Nokuba uyiriphabliki okanye idemokhrasi, sonke singabantu baseMelika kuqala.Ukuhlamba iWonytonydc / Flickr Khawufane ucinge ngomsebenzi onomdla kuwo kodwa ujike wahluke ngokupheleleyo kunoko ubukulindele. Yayindim ekholejini, ndandinomnye wemisebenzi yolondolozo oluphezulu phakathi kwam sophomore kunye nonyaka omncinci wekholeji njengomphathi wephulo kunyulo lwasekhaya.
Kanye ngaphambi kokuba ndibe kwishumi elivisayo ndandizixelele ukuba eyona njongo yam ebomini yayikukuzigqatsa kwisikhundla sezopolitiko. Ndandingumntu oziphethe kakubi kwezopolitiko. Ndiyithandile imbono yokunxibelelana nabarhwebi bamandla, ukuba nomnwe kwimpefumlo yabantu baseMelika, nokwenza umthetho oza kunceda abemi bam. Ngexesha lokugqwesa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ndavotelwa njengowona Mngcipheko wokuba ngu-Mongameli ukongeza ekuvotweni njengoMongameli woMgangatho oPhezulu. Ukukunika umbono wokuba ndiqinisekile kangakanani ukuba ndiza kuba ngumpolitiki, umhlobo osuka kwiklasi yam enkulisa wabelana ngefoto yencwadi ye-lib ephambeneyo apho wabhala khona ngegama lam kwikhrayoni njengoMongameli.
Nangona kunjalo, xa ndigqibile ukulawula iphulo lam lokuqala bendiyichithile kwaphela imbono yokuba ndisebenzela iofisi ephezulu.
Igigi yaqala ngoMeyi ka-2014 xa ndaye ndagayelwa ukuba ndiqhube iphulo lowayesakuba ngumongameli webhunga labafundi eyunivesithi yam. Kwakungumsebenzi onzima, sasiza kunkqonkqoza kwiingingqi zethu phantse yonke imihla. Ndiza kubhaliswa ngokusisigxina esikolweni, kwaye ndiza kuqhuba ndiye kwindawo yeMetro-Detroit yonke imihla emva kweklasi kude kube nguNovemba. Ukuba awuqhelani nehlobo laseMichigan, banomswakama kakhulu, bashushu kakhulu, kwaye baneengcongconi-y. Ndiyangcangcazela ndicinga nje ngeempuphu ezazigubungele imoto yam kunye nezitalato. Ubusika bokuqala bunokuba nobundlongondlongo kunye nee-intshi ezininzi zekhephu kunye neqondo lokushisa elikufutshane.
Sasibaleka, saza ekugqibeleni saphumelela, iphulo lendawo kuMazantsi mpuma eMichigan ngokuchasene nesikhundla esasineminyaka engama-20. (Esi sithili siza kuthi kamva sibe sesinye sezithili ezisebenza ngokuluhlaza ngo-2016 ezathi zafaka iMichigan ngakuDonald Trump.) Ndifunde lukhulu ekusebenzeni kwalomsebenzi, kwaye yandisusa kumkhondo endandiwazi ukuba andizukuwenza. onwabe ngaphakathi. Ndaye ndafunda nangendlela ezopolitiko ezisebenza ngayo emfihlekweni.
1. Uninzi lwabantu alunandaba nezopolitiko. Kanye kunyulo lukaMongameli oludlulileyo kuphela yi-58.1% yabavoti abafanelekileyo abaye bavota. Iinkcukacha-manani ziba mfiliba ngakumbi ngexesha lonyulo olungelulo lowongameli kunye nonyulo lwasekhaya olungajikeleziyo. Xa kunkqonkqozwa kwiingcango zehlobo kufutshane neDetroit kwacaca ngokukhawuleza ukuba uninzi lwabantu alwazi ukuba ngoobani amagosa abo onyuliweyo endawo. Ngaphezulu koko uninzi lwabantu lwalungazi ukuba kukho umntu abanokumfowunela ukuba bakhalaze ngemisebenzi yoluntu, inkqubo yeenkundla, okanye nokulungiswa kwendlela.
2. Asibazi kakuhle abamelwane bethu. Ndothuswa kukuxhawula abantu abahlala kwimo yam endingenakuze ndinxibelelane nabo. Ndifumene umnwe kwimpefumlo yam abantu baseMelika, kodwa ibingeyonto efana nale bendiyilindele. Uninzi lwabantu belukulungele ukwabelana ngobunzima babo kunye neendlela abaziva ngathi urhulumente wabo ubalilekile. Ndizive ndiwongekile ngokuba nakho ukuba nesizathu esithile sokuthetha naba bantu, ukubazi ngokwabantu abathile kwaye ndive amabali abo. Emva koko ndaziva ngathi kufanele ukuba sibazi abantu esihlala kufutshane nabo; nangoku ndisiva umoya kaMnumzana Rogers ethetha ngam kwiintlanganiso zemibutho yabamelwane kunye nokunxibelelana nabamelwane bam.
