Source: The Intercept
He pule a he hapalua ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana o ka Senate i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e Vermont kūʻokoʻa Bernie Sanders e hoʻopili i ka uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i kahi pahu hoʻomaha coronavirus, ʻo kāna mau senador Demokarata kokoke, ʻo Jeanne Shaheen lāua ʻo Maggie Hassan, i hui pū me nā mea koho no kahi teleconference.
Ua hui pū ʻia nā senador New Hampshire i ka lā Malaki 15 e Tom Boucher, ka mea i koho hou ʻia i ka papa o ka National Restaurant Association, i kapa ʻia ma Wakinekona ʻo "ka NRA ʻē aʻe." Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Boucher ma ke ʻano he kahu no ka Education Foundation a ʻo ia ka Luna Nui o Great NH Restaurants, Inc. Ua hōʻike ʻo Boucher i nā senator i ka pilikia o ka makahiki maʻi maʻi i hala no ka ʻoihana hale ʻaina a mahalo nui iā lākou no kā lākou kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa, me ka haʻi ʻana iā lākou ua pale lākou i nā hale ʻaina he nui mai ka pani ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lunamakaʻāinana Demokarata ʻo Maria Perez, i ka wā o ke kāhea ʻana, ua kāhāhā ʻo ia i ke ʻano like o ka ʻōlelo a Boucher me ko nā senatoa a ua lohe ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻapaʻa like mai kā lākou mau limahana i ka wā i hoʻopio ai ʻo ia iā lākou e kākoʻo i ka hoʻonui uku. "ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻu i lohe ai mai nā senator, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo aʻu i lohe ai mai ka Hui ʻAi ʻai," wahi a Perez.
ʻO ke kikowaena o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka National Restaurant Association, e like me ka parroted e Shaheen lāua ʻo Hassan, ʻo nā limahana ponoʻī, ʻoi aku ka poʻe e hilinaʻi nei i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, ke kūʻē ikaika nei i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa, hopohopo ia he liʻiliʻi ka liʻiliʻi a waiho i nā ʻoihana i ka pilikia o ka pani ʻana. I ko lākou manaʻo, pili kēia kū'ē i ka uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, e hiki ai i nā ʻoihana ke uku i ka uku haʻahaʻa i nā limahana i loaʻa ka hapa nui o kā lākou uku ma o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. (ʻO ka uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa federal he $2.13 i kēlā me kēia hola.)
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo James Haslam, ka luna hoʻokele o Rights & Democracy, kahi hui holomua kūloko e hana ana ma New Hampshire a me Vermont, ua haʻi pinepine nā limahana ʻo Hassan lāua ʻo Shaheen iā ia ua loaʻa iā lākou ka nui o nā leka mai nā limahana ʻoihana lawelawe kūʻē i ka hoʻonui ʻana uku uku. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Haslam, ʻaʻole maopopo ka poʻe senator, a i ʻole ke kuhi hewa ʻole, aia nā limahana o ka ʻoihana lawelawe ma lalo o ke koi ikaika e hana hou i nā ʻōlelo a ko lākou mau luna. ʻAʻohe uniona no nā limahana lawelawe, a he mana koʻikoʻi nā luna hale ʻaina e hana a uhaʻi paha i kahi kikowaena, ma o ka mana o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana - ʻo ka pō Pōʻaono a me ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻalua e lawe mai i nā lā uku ʻokoʻa - a me ka mana e hāʻawi i nā kikowaena ʻO kekahi mau ʻāpana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
"I loko o kahi ʻoihana nonunion, ʻaneʻane nā mea hoʻoikaika e hana i ka mea a kāu mea hana e ʻōlelo ai," wahi a Haslam. "ʻO kēlā me kēia holomua o nā kuleana o nā limahana, e hoʻi ana i ka hoʻokauwā ʻana, ua kūʻē mau ʻia i kēia mau ʻōlelo: e ʻoi aku ka hewa o nā limahana."
