D
emocrats vanodana GOP "tsika ye
huori.” Hilary Clinton anoti hutongi hweBush
iri kuita Congress semunda. Mhosva dzehuori
zvakazara zvekuti zvakaoma kusvika chero imwe mhedziso
kupfuura kuti kongiresi iyi, kutaura zvazviri, ndiyo ine huwori hwakanyanya munhoroondo.
Ndotangira papi? Shanduko yetsika yeWashington yakatanga muna 1995
naNewt Gingrich uye Kondirakiti yake yeAmerica. NaTom DeLay's
Kusarudzwa sezvikwapuro zvakawanda, GOP yakatanga "K Street Project,"
izvo zvaimanikidza masangano ekutengeserana nemafemu ekukurudzira kuhaya chete
MaRepublicans uye kupawo kuGOP mishandirapamwe kana vachida kuwana
kuCongress.
Lobbying yakakura nekusvetuka nemiganhu kubva ipapo. Maererano ne
ari
Washington Post
, nhamba ye federal lobbyists ine
zvakapetwa kaviri kubva 2000 kusvika 34,750. Muna 1996 vamiriri vakapedza
$800 mamiriyoni. The Center for Public Integrity yakawana kuti, kubvira
1998, vakange vashandisa madhora mabhiriyoni gumi nematatu kuti vape Congress.
Muchidzidzo chekutanga cherudzi rwayo, iyo Center yakaona kuti 1,300 vakanyoresa
vanomiririra vanhu - vanomiririra vatengi zviuru zvitanhatu - vakanga vapa $ 6,000 mamiriyoni
kuna Mutungamiri George W. Bush kubvira 2000. Makumi mashanu nevaviri vevamiriri ava
akashanda semafundraisers eBush uye akakwidza imwe madhora mazana matanhatu emamiriyoni. Imwe
79 lobbyists vakashanda semubati wehomwe yeCongressional campaign committees.
Pakati pevamiriri ava, vamwe mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu vaimbova nhengo dzeCongress kana agency
misoro uye 2,000 XNUMX vavo vakamboshanda munzvimbo dzepamusoro muhurumende.
Pakusarudzwa kwake, Bush akagadza makumi mapfumbamwe nevaviri vavo kuzvikwata zvinopanga mazano
kuita sarudzo dzekutonga mubazi rega rega rehurumende.
Muna Kukadzi 2006 PoliticalMoneyLine yakaratidza kuti mapoka ekutsvaga
akaputsa zvinyorwa zvose, akashandisa $ 1.165 mabhiriyoni mumwedzi mitanhatu yekutanga
ya 2005. Izvi hazvisi kana hwerengedzo sezvo mutemo usingaiti
zvinoda kuti zvirongwa zvakawanda uye mamwe masevhisi abhadharwe nevanomiririra
kuziviswa.
Vamwe vanoti mabhizimisi anoshatisa hurumende. Panguva yekutonga kweBush
huwori hwemabhizinesi hwakaburitsa kubhuroka kukuru kwepasirese:
Enron uye WorldCom. Huori paGlobal Crossing, Adelphia, Tyco,
ImClone, Merrill Lynch, Qwest, uye Arthur Andersen zvakakonzera kuwedzera
matambudziko. Muna Kukadzi 2006 American International Group, imwe ye
makambani makuru einishuwarenzi enyika, akabhadhariswa faindi yemabhiriyoni 1.64 emadhora
yekubiridzira, kubira, uye accounting isina kunaka. Mwedzi mumwe chetewo Nortel
Manetiweki akabhadhara mari inosvika bhiriyoni mazana maviri nemazana mana emadhora ekubhadharisa mari yeaccounting scandal.
Nhau dzezvibvumirano zvemukati, kickbacks, miripo isiri pamutemo, uye humwe huori
maitiro ebhizimisi anozadza mapeji emari.
mutungamiriri wenyika
Bush akashandisa ruzivo rwemukati kutengesa masheya ekambani yemafuta pamberi payo
plummeted; Dick Cheney akapihwa mamirioni muHalliburton pamudyandigere
mabhenefiti aasina kukodzera; uye Senate Majority Bill
Frist (R-TN) ari kuferefetwa nekutengesa kwake mamiriyoni emadhora
mune bhizinesi remhuri yake muchipatara pamberi pe
chiziviso chevanhu chisingafadzi.
