RMumiriri weRepublican mumiriri weUS Paul Ryan wekuWisconsin akakandwa pachena "kunze kwemeseji" nekuona makumi ezviuru zvevaratidziri vaipikisa hurongwa hwaGavhuna Scott Walker hwekudzinga mibatanidzwa yeruzhinji muWisconsin. Achiri kubvunzurudzwa paTV yenyika, Ryan airatidza kushamisika asingazive akasiya kuratidzira kwakafanana nekuratidzira kweEjipitori kwedemocracy uye kupokana nehudzvanyiriri hwemunhu mumwechete, achiti, "Zvinoita sekunge Cairo yatamira kuMadison."
Kuenzanisa kwacho kwakakosha. State capitol yakakomberedzwa kubva pakati paFebruary nemakumi ezviuru zvevaratidziri vachishora bhiri raWalker. Musi waFebruary 26, pasinei nekudonha kwechando nemigwagwa ine aizi, vanhu vanopfuura 100,000 XNUMX vakaratidzira pamuzinda. Panzvimbo yekuti Walker awane kukunda nekukurumidza nekuparadza mubatanidzwa weruzhinji muWisconsin, imwe yenhare dzayo huru, akapisa kupokana kukuru kubva kumapoka ese ebato revashandi, vakasununguka uye vanofambira mberi vasina hukama nevashandi, masangano enharaunda pakati pevarombo, kodzero dzevanhu. mapoka, vezvezvakatipoteredza, uye vakuru vakuru vehurumende munharaunda yese.
Nekutizira kuI Illinois, maseneta gumi nemana eDemocratic akavharisa maRepublicans kubva pakuwana koramu yemakumi maviri inodiwa pakuvhota pabhiri rebhajeti muSeneti yeHurumende. Kubva kunzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana dzakatenderedza kuchamhembe kweIllinois, maWisconsin Democrats akabvunzurudzwa asina kumira nenhau kubva kurudzi rwese. Kuratidzira kweWisconsin kwakakurudzira kumwe kuratidzira munyika yose, kunyanya muOhio, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, neNew Jersey, uko kukunda kweRepublican muna Mbudzi 14 kwakaisa GOP pachinzvimbo chakasimba chekufamba kuburikidza nehurongwa hwavo hwekupokana nevashandi.
Kunyangwe masangano matatu ehurumende akaregererwa naWalker pachikumbiro chake chehudzvinyiriri - mapurisa, mauto ehurumende, uye vanodzima moto, mumubairo unooneka werutsigiro rwavo rwezvematongerwo enyika kupera kwekupedzisira - parutivi rwevamwe vashandi vehurumende vachipokana nagavhuna. Kuzivisawo kutsigira kwavo kwevashandi vehurumende vanga vari mapoka akasiyana-siyana sevatungamiriri vezvitendero, kusanganisira mabhishopu maviri echiKatorike, uye kudada kweWisconsin, iyo Super Bowl-inohwina Green Bay Packers.
Apo Walker akaburitsa hurongwa hwake muna Kukadzi 11, aitarisira kuti kuvhiyiwa kwakarongeka-nguva kwaizoshanda zvakanaka. Chiziviso chaWalker chekuti akange akagadzirira kudaidza veWisconsin National Guard kuti vatsive vashandi vehurumende kana vakapanduka (vakazogadziridzwa kutsiva varindi vejeri chete) yaive nechinangwa chekutyisidzira vashandi vehurumende. Akatenda kuti kubhomba kwakagadzirirwa kwenguva refu kwezviziviso zveredhiyo neTV neClub for Growth - kutanga panguva imwe chete nekutaura kwaWalker - kwaizotarisa gakava chete pamusoro pechinzvimbo chakasarudzika chevashandi vehurumende uye chaizorerutsa nzira yevazhinji veRepublican mudzimba mbiri idzi. kupasisa bhiri mukati mevhiki.
Dai hurongwa hwaWalker hwakaenderera mberi, bhiri iri harina kungodzima zvachose mubatanidzwa wevashandi vehurumende mudunhu umo rakatanga kunyoreswa zviri pamutemo muna 1959, asi angadai akaratidza mamwe magavhuna eRepublican nzira yekupwanya kwekupedzisira bastion yesimba remubatanidzwa mune dzimwe nyika dzakatenderedza. US-vashandi vehurumende vanodarika hafu yenhengo dzese dzemubatanidzwa. Mike Imbrogno, mubiki anoita $28,000 pagore kuUW-Madison, akasimbisa kuti masangano ehurumende isimba rakakosha kuchengetedza mararamiro uye izwi revashandi: "[Walker's] vanoedza kuputsa iyo yekupedzisira yasara yakarongeka kumanikidza muhoro uye. zvinobatsira muWisconsin."
