Njengoba sonke sazi, izinkampani ezinkulu zase-US kanye nabaphathi bazo abakhulu yibo abahlomula kakhulu kulokho okubizwa ngokuguqulwa kwentela kukaTrump ngo-2017. A umbiko omusha kusukela ku-Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), ngokusekelwe kumarekhodi angu-379 we fortune Izinkampani ezingama-500, zisitshela ukuthi zihlomule kangakanani. Okunye okuvelele:
- Izinkampani ezingu-91 zikhokhe ngempumelelo [okungukuthi, amanani angempela] entela anguziro noma ngaphansi emalini engenayo yango-2018 yase-US. Izinga labo lentela elisebenzayo elimaphakathi libe libi ngamaphesenti angama-5.9. Izinga lentela elibi lisho ukuthi inkampani ithola imbuyiselo evela ku-IRS. [Phakathi kwamagama ajwayelekile kulesi sigaba kukhona iDowDuPont, IBM, Century Link, Levi Strauss, Duke Energy, Chevron, Amazon, kanye neNetflix.]
- Izinkampani ezingama-56 zikhokhe izilinganiso zentela ezisebenzayo phakathi kwamaphesenti anguziro namaphesenti angu-5 ngo-2018. Izinga lazo lentela elisebenzayo eliphakathi lalingu-2.2%.
- Ingxenye ephelele yezinkampani zesampula yethu, ezingu-195 kwezingama-379, zikhokhe amanani entela asebenzayo ayengaphansi kwengxenye yesilinganiso esisha esingokomthetho [kumaphesenti angama-21. Qaphela ukuthi kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2015, izinga lentela elisemthethweni noma elisemthethweni lalingamaphesenti angama-35.]
- Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izinkampani ezingama-57 (cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwesithupha yezinkampani kulo mbiko), zikhokhe amanani entela asebenzayo angaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-21 ngo-2018, ngokuvamile ngenxa yokuthi zikhokha izintela ezazihoxiswe eminyakeni edlule. Izinga labo lentela elisebenzayo elimaphakathi libe ngamaphesenti angama-26.9.
Izinkampani zingase zingakhokheli imali encane kangaka ngokusebenzisa izintuba ezivamile zentela, ziqale ngohlu olubanzi lwemali ebanjwayo evumelekile, ukushintsha ukukhiqizwa emazweni anentela ephansi, kanye neqhinga elithile lokubala imali. Njengoba sekuyisikhathi eside kuyiqiniso, izinkampani ezihlomula ngekhefu lentela ziyisebenzisela ukuthengwa kwesitoko, izabelo zabanikazi bamasheya, kanye neholo elikhulayo labaphethe, hhayi (njengoba ngokuvamile bethembisa) ukutshala kubasebenzi noma imishini emisha. Umphumela? Ngenkathi mina nawe sikhokha izintela, izinkampani ezinkulu zifaka inzuzo yazo ephaketheni, zifake isandla ekushoda kwesigidigidi esingu-$1 kusabelomali sikaTrump samanje. Njengoba umbiko we-ITEP uthi:
Ngo-2018, izinkampani ezingama-379 zithole ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-765 ngenzuzo engaphambi kwentela e-United States. Ukube yonke leyo nzuzo ibibikiwe kwa-IRS futhi intela ngenani lentela lebhizinisi elingamaphesenti angama-21, izinkampani ezingama-379 bezizokhokha cishe amabhiliyoni angama-161 entela yentela ngonyaka ka-2018.
Ngaphandle kokwenyusa izinga lentela ezinkampanini, i-ITEP inikeza lezi ezinye iziphakamiso zokulunga kwentela:
- Susa ukunikezwa kwezindleko ezigcwele . . . bese uthatha isinyathelo esilandelayo bese ususa konke ukwehla okusheshisiwe, nakho.
- Nciphisa ikhono lezobuchwepheshe nezinye izinkampani lokusebenzisa izinketho zesitoko eziphezulu ukuze zinciphise izintela zazo ngokukhiqiza “izindleko” ezedlula kude lokho izinkampani ezikutholayo.
- Ukuphoqelela uhlelo lwentela lomhlaba wonke ezinhlanganweni zaseMelika, ukuze zikhokhe inani lentela elifanayo enzuzweni kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zibika ukuthi zithole leyo nzuzo e-US noma phesheya kwezilwandle, kuyilapho ziqhubeka nokuvumela ikhredithi yentela ekhokhwa kohulumeni bangaphandle.
- Buyisela intela eqinile ye-Alternative Minimum Tax.
- Khulisa ukubonakala obala ngokudinga ukudalulwa komphakathi kwezwe nezwe kolwazi lwezezimali lwenkampani, ngokugcwalisa ku-Securities and Exchange Commission.
Izintela zezinkampani manje zithatha iphesenti elilodwa kuphela lesabelomali sikahulumeni, uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti amane eminyakeni yamuva. Nokho ababili kuphela abantu—u-Elizabeth Warren noBernie Sanders—abalokotha bakhulume ngokuvala izintuba zentela ezinkampanini ezinkulu noma ukubeka “intela yengcebo” kosozigidigidi. Futhi bheka lokho iCongress esanda kuvumelana nakho ngomthethosivivinywa wentela: ukuphathwa okukhethekile kwabadayisi, abanikazi bemijaho yamahhashi, futhi bahlanganisa nezinye izithakazelo nababambe iqhaza abahle, kodwa hhayi ikhefu lentela elilodwa ukuze kuzuze izakhamuzi ezivamile, futhi-ke akukho sinyathelo ngezikhala zentela yenkampani. Ubudlelwane obunjalo bezinhlangothi ezimbili!
Amademokhrasi kufanele aphonselwe inselelo yokuthi athembise izinguquko zangempela zentela, kuqalwe ngokugwema intela yebhizinisi. Ikona ukweba kusukela ezinhlelweni ezithinta izithakazelo zomuntu okuthiwa amaDemocrats ayazisekela: ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabo bonke, imisebenzi enesithunzi, izimpendulo ezizwakalayo ekushintsheni kwesimo sezulu, kanye nentuthuko enkulu emfundweni yomphakathi.
UMel Gurtov, ogunyazwe ngu PeaceVoice, unguProfesa Emeritus Wesayensi Yezombangazwe e-Portland State University kanye namabhulogi at In Interesting Abantu.
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