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he
ʻO ka uku haʻahaʻa federal i kēia manawa he $5.15 i kēlā me kēia hola ma luna o 40 pakeneka
ma lalo o ka pae 1968 i hoʻoponopono ʻia no ka hoʻonui. He limahana manawa piha
ʻaʻole hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha a loaʻa ka uku haʻahaʻa federal
loaʻa iā 55 pakeneka o ka laina ʻilihune federal no ka ʻohana ʻehā
a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ka mea e pono ai ke uku maoli i ka
hoolimalima a me na lilo ola ma ka hapa nui o ka aina. Penei
pono ke kanaka hana no ka nui o na mea i koe o ke kokua lehulehu a
kōkua, e kau ana i ke kaumaha ma luna o ka poʻe uku ʻauhau e kiʻi i kahi o nā haku hana
aole e uku i ka uku ola.
ka
ʻAʻole lawe nā mokuʻāina i kēia hoʻouka kaua i ka noho ʻana o ko lākou kamaʻāina
nā kūlana e moe ana. Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i nā kānāwai uku ola ma 123 kūlanakauhale
a me nā kalana (nā kānāwai e kauoha ana i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe no kekahi mau ʻāpana
o nā limahana) a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa a puni ke kūlanakauhale
ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻehā (DC, Santa Fe, San Francisco, a me Madison), ka hoʻolaha
no ka mea, ua hoʻoneʻe nā kūlana uku kūpono i ke kahua kaua i ka mokuʻāina
Papa.
kanakolukūmākahi
o na mokuaina kanalima, a me ka Apana o Kolumebia, aia no
hoʻonoho i ka uku haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka pae federal o $5.15 i kēlā me kēia hola,
a i ʻole he mau bila i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kā lākou mau ʻahaʻōlelo i kēia makahiki
e hana pela.
Umikumāhā
o kēia mau mea, a me DC, ua hoʻokumu i nā pae uku haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe
ma mua o ke aupuni pekelala, a—i ka hihia o Florida—ua kau i ka
kānāwai ma nā puke ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e mana. ʻEkolu o kēia
ʻumikūmāhā (Washington, Oregon, Florida) i kuhikuhi i ko lākou palena iki
e hoʻonui 'akomi i kēlā me kēia makahiki me ke kumukūʻai o
ola, pela e hoopau ai i ka pono no ka hooikaika makahiki e pale aku
ka uku haʻahaʻa mai ka lilo ʻana o ka waiwai. ʻElima (Massachusetts, Kaleponi,
ʻO Connecticut, Hawaii, Vermont) he mau bila ma ko lākou mau ʻahaʻōlelo
ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻonui ai i kā lākou uku liʻiliʻi.
Of
ʻo ka 17 ʻōlelo ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka uku haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe, akā loaʻa
ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā bila i kēia makahiki, 2 (Wyoming, North Dakota).
ʻike ʻia ua pio nā bila. He maikaʻi nā bila ma kekahi mau mokuʻāina
hiki i ka holomua. ʻEkolu i aneane hiki ʻole ke hāʻule (Arizona,
Ohio, Michigan) aia ma nā mokuʻāina kahi i hoʻolaha ʻia ai nā mea hoʻoikaika, alakaʻi ʻia e ka
hui kaiaulu ACORN me ka limahana a me nā hoa pili ʻē aʻe, ua piha
hoʻopaʻa i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā pūlima pono e hoʻoikaika i ka pilikia
ma kahi koho balota ma 2006. ʻO ka poʻe koho ma Nevada, e like me kēlā
ma Florida, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka uku haʻahaʻa ma muli o ke koho balota
i ka mahina o Nowemapa i hala i komo pū me ka helu ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o ke ola, akā
Pono e hoʻoholo ʻia nā hana ma Nevada i ʻelua manawa. Ka lua o ka balota, ka mea
manaʻo ʻia e kūleʻa, e hiki mai i 2006.
