I-Ryan Fundraising Igqamisa Amavoti Okuzenzisa
Ibhalwe nguRoger Bybee
I-Oscar Mayer Wienermobile enkulukazi - eyahlolwa izungeze i-Wisconsin yisekela likamongameli waseRiphabhlikhi u-Paul Ryan esemncane - isingathekiso esiphelele samandla kaRyan angaphandle okuqongelela imali.
Kepha ukubhekisisa irekhodi likaRyan - umbhali wama-manifestos amaningana, okuhlanganisa ne- "Roadmap for America," ebiza ukuthi i-voucherization. Medicare - kuphakamisa umbuzo obalulekile: imephu yomgwaqo kabani uRyan abeyilandela njengoba ehambela ukuvelela ezweni lonke, izifunda zesifunda sakhe esicindezelekile eningizimu-mpumalanga yeWisconsin noma abahlanganyeli bakhe abakhulu bomkhankaso?
URyan akagijimi nje kuphela isikhundla “sokushaya kwenhliziyo” kuphela, kodwa futhi nokuqokwa kabusha Esifundeni Sokuqala saseWisconsin esisuka e-Oak Creek siya eJanesville.
Ukuqoqwa kwezimali kukaRyan kuye kwanda njenge-congressman. Kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2010, uRyan uphakamise izimbangi zakhe ngo-31-1 ehlangene.
Kulokhu, uRyan ubhekene nekhandidethi lakhe elixhaswe kakhulu ngemali engakaze ibonwe e-Kenosha: usomabhizinisi omncane u-Rob Zerban, oqoqe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-1.4 kubasebenzi, ama-liberals, kanye nabamele ukhetho. Kodwa ngisho nangesikhathi sakhe asisebenzisa kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti ekungeneleni isikhundla sokuba yiphini likamongameli, uRyan ulondoloza inzuzo enkulu ngezigidi ezingu-5.4 zamaRandi esandleni, ngokusho kweCentre for Responsive Politics.
Ethuthuka ngokushesha ukuze abambe isikhundla esinamandla kakhulu sosihlalo Wesabelomali Sendlu eneminyaka engu-42 ubudala, uRyan wayesezakhele udumo njengomqoqi wezimali onekhono kakhulu. URyan “ungomunye wabaqoqi bezimali abaphezulu bezepolitiki kuCongress, ngokuxhaswa ngabasebenzi bamabhange kanye izinkampani zemishwalense ezingazuza ezenzweni zakhe mayelana nokulawulwa kwezimali kanye ne-Medicare, "lapho efuna ukufaka amavawusha ukuze aqinisekise ukunakekelwa kwezempilo impilo yonke, kusho iBloomberg BusinessWeek. Njengamanje uRyan “unemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-5.4 zamaRandi ku-akhawunti yakhe yomkhankaso, cishe izigidi ezimbili zamaRandi ngaphezu kwelungu leNdlu eliphakeme kakhulu elilandelayo.”
Impumelelo kaRyan incike ekudwebeni izimali kusukela kwezezimali (okufanekiselwa nguGoldman Sachs, umthombo wakhe wesibili omkhulu wezimali ngokomlando), umshwalense kanye nemithi. Ama-65% ngokugcwele emali yakhe aphuma ngaphandle kwaseWisconsin.
Ukwesekwa kukaRyan ngalezi zimboni - okubalelwa ku-$817,000 ku-$3.2 million ephakanyiswe nguRyan phakathi nenkathi kaJulayi 1, 2009-Juni 30, 2011 ibika ukuthi Isikhungo Sezombangazwe Ezisabelayo - kube yiphethini ecacile kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe.
Kuze kube muva nje, “Okungaziwa kakhulu [kube] ubudlelwano obuseduze bukaMnu. Ryan nabanikeli kanye nezishoshovu ezifake intukuthelo ye-Tea Party emshinini wezepolitiki ongu-$400 wezigidi, oxhaswe inethiwekhi yabanikeli be-conservative kanye nama-libertarian manje abayizimbangi, futhi ngezikhathi ezithile. izinselelo, ukusungulwa kweRiphabhulikhi ngemuva kukaMnu. Romney,” kubika i-New York Times.
“UMnu. U-Ryan ungomunye wezikhulu ezimbalwa ezikhethiwe ezike zathamela i-Kochs' [uCharles noDavid, izelamani ezingosozigidi kanye nabaxhasi bezimali abaphiko lwesokudla abathole ukuvelela ngezixhumanisi zabo ekuphendukeni kukaGov. Scott Walker ngemva nje kokuthatha izintambo] iminyaka emibili. Izingqungquthela, lapho abanikeli abacebile behlala khona ezingqungqutheleni eziphathelene nezindleko zikahulumeni ezibalekayo kanye nezinganekwane zokushintsha kwesimo sezulu,” kwenezela i-Times.
