MAU MAU WALE.
I nā lā ma mua o ka Democratic National Convention, ua haʻi aku ʻo Barack Obama i ka lehulehu ma kahi barbecue
ʻAe, hele nā Democrats i ka ʻaha kūkā ma
Ke haʻaheo nei ka pūnaewele ʻaha Democrats e hana ana ka pāʻina i ka mōʻaukala, me ka "ʻaha kūkā mua mai ka makahiki 1960, i ka wā i hoʻoneʻe ai ʻo Pelekikena John F. Kennedy i kāna haʻiʻōlelo ʻae i ka Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, e wehe i kona mau puka i ʻoi aku ma mua o 75,000 poʻe mai kēlā ʻaoʻao. ka ʻāina, ʻoiai ua ʻae ʻo Barack Obama i ka koho Demokarata no ka Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Invesco Field ma Mile High I loko o nā hola 48 mua ma hope o ka hoʻopuka ʻia ʻana o ke kono, ua noi aku ma mua o 80,000 Coloradans i nā hōʻoia kaiāulu no ka haʻi ʻōlelo a Senatoa Obama.
Akā ʻo ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo ʻole ai ʻaʻole i hana ʻia nā mea hele a pau-a i ʻole e mālama like ʻia. I loko o ka haʻiʻōlelo ʻo Invesco Field a Obama, ua hōʻike ʻia ka New York Times, "E noho ana ka hapa nui o ka poʻe kākoʻo ma lalo o ka lani hāmama. Akā, e nānā ana kahi hui o nā lobbyists a me nā luna hoʻokele o ka hui i ka hanana mai nā skyboxes plush, me nā meaʻai i mālama ʻia a me kahi pā kahe, a me kahi kumukūʻai a hiki i $ 1 miliona."
ʻO ka poʻe i hele mai i ka Skybox-ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻelele mai Quest, Comcast a me Xcel Energy a me Tom Golisano, kahi Repubalika o New York nāna i hāʻawi i $1 miliona-e hiki nō hoʻi ke pale i nā laina palekana lōʻihi, no ka mea he puka kaʻawale lākou mai "ke kaiāulu" a me kahi pilikino. ʻeleʻele e kiʻi iā lākou i ko lākou mau noho.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Oprah Winfrey, kekahi o ka poʻe waiwai loa o ka honua, ua hauʻoli nui i ka hele ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā a ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i hale no ka pule-i ke kani o $50,000, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā limahana hana i ka makahiki.
Ma mua o ka ʻaha kūkā, ua hōʻoia ka poʻe Demokarata i ka uku ʻia o ka poʻe media no ko lākou hoʻokō ʻana a ua inu ʻia, ʻai ʻia a hoʻokipa ʻia e like me nā keiki i hoʻomāinoino ʻia - ma ka
Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumuhana i ʻōlelo ʻole ʻia o ka ʻaha Demokarata, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea like ma ka Republican National Convention i kekahi mau lā ma hope mai.
E ho'āʻo nō hoʻi ʻo McCain a me nā Repubalika e kūʻai aku i kā lākou kiʻi "poʻe maʻamau" ma kā lākou ʻaha kūkā—e like me George W. Bush, ke kiʻi ʻōlelo pololei, ʻaʻohe o ka naʻaupō o kahi kula prep-then-Yale-graduate-turned. -simple-rancher, hana ʻehā a me ʻewalu makahiki i hala.
ʻOiai e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ka GOP e ka mana hōkū o ka Democrats–Kanye West vs.
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ʻAʻole wale ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika e nānā ana i nā hanana ma ke kīwī wā nui. Pili pū lākou i nā pāʻina ma hope o nā hola i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi. ʻO kēia kahi e loaʻa ai nā hoʻoholo maoli.
ʻO nā ʻaha ʻaoʻao kahi e kūʻai ʻia ai ka mana maoli. Hiki i nā lobbyists a me nā mea hāʻawi kālā ke pakele i nā kānāwai koho federal e hoʻoponopono i nā hāʻawi i hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā moho pākahi-ma o nā puka e hiki ai iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā ʻumi miliona e kau i nā ʻaha kūkā.
"Ua hoʻololi nā hui i kā mākou mau ʻaha koho aupuni i manawa kūpono no nā luna hoʻokele a me nā lobbyists i ka waina, ʻai a hoʻomāinoino i nā poʻe kānāwai āpau ma lalo o ka hoʻopunipuni o ka lehulehu," wahi a Public Citizen Pelekikena Joan Claybrook.
