Umbutho wezopolitiko uyaqhubeka uxakeke kukuphumelela kukaScott Brown kugqatso lweSenate yaseMassachusetts. Ngapha koko, bathe phithi kakhulu bakwazile ukungayihoyi ngokupheleleyo impumelelo yamanyathelo amabini abalulekileyo erhafu e-Oregon kwiveki elandelayo.
Abavoti base-Oregon bagqithise umda we-54 ukuya kwi-46 umlinganiselo werhafu oya kuphakamisa izinga lerhafu kubahlawuli berhafu kunye nengeniso engaphezu kwe-$ 250,000 ngonyaka. Bakwavuma umlinganiselo oza kunyusa irhafu ehlawulwe ngamaqumrhu e-Oregon. Ngokudibeneyo la manyathelo mabini kuqikelelwa ukuba anyuse i-750 yezigidi zeerandi kule minyaka mibini izayo, malunga nesi-5 sepesenti ye-14 yebhiliyoni yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukarhulumente.
Olu loyiso luyamangalisa kuba lubonisa ukuba abavoti e-Oregon babekulungele ukuxhasa irhafu eqhubekayo ukuze baphephe ukuthotywa okukhulu kwiinkonzo zoluntu. Oku kubalulekile ukuba kuqatshelwe ngexesha apho kukho ubulumko obuqhelekileyo obuthatha ukuma eWashington ukuba uluntu luya luchasa urhulumente kwaye luya kuchasa irhafu nangaluphi na uhlobo.
Kuyinyani ukuba iOregon ikhululekile ngakumbi kunamazwe amaninzi, kodwa ayikho kude emgceni kunye nelizwe lonke. UGore waphumelela uloyiso olumxinwa kakhulu e-Oregon ngo-2000, njengoko wenzayo kwivoti ethandwayo kwilizwe lonke. U-Kerry wathatha i-51.6 yeepesenti yevoti yase-Oregon ngo-2004. Oku kungcono kunetotali yakhe yesizwe, kodwa ayibonisi ukuba urhulumente uphume ngokugqithisileyo kwimvakalelo yesizwe.
Kukwabalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba olu yayilunyulo olulodwa olugxile kwimiba yerhafu. Abavoti ababonisa unyulo olungekho unyaka luhlala lutyekele ngasekunene kwaye lunokuthi lube gwenxa ngakumbi xa isihloko siyirhafu. Ngenxa yezi zizathu, ukuba uluvo oluchasene norhulumente oluchasene nerhafu luqhube ilizwe, ngoko bekufanele ukuba silindele ukubona la manyathelo erhafu e-Oregon ehla ngemida emikhulu, hayi unxweme ukuya ekoyiseni.
Kuqhubeka ntoni? Okokuqala, ukuze kuzukiswe apho kwakufanelekile, amaqela awayesilwela eli phulo enze umsebenzi obalaseleyo wokudlulisela isigidimi sawo. Abavoti e-Oregon baqonda izinto ezimbini. Okokuqala baqonda ukuba ukunyuswa kwerhafu kwakuya kuba kukuthozama noko kwakuya kusebenza kuphela kwicandelo elincinane labantu abazizityebi.
Okwesibini, abavoti baqonda ukuba enye indlela yokunyuswa kwerhafu iya kuthotywa kwezemfundo nezinye iinkonzo abazixabisileyo. Kwakungekho mfumba efihlakeleyo yenkunkuma, ubuqhetseba kunye nokuxhatshazwa okunokuhlaselwa ukuze kuthintelwe ukusikwa kweenkonzo zentlalontle.
Abaxhasi bamanyathelo baye benza umsebenzi oyimfuneko wokukhupha abavoti kwiivoti, okanye eneneni ibhokisi yeposi, kuba iOregon iqhuba unyulo lwayo ngeposi. Bekukho inani elikhulu labavoti abancinci abadla ngokuhlala ekhaya kunyulo lonyaka.
Kodwa lo msebenzi mkhulu unokuphumelela kuphela ukuba ngaba abavoti bayawaxhasa ngokwenyani amanyathelo onyulo, njengoko benzile ngokucacileyo. Uluntu lwaluzimisele ukuthemba ukuba imali ebekwe ezandleni zendlu yowiso-mthetho yaseOregon iya kusetyenziswa kakuhle kakhulu. Ngokucacileyo abavoti base-Oregon babevakalisa uluvo olwahluke kakhulu kunobavoti abathumele uScott Brown kwiSenethi eMassachusetts.
Omnye umahluko ngokungathandabuzekiyo unokuchazwa yinto yokuba ugqatso lwaseMassachusetts lubonise umntu omtsha onomdla ocela umngeni kwipolitiki ebonakala ngathi iphumile emsebenzini. Nangona kunjalo, kucacile ukuba abavoti baseMassachusetts bayayicaphukela isiseko sezopolitiko esashiya iibhanki zaseWall Street zinenzuzo ngakumbi kunanini ngaphambili, ngelixa amashumi ezigidi zabantu abangasebenzi kunye / okanye bajongene nokulahlekelwa kwamakhaya abo. UMartha Coakley, umgqatswa weDemokhrasi, wachongwa kwesi siseko.
Umbutho wezopolitiko uyathanda ukubalisa iintsomi apho abantu bamela okanye bachasa urhulumente. Kodwa, oku akuhambelani nembono yabantu abaninzi behlabathi. Uninzi lwabantu luzixabisile izikolo zikarhulumente, izitrato ezingenamingxunya, namapolisa asebenza kakuhle namasebe omlilo. Noko ke, bakuthiyile ukubona iidola zabo zerhafu zisenza izityebi ngakumbi.
Njengomphumo we-bailout kunye neenzuzo zerekhodi kunye neebhonasi ngoku ezifunyenwe kwi-Goldman Sachs nakwezinye iindawo, iiDemokhrasi zibonwa njengecala le-Wall Street. Ukuba uLawulo luka-Obama alukwazi ukuhamba ngaphaya kwamanyathelo omfuziselo kwaye lutshintshe ngokwenene indlela izinto ezisebenza ngayo kwiWall Street, ngoko iiDemokhrasi zinokuthi ziqhubeke nokuhlawula ixabiso elikhulu kunyulo oluzayo.
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