ka
ʻO ka neʻe ʻana no ka uku kūpono ua neʻe i ka pae mokuʻāina no ka mea
ʻAʻohe mea e manaʻo i ka hana mai Wakinekona ʻoiai ke hoʻomalu nei nā Repubalika
ka Ahaolelo a me ka Hale Keokeo. ʻO kekahi kumu ka holomua
o na hana uku ola ma ka pae kuloko. ʻAʻole nui loa
nui nā kūlanakauhale nui i haʻalele no ka lanakila ʻana i ke kānāwai uku ola ma. He 4 wale nō i hala
iā lākou i ka makahiki 2004, e lawe ana i ka huina i 123. Akā ma ka liʻiliʻi loa he kumu nui
oiai, o keia ke ano a ka poe kue. Ma ka hopena
ʻO ka mea nui o ka lobbying a me nā hāʻawi hoʻolaha mai nā hōkele a me nā hale ʻai,
a ʻo nā "manaʻo noʻonoʻo" kā lākou kālā, ʻewalu mau mokuʻāina i pāpā
nā kānāwai uku haʻahaʻa o ke kūlanakauhale (ʻeiwa inā mākou e hoʻokomo iā Missouri,
ka mea i hoopaapaa). ʻO ka ʻewalu ʻo Arizona, Louisiana, Colorado,
a me Texas, a me ʻelua e pāpā ana i nā kānāwai uku ola kūloko (Utah,
South Carolina) a me ʻelua i loaʻa nā kānāwai pae mokuʻāina, e hana ana
ʻo ka pāpā ʻana i nā kānāwai kūloko e hōʻemi ʻole ʻia (Oregon, Florida).
imua o
ka nānā nui ʻana i ka pae mokuʻāina, ka neʻe ʻana o ka uku ola
ua hana ʻo ia i ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ke kūlanakauhale.
Ma hope o kahi hoʻolaha i alakaʻi ʻia e ACORN a me SEIU Local 100 i hoʻoholo i kahi hana
e hana i ka uku haʻahaʻa no New Orleans, ka Louisiana Supreme
Kiola aku ka Aha. No laila ua hoʻomaka ka hui uku ola ma laila e hana
ma ke kānāwai mokuʻāina. Akā ua lawe nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe i kahi o New Orleans
ua hōʻike i ke ala. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hoʻolaha alakaʻi ACORN ma Kapalakiko
ka uku haʻahaʻa ma laila, a ke hoʻoikaika nei nā mea hoʻoikaika i ka mea like
ma Berkeley, Oakland, a me Emeryville. ʻO nā hui hui ma Madison, Wisconsin
a ua lanakila pū ʻo Santa Fe, New Mexico i nā palena liʻiliʻi o ke kūlanakauhale.
ka
Ke ho'āʻo nei ka poʻe kūʻē ma New Mexico e hoʻopau i ka Santa Fe
ʻO ke kānāwai ma ka mokuʻāina ma ka pāpā ʻana i nā kānāwai uku palena liʻiliʻi āpau.
Ke hakakā nei nā limahana a me nā hui kaiaulu, me ACORN
ma ka pae mokuʻāina ʻoiai e hoʻoikaika like ana no ke kūlanakauhale a puni
ka palena iki ma Albuquerque.
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he
ʻO ka manaʻo hou e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa o ka mokuʻāina i mau loa
e like me ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana uku ola ma ka helu ʻana iā lākou i ke kumukūʻai o ke ola.
ʻO ka Indexing kahi pahuhopu o nā hoʻolaha mokuʻāina ma New Jersey, Massachusetts,
a me Maryland, ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Jen Kern, ka luna hoʻomalu
o ACORN's Living Wage Resource Center.
ka
ʻO ka hakakā mokuʻāina hoʻi e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i nā pae uku kūpono
i nā "ʻāina ʻulaʻula." Ua koho ka poʻe koho pāloka ʻo Nevada i Nowemapa i hala
ʻO lāua ka pelekikena kū'ē loa i ka hana i noho i ka Hale Keʻokeʻo
a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO ka palapala ʻāina e hele pū ana
ʻOi aku ka paipai ʻana o kēia ʻatikala ma mua o ke ʻano "blue state" maʻamau
palapala ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mokuʻāina me ka liberalism waiwai ikaika
ʻoiai inā pilikia lākou i ka mālama moʻomeheu.
laila
he mau hoailona ia e ike nei na alakai o ka aoao Demokarata. Senatoa
ʻO Edward Kennedy, nāna i hoʻopuka i kahi bila e hoʻonui ai i ka federal
liʻiliʻi loa i $7.25 i ka makahiki 2007, e kamaʻilio ʻia ma ka ACORN makahiki e hiki mai ana
ʻaha kūkā e pili ana i ka pono e lanakila i nā uku haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe
ma ka pae moku'āina. A ʻo Senatoa John Edwards i hala iho nei i hui ai
me ACORN a kūpaʻa i ka hana e kākoʻo i kēia mau hoʻolaha mokuʻāina.
Inā loaʻa kēia mau hana i kahi ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa no ka Demokarata
ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ma ke ʻano he ʻaoʻao hiki ke ʻike ma mua o nā pono pilikino o
powa barons, lele wale ka neʻe uku ola i ka lāhui
Papa.
ʻO David Swanson
ʻo ia ka mea hoʻoponopono kamaʻilio no ACORN mai 2000 a 2003 a ʻo ia
i kēia manawa ka mea hoʻoponopono media no ka International Labor Communications Association.