E like me ka hōʻike i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻAukake 20 e Public Citizen e ʻōlelo nei, "I kēia lā, ʻaʻole kūpono loa nā ʻaha koho pelekikena no ka mea ua koho mua ʻia nā poʻe i koho mua ʻia; ʻuʻuku ka poʻe e mālama i nā ʻaha kūkā, e like me ka emi ʻana o ka poʻe ʻike TV; a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kālā hoihoi kūikawā. ma mua o ka hoʻonui ʻia a hoʻolilo ʻia ma nā ʻaha kūkā.
"Ma lalo o ke ʻano o ka 'civic boosterism' palena ʻole a me nā haʻawina ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma o kahi puka nui e hoʻokipa ai i nā komite e lawelawe nui ana i ka manaʻo politika o ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka hoʻolaha a me ke komo ʻana i nā ʻoihana a me nā mea kōkua kālā ʻē aʻe."
Pakele ka poʻe hāʻawi i nā lula ma o kekahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka "municipal fund," kahi i hana ai ke kūlanakauhale hoʻokipa i kālā no ka ʻaha kūkā i hiki i nā mea hāʻawi pilikino waiwai, nā hui a me nā panakō ke hāʻawi. ʻO ke kūlana o ka waihona kālā ʻo ia ka mea i manaʻo ʻia no nā ʻaha kūkā a pau ma ke kūlanakauhale-ʻaʻole nā peresidena wale nō.
Akā, ʻaʻole ia e mālama i ka waihona kālā o ke aupuni mai ka baluna ʻana ma mua o kahi ʻaha hui nui a e mahuka ana ma hope. ʻO ka Dallas Convention Fund i nā 1980s he kumu hoʻohālike nui, e like me ka Public Citizen. "Ka
Ma muli o kēia mau loopholes, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka nui o ke kālā palupalu e kahe ana i nā ʻaha kūkā i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. I ka makahiki 1980 a me 1984, ua uku nā kālā aupuni no nā ʻaha kūkā o nā ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka hapa nui—ʻoi aku ma mua o $4 miliona i ka makahiki 1980 a ma kahi o $7 miliona i ka makahiki 1984, e like me ka Public Citizen.
I kēia lā, he wahi liʻiliʻi wale nō ka loaʻa kālā o ka lehulehu o ke kālā e kahe ana no nā ʻaha kūkā. I ka makahiki 2000, ua hāʻawi nā kumu pilikino i $20 miliona no ka ʻaha Repubalika a me $ 36 miliona no nā Democrats. I ka makahiki 2004, ua komo mai he $57 miliona no ka Demokarata a he $86 miliona no ka Repubalika. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku ma mua o $112 miliona i loko o ke kālā pilikino e kahe ʻia ma nā waihona ʻaha kūkā ma 2008.
ʻAʻole pili nā ʻaha kūkā i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ke kahua pāʻina a i ʻole ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mea koho no kekahi manawa. ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mea e pani i ka pāʻina, akā no ka mea e kū ai nā ʻaoʻao - ka ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoihana mālama ola kino, nā ʻoihana kālā, etc.
I ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā, hiki i nā hui a me kā lākou mau lobbyists ke kūʻai aku i kahi manawa makaʻu me nā poʻe loio-no ke kumu kūʻai. Ke hāʻawi manawaleʻa lākou i ke komite hoʻokipa hui, ke kūʻai nei lākou i ko lākou noho ma ka papaʻaina.
A loaʻa iā lākou ka mea a lākou e uku ai. Eia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o ka mea e kūʻai ai nā makana.
He "Platinum Sponsor" ma ka ʻaha Repubalika–kekahi mea hāʻawi kālā $1 miliona–loaʻa ke komo VIP i ka
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻole kēia mau hoʻolālā kālā no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka RNC iā lākou mai kā lākou ʻeke i hoʻolaha ʻia ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o ka media i ka moʻolelo.
No na Demokarata, ua hoounaia aku he palapala ma ka aoao o ka
ʻO ka poʻe nāna i hāʻawi i $1 miliona a ʻoi aku paha—ʻo ka pae "Presidential Sponsor" - e loaʻa i nā palapala hōʻoia o ka ʻaha kūkā i nā suites hoʻokipa āpau a ua hōʻoia ʻia i nā kono i nā hanana pilikino i mālama ʻia e Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, Gov. Bill Ritter Jr., nā lālā o ka ʻelele o ka ʻaha kūkā o ka mokuʻāina. a me nā poʻe kālaiʻāina Demokarata alakaʻi ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i ka hāʻawi liʻiliʻi ke kūʻai aku iā ʻoe i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma nā hanana hui. No ka laʻana, no ka hiki ʻana i ka pae "Mile High Plus" ma ka DNC, hiki i ka mea hāʻawi ke uku i $52,800 a kono ʻia i kahi hanana komite hoʻokipa, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hui pū a hāʻawi i nā ʻeke me kā lākou hōʻailona hui i nā ʻelele a i ʻole ka media e hele mai. ʻO ka nui o ke kālā āu e uku ai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hanana āu e hele ai.
