madipatimenti?
Moni-mimba mpaka pa bala, Bub, ndipo ikani ndalama zanu pansi-Sacramento ndi
zogulitsa, loko, katundu, ndi zovala zamkati. Opambana amalandila ufulu wotsatsa ndi
kukhazikitsidwa kwa chivomerezo chovomerezeka cha mzinda-ngakhale othandizira makampani ali oipitsa,
kupanga zinthu zawo mu sweatshops, ndipo amadziwika kuti amawononga ogula.
Izi ndi zomwe Jim Hightower akunena. . .Opindula adzalanda wanu
tawuni yotsatira, ngati simuwaletsa.
"City for Sale" ndi Russell Mokhiber ndi Robert Weissman.
Yang'anani pa Gulu: February 17, 1999.
PRESIDENTIAL SALE-A-THON
Moni, "Crazy Jim" Hightower pano,
kuti: Kodi ndakupezerani mgwirizano? Bwerani ku "Crazy Jim's" kuti mugwirizane
moyo wonse. Zonse ndi gawo la [reverb] yathu "Woyimira 1999 Pre-Election Pre-Election
Sale-a-Thon!"
Gulani mpaka mutatsikira pano pa Presidential Showroom yathu pa zamatsenga
mile-tili ndi ma Democrat anu ndi ma Republican, atsopano komanso ogwiritsidwa ntchito, kuyambira masewera onse
kusamala za chikhalidwe cha anthu kumakampani osamala, kapena zonse ziwiri! Anthu wamba sangathe
kugula chilichonse mwa zokongola izi mpaka chaka cha 2000, koma "Crazy Jim" ikupatsirani
mwayi wogula-mu pompano. Nayi mtundu wathu wa Democratic, "GORE2000",
Mwachitsanzo. Kapena mwinamwake mukufuna chinachake pang'ono kumbali yocheperako, monga
"Bushamatic SUV." Onse a GORE2000 ndi Bushamatic adayesedwa kwathunthu
ndikuvomerezedwa ndi gulu lovomerezeka la akatswiri a Wall Street. Kotero ife tikhoza kutsimikizira zimenezo
komanso sizidzabweretsa vuto lililonse ku Wall Street.
Ndiroleni ndikupatseni chidule cha ena mwa zitsanzo za Purezidenti, kotero
inu mukudziwa amene akuyima kumbuyo kwawo. GORE2000 yomwe tatchulayi yatsimikizidwa ndi
amakanika a Wall Street monga Steve Rattner wa kampani yogulitsa mabanki ya Lazard Freres,
ndi Jon Corzine wa Goldman Sachs. Zotsatira zake, ndikukutsimikizirani kuti Gore ndi m'modzi
Democrat omwe sangachoke pakati pa msewu wamabizinesi. Ndipo ngati mukuganiza kuti iye
Wotsutsa demokalase, a Bill Bradley akuyenera kumukankhira kumanzere, kuti asadandaule, chifukwa ali
mothandizidwa ndi mabungwe olimba monga ma CEO a Chase Manhattan Bank, Sara Lee,
Barnes & Noble, ndi Starbucks.
Momwemonso, a Bushamatic ali ndi chisindikizo chovomerezeka kuchokera kwa wamkulu wotere
okopa anthu ngati Haley Barbour ndi Wayne Berman. Nthawi zonse ndi zabwino kudziwa izi
Washington fixers amaima 100-peresenti kumbuyo kwa malonda awo, sichoncho?
Uyu ndi "Crazy Jim" Hightower akuti. . . Ngati mukufuna
voti yanu kuti muwerenge, musadikire opusa omwe adzavote mu 2000-mutha kuvota
lero polemba cheke chachikulu. Ndibwino kwambiri, chifukwa ofuna omwe samapeza anu
ndalama mu 1999, sadzakhala ndi mwayi mu 2000. Taganizirani izi.
"Mpikisano wopeza ndalama ndi gawo la pulezidenti"
by Phil Kuntz. Wall Street Journal: March 11, 1999.
CHARITY ANAYAMBA MNYUMBA
Pali gulu latsopano lachifundo lomwe ndikulidziwa ambiri
mukufuna kuthandiza.
Izi si zachifundo zothandizira ana amasiye osauka omwe ali pankhondo
dziko lakutali, komabe ndikudziwa kuti mudzakhudzidwa mwanjira yomwe simunakhalepo nayo
kumva mavuto awo. Awa ndi anthu omwe akuvutika kwambiri kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo
masiku ano. Ndi gulu lomwe lilibe malipiro ochulukirapo kuposa . . . chabwino, chaka.
Ngati inu mukanakhoza kokha kuwawona iwo, monga ine ndiri nawoโosowa nkhope zawo zazingโono ayi
zimangokhudza mitima yanu, koma kukupangani kufuna kufikira zikwama zanu ndikuchita zonse
akhoza kuthetsa ululu wawo. Amakuyang'anani ndi maso awo akulu, ozungulira, achisoni, ndikuti:
"COLA."
Si Coca-Cola. COLA, monga mu Kusintha kwa Mtengo Wamoyo. Izi
gulu lomwe likulimbana ndi Nyumba ya Oyimilira ku US, ndipo akuchonderera
kukwera mtengo kwa malipiro awo-omwe, monga mukudziwa, tsopano ndi otsika kwambiri
$ 136,700 pachaka.
Simungathandize? COLA yomwe ili patebulo kwa iwo
zingapereke pafupifupi $5,000 chiwonjezeko pachaka. Ayi, sizochuluka, koma pang'ono pang'ono
zimathandiza pamene muli pa mlingo umenewo. Komanso, anthu awa akugwira ntchito mwakhama! Chaka chino chokha,
akuyembekezeka kuyika masiku anayi pa sabata mpaka milungu 40! Tangoganizani ngati mukuyenera kutero
kuti . . . ndi $137,000 zokha pachaka.