Akā ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa i loko o kahi pilikia aupuni nui ke hoʻololi nei i kēlā ikaika. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Haslam i kahi hālāwai i ka pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻae nā limahana o Shaheen e lohe pū ana lākou mai kahi helu kiʻekiʻe o nā limahana lawelawe lawelawe i ʻae ʻole i ko lākou mau luna a kākoʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa.
Ua ʻike lōʻihi nā luna e hoʻohana i ko lākou mana e hopu i nā limahana, a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonohonoho maʻalahi i nā hopena politika. Inā ʻo ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi leka i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e kūʻē ana i ka hoʻonui uku haʻahaʻa hiki ke alakaʻi i kahi papa hana a me ka ʻāpana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi - a inā ʻo ka hōʻole ʻana e lawe mai i ka hopena ʻē aʻe - ʻaʻole paʻakikī ka hoʻoholo no kahi kikowaena ma ke kumu pākahi. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, manaʻo paha kahi kikowaena akamai e hoʻemi ʻia ka leka e kahi senator e ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka pono o kahi ʻōlelo lehulehu i hana ʻia ma lalo o ia mau kūlana. Manaʻo paha kēlā kikowaena ʻoi aku ka naʻauao ma ka ʻaoʻao o kā lākou mau ʻelele ma mua o ka mea maoli.
ʻO ka uku liʻiliʻi ma New Hampshire noho ma $7.25 i ka hora. I ka makahiki 2019 a i ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻāʻo ka ʻahaʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina e hoʻonui iā ia, i $ 10 i hoʻokahi hola i ka makahiki aʻe a me $ 12 i hoʻokahi hola i ʻekolu makahiki. Ua ʻae ʻo Gov. Chris Sununu i ka bila i kēlā me kēia manawa, e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana i kona kumu libertarian-leaning "ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku haʻahaʻa e hōʻeha i nā limahana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa kahi hoʻonui i manaʻo ʻia e kōkua, no ka mea hiki ke koi ʻia nā ʻoihana e hōʻemi i nā hola a i ʻole e hoʻopau loa i nā hana."
ʻO ka poʻe ʻoihana ʻoihana e ʻimi ana i ka poʻokela e hakakā me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku liʻiliʻi hiki ke hana maikaʻi ma mua o Sununu. Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi mai ka poʻe nona ka hale ʻaina i hoʻokumu i ka National Restaurant Association, a me nā hui ʻē aʻe i hoʻouka kaua i ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku. Akā ʻo ka poʻe hana e ʻimi nei i ka poʻokela like ma ko lākou ʻaoʻao ʻaʻohe koho ʻike.
Aia ʻo Hassan no ke koho hou ʻana i ka makahiki 2022, a ke manaʻo nei ka poʻe Repubalika aupuni e kū ʻo ia iā Sununu, ka mea e holo nei i ka nalu kaulana i ka pane ʻana i kāna lawelawe ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi. Ua koho hou ʻia ʻo ia i kiaʻāina ma 2020 me 65 pakeneka o ka balota.
Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe i kamaʻāina i ka politika insular o New Hampshire, ʻo Sununu, ke kaikunāne o Sen. Akā aia ke kiaʻāina ma lalo o ke koi ikaika e kōkua i ka poʻe Repubalika e hoʻihoʻi i ka Senate, a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi koho balota i loaʻa iā ia he 51 pakeneka. iwaena o na Demokarata ma ka moku'āina. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka loiloi like e ʻoki ana iā Hassan i ka hoʻokūkū poʻo. Ke hoʻomalu nei nā Democrats i ka Senate ma kahi noho hoʻokahi, a ʻo Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a me Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., ke alo i ke koho hou ʻana i ka makahiki aʻe.
