Ehlaya elidala likaGeorge Carlin, umsakazi wezemidlalo we-TV uyamemezela: "Nawa amaphuzu ayingxenye avela e-West Coast - Los Angeles 6."
Kosomahlaya okhaliphile njengo-Carlin - oshicilele phansi amandla enkampani, isakhiwo sekilasi futhi ezombusazwe/abezindaba inkulumo-ze โ lawo ngelinye lamahlaya akhe angenacala. Kodwa ibaluleke kakhulu namuhla njengoba izitolo zezindaba ze-TV zezinkampani zinikeza uchungechunge lwamaphuzu ayingxenye. Kubize ngokuthi โinkulumo-ze ngokungenzi.โ
Thatha udaba olulandele inkulumompikiswano yangoLwesine yeDemokhrasi. UBernie Sanders akazange aphikise engxoxweni ngenkathi uJoe Biden elenga ithegi yentengo ohlelweni lukaSanders lwe-โMedicare for Allโ luka-$30 trillion (ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-10). USanders uphendule ngokunikeza elinye amaphuzu: โKunjalo, Joe. Isimo esikhona eminyakeni eyi-10 sizoba ngu-$50 trillion. Lonke ucwaningo olwenziwe lubonisa ukuthi iMedicare for All iyindlela engabizi kakhulu yokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezempilo kuwo wonke abesilisa, abesifazane, kanye nengane kuleli zwe.โ
Isibalo esingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-50 sokuqhubeka nesimo esikhona (empeleni ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-47) sivela ku-โIphepha Likazwelonke Lezindleko Zezempiloโ Wezikhungo zikahulumeni wobumbano zeMedicare & Medicaid Services.
Ngihlole ukusakazwa kwezindaba ngemuva kwenkulumo-mpikiswano. Njengasehlaya likaCarlin, ngithole izinkomba eziningi kumaphuzu ayingxenye: izindleko ezilinganiselwa ku-$30-32 trillion zomthetho kaSanders. Kodwa hhayi elinye amaphuzu: isilinganiso esibiza kakhulu sokunamathela ohlelweni lapho umshwalense wezempilo uhlinzekwa yizinkampani ezenza inzuzo.
Ngokwesibonelo, ngabuka olwangakusasa ngokujulile kubika nge-CBS Evening News ethatha imizuzu emibili egcwele. (Lokho โkujulileโ kulezi zinsuku ezindabeni zasebusuku.) Isilinganiso sika-$32 trillion besigqamile, kodwa elinye amaphuzu alekiwe โ akukho silinganiso sokuhlala nesimo samanje. Lapho umbiko uphela, i-anchor Nora O'Donnell yagcizelela ukuchema ngokuthi: โLelo isu elibizayo, Ed. Ngiyabonga."
I-CBS ivule umbiko wayo ikhuluma "ngezinhlelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo eziqhutshwa nguhulumeni ezenziwa amaDemocrats akhululekile." Kuyaziwa ukuthi โukunakekelwa kwezempilo okuqhutshwa uhulumeniโiyi a I-GOP/Fox News/imboni yomshuwalense iphuzu lokukhuluma. Njengoba kunjalo "ukuthatha uhulumeniโ kwezokunakekelwa kwempilo. Buza nje Umsakazi we-GOP uFrank Luntz.
Kunjalo, lapho i-Medicare ivele ihlinzeke ngosizo - kungaba kubantu abadala namuhla noma kuwo wonke umuntu kusasa - lokho AKUKHO "ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okuqhutshwa uhulumeni."
Njengoba ngisanda kubhala ku LA Times ephendula umbuzo wokuvota ochemile: โOdokotela nezibhedlela zizimele namuhla ngaphakathi kwe-Medicare e-US (Ngiyazi ngoba ngimdala ngokwanele ukuba ngibe ku-Medicare) - futhi zizohlala zinjalo ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-Medicare for All, njengodokotela. futhi izibhedlela zizimele namuhla ngaphansi kohlelo lwaseCanada lweMedicare for All. Umshwalense uhlinzekwa nguhulumeni; hhayi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo uqobo.โ
Kulula ukuchaza ukuthi kungani i-Medicare for All engabizi kakhulu kunohlelo lomshwalense webhizinisi. I-bureaucracy encane kanye namaphepha amoshayo. Awekho amakhomishana okuthengisa. Asikho isinxephezelo se-CEO esesabekayo - isilinganiso U-$18 million nge-CEO ngayinye yezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ngonyaka odlule. Ayikho inzuzo yenkampani yomshwalense; "izinkampani zomshuwalense wezempilo ezinkulu eziyisi-8" zangena $7 billion ngekota eyodwa ngonyaka odlule.