Mwamwayi, utsogoleri wa Nyumbayi umamva zowawa zawo ndikuwathandiza
$5,000 onjezerani. Dennis Hastert, mtsogoleri watsopano wa Republican, adanena momveka bwino pamene iye
anati: "Sindikulira misozi ya ng'ona, koma iyenera kukhala ndi moyo ndi
azisamalira mabanja awo. Ayenera kuonjezera malipiro awo pang'ono."
Uyu ndi Jim Hightower akufunsa. . . Kodi simukuvomereza? Kodi simukufuna
kuthandiza Dennis kupereka chopereka cha okhometsa msonkho cha $5,000 aliyense kwa mamembala athu a Congress?
Imbani Mneneri Hastert ndikumuuza ndendende momwe mukumvera zachifundo kwa anthu osauka
ku Congress. Othandizira akuyimilira: 202-225-0600.
"Ambiri M'nyumba Ayenera Kukonda COLA" wolemba Jim VandeHei.
Tsiku Lomaliza Ntchito: March 22, 1999.
"Hastert, Gephardt akufuna COLA" wolemba Jim VandeHei. Roll Call:
March 15, 1999.
"Per diems m'nyumba ikhoza kukhala yabwino, koma voti pa iwo siili"
ndi David Rosenbaum. New York Times: Marichi 18, 1999.
"Magulu osiyanasiyana akufuna Hastert, Gephardt kukana DRM
kukweza malipiro" ndi Gary Ruskin. Congressional Reform Briefings: March 15, 1999.
"Magulu amadzudzula mapulani a $ 25,000 omwe amalipira ndipo phindu limakwera
Nyumba ya Oyimilira ku US" yolembedwa ndi Gary Ruskin. Ndemanga za Congressional: March 17, 1999.
"Rep. Thomas amalimbikitsa kuti pasakhale msonkho pa diem" ndi AB Stoddard.
The Hill: March 17, 1999. "Khoti likuyesa tanthauzo la 'zaulere' lolemba Linda.
Greenhouse. New York Times: Marichi 22, 1999.
ULAMIKIRANI KUDYETSA NG'ombe KU ULAYA
Kodi ng'ombe ndi ogula European
kufuna kuti ma burger ndi ma steak awo akhale opanda mahomoni opangira kukula?
Khulupirirani kapena ayi, Washington ikutiika mu nkhondo ina yamalonda
Izi ndizovuta kwambiri kuposa nkhondo ya nthochi yomwe takhala tikuchita ndi azungu. Mu
nyama iyi, ochepa amphamvu okonza ng'ombe ndi ogulitsa kunja monga IBP ndi Cargill
ali m'malo ovuta kwambiri. Zikuwoneka kuti mayiko aku Europe akuti "ayi zikomo" ku ng'ombe yathu
amatumiza kunja pamene ali ndi mlingo wa estrogen ndi mahomoni ena ogonana. Makampani awa
Nthawi zambiri amabaya ng'ombe ndi mahomoni kuti anenepe mosagwirizana ndi chilengedwe
fulumira.
Pali umboni wa sayansi wosonyeza kuti mahomoniwa amabadwira mu
ng'ombe nazonso zimakhala mu steaks kapena burgers, ndiyeno kulowa m'manja mwa ana omwe amadya
iwo. Ndiye kodi n'zosamveka kuti ogula a ku Ulaya sangafune kuipitsidwa koteroko
nyama?
"Osalankhula zomveka," amalira otumiza kunja, "panga
atenga ng'ombe yathu yowonjezeredwa!" Utsogoleri wa Clinton ukugwirizana ndi izi
ngozi yokakamiza yogulitsa, kudandaula ku World Trade Organisation kuti Azungu ali
kuletsa malonda aulere pofuna nyama yopanda mahomoni.
Moni? Kodi sitikuyenera kukhala dziko la mabizinesi aulere?
ochita malonda kudziko lapansi? Nali lingaliro lopenga: Ngati mamiliyoni athu makasitomala aku Europe
kufuna ng'ombe popanda kuphulika kwa mahomoni ogonana. . . tiwagulitse bwanji?
Tili ndi nyama ya ng'ombe yokongola ku America. Ndipotu, ng'ombe zambiri zomwe mumaziwona pamtunda
pamene mukuyendetsa misewu yayikulu yaku America inalibe kuwombera-ndi malo odyetserako makampani okha
kukakamiza izi kukula-mankhwala mu ng'ombe. Chifukwa chake tiyeni tigulitse kuchokera kwa ma ranchers, ma co-ops, ndi
ma feedlots odziyimira pawokha aku America omwe amapereka zomwe kasitomala akufuna m'malo mwake
kuyesa kuwakakamiza kudyetsa chinthu chomwe sachifuna.
Izi ndi zomwe Jim Hightower akunena. . . Ndikukuuzani, ndizomvetsa chisoni kuwona
mabizinesi achinyengo awa komanso osachita bwino amathamangira kwa Amalume Sam ndi WTO kukayesa
kukankhira zinthu zawo zoipitsidwa m'khosi mwa makasitomala adziko lathu.
"Zogulitsa kunja zimayang'anizana ndi mitengo yamtengo wapatali pa minofu ya ng'ombe" ndi David
Sanger. New York Times: Marichi 23, 1999.
"US-EU yotseka nyanga pa ng'ombe" wolemba James Cox. USA Today:
March 23, 1999.
"US imatchula Zinthu za EU zomwe zimayang'anizana ndi ntchito ngati ziletso zipitilira
ng'ombe yokhala ndi mahomoni" ndi John Simons. Wall Street Journal: March 23, 1999.