Nekuda kwei Business Week yakaratidzwa muna 1994 se "imwe yehondo dzakabudirira kwazvo dzemapato ezvematongerwo enyika, kudzinga zvisiri pamutemo zviuru zvevashandi nekuda kwekushandisa kodzero yavo yekuronga" kubva kuma1980s, mubatanidzwa wemasangano akazvimiririra wakadzikira kunyangwe sarudzo dzinoratidza kuti 52 muzana yevaAmerica vaizopinda mumubatanidzwa kana akawana mukana. Panguva imwecheteyo, kutengeswa kunze kwenyika kwemamiriyoni emabasa kubva kumafekitori akabatana kuchamhembe kusvika kumaodzanyemba uye zvichiwedzera kusvika kune nzvimbo dzepasi-muhoro dzekunze, masangano anomiririra 6.9 muzana chete yevashandi vakazvimirira.
Walker aitarisira kumisa mhirizhonga mune dzimwe nyika izvo zvaizoputsa veruzhinji uye kunyima maDemocrats pfuma yavo yepasi-pasi uye yakakosha mari. Judith Davidoff weMadhison Capital Times akapfupisa basa rakakosha rezvematongerwo enyika: "Sezvakaratidzwa sarudzo dza2010, masangano ehurumende ndiwo chete mapoka ane mari yakakwana uye simba revanhu rekupikisa mari yemakambani yaienda kumaRepublicans kana zvirango zvekushandisa zvakabviswa nemutongo wedare repamusoro reUS. Citizens United nyaya."
Kubudirira kwe "shock therapy" kurwisa mibatanidzwa yeruzhinji kungadai kwakaisa nhanho yekuenderera mberi nekuchinja Wisconsin kubva kutsika dzayo dzinofambira mberi kuenda kune yakaderera-muhoro, yakasabatana, yekumaodzanyemba-chimiro modhi uko kusingapokane kwekutanga kwehurumende yenyika kunoramba kuri kupa rubatsiro kumakambani makuru. .
Chekupedzisira, fungidziro yaWalker yekubatanidza mubatanidzwa uye kucheka kukuru mudzidzo uye hutano - kubatikana kukuru nekushomeka kwebhajeti - kwaizosundidzira gakava rebhajeti remubatanidzwa kurudyi. Kunyange Mutungamiri Obama vakapa zvirevo zviviri zvinopesana ne "kurwiswa kwevashandi" muWisconsin, mutauriri wavo wehurumende Jay Carney akaisa maonero anogamuchira zvinoshungurudza fungidziro huru dzeRepublicans: "Ivo [nyika] dzinofanirwa kuita zvine hungwaru, kusimbisa mabhanhire avo, kurarama. Vanogona kuita sesu muWashington, bazi repamusoro, Congress, tinofanirwa kuita nemamiriro edu emubatanidzwa. " MaRepublicans vakapokanawo kuti hurongwa hwehurumende yemubatanidzwa mukuderera kwehupfumi hahufanire kunge hwakasiyana nehwemhuri yakasungirirwa mari: kudzivirira chero mari isiri madikanwa (kunze kwekuderedzwa kwemutero kune vakapfuma 2 muzana) uye kubuda muchikwereti nekukurumidza sezvinobvira.
Ehe, maonero eCarney uye maonero eRepublican anofuratira mamiriro atinotarisana nawo: vega vega haadi kuisa mari muUS nekuda kwekusasimba kwevatengi kudiwa kwezvigadzirwa zvavo uye kufarira kune yakaderera-muhoro nzvimbo dzekugadzira muMexico, China, neIndia. Mafemu eUS akagadzira mabasa anosvika miriyoni nemazana mana kumahombekombe muna 1.4, nekuwedzera kushoma kwemabasa ekutsigira mhuri). Kune chikamu chavo, vatengi vanosungirirwa mari nekuda kwekuvharwa kwechirimwa, kuderedzwa, uye kuderedzwa kwemuhoro. Mumamiriro ezvinhu akadai, hupfumi hunogona kungobatidzwa zvakare nekukurudzira kwekushandisa kwehurumende. Asi, semuongorori wezvehupfumi weUS Dean Baker akakakavadzana muBritish muchengeti, maRepublicans achakwanisa kuvharira chero shanduko itsva yehupfumi inogona kugadzira kudzoreredza kwakasimba kana Mutungamiri Obama vakatokurudzira matanho akadaro.
Zvinoshamisa Zvitsiuro
Walker nevamwe vake vayedza kushandura chigumbu pamusoro pekunetsekana kwehupfumi hwenyika kune vashandi vehurumende. Nezvinenge zviyero zvese, gambit iyi yakundikana. Zvikumbiro zvaWalker zvakakonzera nhaurirano yakafara pamusoro pekuwedzera kwechikamu chemari inowanikwa nevapfumi vakapfuma 1 muzana uye makambani makuru. Chinonyanya kukosha, data rekuvhota kubva kwakasiyana-siyana-kusanganisira NBC Nhau/Wall Street Journal, NY Times/Nhau dzeCBS, Gallup/USA Today, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research-inogara ichiratidza kutsigirwa kwekodzero yevashandi vehurumende kuti vabatane pamwe chete mu 60 kusvika ku65 muzana.
