Ngo-Lawrence S. Wittner
Akukona yini ukuthi kuyamangaza ukuthi izindleko ezinkulu zomphakathi zaseMelika ezilungiselelwe amashumi eminyaka ezayo azange zinake izimpikiswano zomongameli ze-2015-2016?
Izindleko zenzelwe uhlelo lweminyaka engama-30 ukuze “kwenziwe sesimanje” isikhali senuzi sase-US nezindawo zokukhiqiza. Yize uMongameli u-Obama aqale ukuphatha kwakhe ngokuzibophezela okukhulu komphakathi ekwakheni umhlaba ongenazo izikhali zenuzi, leso sibophezelo kudala sancipha futhi safa. Kuthathelwe indawo uhlelo lokuphatha lokwakha isizukulwane esisha sezikhali zenuzi zase-US nezindawo zokukhiqiza zenuzi ukuze isizwe sihlale kahle engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye. Leli cebo, elingakutholi ukunakwa ngabezindaba, lifaka phakathi amakhanda enuzi ahlelwe kabusha, kanye namabhomu enuzi amasha, imikhumbi-ngwenya, imicibisholo esemhlabeni, amalebhu ezikhali nezindawo zokukhiqiza. Izindleko ezilinganisiwe? $ 1,000,000,000,000.00 — noma, kulabo bafundi abangazazi izibalo eziphakeme kangaka, $ 1 trillion.
Abagxeki bakhokhisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwalesi samba esimangazayo kungahle kuqothule izwe noma, okungenani, kudinge ukuncishiswa okukhulu ekuxhasweni kwezinye izinhlelo zikahulumeni. “Sikhona. . . ngicabanga ukuthi sizoyikhokha kanjani imali, ”kuvuma uBrian McKeon, ongunobhala wezokuvikela. Futhi “mhlawumbe sibonga izinkanyezi zethu ukuthi ngeke size lapha kuzofanele siphendule umbuzo,” wengeza ngokuhleka insini.
Vele, lolu hlelo "lwesimanjemanje" lwenuzi luphula imigomo Yesivumelwano Sokuvikela Ukwanda Kwezikhali zenuzi sango-1968, esidinga ukuthi amandla enuzi abandakanyeke ekulweni nezikhali zenuzi. Uhlelo luphokophele phambili yize uhulumeni wase-US esevele enezikhali zenuzi ezilinganiselwa ku-7,000 ezingabhubhisa umhlaba kalula. Yize ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kungagcina kufezekise into efanayo, impi yenuzi inethuba lokuqeda impilo emhlabeni ngokushesha okukhulu.
Lesi sakhi sokwakhiwa kwezikhali zenuzi esingamarandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu kusamele sikhuthaze noma yimiphi imibuzo ngabaphathi ngesikhathi sezimpikiswano eziningi zikamongameli. Yize kunjalo, phakathi nomkhankaso, abazongenela ukhetho lobumengameli baqale ukuveza isimo sabo sengqondo ngalo.
