जनताको लागि नीति - फेब्रुअरी १९, २०२५

यद्यपि म सामान्यतया मात्र राज्य नीति (त्यो कानून जुन भर्मन्ट राज्यलाई असर पुर्याउँछ) मा ध्यान केन्द्रित गर्दछु, हाम्रो संघीय नीति जनताको नियन्त्रणबाट बाहिर जाँदैछ। संघीय कानूनहरू (राष्ट्रव्यापी... सबै राज्यहरूलाई शासित गर्ने) प्रायः केहि पनि भन्दा बढी शक्तिशाली हुन्छन् जुन हाम्रा राज्यका विधायिका सिर्जना गर्न चाहन्छन्।

यस कारण, म आजको बक्तव्यलाई तपाईंलाई हाम्रो संघीय परिप्रेक्ष्यको वर्तमान स्थिति बुझाउन समर्पित गर्दैछु (सिधा भन्नुपर्दा: ट्रम्पको कार्यालयमा के भइरहेको छ र यसले तपाईंको दैनिक जीवनमा कसरी असर पुर्याउन सक्छ भनेर बुझ्नु)।

संक्षेपमा, उनी प्रोजेक्ट २०२५ लागू गर्न काम गर्दैछन्। यो योजना धेरै संघीय विभागहरू हटाउने समावेश गर्दछ। यसमा कडा आप्रवासन नीतिहरू, भूतपूर्व सैनिकको मामिलामा फण्ड कटौती, र अन्य निर्णयहरू समावेश छन् जसले अल्पसंख्यक जनतालाई असर पुर्याउँछ।

यसको महत्त्व के हो: अन्ततः, तपाईं जो हुनुहुन्छ पनि, तपाईं प्रोजेक्ट २०२५ र पारंपरिक संघीय वित्तपोषणलाई पुनः निर्माण गर्ने योजनाबाट प्रभावित हुनेछन्। यी नीतिहरू सबै मेडिकेयर/मेडिकेड प्राप्तकर्ताहरूसम्म फैलिइरहेका छन्, तपाईंले आफूलाई कसरी चिन्हित गर्नुहुन्छ जस्ता विवरणहरूमा पनि असर गर्नेछन्।

तपाईं के गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ:
१) यो प्रोजेक्ट २०२५ ट्र्याकर (https://www.project2025.observer) मा नजर राख्नुहोस् जसले कानूनहरू कस्तो प्रक्रियामा छन् बुझ्न मद्दत पुर्याउँछ।
२) तपाईंका विधायिका (राज्य र संघीय/राष्ट्रिय) लाई लेख्नुहोस् र तिनीहरूलाई तपाईंका महत्त्वपूर्ण कुरा बताउनुहोस्।
३) शान्तिपूर्ण विरोध गर्नुहोस् जब तपाईं गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ (https://www.fiftyfifty.one/)।

यी तपाईंका अधिकारहरू हुन्, एक अमेरिकीको रूपमा। यदि तपाईं संलग्न हुनुहुन्न भने, परिवर्तन आउने छैन र भविष्यका पुस्ताले दुःख पाउनेछन्।

यो जनताको लागि नीति हो।

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