Ubuhlobo nabakwa-Koch buye bude futhi bukhulu, kusho i-US News ne-World Report: “Sekuyisikhathi eside eyintandokazi kosozigidigidi abalwela inkululeko uCharles noDavid Koch. Ngaphambi kokungena kuKhongolose, uRyan wasebenza neqembu elalizogcina lihlangane neqembu labazalwane bakwaKoch libe yiFreedomWorks, umxhasi ophambili wenhlangano yeTea Party. "
URyan uphinde wahlomula ngobudlelwano nosozigidigidi onengxabano uPaul Singer, ophethe ingcebo elinganiselwa ku- $ 19 billion yiFortune.
Eqinisweni, i-Wall Street Journal ibike ukuthi umculi ophikisanayo - obhalwe ngokuthi "iVulture" ngundunankulu waseGreat Britain kanye nezikhulu zeBhange Lomhlaba ngokuphatha kwakhe izizwe ezimpofu ngonya - wakhuthaza ukukhethwa kukaRyan kuMitt Romney, kuphawula uGreg Palast, umbhali wamaBhiliyoni nezigelekeqe Zokuvota, okubonakala ngokuqinisekile njengenye yezincwadi okuxoxwe ngazo kakhulu ngenkathi yokhetho.
Ithonya lomculi ngaphakathi kwe-Republican Party kunzima ukulisho. "Selokhu kwashona u-Enron's Ken Lay, u-Singer kanye nomhlambi wakhe wamanqe eSinger's hedge fund, i-Elliott International, babe ngababambe iqhaza abaphambili eKomitini Likazwelonke LeRiphabhulikhi," kubhala uPalast. Ingxenye yomcebo kaSinger iphinde idluliselwe emaqenjini anganambitheki kangako, kusho uPalast: “Umculi ubeke imali ngemuva kweSwift Boat smear kumbangi kaBush, uJohn Kerry.”
Ngoxhumana nabo ababalulekile emibuthanweni ecatshangelwayo, uRyan usungule umshini omkhulu wemali onomona wabo bonke ngaphandle kwedlanzana kuCongress. "I-PAC ye-Koch Industries inikele ngemali engaphezu kwe-$ 100,000 emikhankasweni kaMnu Ryan kanye nobuholi bakhe be-PAC, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye i-PAC yebhizinisi," kubika i-New York Times.
Ubudlelwano bukaRyan noSinger baphawuleka kakhulu lapho ebamba iqhaza elisezingeni eliphezulu egxeka ukukhishwa kwebheyili kwezimboni zamabhange nezezimoto ekuqaleni kwesikhathi sikaMongameli u-Obama—kodwa wabe esephetha ngokuvotelwa kwazo zombili. Omunye uKhongolose waseWisconsin uhlasele ibheyili yasebhange, wabe eseyivotela,” kusho uPalast eMadison muva nje.
“Omunye ukhongolose waseWisocnsin uhlasele isikhwama sokutakulwa kwezimoto, wabe esesivotela. Lowo khongolose kwakunguPaul Ryan.”
Ukuphikisana kukaRyan ngamazwi aqinile nokukhishwa kwebheyili kwajabulisa inhlangano ye-Tea Party esanda kuzalwa kodwa ekhula ngokushesha abalandeli bayo kade bencoma isithunzi sekhongolose “njengoklebe” (empeleni, irekhodi likaRyan liveza ukumelana okungaguquguquki kokusebenzisa imali ezidingweni zomphakathi kuyilapho isekela izindleko ezinkulu ikhefu lentela yezinkampani kanye nokwehliswa kwentela okugeleza ikakhulukazi kwabacebile, kanye nokusekelwa kwezigidigidi ze-Iraq kanye ne-Gulf Wars.)
Kodwa-ke, ukuhlehla kukaRyan ekukhishweni kwebheyili - okudonse ukusakazwa kwabezindaba okuncane kakhulu kunokuhlasela kwakhe ngamandla futhi ngaleyo ndlela wehluleka ukugqugquzela abalandeli bakhe abaqotho - bekubalulekile ezithakazelweni zabaxhasi bakhe.