Walker akaona nhamba dzake dzemvumo dzichidonha kusvika pamakumi matatu nepfumbamwe muzana, uye vanopfuura makumi mashanu muzana veWisconsinites vasingabvumire rekodhi yake mumwedzi yake miviri yekutanga muhofisi. Ongororo yePublic Policy Polling yakaratidza vavhoti vehurumende vakapatsanura 39-50 muzana pamusoro pekuti anofanirwa kurangarirwa here. Imwe pfungwa yePPP yekuongorora yakaratidza kuti kana sarudzo yeNovember 48 yaizoitwa ikozvino, Walker aizorasikirwa neDemocratic candidate Tom Barrett ne48 kusvika ku2 muzana margin.
Walker akatsiurwawo zvinokatyamadza kubva kuRepublican State Senator Dale Schultz, uyo akadana zvakaitwa naWalker "nyaya yekumanikidza." Nemavhoti matatu eRepublican anodiwa kukunda anti-union bill, chirevo chaSchultz chaive chiratidzo chekuti madziro ekubatana kweRepublican anogona kunge ari kupaza. Nemaseneta gumi nemana kubva pagumi nemapfumbamwe eRepublicans anomiririra matunhu akavhotera kuumbwa kwaBarack Obama muna 14, maseneta eGOP anogona kunge ari kunzwa kushushikana zvakanyanya sezvo kuderera kwemvumo yaWalker uye kutsigirwa neveruzhinji kwekodzero dzemubatanidzwa weveruzhinji kunoonekwa zvakanyanya mukuvhota.
Mapoka emunyika, anosanganisira Democracy for America neProgressive Change Campaign Committee, ari kuparura kushambadzira kwepa-Union TV uye kutsvaga mukana wekurangarira kurwisa vatsigiri veRepublican bhiri. Mishandirapamwe yekurangarira uye mishandirapamwe yezvichemo mumatunhu eseneti yeRepublican inotariswa zvine hungwaru nevashandi uye vanofambira mberi senzira yekuisa simba rinoratidzwa munzvimbo huru dzinoonekwa kumuzinda wehurumende uye mune data rekuvhota.
Kugadzirisa Budget
Muzita rekuenzanisa bhajeti renyika, Walker akakurudzira bhiri rekuti "budget-repair" risina mhosva iro raisanganisira zvisungo zvinorwisa mubatanidzwa izvo zvaizoita kuti masangano ehurumende abviswe munzvimbo imwechete iyo American Federation of State, County uye Municipal. Vashandi vakatangwa muna 1932 uye apo vashandi vehurumende vakatanga kupiwa kodzero yepamutemo yekutengeserana pamwe chete muna 1959. Capital Times se "dambudziko rakagadzirwa."
Nepo Walker akataura nezvekushomeka kwebhajeti kwemadhora 137 miriyoni, iyo Capital Times uye vamwe vakanongedza memo yebazi rehurumende rezvemari yairatidza imwe mari inosvika mamiriyoni makumi mashanu nemashanu emadhora uye vakati Walker mumwedzi wake wekutanga ari muhofisi akange atopa mari inosvika madhora zana nemakumi mana emamiriyoni emutero wekambani uye mutero mutsva we "akaundi yekuchengetedza hutano," an sarudzo mukuita inovhurika kune vakapfuma chete. Kunyange zvazvo kubviswa kwemitero uku kwaizotanga mugore rinotevera rezvemari, chiyero chavo - chakada kufanana nekushomeka kwebhajeti kunotyisa kuna Walker - kunoratidza kuti kodzero dzemubatanidzwa, kwete mari, ndidzo dzinonetsa Walker. Sezvineiwo, kunyangwe Fox News's Shepard Smith akashora Walker's bhajeti yekunetsekana se "malarkey."