Aimbova mutungamiri weHouse Majority Tom DeLay, achipomerwa mhosva muTexas
nekuda kwekutsvaga mari zvisiri pamutemo uye kutorerwa chinzvimbo chake chehutungamiriri, aive
mushure mekupa mubairo nevatungamiriri vebato nechigaro paAppropriations
Komiti pamwe chete nechigaro chekomiti diki rinoona nezve
Dhipatimendi reJustice. DeLay, ane kambani inoparadza muTexas,
akaripiswa katatu ne IRS nekutadza kubhadhara muripo uye
mutero wemari uye kubhadhara kutongwa kwematare katatu pakubiridzira
business partners. (Kunonoka akazivisa kusiya basa kwake kubva kuImba
muna Kubvumbi 2006.)
Dzimwe nyaya dzichangoburwa dzevaRepublicans dzakabatwa nedzavo
maoko ari muchirongo checookie anosanganisira:
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Aimbova gavhuna weConnecticut, John Rowland, akashanda mwedzi gumi mukati
jeri rekugamuchira mari inodarika zviuru zana zvemadhora muzvipo kubva kuvanhu vanoita bhizinesi
pamwe nehurumende. -
MunaNovember California Republican Randy Cunningham akasiya basa
Dare iri mushure mekubvuma mhosva yekubvuma chiokomuhomwe chemadhora mamiriyoni maviri nemazana mana emadhora
kubva kune vekudzivirira makondirakiti. -
Muna Kukadzi zvakaburitswa kuti Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
akaisa mamiriyoni makumi mashanu emadhora mubhajeti redziviriro yemauto
zvibvumirano zvaizobatsira vese vatengi vatanhatu veCongressal yake
murume wemubatsiri. Murume aishanda kubazi rezvekudzivirirwa kwenyika
asati ave mumiriri uye mudzimai wake, mubatsiri, aimboshanda
semumiriri weindasitiri yemauto.
Miitiro yakadaro haigoni kumira. Ichangobva kusarudzwa House Majority
Mutungamiriri, Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH), anochengetedza mumiriri-anopihwa mari
Freedom Project, ine lobbyist semubati wehomwe uye wese-lobbyist
Executive board. Iyo purojekiti yakasimudza $5.94 miriyoni mumakore gumi
uye akapa $3.26 miriyoni kuGOP. Mashandisirwo akajairika anosanganisira
$21,990 paSam naHarry's steakhouse, $16,189 mubhadharo kuManassas.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, uye $5,990 yekugara paLa Quinta
Resort & Club pedyo nePalm Springs.
Nyaya huru yehuori iripo zvino inosanganisira Jack Abramoff, a
$100,000-pamwe chete fundraiser yeBush, inopomerwa kutenga mavhoti uye pesvedzero
vachitengesa paCapital Hill. Vamiriri veparamende vane chitsama vari kuferefetwa,
kusanganisira Tom DeLay, uyo aimbova munyori wenhau aiva Abramoff
bhizinesi shamwari. Abramoff, uyo akabatsira kune 19 Republicans uye
6 Democrats kubva 1999 kusvika 2005, ane hukama hwepedyo naGrover Norquist,
mutungamiri webato rekurudyi vekuAmerica kuReform Reform, Ralph Reed,
aimbova mutungamiriri weChristian Coalition, naKarl Rove, Bush
zvematongerwo enyika. Mutungamiri Bush vakapukunyuka mhosva, asi
zvinyorwa zvinoratidza kuti mukati memwedzi gumi yekutanga yaBush muhofisi,
Abramoff neboka rake vakasangana nguva dzinopfuura 200 nevatungamiri vepamusoro,
kusanganisira vamwe 15 kusvika 20 congresspeople uye Bush vakuru akadai
Gweta Guru Ashcroft uye vaCheney vapangamazano.
Kubata
inofarirwa nekuti inobhadhara. Imwe kambani inokurudzira, Carmen Group,
inotoshambadza mabhenefiti nemitengo yemubhadharo wevatengi vayo.