3. Uninzi lwemithetho enefuthe iyapasiswa kurhulumente, kwisiphaluka, nakwinqanaba likarhulumente. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweendlela, imigaqo yommandla, amapolisa, umlilo, iipaki, imisebenzi yoluntu. Yonke le yimisebenzi elawulwa kwelona nqanaba lincinci likarhulumente kodwa inefuthe eliphezulu kubomi bemihla ngemihla babantu. Nangona iindaba zingakholelwa ukuba yonke into kurhulumente womanyano inokulitshabalalisa ilizwe ukuba awuhoyanga, indlela urhulumente wethu amiselwe ngayo, kunokwenzeka ukuba ufumane ukuba imithetho kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yalapha iyakuchaphazela ubomi bakho bemihla ngemihla.
4. Uchitha ixesha elininzi ucela imali. Njengomphathi wephulo, ndichithe ixesha ndibiza abaxhasi, ndikhupha iiflaya, kwaye ndilungiselela abo baxhasa imali. Bukela le Kancinci kuJohn Oliver kukonyuselo lwengxowa-mali xa ufuna ukwazi indlela engaphambi kwabagqatswa abaninzi. Ndichithe ixesha elininzi ndicwangcisela umsitho, ndicwangcisa kunye neeresityu zalapha, ukuseta amalungiselelo okuhlala, amathuba efoto, ukhetho lwemenyu, nayo yonke into ephakathi. Ukunyusa ingxowa-mali ngokwawo ngumsebenzi omninzi, kwaye ukuqhuba iphulo kubaluleke kakhulu kwinkuthalo kubagqatswa abathile bachitha phakathi kwe- $ 250,000 kunye ne- $ 500,000 kwiintlanganiso zebandla.
5. Akukho nto ikhazimlayo ngalo msebenzi. Abaphenduli abaphendula umnyango ngesandla sabo kumpu odibeneyo. Eminye imiqobo yemihla ngemihla endiye ndadibana nayo ibandakanya izinja ezikhuselayo kunye nabathwali bemeyile abagqithisileyo beqinisekisa ukuba awusebenzisi iibhokisi zeposi. Ndikhumbula enye indoda endala ibaleka phandle emva kwam ikhwaza ukuba ndihambe ndasondela kufutshane nesondlo sayo sentaka kwaye ndazoyikisa iintaka zayo. Ndichithe ixesha elothusayo lokungxoliswa ngabahlali ngemicimbi enokusonjululwa kuphela kwinqanaba lomdibaniso. Amathuba apha anokuphela.
6. Ukuba ngumpolitiki kunokuba yindlela elusizi kwikhondo lomsebenzi. Ukuhlawulwa akuyiyo inkwenkwezi xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iindlela zecandelo labucala, kwaye de ube wena okanye umgqatswa wakho wenze iofisi ephezulu uya kuhlala kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluqinileyo. Ungalibali ukuba uzakufuna ukwenza u Utyalomali oluthandabuzekayo lokuya kwisikolo somthetho esisinyanzelo sokuba umntu abe ngusopolitiki ongumsebenzi ukuze akwazi ukusika amazinyo akhe kwaye awenze ukuba ufike kwibala lezemidlalo lesizwe.
Kwakhona, khumbula ukuba abantu baya kuhlala bekhalaza kuwe malunga neengxaki ongenakukwazi ukuzicombulula. Ngaba ndikhankanyile ukuba uchitha ixesha elininzi ucela abantu ongabaziyo ukuba bakunike imali? Ndifumene konke oku kwiminyaka evuthiweyo ye-20 Thatha ingcebiso yam, ayisiyondlela elula.
7. Okumangalisayo kukuba kuninzi abantu abanokuvumelana ngako. Ekupheleni kosuku sonke sifuna ukuba abantwana bethu bafunde kwizikolo ezifanelekileyo, sifuna ukuhlala kwindawo ekhuselekileyo, kwaye sifuna abameli bethu kurhulumente babe ngamagosa elizwe lethu. Nangona sinokungavumelani kwiindlela zokufikelela kwezo njongo, sonke sinomdla ekwabelwana ngawo ekufuneni izimvo ezisisondeza kwezi ziphumo. Nokuba uyiriphabliki okanye idemokhrasi, sonke singabantu baseMelika kuqala.
Ndingakukhuthaza ukuba ubazi abameli bakho bengingqi nokuba bakwibhunga lesixeko, ikhomishini yaseburhulumenteni, okanye kwindlu yowiso-mthetho yakho. Thatha ixesha lokuthi molo, yazi abameli bakho, kwaye ubuze imibuzo malunga nemiba onomdla kuyo. Ezi zinto zandisa inethiwekhi yakho, zibonisa abamelwane bakho ukuba utyale imali kuluntu lwakho, kwaye wenza nobomi bomphathi wephulo, lula kancinci.
UMat Joyner yingcali yezezimali kwiMetro-Portland, eOregon. Ungumfundi ophumelele uqoqosho ngo-2016 kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan. Ungamfumana kwi-Twitter @MattAJoyner okanye uqhagamshelane naye matt.a.joyner@gmail.com