Mushandirapamwe waWalker wekurwisa mubatanidzwa unobva papfungwa yenhema asi yakapararira yekuti vashandi vehurumende vanopfaviswa uye vane mihoro iri nani uye mabhenefiti kupfuura vashandi vebazi rakazvimirira. Chaizvoizvo, vashandi vehurumende muWisconsin vanowana mari shoma pane vamwe vavo vega-sechikamu maererano nezvidzidzo zvakati wandei. Economic Policy Institute yakaona kuti uko 59 muzana yevashandi vehurumende venguva yakazara muWisconsin vakawana dhigirii rekoreji, 30 muzana chete yevashandi vebazi rakazvimirira vane dhigirii rakadaro. Vashandi vehurumende nevemunharaunda vane bachelor's degree avhareji yemadhora mazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu nesere pagore, zvichienzaniswa nemadhora mazana masere nemakumi masere negumi nemakumi matatu nemana evashandi vebazi rakazvimirira. Tisingatarise musiyano wakakosha wedzidzo, USA Today nguva pfupi yadarika yakaridza chidzidzo chisina kunaka ichizivisa kuti vashandi vehurumende mumatunhu makumi mana nerimwe, kusanganisira Wisconsin, vakawana mari yakawanda kupfuura avo vari mubazi rakazvimirira.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, gurusa rezuva nezuva reWisconsin, rakashandisa chikamu chayo chekuongorora chokwadi chePolitiFact Wisconsin kutaura zvenhema kuti vashandi vehurumende havabhadhare mugove wakakura kune hutano nepenjeni sezvinoita vashandi vebazi rakazvimirira. Asi sezvo Free Lunch munyori David Cay Johnston akanyora paTaxFacts.com, "Kubva pamadhora ose anopa mari yepenjeni yeWisconsin uye zvirongwa zveinishuwarenzi yehutano yevashandi vehurumende, 100 cents inobva kuvashandi vehurumende. Zvingadaro sei?" anobvunza Johnston. "Nekuti 'mipiro' inosanganisira mari iyo vashandi vakasarudza kutora semihoro yakamisikidzwa - semudyandigere pavanoenda pamudyandigere - pane kungotora mari nekukurumidza. Zvimwe chete nehurongwa hwekutarisira hutano. Dai zvisina kudaro, imhosva huru. kwaizova kuchiitika, chipo chemari yehurumende panzvimbo pokubhadhara mabasa.”
Bhiri rekugadzirisa bhajeti raWalker rairambidza masangano ehurumende kutaurirana pamusoro peimwe nyaya kunze kwemuhoro, kumisa zvibvumirano kusvika gore rimwe chete, zvinoda kuti vapihwe zvitupa gore rega rega, kurambidza mubatanidzwa kuunganidza "mari yeagency" kubva kuvashandi vavanomiririra, kumisa miripo. tarisa-kubva, uye bvisa kodzero dzekukurukurirana kubva kuYunivhesiti yeWisconsin fekisheni. Nyanzvi munyaya dzezvemabasa dzinoti pasi pemitemo yakadai, masangano evashandi anosvava mukati megore kana maviri. Sezvakataurwa nemunyori wenhoroondo dzebasa Steve Meyer weYunivhesiti yeWisconsin-Milwaukee, "Inoenderera mberi kupfuura chero chinhu kubva paTaft-Hartley Act ya1947." Pasi pechiito ichi, nyika makumi maviri neimwe dzakatora mitemo ye "kodzero yekushanda" inorambidza zvitoro zvemubatanidzwa, zvichikurudzira vashandi kuti vapinde mumubatanidzwa. Anoti Meyer, "Kutaura zvazviri, hurongwa hwaWalker hwakaipa kudarika mitemo ye'kodzero yekushanda' nokuti inoda kuti masangano ehurumende awane mvumo nenhengo dzavo gore negore, panguva imwe chete iyo masangano anodziviswa kuita chero chinhu kune nhengo dzavo."
Bhiri raWalker raisanganisira mipiro yepamusoro yeinishuwarenzi yehutano kubva kuvashandi iyo yaizosvika pakucheka mubhadharo wekuenda kumba unofungidzirwa pa6.8% kusvika 11%.
Walker's Demare Backfire
Zvikumbiro zvehupfumi zvaWalker zvakadzokera shure apo masangano makuru ehurumende, iyo Wisconsin State Employees Union zviuru makumi maviri nenhatu uye Wisconsin Education Association Council inomiririra vadzidzisi makumi mapfumbamwe nemasere nevamwe vashandi vechikoro, vakabvuma chibvumirano chehupfumi asi vakazivisa kuti kodzero dzavo dzemubatanidzwa dzaive dzakachena. Walker akasara achipopota: "Hapana nzvimbo yekukanganisa. We are broke." Nekuramba kutora "Hongu" kuti apindure, chikonzero chechokwadi chaWalker chekuparadza masangano ehurumende, kwete kutsvaga chibvumirano chehupfumi, chakafumurwa.
Walker nemaRepublicans vakabva vachinja zvavaida, vachiti hurongwa hwavo hwese-kunyanya zvisungo zvemubatanidzwa-zvaidiwa kubatsira mameya enzvimbo, vatungamiriri vematunhu, nemabhodhi ezvikoro kuti vabate mutsetse pabhajeti ravo: "Kuchengetedza zvikoro zvedu. , kudzivirira hurumende dzedu dzemunharaunda, tinofanira kuvapa maturusi avanga vachikumbira, kwete kwemakore chete asi kwemakumi emakore. Zvisineyi, kudyidzana kwekudyidzana hakusiriko honzeri yematambudziko emari akaitika mumatunhu makumi mana nerimwe kubva pakarova Great Recession nekudzikisa mutero. Sezvakataurwa naProfessor Marc Levine weUniversity of Wisconsin Milwaukee kuti, “Wisconsin haina ‘kubhuroka’ nokuti masangano evashandi vehurumende muno ane kodzero yekukurukurirana. kuperevedza kukuru kwebhajeti kupfuura kunoita Wisconsin.
