USenator uBernie Sanders uthetha kwi-rally engakhathaleliyo ngoJulayi 9, 2017 eCovington, Kentucky.UMthetho oYilwayo uPugliano / i-Getty Izithombe Lithetha ntoni igama elithi umntu ohlawula yedwa? Ngaphakathi kwi-Beltway jargon ukuchaza urhulumente ozimele geqe kukhathalelo lwempilo.
Ngaba kunokuba kulunge njani ukuba nabani na anike urhulumente ulawulo kukhathalelo lwempilo? Oogqirha nezibhedlele banokuhlawulwa kuphela xa umntu ebhatala omnye, urhulumente yedwa egqiba kwelokuba bahlawulwe. Akuyi kubakho mntu ugqirha okanye isibhedlele anokujika kuye ukuze afumane imali yokugcina izibonelelo zononophelo lwempilo zokuqala.
Ukuzimela geqe kukarhulumente kurhulumente kuya kuba namandla okuthatha isigqibo sokuba loluphi na ukhathalelo lwempilo olunokubonelelwa ngugqirha okanye sisibhedlele, ngolawulo lwalo olunye, ngokubambisana kwintlawulo yolo lononophelo lwempilo. Oyena mntu ubhatala yedwa kuphela kwezinto ezihlawula naluphi na ukhathalelo lwempilo, naphina. Ke ithatha isigqibo sokuba loluphi ukhathalelo lwempilo oluhlawulwa, kwaye lubonelelwe, kwaye yintoni engenziyo.
Ukuba umntu obhatala yedwa uthatha isigqibo sokuba abantu abadala ngaphezulu kweminyaka ethile akufuneki bafumane ukutshintshwa kwe-hip, akukho mntu uya kuhlawulela, okanye abonelele, ngokutshintshwa kwabaqolileyo kwabo badala. I-Ditto leyo kunyango lomhlaza. Okanye utyando lwentliziyo. Okanye ukhathalelo lwempilo lweentsana ezisandula ukuzalwa. I-Melika iyindumasi kukhathalelo lwempilo olunikezela ukusindisa ubomi babantwana abazelweyo. Kodwa phantsi kwesicwangciso sokuhlawula esinye sikaBernie Sanders, urhulumente uya kuba negunya lokuyinqamla.
Kukwanjalo nakwizigulana, kunye nababoneleli ngezempilo. Ngaphantsi kwenkqubo yomhlawuli omnye, isigulana asinandawo sinokuya kuyo ukuba isigqibo sigqibile ukuba singahlawulanga ukhathalelo lwempilo aludingayo. Yiyo loo nto eyenza umntu ohlawula yedwa a ongatshatanga hlawula.
IMelika sele inemizekelo yeenkqubo zokhathalelo lwempilo zabanye. Olunye luLawulo lweVeterans (VA), ewe, eyaziwa ngokuba ayiboneleli ngamagqala kwezempilo abayifunayo. AmaVeterans bahlala befa belinde ukhathalelo lwempilo kwi-VA.
Enye yiMedicaid, ethi ngaphandle kokuchitha amakhulu ezigidi kwingxowa-mali yabarhafi nyaka ngamnye, ingabahlawuli oogqirha nezibhedlele ngokwaneleyo ukuba ziqinisekise amahlwempu axhomekeke kwinkqubo ngenkathalo yezempilo ebalulekileyo xa beyifuna. Enye inkwenkwe evela kusapho oluhlwempuzekileyo eMaryland wasweleka ngenxa yamazinyo , kuba usulelo lwasasazeka kwingqondo yakhe ngaphambi kokuba unina afumane ugqirha wamazinyo owathatha iMedicaid.
Kodwa le ikwayingxaki efanayo nale ibizwa ngokuba yinkqubo yokuhlawula umntu omnye kwihlabathi liphela. Kwilizwe ngalinye apho urhulumente ahlawula yedwa kulawulo lwempilo, urhulumente usebenzisa igunya lakhe ekufumaneni ukutya kunye nokwala ukhathalelo lwempilo.
KumaMelika asemantla emda, amaziko ezempilo ahlala ekhonza abagulayo baseCanada abaleka ilizwe labo ukusindisa ubomi babo. Ewe, i-Obamacare inepaneli yayo yokufa enegunya lokukhanyela ukhathalelo lwempilo, ekuthiwa yiBhodi yeeNgcebiso ngeNtlawulo eziZimeleyo (IPAB), elifanelwe likholamu yayo. Oko akukabikho kubangela inguquko kuba ibhodi ayikasebenzi.
Konke oku kubonisa enye ingxaki ngurhulumente ohlawula yedwa. Akukho khuphiswano lomntu ohlawula yedwa. Ke akukho zinkuthazo ukuba umntu ohlawula yedwa asebenzele abathengi; ixhaswa ngerhafu. Ke, abahlawuli babodwa abaphumi kwishishini, njengoko oorhulumente bengaphumi shishini.
Okukwintsusa, umntu ohlawula yedwa ulungele urhulumente-ofumana amandla amakhulu kunye nolawulo koogqirha, izibhedlele, kunye nabathengi ngenxa yoko, eyalela ukuba zeziphi oogqirha kunye nezibhedlele abanokuthi babonelele ngazo, kunye nokuba loluphi na ukhathalelo lwempilo abathengi abanokulufumana. Ngumnqophiso wendlela ngaphandle kokuchukumisa iiDemokhrasi ziye zacinga ukuba zinokubhenela abantu baseMelika.
Nangona kunjalo, oku kubonakalisa ukucinga kukaBernie Sanders kutshayela iDemocratic Party ngoku. Ukhokela iqela lonke kule nto uRonald Reagan ayibiza ngokuba ngumgqomo wembali ngobusoshiyali bakhe obuthambileyo. Ukuba isungulwe, ingathatha iMelika nokuba iqhubeke nendlela eya kwilizwe lesithathu, lolona tshintsho luphambili lwaseMelika olwaqalwa ngu-Obama.
Kungenxa yokuba ubusoshiyali obuvelayo obuthambileyo beDemokhrasi, uSanders kunye no-Obama buchasene nokukhula. Kungenxa yoko le nto iMelika ibambekile kukuma okungagungqiyo phantsi kwemigaqo-nkqubo ka-Obama, kwaye kutheni umntu wangaphandle uDonald Trump wonyulwa njengomongameli ngaphezulu kukaHillary Clinton, owayethembisa nangakumbi ngokufanayo.
UPeter Ferrara liQela eliPhezulu kwiZiko iHeartland, kunye noMcebisi woMgaqo-nkqubo oPhezulu kwiZiko leSizwe lokuNcitshiswa kweRhafu. Usebenze kwi-Ofisi yeWhite House yoPhuhliso loMgaqo-nkqubo phantsi kukaMongameli Reagan, nanjengoSekela Gqwetha Jikelele laseMelika phantsi kukaMongameli uGeorge HW Bush.
