Ndi maganizo odzichepetsa.
Makampani omwe amayitanitsa makontrakitala aboma akuyenera kuwulula momwe amawonongera kampeni, kuti achepetse mwayi woti makontrakitala azikhala ndi phindu pazandale.
Boma la Obama lawonetsa kuti likukonzekera kukhazikitsa lamulo lotere, kudzera mu lamulo lalikulu. M'malo mwake, lamuloli lingaletse makontrakitala ndi okopa alendo kuti asawononge ndalama za kampeni, koma mulingo wowulula ndi wabwino kwambiri ngati sitepe yocheperako.
Bungwe la US Chamber of Commerce, bungwe lazamalonda lamalonda akuluakulu, komabe, limakhala ndi malingaliro osiyana.
"Tilimbana nazo kudzera m'njira zonse zomwe zilipo," a Bruce Josten, wamkulu wokopa alendo ku Chamber, adauza New York Times. "Kunena zomwe amalankhula tsiku lililonse ku Libya, zosankha zonse zili pagome."
Othandizira mabizinesi ena amagwiritsa ntchito mawu ocheperako * koma amafanana ndi kulimba kwa Josten. "Purezidenti ndi akuluakulu ake akuwoneka kuti akugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zoyendetsera ndale," atero a John Engler, purezidenti wa Business Roundtable, bungwe la ma CEO akuluakulu amakampani. "Lingaliro lakuti zisankho za federal zogula katundu ndi zotsatira za zopereka zikuwoneka ngati zofooketsa ufulu wolankhula poopseza opereka bizinesi."
Gosh, kodi ndizovuta kunena kuti makontrakitala akuganiza kuti zopereka zandale zimawathandiza kupeza makontrakitala? Kodi Lockheed adawonongadi $16 miliyoni pazopereka zachitukuko zaka makumi awiri zapitazi - adagawanika molingana pakati pa zipani zazikulu ziwiri (55-45 kugawanika kwa aku Republican) - pazifukwa zina zilizonse? Heck, kampaniyo idawononga $60 miliyoni pazaka zisanu zapitazi pokopa anthu, makamaka kukhudza momwe boma limawonongera ndalama.
Izi ndizochitika - pakhala pali ochepa - pomwe Purezidenti akupita patsogolo ndi Bizinesi Yaikulu yolandirira alendo. Zili kwa ife kuti timuthandize kuima mwamphamvu pa chimene chili cholondola. Pitani kuno kuti musayine pempho lolimbikitsa Purezidenti Obama kuti anyalanyaze kukakamizidwa kwa bizinesi ndikupereka lamulo lalikulu lofuna kuulula ndalama zomwe makontrakitala amawononga pachisankho:
www.citizen.org/disclosure-petition
Kufunika kochita zimenezi kukutsatiridwa mwachindunji ndi chigamulo cha Khoti Lalikulu la Citizens United v. FEC, lomwe linachotsa malamulo oletsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama pa ndale ndi mabungwe, ndipo zinatsegula njira yoti makampani awononge ndalama zambiri kuchokera mโmabungwe awo akuluakulu kuti akhudze zotsatira za chisankho. Ngakhale makampani amaletsedwa kupereka zopereka mwachindunji kwa omwe akufuna kusankhidwa m'boma, komanso ngakhale zopereka zachindunji zochokera kwa mamenejala aliyense ndi ogwira ntchito m'makampani ndi makomiti awo andale amanenedwa poyera, sikutheka kutsata ndalama zambiri zamabizinesi zomwe zimakonzedwa kuti zithandize kukondedwa ndi mwayi wopeza mwayi. ndi akuluakulu aboma. Pambuyo pa Citizens United, mabungwe tsopano atha kupanga zopereka zachinsinsi komanso zopanda malire mwachindunji kuchokera ku chuma chawo chamakampani kupita "kutsogolo" kumabungwe ngati US Chamber of Commerce yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito ndalamazo pochita kampeni.
Osati kokha kuti Citizens United idawononga kwambiri magwiridwe antchito a demokalase yathu, idayambitsa chipwirikiti chachikulu cha ziphuphu zomwe zafotokozedwa mwachidule.
