"Ukuboshwa kwabantu abaningi kwenza izwe lethu libe libi kakhulu futhi kudingeka senze okuthile ngakho," kusho uMongameli Obama, ngokusobala usuka esikhundleni sikamongameli we-drone-strike ukuya "kumuntu onomusa" ubheka indaba yezombangazwe eshisayo. U-Obama ukhulume ngodaba lwesihluku samaphoyisa wagcina ngokuthi a "inkinga ehamba kancane." He wehlise imisho izigebengu ezingu-46 zezidakamizwa ukuze ziqhubeke zisuse isithombe sakhe futhi zikhanyise ngefa lakhe. Amademokhrasi namaRepublican anqwabelana onyakeni wokhetho. Ngokusobala ivoti elimnyama lisabalwa. Inhlangano ye-#Black Lives Matter ingase ibe nento yokwenza nalokhu ize kuJesu ngesikhathi osopolitiki abazicabangela bona bethatha isinqumo sokuvikela labo abahlukunyezwa uhlelo lwezobulungiswa lwaseMelika olukhohlakele futhi olungenabulungiswa. Ukuqhubeka Ferguson uthuthuva kungenzeka futhi ukuthi bekuyisenzo.
Ekugcineni umongameli usekwenzile avunyelwe, "Ezindaweni eziningi, abafana abamnyama namadoda amnyama, nabafana baseLatino namadoda aseLatino, babhekana nokuphathwa ngendlela ehlukile ngaphansi komthetho." Ngakho manje njengoba u-Obama esephendule ukunakekela kwakhe enkingeni yokungabi nabulungisa kwezinhlanga kanye nohlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, impendulo yami izomane ithi, #Yini ekuthathe isikhathi eside kangaka?
โAkumele sikubekezelele ukugcwala ejele. Akufanele sikubekezelele ukusebenza kwamaqembu ezigebengu ejele. Akufanele sikubekezelele ukudlwengulwa ejele - futhi akufanele senze amahlaya ngakho ngokwesiko lethu elidumile. Akulona ihlaya lokho. Azamukelekile lezi zinto,โ kusho umongameli.
Leso isitatimende esitusekayo esikhanga imizwa yokuziphatha nokuhlonipheka, kodwa kunezindaba ezibambekayo okufanele zixazululwe. Esikhundleni sokulandela izinhliziyo zethu ukwenza okufanele, asivele silandele imali.
Uma umengameli efuna ukukhuculula โisigebenguโ ohlelweni lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, kumele abheke egcekeni lakhe lapho amalungu ekhongolose egcoba izandla zawo ngemali yamajele ezinkampani. Ngokusho kweWashington Post, omele ukhetho lukamongameli weRiphabhulikhi UMarco Rubio ungumzuzi omkhulu we-lobby lobby largesse.
Kukhona cishe Amajele azimele ayi-130 ezweni lonke. I-GEO kanye ne-Corrections Corporation yaseMelika ithola ingxenye enkulu yemali yabakhokhi bentela. Imali yabo yonyaka ingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.3. Kusukela ngo-1989 izigidi eziyishumi zamaRandi ziye zangena ephaketheni labangenele ukhetho lwezombusazwe futhi isabelomali sokunxenxa i-CCA iyodwa sasingu-$21,220,000 kusukela ngo-2014. Kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2010 inzuzo yemboni yamajele azimele yanda futhi inani lamajele emkhakheni ozimele laphindeka kabili. I-Huffington Post ibika ukuthi ingxenye yazo zonke izephula-mthetho zokuthuthela kwelinye izwe zisezandleni zalaba benzi benzuzo base-Wall Street.
Ubugebengu buyibhizinisi elikhulu futhi ekugcineni kunepolitiki.
Iminyaka yawo-1980 โyayinzima ebugebengwiniโ, inkathi yeMpi Yezidakamizwa lapho imithetho eqinile yezidakamizwa idonsela iziboshwa ophahleni. Ukuminyana kwamajele kwaba yinkinga ngo-1984 futhi amajele azimele aba yisixazululo lapho i-CCA iwina inkontileka yokuqala kahulumeni. Nakuba amaRiphabhulikhi ethatha ukushisa ngokuba namandla ebugebengwini, umongameli kaBill Clinton waba nesibopho sokwandisa inani lamajele ngaphezu kwanoma ngubani. Le Democrat yeqe intshiseko ye-Republican Ronald Reagan yokuboshwa ngeziboshwa ezingu-235,000. Ngaphansi kukaClinton inani lamajele likhule ngo-673,000. U-Bill Clinton wenze โi-mea culpaโ entekenteke ukuze ahlanze irekhodi lakhe lobugebengu ngeminyaka yawo-'90s. I-"mea culpa" ngempela.