"MuTexas, semuenzaniso, nyika isiri-yakabatana yekutaurirana iyo ine mutero wakaderera, 'yakavhurika yebhizinesi' mitemo yehupfumi inoshoropodzwa nekodzero, kushomeka kwehurumende sechikamu chebhajeti rese kunodarika zvakapetwa kaviri kune yeWisconsin," akadaro. Levine. Kupfuurirazve, Wisconsin hainetswa nepenjeni huru isina mari isina mari uye mabhenefiti ehutano kune vakasiya basa. Zvisungo zvaro zvenguva refu chikamu chenyika zhinji uye, pakati pezvishanu zvakaderera muUS, a New York Times chati (2/27/11) yakaratidza.
Maonero everuzhinji angangove akanyanya kushatirwa zvichitevera kuburitswa kwebhajeti rakazara raWalker Kurume 1. "Dzidzo nehurumende yenzvimbo inotakura bhajeti rekutanga raGavhuna Walker, chirongwa chekuvandudza chinoderedza mari inosvika bhiriyoni imwe yerubatsiro rwehurumende uye inodzivirira vakuru kukwidza mitero kuita mutsauko," the Wisconsin State Journal yakashuma. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel akawedzera, "Gavhuna Scott Walker akapika neChipiri kuvhara gaka rebhajeti remadhora mabhiriyoni 3.5 kuburikidza nekugadziridza hurumende yeWisconsin padanho rega rega: kutema rubatsiro kuzvikoro zvehurumende nehurumende dzenzvimbo vachigadzira kuwedzera kwerubatsiro rwechikoro chakazvimiririra; kubvisa mabasa ehurumende 1,200; uye kuisa iyo yakasimba. Kudzikamisa bhajeti pasina kukwidza mutero kana muripo, gavhuna weRepublican ari kudaidzira zvibayiro uye shanduko dzinobata vagari mudunhu rese, kubva kuvadzidzi nevatori vechikamu muchirongwa chekurapa che SeniorCare kumhuri dzine urombo dziri kuwana hutano. kuchengetwa kana kugara zvakanaka kubva kuhurumende."
Chimwe chinokanganisa nharaunda dzeWisconsin kurasikirwa kunogona kuitika kwemamiriyoni emadhora mumari yemubatanidzwa inoyerera ichienda kumasisitimu nemabhazi ematunhu. Mitemo yeFederal inoda kuti vashandi vechikamu chekufambisa vapihwe kodzero dzekubatana, uye nekudaro hurongwa hwaWalker hunogona kuita kuti zvisaite kuti mamwe maguta achengetedze basa remabhazi. Izvi zvinganyanya kurwadza varombo, vakweguru, uye vanhu verudzi, avo vese vanowanzosave nemotokari.
Budget yaWalker idanho rekuumbazve chinangwa cheWisconsin senyika, ichisiya chiziviso chenyika se "rabhoritari yedemocracy" uye muvambi wezvigadziriso zvakaita semuripo wevashandi, muripo wekushaya mabasa, uye shanduko yemari yemushandirapamwe. Panzvimbo iyoyo, Walker anoratidzika kunge aine chinangwa chekutora iyo yekumaodzanyemba modhi, pasi payo, saPatrik Jonsson weiyo. Christian Science Monitor akati, "chinonyanya kutariswa pakugadzira nzvimbo inokwikwidza kuwana mabhizimisi, saka mari inobhadharwa iri pakudyara mari yekubatsira makambani uye pakuchengetedza mihoro yakaderera. Kodzero dzevashandi, mabasa ezvemagariro evanhu, kunyange dzidzo inotora chigaro cheshure kune 'vagadziri vebasa'. pasi peiyi modhi-inotsoropodzwa nevatsoropodzi senhangemutange kusvika kuzasi."
Embarrassing Moment
Asi Walker akatambura nguva inonyadzisa munyika mushure mekunge Buffalo Beast blogger Ian Murphy amubira. Murphy akange averenga kuti Walker airamba kutora nhare kubva kumaDemocrats aida kukurukura nezvekugadzirisa. Saka Murphy akaudza vashandi vaWalker kuti anga ari David Koch, bhirioni wekurudyi uyo, nemukoma wake Charles, akapa mari kumushandirapamwe waWalker ($43,000 mumipiro yakananga), uye imwe madhora miriyoni imwe kuRepublican Governors Association iyo yakashandisa madhora mazana matatu nemazana mana emamiriyoni emadhora. pane zvakashata ads zvichipesana neWalker's Democratic mupikisi kupera kwekupedzisira.