KuGoldman Sachs, ibheyili eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-700 zamaRandi ngaphansi kohlelo Lokusiza Impahla Esenkingeni kwasho ithuba lokunciphisa ukuchayeka esikweletini esibi - “impahla enobuthi—kwiphothifoliyo yayo. Ngenkathi uRyan - obevotele izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokuhoxiswa kwemithetho esolwa kabanzi ngokudala ukuwohloka kweWall Street - ememezela ivoti lakhe le-TARP, wathi ukukhishwa kwebheyili "kuyabheda" kodwa kubalulekile "ukusindisa uhlelo lwamahhala lwamabhizinisi."
URyan kungenzeka ukuthi ubesebenza emqondweni wakhe kuphela ukusindisa ubunxiwankulu, kodwa futhi wavota ngendlela efanayo umfana wegolide othandwayo waseGoldman Sachs abengaba nayo: ukubasiza ukuthi basuse izigidigidi ezingenakubalwa engcupheni emphakathini.
Maqondana nebheyili yemoto, uRyan waqala wathinta izindikimba ezifana nezeGOP Senate kanye namalungu eNdlu aseNingizimu abukeka enethemba lokuthi amafemu ezimoto aphethwe yi-US azowa.
Kepha uRyan naye kwadingeka abhekane nokuwa kwezepolitiki okungenzeka kokuvalwa kwe-GM eJanesville, obekucatshangwa ukuthi kuzodala ukulahleka kwemisebenzi eyi-2,700 6,000, kusule eminye imisebenzi yokwesekwa eyizi-8,000-500, kwehlise amandla okusebenzisa imali eJanesville ngezigidi ezingama- $ XNUMX ngonyaka. futhi isabise ngezimpesheni zezinkulungwane zabathatha umhlalaphansi bakwaGM abahlala esifundeni.
(Lesi yisona sitshalo seGM okukhulunywa ngaso ngokukhohlisa enkulumweni yokwamukela kukaRyan ka-Agasti 28 eNgqungqutheleni Kazwelonke yeRiphabhulikhi, lapho ayefuna ukuveza amazwi ethemba ekhandidethi u-Barack Obama awenza ngoFebhuwari 2008 njengesethembiso kubasebenzi baseJanesville esenziwa ngu-Obama kakade ehlezi. eWhite House. U-GM umemezele iJanesville ukuvala umhla zi-3 kuJuni, 2008, esikhathini eside ngaphambi kokuba u-Obama afungiswe ngoJan. 20, 2009.)
Nakulokhu, ivoti likaRyan lokukhululwa linikeze izinzuzo ezinkulu zezezimali kumsekeli omkhulu womkhankaso, kuleli cala uPaul Singer. Umculi no-John Paulson ngobuqili bathenge isitshalo sekholomu yokuqondisa okuwukuphela kwayo eNyakatho Melika ngamasenti ngedola, insiza edingeka kakhulu ibutho lika-Obama lezimoto ukuze kugcinwe konke ukwenziwa kwezimoto. UPaulson noSinger bathole inzuzo enkulu yamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2.5. "Ithimba le-auto bailout liqale lamelana nenani elibi elifunwa nguSinger, kodwa wayenemboni ngamabhola."
Selokhu kwavalwa, irekhodi likaRyan lokuvota likhombise ukukhathazeka okuncane kakhulu ngokuhlupheka kwemindeni elahlekelwe yimisebenzi noma ebona ukuthi imali eyitholayo yehla ngenxa yokuvalwa kweGM nokunye ukuvalwa kwesifunda. Ikhungethwe ubumpofu obukhulayo (ama-43% kuye kwangama-69% ezingane emadolobheni amakhulu esifunda sakhe zifanelekela ukudla kwamahhala noma okunezindleko ezincishisiwe ngenxa yeholo eliphansi), amaholo awehla (iholo elimaphakathi eJanesville lehle ngo-$5 ngonyaka. ihora), ukulahleka kokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukudliwa kwezindlu okudlangile, nokwanda kwendlala nokungabi nakhaya.
U-Ryan uvotele ukukhuphuka komholo omncane manje ku-$ 7.25, izinzuzo zokungasebenzi ezinwetshiwe, i-S-CHIP kanye nezinhlelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezithengekayo, usizo lokuvala, izitembu zokudla ezinwetshiwe, futhi wabiza ukuncishiswa kwezinhlelo zokuqeqesha kabusha abasebenzi eziphakamisweni zakhe zesabelomali.
URoger Bybee ungumbhali ozinze eMilwaukee kanye nomeluleki wokukhangisa. Thumela i-imeyili ku-winterbybee@ Gmail.com.
Kusuka ku-Progressive Populist, Novemba 15, 2012
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