Kune vavhoti vane hanya nemhedzisiro yakaipa yekushandiswa kwemabhizimisi makuru pasarudzo, a Nyaya yeNew York Times mwedzi wapera akavimbisa zororo repakati pezhizha. "Taneta Nemari mune Zvematongerwo enyika, Mamwe MaDemocrat Anofunga Madiki," musoro wenyaya wakaverenga.

Chinyorwa chiri pazasi, icho chakanangana nemakwikwi eMinnesota DRM, chakataura kuti, "mumijaho yepakati petemu kutenderera nyika ... gumi nemaviri eDemocrats [vari] kuramba zvipo kubva kumakomiti ezvematongerwo enyika, kana maPAC, anotsigirwa nemakambani kana mapoka emaindasitiri. ”

Vazhinji vavhoti vari kushoropodza maSuper PAC, ayo "anogona kugamuchira zviri pamutemo nekushandisa mari isingaperi kupesvedzera nhangemutange, chero vasingarondedzere chiitiko chavo nemushandirapamwe," maererano nemutongo weDare Repamusorosoro. Citizens United.

The Times akati maitiro aya akakonzerwa ne "kushushikana nekupesvedzera kwemakambani mune zvematongerwo enyika" izvo "zvanga zvatoonekwa panguva yemutungamiri wenyika ya2016." Ndipo apo Senator Bernie Sanders– kusiyana nemupikisi wake mukuru aitsigirwa neSuper-PAC, Hillary Clinton– “akaramba mari yePAC yekambani, akakunda mukukwezva zvipo zvemadhora madiki, uye akashoropodza masangano ezvematongerwo enyika muWashington nekunyanya kuona vapfumi.”

Muna 2018, mamwe maDemocrat akashandura shanduko yemari yemushandirapamwe uye kurambwa kwemari yePAC kuita "nzvimbo dzepakati dzekutengesa dzevavhoti." Uye, kune vamwe, "mipiro midiki yevanopa iri kuwedzera." Muenzaniso waSanders makore maviri apfuura wakatotungamira vashoma vane tarisiro yemutungamiri wenyika muna 2020 kuti vataure kuti havazotambira mari yekambani yePAC.

Pakati peavo vari kutora chitsidzo ichi maSeneta Kirsten Gillebrand, Cory Booker, naKamala Harris, vese vaiona mari hombe kare. Semuenzaniso, vanopa vakuru veGillebrand vakasanganisira mafemu eWall Street seGoldman Sachs. Asi, mushure memakore gumi paCapitol Hill, iye zvino aona kuti "kurwara kwese muCongress, zvisinei kuti chii" kunobva "nekuti mari inoshatisa vezvematongerwo enyika nezvematongerwo enyika."

Iyi tsika yekurega isati yanyanya kuombera maoko, zvakakosha kuziva kuti Democratic National Committee (DNC) yadonha kubva mungoro. Mwedzi miviri mushure mekunge DNC yasarudza, nevhoti yakabvumirana muna Chikumi, kuramba zvipo kubva kumakambani ePAC akasungirirwa kumakambani emafuta, gasi, nemarasha, yakadzora chiito ichi kuburikidza nechisungo chakaunzwa naSachigaro weDNC Tom Perez, aimbove munyori wevashandi pasi. Mutungamiri Obama. Nemavhoti makumi matatu kusvika ku30 muna Nyamavhuvhu, DNC yakazivisa kuzvipira kwayo kutangazve kupfuudza ngowani pakati pe "makomiti ezvematongerwo enyika evashandi" muindasitiri yemafuta emafuta, chero vachimiririra "vashandirwi vanotarisisa."

Nenzira imwecheteyo, vazhinji vevanoshanda naGillebrand muSeneti vashoma - tisingarevi pfungwa dzakafanana-dzekuvhota maDemocrats - havasati varamba rudzi rumwe chete rwe "donor class" fundraising iyo yakaita mari inodarika bhiriyoni imwe yemadhora kuna Hillary Clinton muElectoral College yake. -akabatsira kurasikirwa kuna Donald Trump (uyo akasimudza inenge hafu yakawanda kubva kune shamwari dzake dzebhizimisi uye shamwari).

Hapana Unilateral Disarmament

Paaikwikwidza semutungamiri wenyika, Clinton akapokana "ndiyo chete nzira yekupidigura Citizens United kutonga nekubvisa maPAC makuru kusarudza Democrat." Zvichakadaro, akatsanangura, maDemocrat haagone kutarisirwa "kubvisa zvombo unilaterally." Pane kudaro, vanofanira kuramba vachivimba neSuper PACs sePriorities USA Action, iyo yakasimudza mazana emamiriyoni emadhora ekutsvaga mutungamiri weClinton muna 2016 kubva kune vapfumi vanopa mari yakawanda kudarika muganhu wehurumende wezvipo zvakananga kune mumwe munhu.

