Ngemuva kokuthi ukhetho lwaseGreece lufake ukwesaba ezinhliziyweni zabagcini bamabhange bomhlaba, ukwehla kwamandla emali kusalokhu kungaqiniseki. Uma ukhetho olulandelayo lwaseGreece lukhiqiza uhulumeni omelene ne-austerity, iGreece cishe izophuma ngokushesha ku-euro. Uma lokhu kwenzeka - futhi kubukeka kungenakugwema - imiphumela yomnotho womhlaba iba mubi ngendlela emangalisayo. Nokho abezindaba baseMelika kanye nosopolitiki base-US bathule kakhulu ngalolu daba, cishe sengathi akwenzeki lutho.
Kuzokwenzekani uma iGreece ishiya i-Euro? Amabhange angaphandle abambe $ 90 billion esikweletini samaGrikhi emphakathini nasezimbonini ezizimele. Lokhu kulahlekelwa okukhulu kungawisa kahle amabhange eYurophu naphesheya.
Futhi, amazwe e-Euro adonsa kanzima njenge-Italy, Spain, Portugal kanye ne-Ireland azobona izindleko zawo zokuboleka zikhuphuka kakhulu, njengoba abacebile bazobe bengabaza kakhulu ukumosha imali yokutshala emazweni ayingozi e-Euro, eqinisekisa ukwehla okwengeziwe kokutakulwa nokuqothuka.
Angakanani amathuba okuphuma kwe-euro yamaGreki? Umagazini we-Conservative Economist imibiko:
"Uma iGreece yenqaba ibheyili yesibili noma isalele emuva kakhulu ohlelweni lwayo [lokukhokha izikweletu kanye nokwehliswa kwezinkampani zikahulumeni], ukuphuma kwayo kungase kungenzeki."
Lesi simo sibonakala senzeka ngokwandayo, njengoba abavoti baseGreece sebekhathele ukusekela osopolitiki abaqhubeka nokuhlasela iningi lezindinganiso zokuphila zabavoti ngokusebenzisa izinqubomgomo ezinkulu zokuqiniswa (ukuncishiswa kwemisebenzi, izinhlelo zezenhlalakahle kanye nomkhakha womphakathi jikelele).
Ngabe i-US izothinteka kanjani ngokuwohloka kwe-European Union? I-Bank for International Settlements izimangalo ukuthi amabhange aseMelika aboleke amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-96.8 emazweni abuthaka kakhulu aseYurophu emkhakheni kahulumeni kanye nezizimele, nenye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-275.8 zamaRandi kumabhange aseJalimane nawaseFrance, azohlupheka ngokuqondile uma izizwe ezibuthakathaka ziminza.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-European Union iyi-U.S.' uzakwethu omkhulu wokuhweba; Ukuthunyelwa kwe-U.S. ku-EU kuzokwehla ngokushesha uma isimo esingenhla senziwa.
Okusiletha ekuthuleni kosopolitiki base-US ngalolu daba. Izinyathelo ezinkulu ze-austerity eziqhubeza iYurophu emaphethelweni enguquko zibambezelekile ezingeni likahulumeni e-US kuze kube ngemuva kokhetho lwangoNovemba. Bese, isabelomali okuvame ukudingidwa ngaso "abathumbeli bempahla" sizoqala ukusebenza - ukuncishiswa okuzenzakalelayo ekusetshenzisweni kwenhlangano kwezigidigidi ezingu-$100, minyaka yonke kuze kube ngu-2021.
Futhi, ngemva kokhetho umshwalense wokungasebenzi othuthukisiwe uphelelwa yisikhathi, njengoba kwenza intela yokukhokha yenhlangano. Uhlelo luka-Obama lokukhuthaza olusekela izifundazwe kanye nohulumeni bamadolobha lwaphuma ekupheleni kuka-2011, lwengeza ubuhlungu enkingeni yokushoda okuqhubekayo ezweni lonke.
Kungenzeka ukuthi i-U.S. kungenzeka ukuthi isivele ingena kabusha ekuwohlokeni komnotho "okusemthethweni", nakuba ukwehla komnotho kungazange kuhambe; umbiko wemisebenzi ka-April ubonise ukuthi ngamaphesenti angu-63.6 kuphela abantu base-U.S. abaqashiwe noma bafuna umsebenzi ngokuzimisela, aphansi eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu.
Osopolitiki baseMelika - amaDemocrats namaRepublicans - babumbene esu lokulwa nomnotho ontengantengayo ngokusebenzisa isu laseYurophu lokuzibophezela. Zombili izinhlangothi sezisebenze ngokubambisana ukunqamula imisebenzi kahulumeni eyizi-600,000 (iningi okungowasekhaya) kusukela ngo-2009, kwacekela phansi izinsiza ezilethwa yilaba basebenzi kule nqubo (imfundo ibihloswe kakhulu).
Lezi zinombolo zizophuma ibhaluni lapho imiphumela yosizi lwase-Europe ifinyelela ogwini lwaseMelika. Ukuthula kwezombangazwe ngaleli qiniso kuyisu elihle kubameleli bezombangazwe bezinkampani zase-U.S.; uma abantu abasebenzayo bengakulungele kakhulu ukuthola izindlela zokunciphisa izindleko, kuba lula ukukusebenzisa (lokho uNaomi Klein akubiza ngokuthi i-Shock Doctrine).
Ngakho-ke, abantu abasebenzayo e-U.S. kudingeka bafunde ukukhuluma isiGreek, futhi bamukele isiqubulo esithandwa kakhulu esenqaba izinyathelo zokuqiniswa imali: Tax the Rich! Ngamanye amazwi, yenza abacebile bakhokhele inselele abayidalile. Empeleni lokhu kusho ukuthi, esikhundleni sokuncishiswa okukhulu kwemisebenzi, ukwehliswa kwemfundo nokunakekelwa kwezempilo, intela yabacebile nezinkampani kufanele inyuswe; amabhange kufanele abekwe ngaphansi kolawulo lomphakathi kunokuba atakulwe ngemali yomphakathi; umkhakha kahulumeni kufanele uxhaswe ngokugcwele futhi unwetshwe kunokuba uzimele futhi uncishiswe.
I-Austerity yilapho abacebile bezama ukusunduza imiphumela yokuwohloka kwabo emihlane yabantu abasebenzayo, abadinga kuphela ukuhlehla ngokuhlanganyela futhi baphoqe u-1% ukuthi akhokhe.
UShamus Cooke ungumsebenzi wezenhlalakahle, isazi sezinyunyana, kanye nomlobi we-Workers Action (www.workerscompass.org).
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