Muna 2004 vakaunganidza $11 miriyoni mubhadharo uye vakaendesa $1.2 bhiriyoni
mukubatsira vatengi vavo. Republican vanogadzwa mu IRS
vari kubvumira 65 mafemu eakaunzi, mafemu ezvemitemo, mabhanga, nekudyara
dzimba - vatsigiri vakuru kuGOP coffers - kutiza kupomedzerwa
kana vakabhadhara faindi yekugadzira zvisiri pamutemo pekugara mutero kune super
mupfumi.
Mipiro yemushandirapamwe inobhadharawo. Nekutsigira Bush musarudzo,
makondirakiti ekudzivirira akabatsirwa zvakanyanya. Muna 2000 mauto matanhatu epamusoro
makondirakiti akashandisa madhora 6.5 miriyoni mumipiro yemushandirapamwe uye madhora makumi matanhatu
miriyoni pakutsvaga. Bush nekurwisa Afghanistan neIraq
yakasundira masheya evanotungamira mauto makondirakiti kumusoro ne400 muzana
uye purofiti yakawedzera ne37 muzana yeBoeing, 44 muzana yeLockheed
Martin, uye 293 muzana yeHalliburton.
Makore akati wandei apfuura, makambani makumi matanhatu, anosanganisira Pfizer, HewlettPackard,
naAltria, vakafunga kushandisa $1.6 miriyoni kuti vakumbire Congress kuti itize
mitero nekugadzira mutero wakaderera wakaderera pane purofiti yekunze yakaunzwa
kudzokera kuU.S. Stymied pakutanga, makambani akazopedzisira
zvakabudirira apo Bush akasaina bhiri muna 2004 kuderedza mitero kune dzimwe nyika
purofiti kubva pa35 muzana kusvika pa5 muzana. Gore rakapera makambani aya
yakadzosa madhora mabhiriyoni mazana matatu emari yekunze kuU.S., ichipa
makambani ane mari inodarika $100 bhiriyoni mukuchengetedza mutero.
Ne "kukurudzira" Congress nezvipo, nzendo, mushandirapamwe
mari, mabasa kuhama, uye zvimwe zvinokurudzira, lobbyists vari
chikonzero chikuru chinoita kuti vezvemitemo vatsvedze mapurojekiti ezvipfuyo-zvinonzi "zvicherechedzo"-mukati
bhajeti remubatanidzwa kubatsira vatengi. Muna 1998, apo GOP yakatora
kutonga kweCongress, kwaive ne4,219 maearmark pagore, asi pasi
GOP tutelage earmarks yakawedzera zvakapetwa kusvika pa15,877 gore rapfuura,
inokosha $27 bhiriyoni. Aya matinji anonzvenga kutarisirwa uye kuongororwa
nekuti ivo vanoiswa mubhajeti kuseri kwemasuo akavharwa uye
isingabatanidzwi mumagwaro chaiwo emutemo. Maererano ne
Congressional mitemo, izvi zviri pamutemo zvakakwana; munhu wose anozviita.
Vateresi vanotarisira zvishoma kubva kuCongressional ethics committees. In
2005, vakatarisana neGOP Majority Mutungamiriri Tom DeLay mhosva
pakutsvaga mari yedanidziro zvisiri pamutemo, GOP yakanetesa mitemo yetsika
panzvimbo kubva 1968. GOP yakashandura mitemo nekuti DeLay aive nayo
akatsiurwa kakawanda pamusana pemaitiro asina kunaka. Mugari Wevanhu,
boka reCongressal watchdog, rakaona kuti "Hapana tsika
komiti (Imba kana Seneti) ine zvakawanda zvenhoroondo yetsika
kutevedzera."
Huwori huchatora nguva yakareba sei uye huchadzika zvakadii? Nepo
vanhu vekuAmerica vanoita sevasina kufara nehondo yaBush muIraq
uye kubata kwake Hurricane Katrina, vanoita sevanogamuchira nyika yake
policy. GOP iri kutonga zvakasimba Dare Repamusorosoro, White
Imba, Imba neSeneti, uye matunhu ekuvhota anga
zvigaro zvishoma zviri kutarisirwa kushandura maoko musarudzo.
Pasina shanduko huru mumaitiro ekuvhota, Republican Party
ingangoramba ichitonga uye huori hwehurumende huchaenderera mberi
kutyora zvinyorwa.
Don
Monkerud munyori weAptos, California anofukidza zvematongerwo enyika.