Nekumanikidzwa kubva kuruboshwe nguva pfupi yadarika uye nekuda kwerutsigiro rwakasimba rweveruzhinji rwe "sarudzo dzakachena," vavengi vanoisa simba rekambani, vakatsigira Clinton (naObama pamberi pake), vakamanikidzwa kuzvishandura se "vanofambira mberi" vasina " mari yakazvimirira” taint.

Mumwe akadai anopokana nezvematongerwo enyika ndiBuffy Wicks, ane makore makumi mana nerimwe aimbova mukuru weObama Administration, anoda kumiririra California Assembly District 41, inofukidza Richmond, Berkeley, uye chikamu cheOakland. Wicks anotsigirwa nevaimbove Mutungamiri Obama, Senator Harris, uye munguva pfupi iri kutevera-kuva Gavhuna weCalifornia Gavin Newsom. Asi zvechokwadi haasi Democrat uyo "anofunga zvidiki" uko kune mipiro yemushandirapamwe. SaClinton, anoda kuti isu titende kuti mumiriri anogona kuvimba zvakanyanya nevanopa vakapfuma asi, kana vangopinda muhofisi, shanda nesimba kuderedza simba ravo.

Wicks akakurudzira VaObama muna 2008, akave mushandi wepamusoro weWhite House, uyezve, muna 2014-15, akave director director wePriorities USA Action, achiwana mukana weNational Democratic Party donor network. Muna 2016, mushure mekusiya chinzvimbo chake cheSuper PAC, akamhanyisa budiriro yaClinton yeDemocratic primary kurwisa Sanders muCalifornia. Rini CounterPunch vaverengi kekupedzisira kusangana naBuffy, anga ari munzira kuenda kumagumo akasimba ekutanga muAD 15 primary muna Chikumi, nekuda kwenzvimbo yakakamurwa yegumi uye rekodhi yakatyora madhora miriyoni 1.2 yekushandiswa panzvimbo yake.

Corporate Mari Yemahara

Kushamisika kwevakawanda, Wicks zvino anotarisana nemupikisi wesarudzo, Jovanka Beckles, uyo akapikisa indasitiri yemafuta, akatsigira Bernie Sanders, uye akashora mari yakawanda mune zvematongerwo enyika. Mushandi wedunhu anomiririrwa neTeamster, kanzura weguta renguva mbiri uye mutungamiri weRichmond Progressive Alliance (RPA), Beckles akakwidza madhora zviuru zana nemakumi matanhatu chete pamujaho wake wekutanga AD 160,000 semumiriri we "mari yekambani isina / vanhu vane simba". Beckles haana kutumira chidimbu chedunhu rose, tsamba yakananga, achivimba nesocial media, vazvipiri vepasi, uye nerutsigiro rwemubatanidzwa (ikozvino rwawedzerwa zvakanyanya, sezvataurwa pano.)

Zvichakadaro, Wicks pachake mushandirapamwe uye maviri akakosha maPACs achitsigira kapeti-yakabhomba AD 15 aine gumi nemaviri anopenya matsamba, pamwe nedzimwe nzira dzekubhadhara dzakabhadharwa. Pamutengo we $12 pakasvika June, Wicks akashanda femu yekubvunza inonzi 50+1, ane chimwe chinangwa chikuru kudonha uku-kuwedzera pakumusarudza-iri kubatsira San Francisco Chamber of Commerce kukunda chirongwa chemutero chakagadzirirwa kukwidza mari yeguta kuti vagare vasina pekugara.

Vatsigiri veBeckles parizvino vari kurwira chikamu chesarudzo cheWick chinodhura "hondo yemhepo." June 5 asati asvika, vaipa mari pakuedza uku vaive magweta emakambani, venture capitalists, varidzi vetekinoroji nemaneja, vanogadzira zvivakwa, mabhanga, varidzi venzvimbo, uye vanopa mazano ezvematongerwo enyika aObama. Inenge hafu yekushandiswa kwekutanga pachinzvimbo chaWicks yakabva kuCalifornia Dental Association uye Gavhuna weCalifornia, Super PAC ine "mari hombe" kubva kuna David Crane, mupfumi Bay Area investor, charter chikoro mumiriri, uye anopikisa shanduko yemutero, aive chipangamazano Republican Gavhuna Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Vanachiremba vemazino nguva pfupi yadarika vakabatanidzwa nevanopa madhora mazana masere nemakumi masere epamusoro seCalifornia Medical Association neCalifornia Realtors Association, muvengi anotungamira weMeasure 8,800, chirongwa chekuvhota chepro-rent chinopokanawo naWicks. Kuti adzivise dambudziko rakakura kubva kuruboshwe mune rimwe rematunhu akanyanya kusimba reDemocratic uye pro-rendi muCalifornia, Wicks anofanira neimwe nzira kunyengerera vavhoti kuti haasati "atora kana sendi remari yemakambani munhangemutange iyi."

Buffy Anouraya Mambwanana?

