Daya daga cikin manyan karairayi da masu neman afuwa ga gwamnatin Bush ke yi game da su shine cewa yayin da Enron zai iya yin banki da yawa daga cikin harkokin siyasar shugaban, bai samu komai ba ga wadancan kudade da zarar George W. ya mamaye fadar White House.
Wannan maganar banza ce.
Shirin makamashi na gwamnatin, wanda Mataimakin Shugaban kasa Dick Cheney ya kirkira a cikin ganawar sirri - shida daga cikinsu tare da jami'an Enron - mai yiwuwa masu ra'ayin rikau ne suka rubuta don kamfanin da ya gaza a yanzu. Bisa ga umarnin Wakili Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles), 'yan tsirarun ma'aikatan Kwamitin Majalisar Dokoki kan Gyaran Gwamnati sun shirya wani mummunan bincike game da manyan rangwame 17 da aka yi wa Enron wanda ya ba Kenneth L. Lay, babban abokin Bush kuma shugaban Enron. zartarwa, kawai game da duk abin da yake so. Rahoton ya kammala da cewa "ba shi yiwuwa duk wani kamfani a Amurka ya samu riba mai yawa daga shirin Fadar White House kamar Enron."
Waɗancan rangwamen da gwamnatin Bush ta yi wa Enron sun haɗa da kammala aikin rushe kasuwar wutar lantarki da mahaifin Bush ya fara. Ayyukan da babban Bush ya yi sun share hanya ga haɓakar yanayi na kamfanin.
Shirin makamashi na George W. ya kuma sa ya zama ma fi sauƙi ga Enron don sayar da abubuwan da ake amfani da su na makamashi a kasuwannin kayayyaki da kuma bin wasu ɓangarorin kuɗi waɗanda suka kasance babbar hanyar samun riba. An yi bikin siyar da abubuwan samar da makamashi ba tare da ka'ida ba, ƙwararren Enron, a cikin shirin makamashi na Bush a matsayin "sauƙi kuma wanda za'a iya daidaita shi." Yanzu mun san cewa aikin ya ɗora sosai wanda shine babban tushen ribar takarda ta Enron.
Abin ban mamaki, ganin cewa 'yan Republican suna zaton za su goyi bayan barin mulki tare da jihohi, shirin makamashi na Bush ya jaddada karuwar ikon tarayya akan bututun mai wanda ya tilasta wa masu amfani da gida su dauki samfurin Enron. Wannan shine faɗaɗa ikon "buɗaɗɗen shiga" da aka bayar a cikin Dokar Manufofin Makamashi na 1992, wanda aka zartar a cikin gwamnatin Bush ta farko. Wannan doka ta lalata ikon ƙananan hukumomi da kamfanoni masu amfani na yanki don amfanin Enron. A cikin 1999, Enron ya ayyana "bude damar shiga" a matsayin "shirin da ya fi mahimmancin kamfani."
Bayan shekaru biyu, George W. ya ba da. Abin farin ciki, wannan rushewar tsarin siyasa yana da ɗan gajeren rayuwa saboda Enron ya shiga ciki kafin Bush ya ceci kamfanin daga kansa.
Amma tambayar ita ce dalilin da ya sa Bush, a matsayin gwamna da shugaban kasa, ya so ya kafa misali da irin wannan dan wasa na kamfani a kan jama'ar Amurka a matsayin abin koyi na kasuwanci.
Tabbas tsofaffin ɗaliban Enron waɗanda ke da manyan mukamai a cikin gwamnati sun san cewa kamfanin ƙirar shugaban ƙasa ya guji biyan harajin kuɗin shiga na tarayya na tsawon shekaru huɗu a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata.
Har Enron ya yi ikirarin dala miliyan 382 a cikin kudaden gwamnati. Ta yaya wannan shugaban ya yi kuskure wajen karbar haraji daga talakawan Amurkawa bayan ya zagaya da wani kamfani da ya kera doji 881 a bakin teku domin kaucewa haraji. Masu biyan haraji kaɗan ne za su iya buɗe rassan a cikin tsibiran Cayman suna yin kamar suna kasuwanci, amma Enron yana da fiye da 700 a can.
Sashen IRS da Baitul mali a karkashin gwamnatin Clinton sun kai hari kan amfani da irin wadannan kudaden haraji da kuma kokarin kawar da su. Bush, duk da haka, ya nemi ya ba wa kamfanin da, fiye da kowane fafatawa a gasa, ya yi amfani da magudanun ruwa a teku. Dynegy, babban mai fafatawa na Enron, ba shi da wuraren biyan haraji na ketare, yana nuna cewa yana yiwuwa a yi kasuwanci da gaskiya.
Amma ta yaya Bush zai san chicanery na kamfanin dabbobin sa, masu ba da hakurinsa suna kuka - musamman masu ra'ayin radiyo da suka shafe shekaru takwas suna skewering Bill Clinton akan mafi ƙananan laifuffuka? Bush ya kamata ya sani saboda babban mai ba shi shawara kan tattalin arziki, Lawrence B. Lindsey, wanda aka biya $50,000 a shekara ta 2000 don aikin tuntuɓar Enron, ya tashi kai tsaye daga waccan wasan har ya zama shugaban Majalisar Tattalin Arziki ta Fadar White House. A cikin matsayi na ƙarshe, Lindsey ya rubuta rahoto game da matsalolin Enron da ke tasowa kuma ya gabatar da shi ga shugaban kasa jim kadan kafin rushewar kamfanin.
Shin shi da sauran tsofaffin ɗaliban Enron da ke da manyan mukamai a gwamnati sun yi wa shugaban ƙarya ƙarya, ko Bush bai so ya ji wani mummunan labari game da kamfanin da ya fi so? Ko ta yaya yana wari.
Robert Scheer ya rubuta ginshiƙan haɗin gwiwa.
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