Mai ka wā o ke Kaua Kivila, aia nā noho Senate o New Hampshire, me kekahi mau ʻokoʻa, i ka lima o nā Repubalika. Ua haki ke kumu ma 2008 i ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo Shaheen iā Sen. ʻO John Sununu, ka scion o kahi moʻokūʻauhau politika kūloko, a ua hoʻopau piha ʻia i ka makahiki 2016, i ka wā i lanakila ai ʻo Hassan, ke kiaʻāina o ka mokuʻāina, i kāna koho balota kūʻē iā Kelly Ayotte. ʻO Ayotte, ka mea i nalowale i kāna koho hou ʻana iā Hassan ma kahi o 1,000 mau balota, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻokuʻu i kahi hoʻokūkū.
Ma ka Senate i kaohi ʻole ʻia e ka Democrats, ua loaʻa i ka hoʻololi ʻana o Sanders i ka pōʻai kōkua coronavirus he 42 mau balota: 8 pōkole o ka helu i pono no ka hapa nui. ʻO kekahi o kēlā mau balota - e like me nā senador Delaware ʻelua - hiki ke maʻalahi iā Pelekikena Joe Biden inā e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia. ʻO nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, e like me Kyrsten Sinema o Arizona a me Joe Manchin o West Virginia, ua ʻike lōʻihi lākou e kānalua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku. ʻO nā paʻa ʻelua mai New Hampshire ka mea paʻakikī loa e wehewehe.
ʻO Sinema, Manchin, a me Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, ke koi nei i kēia manawa i kahi manaʻo hoʻohaʻahaʻa e hoʻonui i ka uku haʻahaʻa federal i $11 i ka hola. ʻO Sinema a me Manchin 'ōlelo ma ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki a ka National Restaurant Association i kēia pule, a ua puʻunaue lāua i kahi ʻohi kālā, ʻo Ashley Flanagan Kennedy, ʻo ia mare ia Sean Kennedy, ka luna lobbyist no ka Ahahui Haleai Lahui.
He kōkua lōʻihi ʻo Sean Kennedy iā Rep. Dick Gephardt ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i lobbyist telecom. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i hope ma ka puka ʻōwili e hana no ia manawa-Sen. ʻO Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., he mea kākoʻo mua i ka hoʻolaha pelekikena o Barack Obama i ka makahiki 2008, a laila lawelawe ʻo Obama ma ke ʻano he kōkua kūikawā i ka pelekikena no nā ʻoihana kānāwai. ʻO kāna kuleana i kēia manawa ʻo ke kōkua ʻana i ka hui hale ʻaina e kāohi i ka hoʻonui haʻahaʻa.
ʻO Flanagan Kennedy, he kamaʻāina ʻo West Virginia, he hoa hana ma ka hui ʻohi kālā ʻo Fulkerson Kennedy & Company, ka mea, e like me nā moʻolelo FEC, hana kokoke wale no ka Senate Democrats a ua huki i nā miliona o ka ʻohi kālā ʻana i nā uku kūkākūkā mai 2017.
Ua hana ka paʻa i nā hana ʻohi kālā hou no ke Kōmike Hoʻolaha Demokalaka Senatorial, no ke koho hou ʻana i nā Senate Democrats, a me kāna super PAC pili, Senate Majority PAC. (ʻO ke kūkākūkā ʻana no ka DSCC a me ka Senate Majority PAC e koi i nā kiaʻi kānāwai koʻikoʻi, no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia lāua e hoʻohui.)
Ua hōʻiliʻili kālā ʻo Fulkerson Kennedy & Company i kēia manawa, hōʻike nā moʻolelo, no Manchin, Sinema, a me Hassan, a me Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, ʻo ia ka luna o ka DSCC.
Hana pū ka ʻoihana i ka ʻohi kālā no Granite Values PAC, ʻo ia ka hui alakaʻi a Hassan; he PAC pili me Manchin i kapa ʻia ʻo Country Roads; a hoʻokahi i pili iā Sinema i kapa ʻia ʻo Getting Stuff Done PAC.