Hama dzaKoch, dzine hupfumi hwakasanganiswa hwemadhora mazana matatu nemanomwe emadhora, vanga vari vatsigiri vemapato ekumberi kweTea Party seAmerican for Prosperity uye kwemakore akawanda simba rakakosha kusimudzira danidziro yenyika yekudzima mubatanidzwa sesimba pamamiriro eUS, saJudith Davidoff akatsanangura Kukadzi 37 mu Capital Times. Koch Industries, kambani hombe inochengeterwa zvakavanzika muUS, ine vashandi zviuru zvitatu muWisconsin pazvivakwa zvinosanganisira Georgia-Pacific chimbuzi-bepa chirimwa, akati wandei magetsi emagetsi, uye akawanda mapaipi. Sezvineiwo, bhiri rekugadzirisa bhajeti raWalker raizopa gavhuna simba rekutengesa magwenya emagetsi ehurumende pasi pemaitiro asina kubhidha.
NaWalker achifungidzira kuti kusimba kukuru kwaimiririrwa nezwi reushamwari kune rumwe rutivi rwetambo yefoni, mutevedzeri wa "David Koch" akatepa hurukuro yemaminetsi makumi maviri naWalker. (Vamiriri veWisconsin Republican vava kutsvaga kurambidza kufona kwenhema kwakadaro.) Panguva yekufona, Walker akaburitsa pfungwa iri pedyo zvikuru ne“tsvina” yaRichard Nixon kupfuura Eagle Scout yaaive achiri mudiki. Apo pseudo-Koch paakataura pfungwa yekuisa "vanonetsa" pakati pevaratidziri, Walker haana kupikisa (hapana kusungwa kwakaitika kubva munaKurume 20, kunyangwe varatidziri vanopfuura zviuru mazana matatu vakatora chikamu muzviitiko pamuzinda).
Mukupesana, Walker akabvuma, kuti: “Kutya kwangu bedzi kana pakava nenyongano yakaparirwa iyo inogona kutyisidzira vanhu mukufunga kuti zvichida gavhuna anofanira kugadzikana kudzivisa zvinetso zvose izvi.” Muchidimbu, Walker aitya kuti kuona mhirizhonga kucapitol kwaizowedzera dzvinyiriro dzevanhu kuti "agadzirise" pasina chinangwa chake chekuparadza mibatanidzwa. Walker akabvuma zvakare kuti kuiswa kwe "vane dambudziko" kwakakurukurwa nevamiriri veRepublican - sezviri pachena kukurudzira mhirizhonga iyo ingadai yakazvidza varatidziri mumaziso evanhu-paFox's "Greta Van Susteren Show."
Walker, munhaurirano yake nemutevedzeri weKoch, akataurawo hurongwa hwake hwe "kugadzirisa" kumanikidza masangano ehurumende kuti apinde nekutumira zviziviso zvekudzingwa kumazana enhengo dzavo.
Zviitiko Zvekupedzisira
Walker neRepublican vakavimbika vakaedzazve "kugadzirisa" kudzvanywa kwevapoteri gumi nemana veDemocratic. MuGungano, maRepublicans akagura gakava remaawa makumi matanhatu nerimwe pamusoro pebhiri zvekuti gumi nematatu chete kubva makumi matatu nemasere maDemocrats ndivo vakakwanisa kuvhota. Mushure mezvo, maRepublicans vakatora nhanho dzakadai sekubhadharisa maseneta eDemocratic madhora zana pazuva rega rega, vachiramba vashandi veDemocratic vemutemo kuwana michina inodhinda, uye kuyedza kuvhara mukana wekupinda muchivakwa checapitol, nhanho isati yamboitika, kusvika yapidigurwa nemutongi musi wa14 Kurume. Sheriff weDane County, umo Madison arimo, akaramba kutumira vatevedzeri vake kuti vatore chikamu mukurambidza kupinda, achiti basa rake harina kusanganisira kupa "murindi wemuzinda." Mutongo wemutongi wakapidigura zvirambidzo zvehurumende pachivakwa checapitol, asi wakaraira kuti chivakwa ichi chivharwe husiku apo mazana evaratidziri vemubatanidzwa vanga vakarara pamadziro emarble eCapitol eItaly. (Varatidziri vakanga varonga vashandi vekuchenesa kuti vaunganidze marara uye kuti vape mukana kune vashandi vanogadzirisa chivako chacho.)
Kunyange zvakadaro, kuratidzira kwakaramba kuchikwevera zviuru kuguta guru, uye kuratidzira kwakaitwa munharaunda 19 muzuva rimwe chete. Zvichiwedzera, kutarisisa kwevaratidziri kuri kutendeukira kumatunhu emunharaunda kuti vamutse matambudziko kune maRepublicans amire achipokana nekodzero dzevashandi vehurumende.
