Igama lam ndinguBradworth Cunnington III. Ndililungu leNdlu yeeNgwevu eMelika, njengotata wam phambi kwam. Ndenza i-174,000 yeedola ngonyaka, njengoogxa bam kwiNdlu yabaMeli. Emva kweerhafu eWashington, DC, oko kuthetha ukuba Ndigoduka malunga ne- $ 9,552 ngenyanga, okanye i- $I-4,409 kabini ngeveki. Lo mvuzo uwedwa undibeka kwi-93th yengeniso yepesenti (ndenza ngaphezulu kwama-93% amaMelika, malunga nabantu abangama-305,040,000), kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba ixabiso lam losapho lixabisekileyo liyandomeleza liphezulu kunayo yonke loo nto.
Yimalini? Ewe, masithi nje inkokeli encinci ye-Senate uMitch McConnell, olingana ne-22 yezigidi zeedola, wafunda yonke into ayaziyo kum.
Apha kwiKomkhulu lethu leSizwe, umvuzo omncinci sele uyi- $ 15, imali leyo sihlala sincipha ukwenza umgangatho wobumbano. Ngeedola ezili-15 ngeyure, iiyure ezingama-40 ngeveki (nangona ndiva ukuba kuyinkohliso ukufumana zonke iiyure ezingama-40-ithamsanqa!), Umsebenzi omncinci womvuzo e-DC unokulindela ukwenza malunga ne-31,200 yeedola ngonyaka. Emva kweerhafu, bathatha i-2,025 yeedola ngenyanga, okanye i-935 yeedola ngeveki.
Nangona mna, uSenator wase-United States, ndenza imali engange- $ 7,527 ngaphezulu kweedola inyanga nenyanga kuno- $ 15-ngeyure umsebenzi kunye ne- $ 8,562 engaphezulu kwe- $ 7.25 yomvuzo ophantsi, ndisakholelwa ukuba umvuzo omncinci we-15 awunakulinganiswa kwaye asinakuyenza loo nto kwiinkampani, ezinye zazo zizihlobo zam ezisenyongweni.
Ukuba abantu bafuna ukwenza imali eyoneleyo yokuphila eMelika, kufuneka bazitsalele kum ngendlela endenze ngayo. Ndayiqala loo ndlela ngokuya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, esigutyungelwe yiyunivesithi emva kokubhoda — unokucinga ngeHarvard okanye iYale okanye iPrinceton. Nangona ndandingenawo amabanga okanye iziqinisekiso zokungeniswa, ndandinguye! Ndicebisa ukuba negama lotatomkhulu wakho kwesinye sezakhiwo kwikhampasi, kodwa ukuba oku akwenzeki, ilifa losapho liya kwenza kwipiniki.
Ungasebenzisa iqhinga elifanayo kwisikolo somthetho, endikukhuthazayo ukuba ucinga ngokujoyina iCongress. Uninzi lwethu uneedigri zomthetho . Amagqwetha adume ngokuba nentlalontle yabantu njengowona mdla uphambili kunye nesikhuthazi esikhulu. Emva kwesikolo sezomthetho, unokuba nezihlobo zosapho ekucwangciseleni uqeqesho lwakho lokuqala oludumileyo kunye nomsebenzi wokuqala ohlawula kakhulu kwaye nonke nilungile. Awuyi kuphinda ucinge ngomvuzo omncinci kwakhona.
Ngoku, kuyinyani ukuba umvuzo ophantsi wobumbano wangoku we-7.25 yeedola, njengoko yasekwa ngo-2009, isenokuba yi emva koko isezantsi ngamaxesha kunye neendleko zokuphila. I-7.25 yeedola ayinelanga ngokwaneleyo kwisiqingatha-seelitha sobisi lwe-Oatati (ndisela kuphela uHlelo lwe-Oista yeBarista), kwaye kunzima ukucinga ukuba ndisebenza iyure enesiqingatha segaloni yobisi lwe-oat (ndenza iidola ezingama-439 ngosuku emva kwerhafu, malunga Iipesenti ezingama-74 zeOatly).
Umntu waseMelika osebenza isigxina kumvuzo omncinci we-7,25 weedola utsala nje i-14 500 yeedola ngonyaka ngaphambi kwerhafu — ouch! Oko kuthetha ukuba kwi-DC ubuya kuthatha i $990 ngenyanga, okanye iidola ezingama-457 ngeveki. Kwaye loo nto ucinga ukuba ungasebenza iiyure ezingama-40 ngeveki kumvuzo omncinci, onqabileyo kuba amashishini athanda ukudlala umdlalo we-cheeky obizwa ngokuba awusosigxina, awafumani zibonelelo.
