Noma ngabe ubani owinile, uhlulwa.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyiDemocratic Alliance, iRiphabhulikhi noma ucabanga ngevoti lombhikisho lomuntu ozimele ngo-November, okwenzayo ebhokisini lokuvota akunangqondo - okungenani mayelana nohambo lwakho.
Impela, ukuhamba kuyimboni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-740, kepha yibhizinisi iWashington elithanda ukulithatha kalula. Futhi ukhetho olulodwa ngeke luguqule okuthile, akunjalo?
Bamba kancane. Ingabe lolu khetho aluphathelene noshintsho? Akufanele yini silindele okungaphezu kwendala efanayo, endala efanayo?
Yilokho engakucabanga lapho ngiqala ukucwaninga ikholomu mayelana nokuthi yiliphi ikhandidethi likamongameli elikhathalela kakhulu abahambi. Abaqhudelana nabo abakholwanga ukuthi asibalulekile. Ngakho ngathinta umkhankaso ngamunye ngababuza uchungechunge lwemibuzo mayelana nezindaba eziseduze nezithandekayo kubahambi. Ngizofika emiphumeleni emangazayo ngomzuzu.
Kodwa okokuqala, ake sibuyekeze okunye okukhathazayo okubalulekile kubahambi:
Rekhoda ukubambezeleka kohambo lwendiza nokukhansela
Ukuhamba ngendiza kungase kuphephe, kodwa akuthembeki neze. Ngonyaka odlule, ngaphezu kwekota yazo zonke izindiza zafika sekwephuzile, ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuthutha, onencazelo exekethile yokuthi “sekwephuzile” ukuqala.
Lowo unyaka wesibili ezimbi kakhulu emlandweni, kodwa cishe ngamaphesenti kuphela. Manje, ukuze kube nokungenzeleli kwabazongenela ukhetho, kube nezingxoxo ezithile mayelana nokwenza kube simanje izinhlelo zokulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza phakathi nomkhankaso.
Kodwa inkinga yendiza ayikazuzi lutho. Ingabe kungenxa yokuthi abahamba phambili bandiza izindiza eziqashwe ngasese noma imboni yezindiza isivele ikhokhele abaningi abaqhudelana ngeminikelo yomkhankaso? Ukubuza nje.
Izindleko zikaphethiloli ezikhuphukayo
Amanani kaphethiloli aseduze nokuphezulu okurekhodiwe, futhi akukho sibonakaliso sokuthi abuyela emhlabeni. Ngingagcizelela iphuzu lami ngezibalo ezimbalwa - uwoyela ongahluziwe eduze kuka-$100 umphongolo, igesi evamile engenamthofu ebiza u-$3 ilitha - kodwa mhlawumbe indlela engcono kakhulu yokubona ukuthi le nkinga ikuthinta kanjani iwukubala izindleko zohambo lwakho lomgwaqo olulandelayo. Ungakwenza lokho esizeni se-AAA esiwusizo se-Fuel Cost Calculator.
Abazongenela ukhetho bakhulume kabanzi ngokuthi bazosisingatha kanjani lesi sibhicongo sase-Iraq. Kodwa uma kuziwa ekwenzeni uhambo lwakho lomgwaqo olulandelayo lufinyeleleke kakhudlwana, akubanga khona izinkulumo eziningi, ngaphandle kokuthi mhlawumbe ukuphakamisa izinhlelo ezingacacile zokunciphisa ukuthembela kwethu kuwoyela wangaphandle. Ngicabanga ukuthi sinelungelo kokuthile okucace kakhudlwana.
Ukungqubuzana komgwaqo
Kubi futhi kuya ngokuba kubi.
Ithrafikhi ingu-$78 billion ngonyaka emnothweni wase-US, ngokombiko wakamuva we-Urban Mobility Report oshicilelwe yi-Texas Transportation Institute. Lokho kungamalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.9 kaphethiloli omoshiwe kanye namahora angu-4.2 billion alahlekile kubasebenzi baseMelika.
Kungani ukuminyana kwezimoto kuyinkinga engaka? Hhayi-ke, kungase kube nokuthile okuphathelene neqiniso lokuthi asikwazi ukubukeka singakha imigwaqo eyanele ukuthwala zonke izimoto, noma ukuthi umcabango wokusebenzisa izinto zokuhamba ngobuningi usenza sizizwe sengathi siphenduka abeLungu. Ushabalala umcabango!
Noma iyiphi indlela, abasimele abakhethiwe abayiboni inkinga, futhi amathuba mahle kakhulu ukuthi abaholi bethu abakhethiwe bangayiboni nabo.
Ukuze uthole umbono wokuthi konke lokhu kubaluleke kangakanani, cabanga ngohlelo “olusha” kanye “olunesibindi” uMnyango Wezokuthutha owamemezela ngonyaka odlule ukulwa nokuhamba kwezimoto. Isabelomali: $ 1.1 billion. Lokho kuzobiza malini ukwakha isikhumbuzo seWorld Trade Center.