Ngasohlangothini lweRiphabhulikhi, ababengenele ukhetho — yize babethi abayithandi imali yezimali zikahulumeni kanye "nohulumeni omkhulu" - bebelokhu bengabasekeli abanomdlandla balokhu kudlulela phambili emjahweni wezikhali zenuzi. UDonald Trump, umgadli ophambili, waphikisana enkulumweni yakhe yokumemezela kamongameli ethi "izikhali zethu zenuzi azisebenzi," egcizelela ukuthi iphelelwe yisikhathi. Yize engazange akhulume ngamanani entengo ka- $ 1 trillion “okwenziwa yisimanjemanje,” lolu hlelo ngokusobala luyinto ayithandayo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokugxila emkhankasweni wakhe wokwakha umshini wamasosha wase-US “omkhulu, onamandla, futhi oqinile kangangokuba akekho noyedwa ozozidlela nathi . ”
Izimbangi zakhe zeriphabhulikhi zisebenzise indlela efanayo. UMarco Rubio, ebuzwa ngenkathi emkhankasweni e-Iowa mayelana nokuthi uyakweseka yini ukutshalwa kwezimali okuyizigidigidi eziyizigidi ngezikhali ezintsha zenuzi, uphendule wathi “kumele sibe nazo. Alikho izwe emhlabeni elibhekene nezinsongo iMelika ebhekene nazo. ” Lapho isishoshovu sokuthula sabuza uTed Cruz emkhankasweni womkhankaso wokuthi uyavumelana yini noRonald Reagan ngesidingo sokuqeda izikhali zenuzi, uSenator waseTexas waphendula: “Ngicabanga ukuthi sikude nalokho futhi, okwamanje, sidinga ukulungela ukuzivikela. Indlela engcono yokugwema impi ukuqina ngokwanele ukuthi kungabikho muntu ofuna ukuzihlanganisa ne-United States. ” Ngokusobala, abazongenela ukhetho kwiRiphabhulikhi bakhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi "bangaphanjaniswa."
Ngasohlangothini lweDemocratic Alliance, uHillary Clinton ubelokhu edidekile ngesimo sakhe mayelana nokwandiswa okumangazayo kwezikhali zenuzi zaseMelika. Ebuzwa isishoshovu sokuthula mayelana nohlelo lwenuzi lwenkulungwane yamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane, uphendule wathi "uzobheka lokho," wanezela: "Akunangqondo kimi." Yize kunjalo, njengezinye izingqinamba lowo owayengunobhala wezokuvikela athembisa ukuthi "uzobhekisisa," le ayikaxazululwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingxenye "Yezokuphepha Kwezwe" kwiwebhusayithi yakhe yomkhankaso ithembisa ukuthi uzogcina "ibutho eliqine kunawo wonke owake waziwa emhlabeni" - hhayi uphawu oluyisisekelo lwabagxeki bezikhali zenuzi.
NguBernie Sanders kuphela othathe isikhundla sokwaliwa ngokuphelele. NgoMeyi 2015, ngemuva nje kokumemezela isikhundla sakhe, uSanders wabuzwa emhlanganweni womphakathi mayelana nohlelo lwezikhali zenuzi oluyizigidigidi zamarandi. Uphendule wathi: “Konke lokhu kumayelana nezinto esizibeka phambili kuzwelonke. Singobani njengabantu? Ngabe iCongress iyalalela izakhiwo zezimboni nezimboni "ezingakaze zibone impi ababengayithandi? Noma silalela abantu baleli zwe abalimele? ” Eqinisweni, uSanders ungomunye wamaSenator amathathu kuphela aseMelika asekela iSANE Act, umthetho onganciphisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwemali kukahulumeni wase-US ngezikhali zenuzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, emkhankasweni womkhankaso, uSanders akagcinanga ngokucela ukuncishiswa ekusetshenzisweni kwezikhali zenuzi, kepha ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uyakweseka ukuqedwa kwabo ngokuphelele.
Yize kunjalo, ngenxa yokwehluleka kwabaphathi bomdonsiswano kamongameli ukuthi baphakamise udaba lwezikhali zenuzi “olwesimanje,” abantu baseMelika bashiywe bengazi kakhulu ngemibono yabazongenela ukhetho ngale ndaba. Ngakho-ke, uma abaseMelika bengathanda ukukhanyiselwa okwengeziwe ngempendulo kamongameli wabo wesikhathi esizayo kulokhu kukhuphuka okubiza kakhulu emncintiswaneni wezikhali zenuzi, kubukeka sengathi yibo okuzofanele babuze abazobhapathizwa umbuzo we-trillion dollar.
UDkt Lawrence Wittner, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, nguProfesa Wezomlando ophuma eSUNY / Albany. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva iyinoveli ehlekisayo emayelana nokuhlanganiswa kwamanyuvesi nokuhlubuka, Yini eqhubekayo ku-UAardvark?