Uhulumeni udayiselwe iphupho lokuthi amajele ezinkampani azosebenza kahle futhi angabizi kakhulu. Lowo kwakuwumugqa owamenyezelwa kakhulu owawuzovimbela abavoti ukuba babuze umbuzo osobala wokuthi amalungu emindeni yabo angathola kanjani noma yikuphi ukuhlunyeleliswa embonini eyenza inzuzo ephathelene kuphela nesisekelo kanye nabanikazi bamasheya bayo.
Inganekwane yokusebenza kahle isiqalile ukuncipha.
Iphrojekthi Yezigwebo wenze ucwaningo futhi wabika, "Abukho ubufakazi obuqinisekile bocwaningo obungaholela esiphethweni sokuthi izinsizakalo zeziboshwa kanye nekhwalithi yokuvalelwa kuthuthukiswa kakhulu ezindaweni ezisebenza ngasese." Futhi ucwaningo olwenziwa ngu-James Austin oluqhathanisa namajele azimele kanye nawomphakathi luveze ukuthi amajele azimele aneziboshwa ezingama-65% ngaphezulu ngodlame lwaseziboshwa kanye nokuhlaselwa okwengeziwe okungama-49% kubasebenzi. Amazinga okuphindaphinda aphakeme emajele ezinkampani.
Mayelana nentsha yethu, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa uboshwe iJena Juvenile Justice Center eJena, eLouisiana โngezindlela ezinokhahlo nezinonya zokulawula ukuziphatha, okuhlanganisa ukushaywa ngokomzimba, ukuthukwa, nokusebenzisa ngokungakhethi inkaba ne-pepper-spray.โ Inkampani eyayiphethe lesi sikhungo kwaba Wackenhut okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi baphinde bahlangana futhi bashintsha igama labo ngenxa yokuthi babenegama elibi.
Abenzi benzuzo basejele abazimele abahweba ngekusasa lentsha yethu ku-Wall Street bashutheka izinhlangano zenqubomgomo yomphakathi njenge I-American Legislative Exchange Council ethuthukisa izinqubomgomo zomthetho. Amaphesenti angu-40 amalungu e-ALEC avela enkampanini yezimboni zejele. Basiza ekwakheni imithetho evumelana nokugcina izikhungo zabo zigcwele kanye nenzuzo yazo iphezulu.
Abaqokelwe isikhundla sikamongameli benza umsindo mayelana nezinguquko zasejele, kodwa akekho noyedwa ngaphandle kuka-Independent Bernie Sanders ovala isivalo emajele azimele. I-Vermont Senator ine- Iphakethe lokulungisa ubulungiswa bezinhlanga lokho kubandakanya nomthetho wokuqeda amajele azimele. Ngokusobala i-Black Lives Matter ivume iziphakamiso zakhe.
Iningi ukhetho lukamongameli kubonakala sengathi bakhetha ama-pithy sound-bytes kunezinkundla ezinkulu zokulungisa amajele. IDemocrat uMartin O'Malley, nokho, usenikeze izindlela ezibanzi zokuguqula amajele neminyango yamaphoyisa, kepha akukho zwi ngamajele azimele. UHillary Clinton uselusukumele lolu daba; nokho, iCorrections Corporation of America kanye neThe Geo Group bangabanye babaqoqi bakhe bezimali abaphambili.
Umbusi onethemba likamongameli u-Jeb Bush uthole amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ezimele. USenator waseTexas u-Ted Cruz uyathinteka ehlazweni elibi โlezingane ukuze athole imaliโ lapho amajaji akhokhelwa khona ukuthumela izingane ezikhungweni ezizimele. Futhi unobudlelwane obuqinile ne-ALEC obunomthelela kumthetho ovuna imboni ezimele. Omunye wekhandidethi yeRiphabhulikhi uChris Christie "ungumeluleki oseduze kakhulu kanye (abantu) abathenjwa kakhulu," wayengumgqugquzeli kwesinye sezikhungo ezizimele ezimbi kakhulu zaseNew York, Izikhungo Zemfundo Yomphakathi. Ngemuva kwalokho lo mmeli, uBill Palatucci, waba ngusihlalo womkhankaso kaChristie wokuqokwa kabusha kowezi-2013. Nakuba uMbusi waseTexas u-Rick Perry esekela ukuguqulwa kwejele, wathandeka ngamajele azimele lapho abakwa-lobbyist beqala ukuphakela isikhwama sakhe.
Umbuzo wejele lenkampani mancane amathuba okuba ungene engxoxweni yokuguqulwa kwejele. Indawo yokungena yasejele yangasese iyindlovu ethule egumbini elingemuva elinomsindo omkhulu. Ukugqugquzela ukwenziwa kobugebengu komphakathi waseMelika kuyicala ngokwako. UBernie Sanders ozimele unombono olungile, kodwa naphezu kokwanda kwakhe okhethweni, okokugcina i-Independent iwina umncintiswano kamongameli kwakunguGeorge Washington.
Osopolitiki bathanda izithembiso ezigugayo uma kubhekwa ukucutshungulwa. Umthombo ongaziwa uthe, โIzithembiso zifana nezingane: kulula ukuzenza futhi okunzima ukuziletha.
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