Ma Malaki 31, ua hāʻawi ʻo Sean Kennedy i $2,000 i ka hoʻolaha koho hou a Hassan. Ma ka la 20 o Dekemaba, ua haawi aku oia i ka huina kupono loa, $2,800, ia Sinema.
Ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ka National Restaurant Association i kēia pule, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Kennedy iā Sinema a me Manchin. "Maikaʻi loa ʻoe a me kāu mau limahana i ka hana ʻana me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, me ka National Restaurant Association, i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi ala maʻamau, no laila hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau i kēlā ʻano me ka ʻōlelo ʻana aku i ke aloha," ua'ōleloʻo ia.
ʻO ka hakakā ʻana i ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku haʻahaʻa ma ka ʻāina a hiki i $15 ke neʻe like nei, a i kekahi manawa like, me ka paipai ʻana e hoʻopau i ka uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. ʻOiai ʻo ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa ʻo ia ka uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa i ʻike ʻia, hiki i ke kānāwai hana o kēia manawa ke ʻae i nā hui e uku i kekahi mau limahana me ke kino kīnā ma lalo o ka uku haʻahaʻa piha. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe pale o ke kulekele e paipai ana i nā ʻoihana e hoʻolimalima i nā limahana kīnā ʻole i hiki ʻole ke hoʻokūkū i ka poʻe kino, e hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi kumu kūʻokoʻa o ka loaʻa kālā a me ke ala e komo piha ai i ka hui. Hōʻike ka poʻe kūʻē i ka hiki ke hoʻohana patent o ke kānāwai.
I ka wā e pili ana i ka nīnau o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku tipped, ʻaʻole monolithic ka manaʻo o nā limahana ʻoihana lawelawe. E like me nā ʻoihana āpau, ʻoi aku ka poʻe ʻaʻole i hoʻohui ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau limahana ma lalo o ke kūlana quo ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā mea lawelawe e ʻeke ana i nā haneli kālā i ka hoʻololi ʻehā a i ʻeono hola e ʻike ʻole i ka piʻi ʻana o kā lākou uku inā hoʻonui ʻia ka uku kumu. Ma lalo o ke kānāwai o kēia manawa, pono nā hale ʻaina e hoʻokaʻawale i waena o ka uku liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi maʻamau inā ʻaʻole uhi nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. No nā kikowaena he nui, ʻaʻole pono ia - akā inā ʻo ia, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ke kānāwai.
Hoʻohana pū nā luna i ke kānāwai uku haʻahaʻa e ʻoki i nā hana hana ʻole mai kā lākou limahana kali, hoʻonohonoho i nā limahana e hōʻea i kekahi mau hola ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o kahi hale ʻaina, no ka laʻana, e hana i ka hana i kapa ʻia ʻaoʻao. ʻAe nā kānāwai hana i nā luna e koi i kekahi mau hana hoʻomākaukau maʻamau, akā hoʻolōʻihi mau nā luna i kāna wehewehe ma mua o kēlā, e hoʻokau i nā kikowaena e hana i ka hana mālama a i ʻole nā hana ʻē aʻe e uku ʻia ma ka uku haʻahaʻa piha. No ka mea hiki i kahi kikowaena ke hana ma mua o ka uku liʻiliʻi i ka wā e kū ana ka ʻoihana, e hoʻokuʻu nā luna me ka hana ʻana iā lākou i nā hola ʻē aʻe me ka manuahi e hōʻemi i kā lākou uku o kēlā me kēia hola.
ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka uku i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ua loaʻa ka manaʻo nui o ka lāhui ma mua o ka hakakā ʻana no $15, a hāʻawi ʻia i ka kānalua o nā paʻa e like me Shaheen lāua ʻo Hassan, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka paʻakikī o nā limahana lawelawe i kahi kuʻikahi hope - inā loaʻa kekahi. .
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