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如无意外,奥巴马很大可能会在11月4日的大选日中入主白,而民主党也可望进一步巩固在国会里的领导地位、于参众两院中独大,因此参议院的否决权功能也会变得毫无意义。这意味着,民主党将可以通过任何议案。
但 或许大部分的美国人都不知道,他们的这一票将会带来美国史上空前的政治和意识形态转变。自由派将会主宰整个美国政府,这是1965年(美国陷入越战),以 至1933年(大萧条时代)也未曾发生过的事情!换句话说,这次大选将标志着自七十年代以来积极形的政府首次卷土重来。如果美国真的全面进入左翼力量独大 时代,又会带来什么转变?
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或许大部分的美国人都不知道,奥巴马当选将会为美国带来史上空前的政治和意识形态转变。
第一,参议院的制衡功能名存实亡将会带来不少影响。参议院的功能不在于否决议案,而是怎样去完善法案。41位参议院的力量就能迫使众议院去重新改善他们所通过的议案。共和党若失去了这关键的41个席位,在2009年至2010年里,任何无理的民主党议案都可以被通过了。
第二,拥有绝对性优势的民主党政府势将会推行全民医疗计划。奥巴马希望建立一个不分收入的全民保险系统,据估计,奥巴马的计划将会使逾五千万人纳入这个政府保障系统中,每一个纳税人都将要为此而付出代价。
第 三,美国经济严冬期将会更长。众院议长佩洛西曾警告会对金融机构作出惩罚:“我们将不得不作出不少困难的决定。” 现在就跟在1933的皮科拉听证会(Pecora Hearings)的情况一样,民主党人正在力主要介入更多私人企业。金融企业即将要面临大规模的重整了,而电信业、生物科技、制药业和其他企业势必会面 临严谨的调查和新的繁苛规管了。
目前的危险在于,民主党人的过度规管将会延长美国的经济衰退,就像当年的沙宾法案(Sarbanes-Oxley Act)一样。而其他更为苛刻的法案,如石油暴利税等相信将会逐步加诸在其他行业上。
第 四,工会力量在过去十年间大大式微,现在只能代表7.4%的私人企业工人。预料民主党将会大力推行雇员自由选择法案(Employee Free Choice Act),这项法案将会使谈判已经停摆了近半年的工会法案死灰复燃,给予工会强制性的仲裁权力,这将会打破1935年颁布全国劳工关系法(Wagner Act)以来的工商势力平衡。
第五,税率也会急剧上升,问题只是奥巴马会对“富人”征收多高的税收。毫无疑问,这也会大大增加美国的投资成本。奥巴马希望透过提高税收来投入于全民医疗计划和社会保障计划,对社会进行财产再分配。
第 六,一些特别的利益集团也会因此涌现。就像“‘带好每一个儿童’法案”被强行减弱是向全国教育协会(National Education Association)倾斜一样,更强烈的侵权法例将会推行,让法律事务有更多生意;反对反恐人将可以关闭关塔那么湾基地,让恐怖分子站在民事法庭里审 判;Google和MoveOn.org等网站也将要遵守网络中立法案(net neutrality rule),政府首度介入互联网规管。
以上的一齐都有可能在衰退时代后发生,共和党人也惧怕民主党人将会自1993年后再度全面掌控政府。何况奥巴马的政策比当时的克林顿更为左倾,而那些南方的保守民主党人和中间偏左的民主党人如今都不在国会势力里了。
回顾1933年和1965年的历史,占多数的民主党都推行了大量的政府扩张政策,而如今的金融危机也给民主党人机会推行更多的自由派政策。美国人在投下“改变”一票一刻的同时,也应该要知道这些改变将会是远超他们想象之外的。


6 comments:
"何况奥巴马的政策比当时的克林顿更为左倾",
last time I remembered America was in very good shape when Clinton is the president...
How about an article on "what if Maccain/Palin win"? I don't think America's future would be less gloomier than this article predicts...
On 'no child left behind':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act#Criticisms_of_the_Act
some history:
last Great depression: 1929-
1921-1923 president Republican
1923-1929 Republican president
1929-1933 Repiblican
1933-1945 Roosevelt Democratic
*The* Democratic president dragged the country out of the GD while GD occured while the Republican president was in power.
Even Maccain is Bush, Obama is NOT Clinton, worthless to say Roosevelt.
The unbalanced politic system will have a great possibility to turn down American economy.
If you expect the wealthy people return much more than before, you also need to prepare the less economy stimuli.
I believe Maccain/Palin will have much moderate effort/change if they win. That should be the best for the current economy because the economy is not as bad as in GD.
BTW, Roosevelt strongly supported to fight Nazi, while the American people objected it until the Pearl Harbor event. Somehow he is alike to Bush at this point.
The political system was quite unbalanced during Bush's administration when they kept feeding FUD to the general public, it's time to stop heading in a direction which have been proved not working.
I care less about short-term economy stimulus, but more about long-term growth and prosperity.
Given the way Palin speaks and acts, I am surprised that one would still believe that she could potentially qualify as this nation's leader. For McCain, the lack of integrity and the awful decision to pick Palin are enough to convince me that he is not the one. I don't believe Obama will bring a miracle, but at this point he sure looks more acceptable.
Not sure there is much to be compared between fighting Nazi and invading iraq, these are totally different wars fought for totally different reasons.
Btw, the only reason that "自由派将会主宰整个美国政府", is because the conservatives did such a lousy job during all these years, isn't that how democracy suppose to work?
Seems you have recognized the FUD brought by the unbalanced political system thanks to Bush's administration. Then how can you believe in another unbalanced one?
Four years less stimuli is not just "short term" loss. It is the long-term growth you are looking for. I believe the big guys have much more anxiousness about the coming change than before ever. Think about their ancestors in China 1949. Well, they are deserved it for what they have done in the last 8 years. But, nobody can replace them in the USA economy. They can lead the growth, and don't forget they can drag it back too. The FUD fed to them will return much greater FUD to the low-income people.
I don't think Palin is good choice too, but some deep Rep think so. Mccain did it for election, but who is not? Remember how upset were half of the Dem people or more when Hilary was not even considered for the VP?
We need change, but I hope it is a mild process. If you found a "NOT ENTER" sign on the road side in 80mph, what you have to do is to slow down and then turn the head, but not to turn the wheel immediately.
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