I-Social Security ingenye yezinhlelo zikahulumeni ezidume kakhulu nezithuthukayo e-United States. Kepha amaRepublican, azama ukufihla i-ajenda yawo yangempela, azimisele ukuyisika.
Ukwehla kwamandla emali kuyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka e-United States. Nakuba igesi amanani muva nje iwile kusukela irekhodi labo eliphezulu ehlobo, izindleko zokudla ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-11.4 ngonyaka odlule, futhi kukhona akukho okulindelekile ukuthi bazobuyela emazingeni afanelekile. Amanani ewonke akhuphuke 8.2 amaphesenti, ngokombiko we-U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index ohlanganisa uSepthemba 2022 uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule. Nakuba iningi labantu baseMelika abasebenzayo lingakhushulelwa amaholo amakhulu ukuze kunxeshezelwe ukwehla kwamandla emali, abadala bazobona izinzuzo zabo Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi—ezigxilwe ekwehleni kwamandla emali—bavuke ngonyaka ozayo. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2023, abahlomuli bazobona i- 8.7 amaphesenti ukulungiswa kwe-cost-of-living (COLA) kushayisana ekuhloleni kwabo Ukuphepha Komphakathi.
Ama-Conservatives ayakuhleka lokhu kwanda okuzenzakalelayo, njengokungathi kuyisenzo esikhethekile abaphathi beBiden abapheke ukuze bafumbathise abavoti abadala. Fox News kubika ukuthi kube “nokuhlehla kwenkundla yezokuxhumana” ngokumelene neNhloko Yezabasebenzi eWhite House uRon Klain Tweet situsa izinzuzo ezizayo ezikhuphukayo ze-COLA zabadala. Isitolo siphakamise ukuphawula kwe-Conservative America First Policy Institute kaMarc Lotter, owathi uphendulile kuKlain, “Ngizame Ron. Ukukhulisa imihlomulo ngonyaka ozayo akubasizi asebekhulile ngamanani aphezulu abawakhokhayo namuhla noma amanani aphezulu abebewakhokha selokhu ungenile esikhundleni.”
Kodwa izinzuzo Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi zikhuphuke ngokuzenzekelayo nge-inflation kusukela 1975 ngokuklama, ngokuqondile ukuze izimpilo zabantu abadala zingabonwa ngokuchema. Lena indlela ephusile yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu baseMelika asebathatha umhlalaphansi, abachitha impilo yabo yokusebenza bekhokha izintela Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi, bangaba nemali engenayo eyisisekelo.
Uma ama-conservatives ekhononda ngokuthi i-8.7% iqhuma akwanele ukulwa nokwehla kwamandla emali, umuntu angase alindele ukuthi bafune ngisho okukhulu kwenyukele ezinzuzweni Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi.
Kodwa, njengoba kuvame ukuba njalo ngomqondo wezomnotho olandelanayo, ubuzenzisi buyanda. Intatheli kaHulumeni waseBloomberg uJack Fitzpatrick muva nje kubika ukuthi ama-House Republican amaningana agaqele ukuba ngusihlalo weKomidi Lesabelomali Sendlu yangonyaka ozayo uma iqembu labo liwina iningi okhethweni lukazwelonke lwangoNovemba 2022 benza izinhlelo zokwehliswa, hhayi ukwanda. Banethemba lokuthi bazothuthukisa izingxoxo zokukhulisa isikweletu sika-2023 ngokufuna ukuncishiswa kwe-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare—izinhlelo i-GOP ethanda ukulebula ngokukhohlisayo “amalungelo.”
UFitzpatrick, esebenzisa ulimi olunqunu lwe-Conservatives, uthe abaxoxisana baseRiphabhlikhi "bangase badlale izinhlelo ezinkulu zamalungelo." Elinye lamalungu e-GOP eCongress elibheke ubuholi bekomidi, uBuddy Carter waseGeorgia, ubeza ngohlelo lwakhe, wathi, "Into esigxile kakhulu kuyo kumele ibe ekungakhethini - kufanele kube ngamagunya." Omunye ummeli waseRiphabhulikhi, uJodey Arrington waseTexas, naye owayenethemba lokuba ngusihlalo wekomiti elibalulekile, wakuqonda ukubaluleka kokuqonda lapho edingida ukuncishiswa kwezinhlelo ezithandwa abantu bakhe. Uxwayise ozakwabo baseRiphabhlikhi ukuthi bangacacisi kakhulu ngoba "lokhu kungaba nepolitiki."
Kepha amaRiphabhlikhi abelokhu efuna ukwehliswa kulokho okubizwa ngezinhlelo zamalungelo okungenani iminyaka eyisikhombisa edlule, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Futhi 2021.
Ngokudabukisayo, umhloli weqiniso weWashington Post Glenn Kessler abutholanga bufakazi bokusekela isimangalo sikaSenator weDemocratic Alliance uPatty Murray sokuthi "amaRiphabhlikhi ahlela ukuqeda iSocial Security kanye neMedicare uma ebuyisela iSenethi." Ukuklomelisa uMurray ezine “Pinocchios”—ikholomu Yokuhlola Iqiniso eliphakeme ngangokunokwenzeka ukukala amanga—UKessler waqinisekisa abafundi, ethi, “Ningakhathazeki, bantu abadala: Alukho uhlelo olunjalo.” (Emakhulwini okuphawula esiqeshini, abafundi abaningi babize insizakalo esobala kaKessler kumaRepublicans ekusizeni ukufihla i-ajenda yabo.)
