Abepolitiki, iintatheli kunye nabakhweli be-ice cream bafaka imali yesitampu. (Ifoto: StampStampede.org) Ngokukhanya kwe-Occupy Movement, ethe yenyuka ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kuqoqosho kwezoqoqosho kuphela ukuba ichithe umbutho kunye nokugxila, umququzeleli ka-Ben & Jerry, u-Ben Cohen, waseka i-non-profit ukwenza imali kwezopolitiko.
Nokuba ungawuphi umba onomdla kuwo — indawo esingqongileyo, ukhathalelo lwempilo, ukunyuka kweendleko zamachiza amayeza-oyena nobangela usoloko unxulunyaniswa nemibutho enikezela ngezemali ekuthiwa yimali eninzi kwizopolitiko, kwinkqubo uSenator John McCain ubize 'ukunyoba okusemthethweni, Umnumzana Cohen uthe ngendlebe nodliwanondlebe ngomnxeba noMbonisi. Umnumzana Cohen waseka iStampampamp, ephawula imali yase-U.S kunye neziqubulo ezinje NGOKUNGASETYENZISWA NGOKUNYOLWA KWABOPOLITIKI, KUNYE NEMALI YOKUQHUBA UKUPHUMA KWEZOPOLITIKO. Kukhuthazwe lolunye uphumeleleyo lwemali-ukunyathela ukunyakaza kusetyenziswa ubunjani bentsholongwane yemali-efana NgWwe -Mr. UCohen ufuna ukubandakanya abo ngekhe baye kwipaki yoluntu (njenge-Occupy Movement) ukuqhankqalaza.
Isitampu seStampede iwebhusayithi ibonisa abezopolitiko kubandakanya uSenator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), uSenator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), kunye no-Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) bethatha imali enesitampu, kwaye bafumene inkxaso enkulu ye-bipartisan.
'Abameli bethu bafumana iimali ezivela kwimibutho ukuze bapasise okanye bangawupasisi umthetho, ngokuyimfuneko siguqule idemokhrasi yethu ibe yipolitiki.'
Ukusukela kubemi abaManyeneyo Ukulawula ngo-2010 inkcaza echaziweyo kwimikhankaso yezopolitiko ayinakulawulwa, bobabini amaRiphabhlikhi kunye namaDemokhrasi babonakalise inkxaso ebanzi yohlaziyo lwemali yephulo. A INew York Times / Ukuvota kwe-CBS ngoMeyi kufunyenwe Iipesenti ezingama-84 baseMelika bakholelwa ukuba indima yemali inefuthe kakhulu kwimikhankaso yezopolitiko. Kutshanje Uhlalutyo IZiko lezoBulungisa laseBrennan lifumene inkcitho ngaphandle kwamaqela asebenza ngokuzimeleyo kubagqatswa bezopolitiko, njengee-PACs ezinkulu, iphindwe kabini ukusukela kwisigqibo.
Amakhulu ambalwa abantu abazizityebi bafaka uninzi lwamagalelo kwangaphambi kwabagqatswa belizwe lethu, utshilo uMnu Cohen. Kwimeko yenkongolo, abameli bethu bafumana iimali ezivela kwimibutho yabaphembeleli ngokuphumeza okanye ukungapasisi umthetho, ngokuyimfuneko ukuguqula idemokhrasi yethu ibe yi-oligarchy. Asinakho ukujongana nezinye iingxaki de sijongane nale isisiseko. Kunzima ukuyilungisa kuba ifuna ukulungiswa ukuguqula isigqibo seNkundla ePhakamileyo, kodwa yile nto bayenzileyo abantu baseMelika kuyo yonke imbali-sisebenze ukuguqula izigqibo ezimanyumnyezi, yiyo loo nto sinenkqubo yokulungiswa komgaqo-siseko.
Umnumzana Cohen uthi umthetho othile ufumene umhlaba, kodwa iingxaki ezisisiseko zihlala, kunye nenkxaso eyomeleleyo yabagqatswa abachasayo njengo Mnumzana Sanders, uDonald Trump kunye noBen Carson bangqina kwinqanaba lehlazo kwilizwe liphela. Kodwa imali isadlala indima ebalulekileyo kwezopolitiko-ukusuka kumanqanaba endawo ukuya kuma-primaries kamongameli-kwaye abo babona impumelelo kwiipota bafumana iindlela zokuyila zokuchitha imali abayifumanayo.
Abagqatswa abaxhamlayo kwinkqubo yezemali yokukhankasela abona banomdla wokufaka izicelo zotshintsho.
USenator Ted Cruz, umgqatswa kamongameli onenkxaso eqinileyo yezemali evela kwii-super PACs, uchaze ukonyuka kwakhe kutshanje kwizikhululo zokusebenzisa iminikelo ukwenza iprofayile yeqhinga kunye nokujolisa kwabo banokuba ngabaxhasi. Iphulo likaMnu Cruz uqeshiwe I-Cambridge Analytica, inkampani yophando esekwe eMassachusetts ephethwe nguRobert Mercer (onayo inikelwe yezigidi kwi-Cruz super PAC), ukuphucula imizekelo yengqondo yamakhaya kwiindawo eziphambili eziphambili njenge-Iowa, ngokuyinxenye ngokuqokelela idatha ye-Facebook. Isicwangciso sihlawula. UMnu Cruz -kanye ijongiwe kugqithisile kwaye kurhabaxa kulo lonke iqela leRiphabhlikhi kugqityiwe UMnu Trump ukukhokela e-Iowa.
Abagqatswa abaxhamlayo kwinkqubo yemikhankaso yorhwaphilizo ngabona banomdla wokufaka izicelo zotshintsho-banikwe isixa semali abanaso emgceni, kunzima ukubakhuthaza ukuba batyhalele utshintsho. Endaweni yokufumana isisombululo kuxhomekeke kwimizamo esezantsi yokukhuthaza abezopolitiko ukuba bathethe ngophuculo lwezemali kwaye baphile ngoku kulindelweyo ekulungiseni imigaqo-nkqubo ejongela phantsi intando yesininzi ngokuzala urhwaphilizo.
Ingxaki enkulu uninzi lwabantu lufuna ukuyitshintsha, kodwa bacinga ukuba ayitshintshi. Njengokuba abo bantu bebona amatyala angaphezulu nangaphezulu kwaye abantu abaninzi bethetha ngawo, izimvo zabo ezingathandekiyo zingaqala ukutshintsha malunga nokuba singayifumana na idemokhrasi yethu, utshilo uMnu Cohen. Ukuba asijongani nalo mbandela, sinokunikezela ngezitshixo kwimibutho kunye nobutyebi obuninzi kwaye samkele ukuba siza kuba zizidwangube zabo.