Mushure mekutaura izvi, panguva yekuratidzira kwazvino kuRichmond, akazadzwa nemibvunzo yekuti ndiani aipa kumushandirapamwe wake, nei, uye sei. "Zvizhinji zvezviwanikwa zvangu zvakabva kuObama administration alumni network vakashanda mune zvematongerwo enyika zvinofambira mberi kwenguva yakareba," Wicks akatsanangura. “Ndaunganidza mari iyi nekuti ndinoda kupinza vashandi basa, kuita mushandirapamwe, kuburitsa shoko redu.” Akataura kuti "mari yeruzhinji ichave yakanaka" uye zviri nani pane zvinodiwa zvekuunganidza mari yakazvimirira. Akavimbisawo kushandisa chikamu chemari yake yemushandirapamwe "kubatsira mamwe maDemocrats mudunhu rese."

Kana ari Gavhuna weCalifornia, Wicks akataura kuti "vakatsigira maDemocrat anofambira mberi kumusoro nekudzika nyika" - chirevo chakarurama, kunze kwekushandiswa kwechirevo cheizwi rinowedzera repurasitiki "P". "Mashandisirwo emari akazvimirira hapana anogona kudzora," akachema-chema. “Mitemo yedu yezvemari yemushandirapamwe yakavhiringika. Hatifanirwe kuita mushandirapamwe wekushandisa mari takazvimiririra… ndinoona zvichishungurudza, kutadza kudzora meseji, ingave 'Buffy Anouraya Vana Vana.'”

Ndakaratidza kuti "shoko" rinofambiswa kuburikidza nemadhora mazana matanhatu ezviuru zvekushandisa kwakazvimirira mukutanga AD 600,000 puraimari yaive "Vhotera Buffy!" - isingagamuchirwe nemumiriri kana kusamubatsira kumushandirapamwe wake. Rimwe zuva mushure mekuchinjana kweRichmond uku, email kubva kuna Wicks 'mushandirapamwe maneja yakanditungamira kune yake yemushandirapamwe webhusaiti, iyo inoverengera "ngano" nezveBuffy ne "chokwadi." "Chokwadi" chakataurwa ipapo - chekuti Wicks "haana kumbobvira ashanda mune chero mukana wekutsvaga mari" uye "haana ruzivo rwekutsvaga mari mune zvematongerwo enyika" - airatidza manyepo achifunga nezvekutanga kuziviswa kwemumiriri. Kana kumhanya kweDemocratic Party hombe hombe PAC, iyo inotarisa kune vanopa madhora akakwirira, isingabatanidzi "kukwidza mari," Wicks aiitira Clinton - akazvimirira, semutungamiriri wePriorities USA Action?

Chiono Chakagoverana?

Ndeipi nzira iri nani yekuti Wicks achinjire gakava reAD 15 kubva mukusimudza mari yezvematongerwo enyika pane kuita chiitiko chemushandirapamwe pamwe chete naLieutenant Gavhuna weCalifornia Gavin Newsom China chino muBerkeley? Zvakanaka, kwete chaizvo. Kusashanda zvishoma sezvo Jerry Brown ari pasi pekudzidza akasiya Hollywood inoyevedza Newsom ine nguva yakawanda yekurima vanopa vakapfuma uye kuunganidza izvo Los Angeles Times akatsanangura svondo rapfuura se "murwi wemari yakawanda" yekuda kwake kuti abudirire Brown.

Ndiani akabatsira kune Newsom's $45 miriyoni stash? Yakanga iri "dhora repamusoro" vanopa seavo muBuffy Wicks's kirabhu yemuno neyenyika fani. Vabatsiri veNewsom vanosanganisira magweta ekutsvaga kuwana uye vanomiririra, ma roller akakwira kubva kudzimba, zvibatiso, inishuwarenzi, uye mafemu ekudyara, Hollywood neSilicon Valley - tisingatauri shamwari dzeWicks muSacramento seCalifornia Medical Association. Nekuda kwehunyanzvi hwake hwekusimudza homwe, Newsom parizvino ine mana-kune-mumwe kutungamira pamusoro peasina nhamo muvengi weRepublican, muzvinabhizimusi weSan Diego anokosha madhora zana.

Sezvo imwe yenyaya dzesaginecha yeNewsom iri yekubhadhara-munhu mumwe chete, mumwe anogona kushamisika kuti sei, muna AD 15, achifarira mumiriri uyo. hazviiti tsigira SB 562, chiyero chemubhadhari mumwe chete chinosimudzirwa nevatsigiri vake vemubatanidzwa, seCalifornia Nurses Association. Asi, iyo diki yekusanzwisisana parutivi, AD 15 vavhoti vanovimbiswa nemusi weChina mukana wekunzwa Buffy naGavin "vagovane chiono chinofambira mberi cheramangwana reCalifornia."

Sezvo mishandirapamwe yavo yakatoratidza, "chiratidzo" chakagovaniswa chisingasanganisire kuwana mari yakawanda kubva muCalifornia zvematongerwo enyika chero nguva munguva pfupi.