Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ngubani ophumeleleyo, ulahlekelwa.
Nokuba ungumdemokhrasi, uRiphabhlikhi okanye ucinga ngevoti yoqhanqalazo kumgqatswa womongameli ozimeleyo ngoNovemba, into oyenzayo kwibhokisi yokuvota ayinantsingiselo-ubuncinci malunga nohambo lwakho.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, uhambo luzibhiliyoni ezingama-740 zeedola, kodwa lishishini iWashington lithanda ukulithatha lula. Kwaye unyulo olunye alunakutshintsha nto, akunjalo?
Bambelela. Ngaba olu lonyulo alulotshintsho? Ngaba akumelanga ukuba silindele okungaphezulu kwendala efanayo, endala efanayo?
Yiloo nto endiyicingayo xa ndandiqala ukuphanda ikholamu malunga nokuba ngowuphi umgqatswa womongameli okhathalele kakhulu abahambi. Abakhuphisananga bebengakholelwa ukuba asibalulekanga. Ngoko ndaqhagamshelana nephulo ngalinye kwaye ndababuza uthotho lwemibuzo malunga nemiba ekufutshane kwaye ethandekayo kubahambi. Ndiza kufika kwiziphumo ezimangalisayo ngomzuzu.
Kodwa kuqala, makhe sihlolisise ezinye zeenkxalabo eziphambili kubahambi:
Rekhoda ulibaziseko lokuhamba ngomoya kunye nokurhoxiswa
Ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kusenokukhuseleka, kodwa akunakuthenjwa. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngaphezulu kwekota yazo zonke iinqwelomoya ziye zafika emva kwexesha, ngokweSebe lezoThutho, elinenkcazo ekhululekileyo yokuba "semva kwexesha" ukuqala.
Lo ngunyaka wesibini-mbi kakhulu kwirekhodi, kodwa kuphela malunga nepesenti yepesenti. Ngoku, ukuba nobulungisa kubaviwa, kubekho iingxoxo malunga nokuphuculwa kweenkqubo zolawulo lwezithuthi zomoya ngexesha lephulo.
Kodwa ingxaki yenqwelomoya ayikafumani nto. Ngaba kungenxa yokuba abo bahamba phambili babhabha ngeenqwelo-moya eziqeshiweyo ngasese okanye ngenxa yokuba ishishini leenqwelo-moya sele lihlawule uninzi lwabakhuphisanayo ngeminikelo yephulo? Ndiyabuza nje.
Ukunyuka kweendleko zamafutha
Amaxabiso erhasi akufutshane nerekhodi ephezulu, kwaye akukho nto ibonisa ukuba babuyela emhlabeni. Ndingagxininisa ingongoma yam ngezibalo ezimbalwa - i-oyile ekrwada kufutshane ne-100 yeedola umphanda, irhasi eqhelekileyo engafakwanga rhasi malunga ne-3 yeegaloni - kodwa mhlawumbi eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokubona ukuba lo mba ukuchaphazela njani ukubala iindleko zohambo lwakho olulandelayo. Ungakwenza oko kwindawo ye-AAA eluncedo ye-Fuel Cost Calculator.
Abagqatswa bathethe ixesha elide malunga nendlela abaza kujongana ngayo ne-Iraq quagmire. Kodwa xa kuziwa ekwenzeni uhambo lwakho olulandelayo lwendlela yosapho lufikeleleke ngakumbi, akukhange kubekho ntetho zininzi, ngaphandle nje kokucebisa amanyathelo angacacanga okunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kwethu kwioyile yangaphandle. Ndicinga ukuba sinelungelo into ethile ethe ngqo.
Ukudibanisa kwezithuthi
Imbi kwaye iya isiba worse.
I-Traffic yi-78 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka kuqoqosho lwe-US, ngokutsho kweNgxelo yokuHamba kwe-Urban yamva nje epapashwe yi-Texas Transportation Institute. Leyo yi-2.9 yeebhiliyoni zeegaloni zamafutha alahlekileyo kunye ne-4.2 yeebhiliyoni ezilahlekileyo iiyure kubasebenzi baseMelika.
Kutheni ukuxinana kweemoto kuyingxaki enje? Ewe, inokuba nento yokwenza nento yokuba singabonakali ngathi sakha iindlela ezaneleyo zokuthwala zonke iimoto, okanye ingcinga yokusebenzisa ukuthutha ngobuninzi isenza sizive ngathi siguqukela ekubeni ngabemi baseYurophu. Yitshabalale ingcinga!
Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, abameli bethu abanyuliweyo abayiboni ingxaki, kwaye izinto ezingathandekiyo zilungile ukuba iinkokeli zethu ezizayo ezizayo aziyi kuyibona.
Ukufumana umbono wokuba zingakanani ezi zinto zibalulekileyo, qwalasela inkqubo "entsha" kunye "nobuganga" iSebe lezoThutho elabhengezwa kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukulwa nokuhamba kwezithuthi. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali: I-1.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Oko kumalunga nokuba kuya kubiza malini ukwakha isikhumbuzo seWorld Trade Centre.