Nemukurumbira waWalker uchidzikira, 65 muzana yeWisconsinites vakaratidza chishuwo chavo chekubvumirana uye mamwe maseneta eGOP akange achizununguka. Asi pane kudzokera kunzvimbo yakachengeteka, VaWalker nevatungamiriri veRepublican vakasarudza kungoerekana vatsikirira detonator uye kurega kuputika kwabvarura nyika yose, mhedzisiro yacho.
NeChitatu, Kurume 9 maRepublicans akazivisa kuti zvisungo zvinopokana nemubatanidzwa hazvisi zvemari uye saka zvinogona kuvhoterwa pasina makumi maviri-mavhoti quorum. Kuti vayananise vhezheni yeSeneti yeHurumende yebhiri nedanho rakasiyana nereState Assembly rakatopfuura, vakangoerekana vadaidza musangano wekomiti yemusangano umo zvakarambwa neMutungamiriri weMukuru weGurukota Peter Barca. Mutungamiriri weHurumende Majority Scott Fitzgerald akangotaura pamusoro peBarca kuti iwane ruzhinji uye nekukasira kumisa, vachityora mutemo wehurumende weOpen Meetings Law uyo unoda chiziviso chemaawa makumi maviri nemana mune dzinenge nyaya dzese uye maawa maviri mumatare echimbichimbi; iyo GOP yakatadza kuzadzisa zvaidiwa zvemaawa maviri. Seneti yakabva yapinda muchikamu rikapasisa zviga zvekupikisa mubatanidzwa sebhiri rakasiyana muvhoti gumi nemasere kusvika ku20.
Seneta weDemocratic State, Chris Larson, akataura kuti zvakaitwa nemaRepublicans zvaienderana nemaitiro avo ekare: "Vakavhara gakava reruzhinji, vakavhara kunzwa kweAssembly, vakavhara nharembozha [nharembozha isingabhadharwi inogona kushandiswa nevagari. kunyoresa maonero avo nevemutemo], uye vakavhara chivakwa cheCapitol. "
Zvichitevera vhoti, Walker akapa chirevo chakazivisa kukunda, asi akakurudzirawo chinangwa chake chakakosha chekugadzirisa zvakare Wisconsin kuti ive nyika yekumaodzanyemba uko zvinodiwa munharaunda (semuenzaniso, dzidzo yeruzhinji, hutano, zvekufambisa, nezvimwe.) kuitira kupa rubatsiro rwemari yakazvimirira pasi pechiratidziro chekugadzira mabasa. Vakati, "Kuti nyika ienderere mberi, ndinorumbidza zvakaitwa neDare reMitemo nhasi kuti vamire maererano nemamiriro ezvinhu uye kutora danho rekugadzirisa bhajeti uye kugadzirisa hurumende. Chiito ichi nhasi chichabatsira kuti Wisconsin iwane mamiriro ebhizinesi anobvumira masangano akazvimirira kugadzira 250,000 mabasa matsva. "
Saka, dzidzo yepuraimari (kunze kwezvikoro zvakazvimiririra zve "charter" izvo zvinowanzoramba zvinodhura-kudzidzisa-zvinodikanwa vana vanoumba chikamu chimwe muzvishanu cheMilwaukee Public Schools), zvikoro zvehunyanzvi, mayunivhesiti ehurumende, mafambiro akawanda, uye hutano hwevakadzi. ese akatarisana nekucheka kukuru mune yazvino bhajeti yaWalker. Sezvimwe mune dzimwe nyika dzine magavhuna matsva eRepublican, kuderedzwa kwakakosha kwenguva refu kwekudyara munharaunda kunosanganiswa nemakambani emitero. (Florida Gov. Rick Scott, aimbove akanyadziswa HCA health-insurance executive, akakurudzira madhora bhiriyoni 1.7 mukuderedzwa kwedzidzo nezvimwe zvinodiwa munharaunda uye madhora bhiriyoni 1.8 mukuderedzwa kwemitero yemakambani nevapfumi.)
Mhinduro kune blitzkrieg yeRepublicans yakakurumidza uye yakakura. Zviuru zvevaratidziri zvakazadza capitol muMadison vachideedzera "Kunyara, kunyara" kune veRepublican paramende. Hurongwa hwakatanga ipapo hwekuvatsikirira pamativi akasiyana siyana. Semuyenzaniso, Dare Repamusorosoro reNyika rinogona kupa mutongo pamusoro pebumbiro remutemo wezvese mutemo unopokana nemubatanidzwa nematanho anoshandiswa kuufambisa. Zvakare, varongi vemubatanidzwa vanga vatoronga kutangazve kwekuratidzira kukuru, kusanganisira kumwe neMugovera, Kurume 12, uko kwaisanganisira "tirakita-cade" yevarimi vekuMidwest vachitsigira vashandi vehurumende.