Ndenza phantse inyanga yonke njengoko usenza kunyaka opheleleyo ngokungathandabuzekiyo ndizama umsebenzi, ngenxa yoko andinakukwazi ukuqonda ukuba yenziwe njani. Ndinokhathalelo lwempilo olubanzi ngokumangalisayo, ukuhlawulwa ngamandla inkcitho nezibonelelo , kunye neentsuku ezininzi zeholide kunokuba ungavuthulula intonga. Nangona kunjalo, ndiqinisekile ukuba ndingathetha nesisombululo kulo mvuzo uphantsi kerfluffle.
Endaweni yokuba ulindele ukuba abo bahlawulwe ngokutyebileyo bakumele ukuba benze okuthile malunga nentlupheko ebanzi kunye nenqanaba lokungalingani kwemivuzo, awunakufumana nje umvuzo omncinci. Elo lelona cebiso livakalayo endinokulinika. Phakathi kwakho nam, iSenethi iya kuqhubeka nokuba sesichengeni sokunyusa umvuzo ubuncinci kwigaloni epheleleyo yobisi lwe-oat ngalo lonke ixesha banokufumana kude nalo. Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi abakhathali nokuba uyafa (ngokwenene abahluphi) kwaye iiDemokhrasi zizoyiso olunqabileyo. Sonke silele kakuhle ebusuku. Ukuphumla okuphawulekayo, andinakuthetha ngokwaneleyo malunga ne-D. Porthault eParis.
Njengoko abakhuseli bethu behlala benikhumbuza abantu, ubuncinci bezikhundla zemivuzo zimele ukuba zezekholeji kunye nemisebenzi yokuqala. Eli libango elenza ingqiqo egqibeleleyo yokubona indlela umndilili wetyala lemali mboleko yomfundi ophumelele iikholeji emalunga ne- $ 30,000. Ungayihlawula loo mali-mboleko usebenza ngokusisigxina kwisithuba esingaphezulu kweminyaka emibini kumvuzo ophantsi wobumbano ukuba uhlala nje kwilifa labazali bakho okanye kwi-pied-à-terre yabo, awuzukufumana ndleko zokuphila kwaye ugcine yonke idemo. Ndikwacebisa ukutyala naziphi na iiasethi ezinamanzi kwangoko kuba wonke umntu uyazi, ukudibanisa inzala ngummangaliso wesibhozo wehlabathi.
Ngoku, ndiyayazi into oza kuyithetha. Ndakhe ndayiva ngaphambili. Kodwa uSenator uCunnington III, nokuba asithethi ngomvuzo omncinci, phantse isiqingatha sabo bonke abantu baseMelika abaneminyaka eyi-18-64 baqeshwe kwimisebenzi ephantsi abahlawula umvuzo ophakathi wama- $ 18,000, kwaye oku kwakungaphambi kokuba i-COVID-19 itshabalalise abantu abaninzi ingqesho, ukonga, kunye nokuziphilisa. Silindelwe njani ukuba siziphilise? Kwaye ngaba wonke umntu ufuna ukubanakho ngaphezulu kwe-100 yezigidigidi zeedola Ngelixa abantwana belambile?
Endiza kuphendula kuyo njengoko ndihlala ndisenza: ukuba awukwazi ukusebenzisa inethiwekhi yakho yealumni, uhlawule lawo matyala usebenzisa izabelo zesitokhwe, kwaye unciphise iindleko ngokutsiba eSt. Moritz kangangexesha elithile lonyaka, awenzi ngokuzimisela okukhulu. Le yiMelika, ilizwe elinokwenza izinto. Unokwenza ngcono. Ndiyakholelwa kuwe.
Ukuba uyandixolela, ndiza kulungiselela isidlo sasemini esiya kubiza ngaphezu komvuzo omncinci womdibaniso abawenzayo kwiiveki ezimbini. Ewe ndiceba ukutshintsha kancinci iseva yethu ukuba banxibe imaski . Abezopolitiko kufuneka beme kwimigaqo yabo, kungenjalo, yintoni esilungele yona? Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho mthetho kumthetho ophantsi womvuzo.
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