I-Social Security ingenye yezinhlelo ezinhle kakhulu, ezixhaswe kakhulu nguhulumeni esizweni. Ngisanda kuchaza ukusebenza kwayo kubazali bami abasuka e-United Arab Emirates baya e-U.S. ngonyaka odlule. Isiko abajwayelene nalo emazweni afana ne-UAE “lemali yesihle” noma yokuyekwa, ekhokhelwa abasebenzi abathatha umhlalaphansi—imali eyimali eyisamba—ngokusekelwe emholweni wabo kanye nenani leminyaka abasetshenziwe.
Ngachaza ukuthi ngokuphambene nalokho, abasebenzi base-US bakhokha iphesenti elincane lomholo wabo esikhwameni seSocial Security impilo yabo yonke yokusebenza. Lapho sebethatha umhlalaphansi, abasebenzi bakhipha isamba sanyanga zonke ngokusekelwe eholweni labo, iminyaka abayisebenzile, kanye nezindleko zokuphila zamanje. Nakuba lokhu kungase kuzwakale kuheha njengokwamukela isamba semali ngesikhathi esisodwa, izinkokhelo zanyanga zonke azisoze zaphela futhi zihlale kusukela ekuthatheni umhlalaphansi kuze kube sekufeni. Abazali bami bahlabeka umxhwele ngokufanelekile.
Kulo nyaka, ukugubha iminyaka engu-87 ye-Social Security, Idatha Yenqubekelaphambili kutholwe kunhlolovo ukuthi uhlelo luhlala ludume kakhulu nokuthi iningi labavoti lifuna ukukhulisa izinzuzo.
Labo ababuzwayo baphinde bakhathazeka ngokuthi iCongress inganciphisa izinzuzo zamanje noma zesikhathi esizayo, noma yenze uhlelo lube yimfihlo. Iningi belingakaze lizwe ngezinhlelo zeRiphabhulikhi zokusikeka, nokho, liphakamisa ukuthi imizamo yokufihla i-ajenda yangempela ye-GOP isisebenzile.
Futhi, iningi belithanda isixazululo esilula sokuqinisekisa ukuthi izimali zeSocial Security azipheli njengoba imali engenayo kwehle ngenxa yokwanda kokungalingani, futhi iminyaka yokuphila inyukile: yenza abacebile bakhokhe isabelo sabo esifanelekile. Izintela ezikhokhelwa yi-Social Security ziyizintela i-capped emholweni wama- $147,000 njengamanje (futhi kusukela ngo-2023 kuzokwenyusa amaphesenti angu-9 $160,200). Lokho kusho ukuthi labo abahola isigidi samadola ngonyaka ngo-2022 bakhokha inani elifanayo ku-Social Security njengalabo abahola u-$150,000. Ukukhipha ikepisi iqinisekisa ukuthi isikhwama sizohlala siqinile futhi sizinzile.
I-Social Security, naphezu kwamaphutha athile, futhi ingenye yezinhlelo zezwe ezithuthuka kakhulu, ezisiza ukuqhubekisela phambili ubulungiswa bobuhlanga nobulili phakathi kwabantu abadala baseMelika.
Ngokusho the Gxila Kwibhajethi Nezinto eziseqophelweni Lenqubomgomo (CBPP), “Ukuvikeleka Komphakathi kuwumthombo obaluleke kakhulu wemali engenayo yamaqembu anemali ephansi kanye nethuba elincane lokonga nokuhola impesheni, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi abamnyama nabaseLatino kanye nemindeni yabo, ababhekana nezinga eliphezulu lobumpofu phakathi nokuphila kwabo kokusebenza nasebudaleni. .”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, I-CBPP ithola ukuthi “Social Security kubaluleke kakhulu kwabesifazane, ngenxa yokuthi bathambekele ekuholeni kancane kunamadoda, bathatha isikhathi esengeziwe kubasebenzi abakhokhelwayo, baphila isikhathi eside, baqongelela imali encane, futhi bathola izimpesheni ezincane.”
Ngaphandle kokubekezelela izifiso zeRiphabhulikhi zokunqamula uhlelo, alucishe luphane ngendlela obekufanele lube ngayo. A ukuqhathanisa komhlaba wonke yezinzuzo zomhlalaphansi zikahulumeni ezenziwe yi-Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ngo-2019 ithole ukuthi i-U.S. ibeke endaweni yama-24 ngenani lezinzuzo zezisebenzi nezinzuzo. Lokhu kungaphansi kwesilinganiso emazweni e-OECD, futhi kuphansi kunezinzuzo ezikhokhwa amazwe afana neTurkey, Greece, Estonia, kanye neLatvia, naphezu kokuthi i-U.S. isizwe esicebe kakhulu emhlabeni.
Ngamanye amazwi, kunesisekelo sokugxeka okokugcina ukuthi ukukhuphuka okungamaphesenti angu-8.7 ezinzuzweni Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi okuhlelelwe u-2023 akwanele. Kodwa ikhambi liwukwenza izinzuzo Okuningi ophanayo, kunokunqamula uhlelo njengoba amaRiphabhulikhi ehlose ukwenza.
Lesi sihloko sakhiwe ngu Umnotho Wabo Bonke, iphrojekthi ye-Independent Media Institute.
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