Hondo Yekirasi
Hondo yeWisconsin yakaratidza kuedza kwenguva refu nemakambani uye bapiro rerudyi kutsausa kutarisa kure nekuderera kwemabasa epakati-kati muUS uye kuwanda kwehupfumi nemari kumusoro, nekukurudzira hondo yepakati. inokwidzwa nevashandi vemakambani akazvimirira vachipesana nevanofungidzirwa kuti vanofurirwa nevashandi vehurumende. Nekuzoparadza masangano evashandi vehurumende, mubatanidzwa / webapiro rekurudyi unofungidzira kubvisa chero kumanikidzwa kwepamusoro pamuhoro uye mamiriro ekushanda muUS.
Kunyange zvazvo ruzhinji rwakapindura zvakanaka kune pfungwa yokuti vashandi vehurumende vane kodzero yekutengeserana pamwe chete, vagari vakawanda vanoramba vachigutsikana nenhema yokuti vashandi vehurumende vanobhadharwa zvakanaka. Panzvimbo pekutarisa kumusoro kune hupfumi hwe stratospheric huri kuunganidzwa nevapfumi 1 muzana, vanhu vanorairwa kuti vatarise hutano hwevashandi vehurumende uye mabhenefiti emudyandigere. Tichifunga nezvenhau dzezvehupfumi dzinorasisa dziri munhepfenyuro dzemakambani, vagari vashoma vanonzwisisa kuti chikonzero chiri kuita kuti mitero yedzimba dzavo ikwire uye mari yechikoro yevana vavo ichikwira imhaka yekutyorwa kwemitero yemakambani.
Makambani anogashira mari inosvika mabhiriyoni makumi manomwe emadhora mukubhadhara mutero uye rubatsiro kubva kumatunhu makumi mashanu. Wisconsin muenzaniso wakajeka. The Institute for Wisconsin's Future (IWF) yakaona kuti zvikamu makumi matanhatu nembiri muzana zvemakambani ane zana remamiriyoni emadhora kana kupfuura mumari akabhadhara hapana mutero wekambani muna 70, gore rapfuura iro rakazara data. Saizvozvo, IWF yakaverengerawo kuti kana makambani eWisconsin akabhadhara mutero paavhareji mwero muUS, nyika yaizotora imwe bhiriyoni imwe yemadhora emadhora pagore.
Bato revashandi rave kuvaka pakurwisa muWisconsin. Nehurombo, njodzi kuvashandi veveruzhinji mukati memakumi maviri emakore apfuura yaifanira kunge yakamutsa kwakawedzera kuedza kwemubatanidzwa kudzidzisa veruzhinji. Pakati pemakore ekuma1990, semuenzaniso, Labor Strategies Inc., boka revanopa mazano rinotungamirwa neaimbove mutungamiriri wemubatanidzwa wevatambi veNFL, vakaedza kakawanda kunyengetedza masangano evashandi vehurumende kuti atange kudzidzisa nhengo dzawo uye veruzhinji nezve. hurongwa hwemitero yenyika.
Vashandi nevanofambira mberi vanofanirwa kubatsira kugadzirisa gakava zvakare uye kutora maonero eruzhinji ekutora matanho emari anofambira mberi. Chekutanga, ruboshwe runofanirwa kusimbisa kuti nevatengi vasingakwanise kushandisa uye makambani asingade kuisa mari, mari yehurumende chete ndiyo inogona kusunungura mavhiri ehupfumi uye kuita kuti ifambe zvakare. Chechipiri, vanofambira mberi vane dura rakasimba rerutsigiro rweruzhinji rwematanho emari ane musoro asingatariswe nevatungamiriri veDemocrats kana pundits. NBC itsva/Wall Street Journal ongororo inoratidza 81 muzana yerutsigiro rwekubhadharisa mamirioni, 68 muzana inotsigira kudzoreredzwa kweBush kuderedzwa kwemitero kune vapfumi, uye 76 muzana vachitsigira kutema mafuta uye gasi mutero.
Nekudaro, hapana kana imwe yemazano aya icharaira kutariswa kunze kwekunge basa richiita rudzi rwekupokana kwepamusoro-kwekutanga kunoonekwa muMadison uye kupararira nenyika yese. Kuti zvive nemhedzisiro pagakava rebhajeti, kuratidzira kwakadaro hakufanire kungotaura nhau dzepamusoro-soro muWashington, DC nematunhu makuru, vanofanirwawo kusefa kusvika padanho redunhu apo vagari vanogona kuwana mukana wekunzwisisa kuti vamiriri vavo vari sei. -kuumba hurumende kuti ishandire vapfumi chete, asi ichivanyima zvinodiwa muupenyu.
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Roger Bybee munyori weMilwaukee-based, chipangamazano wekuzivisa, uye aimbova mupepeti we Racine Labor Weekly.