Iphasipoti emisha, edidayo nebizayo kanye nemithetho yezokuthutha
Izinkinga zamaphasipoti wangonyaka odlule ziphoqe izinkulungwane zabahambi ukuthi bakhansele amaholide abo ehlobo futhi kungenzeka ukuthi azikapheli. Izidingo ezintsha ziqale ukusebenza ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka zokuwela umngcele ungene eCanada naseMexico futhi kuseza.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, intengo yepasipoti yase-US yeqa isuka ku-$97 yaya ku-$100 ngoFebhuwari, okwenza uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe lungabizi kakhulu kubantu baseMelika abaningi. Iningi lezinkulumo zomkhankaso mayelana nezikhungo zamaphasipoti zimayelana nezindaba zokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, hhayi izinkinga zokuhamba zabantu baseMelika abajwayelekile.
Kodwa kunomthelela wezomnotho obekunganakwa ngawo: Izidingo zamaphasipoti amasha zingadala amakhulu ezigidigidi zamadola emalini elahlekile, njengoba uSenindela uPatrick Leahy asikisela ngonyaka odlule ngenkathi iCongress idingida izimfuneko zamaphepha amasha. Kungani lokhu kungeyona indaba yomkhankaso?
Ukwehla kwenani ledola
I-greenback ibukeka iphaphathekile kancane kulezi zinsuku. Kufanele ubuyele emuva ku-2003 ukuze uthole izinga lokuguqulwa kwedola elilodwa ukuya kwelilodwa i-euro. I-euro eyodwa ibiza cishe amaRandi angu-1.5 ngokwenani lanamuhla lokuhwebelana, okwenza iholidi laseYurophu libe nzima kubo bonke ngaphandle kwezivakashi ezicebe kakhulu. Ungacabanga ukuthi sizogcwala izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ngenxa yalokho, kodwa akunjalo.
Kube nokwehla ngamaphesenti angu-17 ohambo lwaphesheya oluya e-United States kusukela ngo-2000, okuholele ekulahlekelweni kwezigidigidi ezingu-100 zamaRandi ekusetshenzisweni kwezivakashi, cishe imisebenzi engu-200,000 kanye nezintela eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-16, ngokusho kweTravel Industry Association, iqembu labahwebi. Futhi nakuba kunezingxoxo eziningi mayelana nohlelo lokuvuselela umnotho phakathi kwabazokhethwa, azikho izinkulumo eziningi mayelana nokushabalala kwedola.
Imali ye-Amtrak
Akukhona ukuthi abazongenela ukhetho abakhulumi nge-Amtrak. Ukuthi bakhuluma izinto ezingalungile. U-John McCain no-Barack Obama abakaze bathathe isikhundla somphakathi mayelana noxhaso lwe-Amtrak phakathi nemikhankaso yabo, ngokwazi kwami. Kodwa u-Hillary Clinton ngonyaka odlule ucele ukuthi kutshalwe imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 kumasistimu kaloliwe ahamba ngamadolobha.
USenenja uClinton waphikisa ngokuthi inkonzo kaloliwe “kufanele ibhekwe njengengxenye ebalulekile yohlelo lwezokuthutha lwesizwe.” Ngiyavuma, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi iningi labantu baseMelika abachitha ingxenye yosuku lwabo bebhajwe kuthrafikhi bangavumelana nalokho. Kodwa $1 billion?
Ingabe amakhandidethi enza okwanele ukubhekana nezidingo zabahambi?
Okhethweni olwenziwa ngaphambi kwama primaries eSouth Carolina naseFlorida - izifunda ezimbili lapho ukuhamba kubaluleke kakhulu emnothweni - cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zalabo abafuna ukuvota bathi abakholwa ukuthi abantu abazongenela ukhetho lukamongameli ngo-2008 balukhulume ngokwanele uhlelo lokuhamba oluya ngokuya lukhula. kubhekwa "njengamaphutha futhi akhungathekile."
“Luselude ukhalo okufanele luhanjwe, futhi sithemba ukuthi lezi zinkinga zizovela ezinhlelweni zabo,” kusho uRoger Dow, umongameli we-Travel Industry Association. "Abazongenela ukhetho abakaqondi ukuthi umphakathi ufunani kubo."
Bangase baqale ngokuphendula imibuzo embalwa.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule ngithumele i-imeyili enesizotha kummeleli wezindaba womkhankaso ngamunye, ngicela imibono yalowo ongenele ukhetho mayelana nezindaba eziyisithupha engisanda kuziphakamisa. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakusewumjaho wabantu abayisithupha - uHillary Clinton, uJohn Edwards noBarack Obama ohlangothini lweDemocratic Alliance noMike Huckabee, John McCain noMitt Romney ohlangothini lweRepublican.
Akekho noyedwa kubo owazihlupha ngokuphendula.
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