USihlalo woHlahlo-lwabiwo mali kunye noSihlalo woLwabiwo-mali uPaul Sarlo, otyala lakhe noSteve Oroho kwi-TTF laqhubela phambili ngoLwesine I-TRENTON-Iphakheji yeebhili ukusika iirhafu ezithile endaweni yokunyusa irhafu yegesi icoca ikomiti yeSenate ngoLwesine. Le milinganiselo iya kuyiphelisa irhafu yelifa laseNew Jersey kwisithuba seminyaka emihlanu kwaye yehlise umda wengeniso yomhlala-phantsi engahlawulwanga irhafu ngeenjongo zokucenga amaRiphabhlikhi aseburhulumenteni ukuba avumele ukonyuka kwezinga lerhafu ephantsi kurhulumente kwaye axhase ngokupheleleyo iNgxowa-mali yeTransportation Trust.
Iphakheji ye-bipartisan evela kwii-Senators uPaul Sarlo (D-36) kunye no-Steve Oroho (R-24) iyakonyusa imali eyi- $ 1.6 yezigidigidi yeTrust Fund ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2 yezigidigidi zeedola, kwaye ibandakanye i-jet fuel kolo nyuko lwerhafu. Ingxowa-mali yeTrust icwangciselwe ukuba iphelelwe yimali nge-30 kaJuni ukuba urhulumente weedemokhrasi akanakho ukufikelela kwisivumelwano neRhuluneli uChris Christie, obize ubulungisa kwirhafu njengenxalenye yesivumelwano se-TTF.
Umthetho osayilwayo uza kudala iipesenti ezili-12.5 zepetroli yerhafu kunye ne-4-cent-per-gallon kwi-diesel, uthabathe irhafu kwi-wholesale gas kwiidola ezintathu. Oko kuya kuguqulela kulwando olulindelekileyo lwe-23-cent kwimpompo.
Kwingxoxo phambi kokuvota, uSenator uJennifer Beck (R-11) uthe uyayichasa imiba emininzi yomthetho oyilwayo, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yeziphumo zezoqoqosho ukonyuka kwexabiso lepetroli yejeti kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya zikarhulumente. U-Beck wathi umthetho uza kwenza i-Newark International Airport, eyona inkulu kweli lizwe, iyeyona ibiza kakhulu.
Andiqondi ukuba unyusa iirhafu ukwehlisa iirhafu, utshilo u-Beck, ecacisa ukubakho kokunyuswa kwerhafu ukwenza ukuba urhulumente angaphili kubantu abahlala kwintlupheko kunye nefuthe elincedisayo kwiindleko zokutya.
U-Beck uvotele ngokuchasene neebhili kunye neeseneta uSam Thompson (R-20), Anthony Bucco (R-25) noJeff Van Drew (D-1) xa yayiqhubela phambili ngorhatya. Emva kokuvota, u-Beck waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe watyhola uSarlo ngokunganikeli esakhe isindululo sokuxhasa iNgxowa-mali yeTrust ngaphandle kokunyusa irhafu.
Ngenxa yokuba ungayixhasi, oko akuthethi ukuba ayinakwenziwa, utshilo.
Le mithetho iyilwayo yayinabagxeki ngasekhohlo, kunye nomongameli weNew Jersey yoMgaqo-nkqubo woMgaqo-nkqubo uGordon MacInnes kunye nomongameli waseNew Jersey eSierra Club uJeff Tittel bengqina ngokuchasene nayo. UMacInnes uphikise ukuba yonke into isuka kwirhafu yepropathi ukuya kwinkxaso mali yemfundo ephakamileyo kunye nepension yoluntu iya kusokola ukuba ukucuthwa kwerhafu kuya kusebenza.
Khetha ingxaki yakho enkulu: ukunyuka kweerhafu zepropathi kunye nokuncipha koncedo; ukuhla kwenkxaso Iikholeji zikarhulumente zaseNew Jersey kunye neeyunivesithi ezikhokelela kwiindleko eziphezulu kunye netyala elikhulu labafundi; amaxabiso aphezulu okuhamba kwinkonzo eya isiba mandundu; ukusilela kukarhulumente ukuhlonipha izibophelelo zakhe zemali kubasebenzi nakumhlala-phantsi; Rekhoda amanqanaba okungalingani kunye nentlupheko, utshilo uMacInnes. Ukuqhawulwa kwerhafu okucetywayo kunokutyhala isivumelwano seTransport Trust kwi-line, kodwa kuphela ngokuncama amandla karhulumente okujongana nale micimbi.
Ukuncitshiswa kwetax kusisigxina ngelixa inkxaso-mali ye-TTF ineminyaka elishumi kuphela, utshilo uTittel kubungqina bakhe. Siza kubuya neengxaki ze-TTF kwiminyaka elishumi. Oku kusikwa kuya kusongela iinkqubo ezibalulekileyo kubantu bemihla ngemihla ukusuka kwimfundo ukuya kwindalo esingqongileyo. Esi sisivumelwano esibi; kufana nokuba iRed Sox ithengise uBabe Ruth kwiiYankees.
I-NJBIA, okwangoku, yajoyina i-New Jersey Chamber of Commerce kunye ne-Chamber of Commerce yase-Southern New Jersey ekudumiseni umthetho oyilwayo. Umongameli we-NJBIA uMichele Siekerka uphakamise ukuba umthetho unganceda ekupheliseni ilahleko kubhabha lerhafu.
Uninzi lwabantu baseNew Jersey, kubandakanya nabathathe umhlala-phantsi, abasenako ukuhlala apha ngenxa yeerhafu eziphezulu kunye nezezindlu eziphezulu kunye neendleko zokhathalelo lwempilo, utshilo uSiekerka. Ukunyusa umhlala-phantsi kunye nokukhutshelwa irhafu yomhlala-phantsi kuyakwenza ukuba le ngeniso ingahlawulelwa rhafu kumawakawaka abantu abakumgangatho ophakathi base New Jersey. Idityaniswe nenqanaba lerhafu yendawo yokuhlala abahlali baseNew Jersey baya kuba nakho ukuhlala apha, kufutshane neentsapho zabo, endaweni yokufudukela kumazwe anerhafu.