Kodwa ukudideka, hhayi ukucaca, kuwumsebenzi wezindaba ze-TV - oxhaswe kakhulu yizinkampani zezidakamizwa nezempilo. (Ubusuku ngabunye, i-big pharma ingumxhasi oyinhloko wezindaba zenethiwekhi.) Futhi ukudideka kuwumsebenzi we izikhangiso zemboni futhi osopolitiki bezinkampani like I-Biden, owamukelayo iminikelo eminingi yemboni yezokunakekelwa kwempilo kunanoma yiliphi elinye ikhandidethi leDemocratic Alliance.
Yingakho siqhubeka nokuthola amaphuzu ayingxenye.
Ngaphandle kokwehliswa kwezindleko zezimali, cabanga ngokuncishiswa kwezindleko zomuntu - ubunzima nokukhathazeka - uma izwe lethu lijoyina wonke amanye amazwe acebile ekuzuzeni usizo lwezempilo emhlabeni wonke.
Okusiletha kumaphuzu ayingxenye kwenye inkinga ebangela ubunzima nokukhathazeka namuhla: ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Idili Entsha Eluhlaza isiphakamiso kuCongress ukubhekana nale nkinga, ngenkathi kwakhiwa izigidi zemisebenzi ekhokha kakhulu, kuye kwathiwa โkubiza kakhuluโ โ UMitch McConnell kanye namaRiphabhulikhi ecela ngokungaphezi a ihlanganisiwe futhi hlekisa
NjengaseMedicare Yabo Bonke, abaphezulu abanemali bafuna ukushiya amanye amaphuzu - ithegi yentengo yokunamathela esimweni esikhona esikhathini esizayo uBill McKibben asichaza ngokuthi โiNkathi Yobumnyama yesimanje.โ Kusukela kumaRiphabhulikhi aphika isayensi kuya kumaDemocrats aphika isixazululo afuna ukuhamba kancane "indawo ephakathi,โ kukhona umzamo wokwehlisa izindleko ezibiza kakhulu phika futhi ukubambezeleka, okuhlanganisa: ukukhuphuka kwezilwandle nemifula, iziphepho nezikhukhula ezilimaza kakhulu, isomiso esibhebhethekayo nemililo yequbula, amabhuloho nemigwaqo eqinile, ukwanda kokungcoliswa komoya nokulaliswa esibhedlela, ukufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ukwehluleka kwezitshalo, ukushabalala kwezinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ukusabalala kwezifo ezintsha, ukufuduka okunamandla kanye nesihluku esengeziwe somphakathi. izimpi.
UMcKibben uphikisa ukuthi i-Green New Deal "kubiza amasenti ngedolaโ uma kuqhathaniswa nekusasa elifiphele nelibizayo elabikezelwa ososayensi. UMcKibben, kunjalo, akazixhasi izindaba ze-TV. Imboni kaphethiloli yezinto ezimbiwa phansi iyakwenza.
Ezweni elicebe njengelethu - lapho iziphakamiso eziqhubekayo zokubhekana nezingqinamba zesimo sezulu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nokungalingani kwezenhlalo kuvamile ukudutshulwa ngosopolitiki bezinkampani kanye nabezindaba njengokuthi "kubiza kakhulu" - amazwi kaGeorge Carlin asikhumbuza ukuthi sifune amanye amaphuzu: okwesabekayo. izindleko zesimo sethu esikhona esingalingani nesingasimame.
Jeff Cohen wayenguprofesa ohlangene wobuntatheli e-Ithaca College futhi ongumsunguli weqembu lokubuka abezindaba ANO. Ngo-2011, wasungula iqembu lezishoshovu eziku-inthanethi RootsAction.org. Ungumbhali we โOkuyimfihlo Kwezindaba Zekhebula: Izigigaba Zami Kumidiya Yebhizinisi. "
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