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He 400 mau ʻaoʻao e hoʻolei ʻia i nā ʻaha kūkā, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou e mālama ʻia e nā hui, nā lobbyists a me nā hui lobbying.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ma kahi hoʻohiki e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka palaho, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Congress i kahi lula i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau i ka hana o nā lobbyists a i ʻole nā hui a lākou e hana ai mai ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā hanana hoʻohanohano e hoʻohanohano ana i nā poʻe loio ma nā ʻaha hui.
Akā, e like me ka mea maʻamau, ma nā wahi a pau e loaʻa ai ke kānāwai, aia kahi puka. I ka wā i hoʻopuka ai ke Kōmike Ethics House i kāna mau alakaʻi i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hiki i nā lobbyists a i ʻole nā mea kūʻai aku ke hoʻolei i nā pāʻina no kahi hui o nā lālā o ka Hale, ʻaʻole wale no ka loio hoʻokahi.
ʻO kahi hihia: kahi pāʻina e hoʻolauleʻa nei i kahi hui o nā Democrats conservative i kapa ʻia ʻo "Blue Dog Coalition" i ka pō Sabati ma
"ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hōʻiliʻili kālā ʻana o ka Blue Dogs i ko lākou hiki ke hopu i nā pūʻulu hoihoi pāʻoihana e hoʻohuli pinepine nei i ka Repubalika, ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ke kālā mai nā hui ideological hema," wahi a CRP's Anit Jindal. I kēia manawa i ka pōʻai koho 2008, ua huki ka hui i $ 2.3 miliona mai nā mea hāʻawi pākahi, kahi hapa nui e hele mai ana mai ka mālama olakino, panakō a me nā ʻoihana waiwai.
ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo AT&T e hoʻopaʻa i kahi ʻaoʻao o kāna berena ʻaha kūkā. Ma ka ʻaha Repubalika, ke kākoʻo pū nei ka pilikua telecom i kahi hoʻokipa no ka "Republican Main Street Partnership" ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā ma
ʻO ka pāʻina "AgNite" ma RNC, e hōʻike ana i ka hui pōhaku ʻaʻole i hala akā kokoke i poina.
Eia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona hou aʻe i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e ka Sunlight Foundation, ʻo ia ka mea e ʻimi nei i nā ʻaha kūkā:
- He hoʻokipa e hoʻohanohano ana i ka "Freshman Class" o House Democrats i kākoʻo ʻia e Visa a me US Bank.
- He "Finacial Literacy Brunch" ma ka ʻaha Demokarata i mālama ʻia e Allstate, Bank of America, Capital One, Charles Schwab, US Bank, Visa, Wells Fargo, Wachovia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
— He hui kūkākūkā "Building Stable Communities" ma ka ʻaha Repubalika i kākoʻo ʻia e Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, ka National Association of Home Builders a me ka National Association of Realtors.
- "Creative Coalition Gala Concert" ma ka ʻaha Repubalika e hōʻike ana i ka Charlie Daniels Band a kākoʻo ʻia e Target.
ʻO kahi koho ʻē aʻe no nā hui e hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻoluʻolu i nā poʻe loio he "hospitality suites" i mālama ʻia e ke Kōmike Kūʻai Kūkākūkā Democratic, kahi e hiki ai i nā mea hāʻawi ke hālāwai me House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a me nā alakaʻi o ka Hale. Ma ka RNC, ʻo Honeywell, Citi a me Anheuser-Busch ko lākou mau wahi hoʻokipa ponoʻī kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hana i mau hoaaloha a hoʻoikaika i nā kānaka.
He $112 miliona ka huina kālā kālā ma nā ʻaha kūkā. Hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i ka mālama ola kino, hoʻopaʻa i kekahi mau paʻa a uku i ka uku no kahi pūʻali koa kumu.
A i ʻole hiki ke kūʻai i ka mana politika he nui.
"ʻAʻole e hoʻolilo nā ʻoihana i kēia ʻano kālā inā ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo he maikaʻi ia no ka ʻoihana," ʻo Meredith McGehee, ka luna hoʻomalu no ka
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