Amahingi Egesi eTennessee: Okuthini Uthenge ampumpuni Nokuba Yini Isizathu Okuthi Balindele
ITennessee ihlale izibiliwe ngokuthi iyinye yezifunda eziphansi zakaThungela KwaAmerika, futhi amanani amanje ampumpuni abalisa lokho. Lijwayelekile weyas ihleli okungaba $3.383 ka-galoni, umkholo omfushane ubangu $3.847, isigaba esiphakameleyo sikhula ku-$4.26, futhi ummsele yona yodwa ngaphansi kangangaba $4.532 ka-galoni. Qhathaniswa ne komhlaba womhlaba komkulisa para lijwayelekile nge$3.867 — kutho iTennessee abashayeli bathatha songese okungaba 50 cents ngaphansi kunomuntu ojwayelekile AmaKerusi kuze aphuze okwamakwantshu.
Isizathu Sokuthi Umkhiqizo UTennessee Ubiliwe Kunezinye
Inhloso enkulu umuntu okumbiliwe kumakinina maye umhlaba yisubo, futhi umsubo wegesi weTennessee umuntu kuze kunesisihwathukhela. Isifunda libeka imali ethile engxenyeni-ngabasi-wezi umkhiqizo (kunanso 26 cents engxenyeni-wegesi kanye noma-27 cents wemsele) emahle umsubo wezembe 18.4-cent gas kanye noma-24.4-cent diesel taxes. Okwehlukana nezifo etheka ihlelo-kunani amasubo kanye negesi, iTennessee ihlale kuhlanza umkhiqizo uphezulu kusigaba sesales tax, ngakho-ke ishange legesi kuhlala egoqiswa kanye nephansi. Umsubo omuntu umuntu isizathu esinkulu ummsele kanye nezikhathi esiphakameleyo emaphansi umkhiqizo unekuphela: umsubo wemsele omkhulu omkhulu, kanye nokuzalela kanye nokuthwahwela umuntu kuyo yonke isigaba sezindawo Interstate umuntu kuhlala okushintshisiwe.
Inhloso yeolide iyasiza futhi. ITennessee ihlezi kufuphi neGulf Coast refining belt futhi idumiswe umjikelo womkhiqizo omkhulu — lokuthi okusho iColonial Pipeline system — okuthi ezobeka igesi okwenziwe kanye nemsele evela kuzetembu laseTexas neeLouisiana. Umkhiqizo ominandi, okusikela nokusitho umkhiqizo kanye nezithandani ezinkcanyana ezingeleza amahingi ezitshiyalelo nomuntu ozazukela kumakethi. Umerika umuntu umuntu kukamuva yomkhiqizo okwenziwe kanye nezikhathi okwenziwe awukamuva, ngakho amahingi endawo azivambisele emaphansi okwethekilizwe amanzi. Amahingi lapha athuthuka edolari; azisunele ukunguqula imali, njengoba idola liyinkholo yokuthenge ampumpuni.
Njani ITennessee Iyabalula Nakuma-Naba Ayo
ITennessee ibambisane nezifo eziyisigaba, futhi abantu abaphendulayo amahingi ngokuvamile akuqhathaniswa namakwantshu womuntu omkhulu angazi. Texas — noma umlawu omuntu omkhulu owempu wezabelo — abanzi basikela ethulageni etshintshwe kumuntu umuntu umuntu komhlaba womhlaba, futhi iTennessee ithola inzuzo ngokuqondile evela kuTexas ebuswa ngumjikelo womkhiqizo. Oklahoma, umuntu omkhulu weqopho lomuntu, kuhlala kululeka. Ekuseni komuntu, ama-naba asondelile Kentucky ne Arkansas alandelela iTennessee ngokuekonomi ngoba azithatha evela ekumkhiqizo okufanayo kumhlaba womhlaba kanye nezikhathi omalindwe okuchaza umuntu.
Amahingi awasimile kuwo wonke umhlaba. Idatha yethu iboniswa isikhulisela okuwela izigaba, futhi ukusabalala phakathi kwazo kungase kukhula 20 kuya 40 cents ka-galoni. IMemphis kanye nomhlaba wesigaba somntshontsho umhlaba, uhlezi ufuphi nomasu we-Mississippi barge kanye nemthwalo womkhiqizo, ngokuvamile zibona amanani amaphansi. INashville kanye nomthwalo omkhulu-Tennessee-middle umhlaba umuntu umuntu okwedlulele okwedlulele umandla. IKnoxville, Chattanooga kanye nemakethi ezintshontsho emaphansi ngesikhathi esikhulu ngesikhathi okungaba kancinane umkhuhlamela umuntu okuthi umkhiqizo kumele usize ungaphandle.
Okuthini Amanani Okusikela Ngokundlela
Inani lijwayelekile lemanje lika-$3.383 liyinto engaphansi komkhulu komuntu womhlaba, ekusikela umuntu omuntu owenelisiwe futhi ayisikali emadini okuqala. Ngaphandle okuphakamileyo kwegolide engaphandle, umbibi womkhiqizo kuGulf, noma ukunqoba umjikelo womkhiqizo, iTennessee amahingi asikali ukuthi uma phakamileyo okungenani umkhiqizo ojwayelekile — ukunungula ekuseni nokukhela umuntu okuphakamiwe kumndeni ephasini, bese kutshufa ukwafinyelela wokuqala. Umkhatshelo okungaba $1.15 phakathi kweelijwayelekile nemsele unambazane futhi kubalulekile kulandelela, ngoba kubonakala umandla owethwalo futhi umkhiqizo omncane omkhulu umuntu.
IMIBUZO EVAMILE
Yini isizathu sokuthi amahingi egesi eTennessee asiphansi komhlaba womhlaba?
ITennessee ihlanganiswe umsubo omuntu wegesi kunesikhompuzi esisikali, okuwela kompipu eGulf Coast refinery eTexas neeLouisiana. Lokho kuhlaza okubili amasubo nangemikukhela ekuthwaliwe ngaphansi, elijwayelekile eliyalithi $3.383 nakuphakate $3.867 umhlaba womhlaba.
Yini umsubo wegesi eTennessee?
ITennessee ikhokha umsubo omikhulu yesigaba wegesi okungaba 26 cents ka-galoni wegas kanye noma-27 cents wemsele, kunesikhompuzi somsubo wezembe 18.4 cents (gas) kanye noma-24.4 cents (diesel). Igesi ngokuvamile yeyithutswe kulesigade sesales tax elijwayelekile.
Yini isizathu sokuthi ummsele ubiliwe ngamakondlo kuTennessee?
Ummsele ubangu $4.532 — okwedlulele ngo-dollar lijwayelekile — kunekukhokha umsubo omkhulu wemsele, umandla owethwalo omkhulu kumakethi ainternet iTennessee, futhi umkhiqizo omncane omkhulu umuntu womhlaba okuthi ubonakale amahingi wemsele.