukhulisa ophaya bayo ngokuphindwe ka-60, labo zigidigidi bebezobe bezenza osomabhiliyoni - singase sibone i-quadrillionaire yethu yokuqala.
Uyabona, sesike saphila kulokhu kuhlolwa.
Ngo-1982, lapho uRonald Reagan encishiswa intela enkulu kwabacebile, umcebo waseMelika wawungu-$10 trillion. Kusukela lapho, inyuke ngokuphindwe kashumi - futhi sihlangabezane nokuqoqwa kwengcebo edlula ngisho neNkathi Yokuthula yasekuqaleni kwawo-1900.
Imindeni ecebe kakhulu yaseMelika - i-Kochs, i-Mars, ne-Waltons - yandisa ingcebo yayo ngamaphesenti angama-6,000, kuyilapho umndeni waseMelika ophakathi unyathela amanzi. Imindeni yase-Afrika-yaseMelika yaphazamiseka, yahlangabezana ne-a Amaphesenti angama-50 ehla engcebweni yasekhaya emaphakathi.
Futhi ngemva kwakho konke lokho kukhula, amaphesenti angu-40 abantu abadala baseMelika ungenayo imali ukuphatha izindleko eziphuthumayo zama- $ 400.
Okuhlekisayo, akekho ovela esixukwini se-grow-the-pie owake wachaza ukuthi kungani ukukhulisa uphaya esikhathini esizayo kungasiza abantu baseMelika abajwayelekile - hhayi ngemuva kokukhula okukhulu emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule okwenzele i-bubkus kubo.
Iphuzu elibalulekile: Ukukhulisa uphaya, ngokwakho, ngeke kuwunqamule.
Ingabe ukuphinda uhlukanise uphaya kunamandla, noma ingabe uBernie Sanders ukhuluma nje uphaya esibhakabhakeni (kuhloswe ukuthi kube nepun)?
Empeleni, kuyakwenza. Kancane kancane. Ukuhlukanisa uphaya wanamuhla wamabhiliyoni ayi-100 waseMelika ngokulinganayo phakathi kwemizi yawo eyizigidi eziyi-125 kuzonikeza umuzi ngamunye ucezu lwama-$800,000. Khulisa lowophaya ngamaphesenti angama-25 angafezeka ngokwangempela kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo, futhi sinesizwe sosozigidi.
Abaningi bangaphikisa ngokuthi ukunikeza umuzi ngamunye ucezu olulinganayo kuyoba okungalungile noma okuphambene. Futhi lokho kuyimpikiswano enhle ukuba nayo. Kodwa ukuphakamisa ukuthi uphaya awukabi mkhulu ngokwanele ukuhlinzeka bonke abantu baseMelika kungamanga.
Kuningi ongakuhamba. Inkinga ukuthi isihlobo semindeni esinedlanzana sinezingcezu ezinkulu kangangokuthi abasoze baqeda ukuzidla, kuyilapho izigidi zabantu baseMelika ziphila ngemvuthuluka.
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Nikela