Ngakhale kuti ziphuphu mโboma zimabwera mโnjira zosiyanasiyana, palibe paliponse pamene zafala kwambiri kuposa kuchita malonda ndi boma. Malonda a "Pay-to-play" ndi mtundu wa nkhanza za boma pamene bungwe la bizinesi limapereka zopereka za kampeni kapena zowonongera m'malo mwa wogwira ntchito za boma kuti apeze chisamaliro chapadera polandira makontrakitala aboma. Nthawi zina, kulipira kuti tisewereko kumakhala chiphuphu chenicheni pa mgwirizano wa boma. Nthawi zambiri, kulipira kumasewera kumaphatikizapo kontrakitala wogula kukondera. Mchitidwewu ndi wofala m'makontrakitala am'deralo, m'boma, ndi m'boma koma nthawi zambiri amabisika chifukwa chosayang'anira bwino momwe boma limagwirira ntchito. Njira yolipirira ndalama imalimbikitsa chinyengo ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu molakwika, imalepheretsa mabizinesi kuti aperekedwe kwa mabizinesi potengera kuyenerera, kuwononga ndalama za okhometsa misonkho, komanso kumathandizira kubizinesi ndikulandila ntchito zomwe mabungwe aboma akanapereka kapena ayenera kuperekedwa.
Chitsanzo cha nkhanza zolipira-kuti tisewere ndi chipongwe chokhudza yemwe anali Bwanamkubwa waku Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Milandu yolimbana ndi Blagojevich idaphatikizanso ndondomeko yolipira kuti azisewera pomwe akuti adapereka kontrakitala yopindulitsa kwambiri kwa wopereka ndalama kuti amupatse ndalama.
Pongotsala pang'ono kusintha malamulo kuti athetse Citizens United, njira yabwino yopewera nkhanza zolipira posewera ndikuletsa ma kontrakitala ndi olimbikitsa anthu kuti agwiritse ntchito ndale. Mayiko asanu ndi atatu, bungwe la Securities Exchange Commission ndi madera angapo akumaloko akuletsa ma kontrakitala aboma kupereka zopereka za kampeni kwa omwe ali ndi udindo wopereka makontrakitala aboma.
Purezidenti Obama sananene zoletsa kugwiritsa ntchito kontrakitala, koma kuwululidwa koyenera, zomwe mayiko ambiri amachita kale. Pansi pa lamuloli, ma kontrakitala aboma amayenera kufotokoza zonse zomwe zaperekedwa kuchokera kwa akuluakulu awo ndi ma PAC, komanso ndalama zilizonse zomwe zagwiritsidwa ntchito pa kampeni kapena zopereka kumagulu omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa kampeni.
Kwa Bizinesi Yaikulu yolandirira alendo, ngakhale kuwulula kosavuta kwa kontrakitala wandalama ndizochuluka kwambiri. Ngati anthu akudziwa za ndalama zogwirira ntchito zamakampani, akuwopa Bungwe la US Chamber ndi ogwirizana nawo, atha kufuna kuti makampani aziyankha mlandu. Ndiye, mkangano ukupita, makampani amenewo angalepheretse kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zandale ndikuwonetsa malingaliro awo. Takulandirani ku sitepe yotsatira ya illogic mdziko la post-Citizens United.
Ngakhale pansi pa Citizens United, komabe, malamulo aulula, ndi malamulo oletsa katangale wodziwika bwino, amakhalabe ovomerezeka.
Lamulo la Purezidenti silinasinthe Citizens United dzulo. Izi zitengera kusintha kwa Constitutional.
Koma kuletsa ziphuphu za kontrakitala ndi cholinga choyenera pachokha. Uzani Purezidenti kuti ayime mwamphamvu: www.citizen.org/disclosure-petition.
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* Tangoganizani kwakanthawi ngati wosewera wandale wotchuka wochokera kumanzere atagwiritsa ntchito chilankhulo chomwe chingatanthauzidwe kuti chikuyitanitsa kuukira kwa pulezidenti waku Republican. Izi sizikutanthauza kuti Josten amatanthauzadi kulimbikitsa chiwawa, koma mawu ake ndi omwe ali. Mphepo yamkuntho imatha kuphulika ngati script itatembenuzidwa.
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