Incwadana yokundwendwela entsha, ebhidayo nebiza imali eninzi kunye nemithetho yohambo
Iingxaki zepaspoti zonyaka ophelileyo zinyanzelise amawaka abahambi ukuba barhoxise iiholide zabo zasehlotyeni kwaye mhlawumbi abakapheli. Iimfuno ezintsha ziqale ukusebenza ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka zokuwela umda ukuya eCanada naseMexico kwaye kuninzi okuzayo.
Kwangaxeshanye, ixabiso lepaspoti lase-US latsiba ukusuka kwi-97 ukuya kwi-100 yeedola ngoFebruwari, nto leyo eyenza ukuba uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe lufikeleleke kubantu abaninzi baseMelika. Uninzi lwentetho yephulo malunga namaziko okundwendwela imalunga nemiba yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, hayi iingxaki zokuhamba zabantu baseMelika abaqhelekileyo.
Kodwa kukho impembelelo yezoqoqosho engazange ihoywe: Iimfuno zepaspoti ezitsha zingabangela amakhulu eebhiliyoni zeedola kwingeniso elahlekileyo, njengoko uSeninkulu uPatrick Leahy wacebisa kunyaka ophelileyo xa iCongress ixoxa ngeemfuneko zamaphepha amatsha. Kutheni le nto ingengomcimbi wephulo?
Ukuhla kwexabiso ledola
Umqolo oluhlaza ujongeka kancinci kule mihla. Kuya kufuneka ubuyele ku-2003 ukuze ufumane i-dollar enye ukuya kwelinye izinga lokuguqulwa kwe-euro. Iyuro enye ixabisa malunga ne-1.5 yeedola ngokwexabiso lanamhlanje, nto leyo eyenza ukuba iholide yaseYurophu ibe nzima kubo bonke ngaphandle kwabona bakhenkethi abazizityebi. Unokucinga ukuba siza kugxothwa ziindwendwe zamazwe aphesheya ngenxa yoko, kodwa akunjalo.
Kubekho ukwehla kwepesenti ezili-17 kuhambo lwaphesheya oluya eUnited States ukusukela ngo-2000, okukhokelele kwilahleko ye-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinkcitho yeendwendwe, phantse i-200,000 yemisebenzi kunye ne-16 yeebhiliyoni zeerhafu, ngokutsho kwe-Travel Industry Association, iqela lezorhwebo. Kwaye nangona kukho iingxoxo ezininzi malunga nesicwangciso sokuvuselela uqoqosho phakathi kwabaviwa, akukho ntetho enkulu malunga nokuphela kwedola.
Imali ye-Amtrak
Akunjalo ukuba abaviwa abathethi nge-Amtrak. Kukuba bathetha izinto ezingezizo. UJohn McCain kunye noBarack Obama abazange bathathe isikhundla sikawonke-wonke kwi-Amtrak inkxaso-mali ngexesha lamaphulo abo, njengoko ndikwazi ukuxelela. Kodwa uHillary Clinton kulo nyaka uphelileyo ubize utyalo-mali lwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiinkqubo zikaloliwe zabakhweli.
USenja Clinton waxoxa ngelithi inkonzo kaloliwe “ifanele ijongwe njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yenkqubo yezothutho yesizwe.” Ndiyavuma, kwaye ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseMelika abachitha isiqingatha sosuku lwabo bebambekile kwitrafikhi baya kuvumelana naloo nto. Kodwa i-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola?
Ngaba abaviwa benza ngokwaneleyo ukujongana neemfuno zabahambi?
Kuvoto olwenziwa phambi kweprimaries eSouth Carolina naseFlorida - amazwe amabini apho uhambo lubaluleke kakhulu kuqoqosho - phantse isibini esithathwini sabaza kuba ngabavoti bathi abakholelwa ukuba abagqatswa bomongameli bango-2008 baye bajongana ngokwaneleyo nenkqubo yokuhamba eya isanda. ijongwa "njengeempazamo kwaye iyakhathaza."
“Kusekuninzi ekufuneka kuyiwe, kwaye siyathemba ukuba le miba iya kuvela kwi-ajenda yabo,” utsho uRoger Dow, umongameli woMbutho woShishino lokuHamba. "Abagqatswa abakaqondi ukuba uluntu lufuna ntoni kubo."
Basenokuqala ngokuphendula imibuzo embalwa.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ndiye ndathumela i-imeyile echubekileyo kummeli ngamnye wezosasazo wephulo, ndicela izimvo zomgqatswa wabo kule miba mithandathu ndigqiba kuyiphakamisa. Ngelo xesha, kwakuselugqatso lwabantu abathandathu - uHillary Clinton, uJohn Edwards kunye noBarack Obama kwicala leDemocratic kunye noMike Huckabee, uJohn McCain noMitt Romney kwicala leRiphabhlikhi.
Akukho namnye kubo owazihluphayo ngokuphendula.
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