Ama-Cheers amathathu we-Gridlock

Lelo gumbi elincane eligcwele intuthu lapho ukuphelelwa ithemba kwethu kanye ne-paranoia kusithambekela ekucabangeni inani elincane labantu ababi eligijima emhlabeni elikhohliwe ngokucacile ukubeka iso ku-Republican Party.

Inhlangano edumile izabalazile ukumisa izinhlekelele ezizayo njenge-NAFTA-on-steroids Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), kodwa ukuxoshwa kuka-John Boehner njengoSomlomo Wendlu kumisa noma yini. Ngenkathi izifundo zezazi zibona uhulumeni wase-US njenge-oligarchy, ngokusekelwe kubani osebenza kuye ngempela, ukuxabana kweqembu elincane kungase kuvele kugibele ukuhlenga intando yeningi - ngengozi kunjalo.

U-Boehner ubengangeneleli ohlangothi lwesokudla kwamanye amaRiphabhulikhi eNdlu Yabamele, ubenenkani enganele futhi emelene no-Obama. Igunya likaSomlomo omusha kuzoba ukuphikisa ukufa noma yini eyeseka u-Obama. U-Obama angase aziphonse esidlangalaleni ngemuva kokugcina iGuantanamo ivuliwe, kanti indawo izobe ivaliwe ngoLwesine.

Niyabo, kusukela kude ngale kweBeltway kwesinye isikhathi kufanele sijeqeze amehlo ukuze sibone umehluko phakathi kwamaqembu amabili. Kodwa ngokubona kwabo, elinye iqembu lingomsebenzi ongcwele kanti elinye linobubi. Futhi idlanzana labantu baseMelika abasazihlupha ngokuvota bathanda ukungalingani labo abakwaziyo nokubona umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwala maqembu womabili. Ngakho-ke, amakhandidethi akhethwa ngenhloso yobuwula yokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu yokuphikisa noma yini enye inhlangano.

Iqiniso elingaziwa elivame ukwenza lokhu kubukeke njengobuwula kodwa okuthi, uma kuthathwa kude ngokwanele, kungaba yinsindiso yethu, ukuthi izinhlangothi zombili ziyavumelana ezintweni eziningi ezinkulu. Bobabili bafuna izivumelwano zohwebo ezinkulu ezicekela phansi umsebenzi kanye nemvelo, isibonelo. Bazoklabalasa bodwa mayelana nokuhushulwa kwezisu kodwa baqede lezo zivumelwano zombuso, ngokumelene nanoma ikuphi ukuphikiswa komphakathi. Ngaphandle-ke, mhlawumbe, bafungile kulokho okudlulayo ekuhlonipheni kwabo ukuphikisa noma yini enye inhlangano esekelayo.

Manje nakhu lapho lokhu kungaba kuhle kakhulu. Iningi lalokho iCongress echitha imali ngonyaka ngamunye (amanye ama-54% emali esetshenziswa ngokubona manje) yinto eyodwa eminyangweni eminingi: ezempi. Umgubho womhlaba wonke uma umthethosivivinywa wezindleko zezempi wase-US wake wavinjwa wawuzoba phezulu cishe kuyo yonke imikhosi yabantu edlule. Kodwa kanjani ukumisa eyodwa? Inkulumo kaPapa ngokusobala ngeke ikwenze. Ababhikishi abakhishwa ezigcawini zamakomiti abakenzi. Amavoti emibono yomphakathi abhaliswa kancane. Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-14 yomkhankaso wezempi oyingozi kakhulu, iCongress ibonakala inelisekile ngokuqhubekayo. Ngaphandle kwalapho, mhlawumbe, ukungezwani kwezinhlangothi kungase kungeniswe engxoxweni. (Ngicabanga ukuzibophezela kweDemokhrasi ekungadluliseni imali yezempi ngaphandle kwamalungelo aphelele amasosha ashintsha ubulili.)

I-Gridlock ivamise ukukhaliswa abezindaba base-US, kodwa uma iningi lalokho okwenziwayo kulimaza, kufanele sisebenzele ukwenza lula i-gridlock. Ukukhipha imali ebhange? Cha ngiyabonga. Ixhase inkampani yamalahle? Ngizokudlulisa. Yehlisa izintela kusozigidi? Mhlawumbe ngukuhamba kwesikhathi.

Yiqiniso, lokhu kusithola kuze kube manje kuphela. Awukwazi ukuphupha ngokuphasisa umthetho omuhle nodingekayo ngaphansi kwe-gridlock. ICongress ngeke ikwazi ukutshala imali kuphrojekthi ephuthumayo yokulondoloza isimo sezulu, isibonelo. Kodwa uma ucabanga ukuthi lokho kwase kuzokwenzeka, ungase ufune ukugingqika uyeke ukuhona. Kanye enyangeni eluhlaza ingxenye ethile yomthetho efiselekayo iza evotini. Labo bazohlupheka ngaphansi kwe-Congressional gridlock noma ukuvala shaqa. Kuzodingeka sisebenze ezingeni lesifundazwe, lendawo, kanye nasemhlabeni jikelele.

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