ISICWANGCISO ESIPHELELEYO SEGOV. URHULUMENTE KA-2012 WACHRIS CHRISTIE:
Lt. Urhuluneli uGuadagno, Somlomo, Mnu., Amalungu eNdlu yoWiso-Mthetho yama-215, aMalungu e-Congressional Delegation, aMalungu eNkundla ePhakamileyo, abalawuli bethu bangaphambili kunye nabantu bakaRhulumente waseNew Jersey:
Le ibeyiveki enzima kuthi sonke esisebenza kule Ndlu kaRhulumente kwaye sizinikele kwinkonzo yoluntu. Kwiveki ephelileyo, siphulukene nomhlobo wethu uAlex DeCroce. Kule veki, sibubhiyozele ubomi bakhe kweli gumbi, ekuvukeni kwakhe, kwimingcwabo yakhe, kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo kumakhaya amawaka abantu baseNew Jersey abebuchaphazele ubomi bakhe kwiminyaka engama-23 yokusebenza kwakhe kwiNdibano. Sithimba loo veki yokwamkelwa namhlanje ngokubhabha zonke iiflegi kwizakhiwo zikarhulumente kulo lonke ilizwe lethu kwisiqingatha sabasebenzi kwimbeko ka-Alex. Ngoku, ukuba nonke niyacela nindijoyine ngomzuzu wokuthula ukuhlonipha ubomi buka-Alex kunye nelifa lakhe.
Ukwazi uAlex ngokunjalo endikwenzileyo kule minyaka ingama-19 idlulileyo, ndiyazi ukuba angandixelela, Kwanele ngoku, Chris. Masibuyele emsebenzini. Yiloo nto kanye endizimisele ukuyenza.
Kuluvuyo ukubuyela kweli gumbi ukuza kunika ingxelo kuRhulumente weSizwe sethu.
Namhlanje, ndiyazingca ngokunika ingxelo yokuba iNew Jersey Returnback iqalile.
Sazi njani ukuba sele iqalile? Jonga nje ngeenxa zonke kuwe.
Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, sihlangene ukuze sijongane nomonakalo obeluhlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Ukwehla, ukusilela, kunye nokushiya ilizwe elalikhathaze ilizwe lethu kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo kubuyisiwe. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lulungelelene. Inqanaba lethu lokungabikho kwemisebenzi alisanyuki, liyehla. Ukukhula kwemisebenzi kubuyisiwe - kwicandelo labucala, apho silifuna khona. INew Jersey ibuyile.
Sikuthintele ukukhula kweerhafu zepropathi. Sibeke ipenshini yethu kuzinzo oluzinzileyo noluzinzileyo. Ngokwenza konke oku, sibuyise ukuzithemba kunye neqhayiya eNew Jersey.
Ukubuya kweNew Jersey kwenzeka ikakhulu ngenxa yento esiyenzileyo kweli gumbi. Sisonke, senze into uTrenton angayibonanga ixesha elide kakhulu. Sasisebenza kunye. Siphumelele. Kwaye sibeka iNew Jersey nabantu bayo kuqala.
YeNew Jersey, ikona ivuliwe. Namhlanje, ingxoxo-mpikiswano ayisiyiyo yokugxeka ukusilela kwethu, yindlela yokwakha kwimpumelelo yethu.
Akusekho malunga nendlela yokujongana nokwehla okutshabalalisayo; ngoku malunga nendlela yokutyhala iNew Jersey nangaphezulu. Ukuba ngcono kunokuba besicinga ukuba sinokuba njalo.
Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo iNew Jersey ibeke umgangatho kulawulo eMelika: thembeka; sukugquma amagama; kwaye wenze izinto ezinkulu nezinzima. Ayisiyiyo kuphela kuba ilungile, kodwa kuba ibeka isiseko sobukhulu bexesha elizayo. Ngoku ngumsebenzi wethu ukugqiba umsebenzi.
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Umsebenzi wokuqala uqoqosho.
Khawucinge nje ngendawo esasinayo kwiminyaka emibini edluleyo.
Ndithe xa ndiphakamisa isandla sam ndisenza isifungo sokuba se-ofisini ngelo xesha, andinakuthi ngokuzithemba uMbuso uza kuwufumana umvuzo phakathi kwenyanga ezimbini. Khawufane ucinge ukuba, iNew Jersey ayikwazi ukudibana nomrhumo wayo. Obo yayibubunzima bomdintsi esasala sijongana nawo ngenxa yempatho-mbi eyayilawula kule dolophu ngaphambi kokufika kwethu. Intsilelo yethu kuloo nyaka-mali, esele ingaphezulu kwesiqingatha ngaphezulu, yayingaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezimbini zeedola. Iingxaki zohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lonyaka olandelayo, unyaka-mali ka-2011, yayiyintsilelo erekhodiweyo ye- $ 11 yezigidigidi.
Isisombululo besingelula, kodwa kwaye singekho nzima. Sichithe imali eninzi kakhulu njengombuso. Sasiphila ngaphaya kwamandla ethu. Kwaye ngokuzama ukurhafisa indlela yabo yokuphuma kuyo, iirhuluneli zangaphambili kunye nabaphathiswa bezomthetho bayishiyile iNew Jersey kwindawo ye-50th-efile eyokugqibela phakathi kwamazwe-kumthwalo opheleleyo werhafu owawubeka kubemi bethu.
Sinezinga eliphezulu lerhafu kwisizwe, elona zinga liphezulu lokungabikho kwemisebenzi kwikota yenkulungwane, kunye nokusilela kakhulu kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali kumntu ngamnye kulo naliphi na ilizwe elizweni.
Inyathelo lokuqala yayikukuyekisa ukopha- ngokumisa inkcitho. Sinqumle iinkqubo ezingama-375 kuloo nyaka-mali wokuqala, sagcina iibhiliyoni ezimbini zeerandi kubarhafi, sazisa uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lukaJon Corzine. Okulandelayo, ngoncedo lwakho, samisela uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olubeka isimilo, ngendlela yokuncitshiswa kwenkcitho, kunyaka wesibini ngokulandelelana: ukunciphisa inkcitho kwisebe ngalinye likarhulumente.
Eli yayiliyeza elinzima - kodwa yayisisiqalo sempilo engcono. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ngenxa yokuba sithathe elo yeza, besinamandla ngokwaneleyo okunciphisa irhafu yeshishini kunye nokuphucula imeko-bume yaseNew Jersey yokudala imisebenzi. Ndifuna ukubulela le ndlu yowiso-mthetho ngokundijoyina ekwamkeleni ukuba - ukuze i-New Jersey ikhulise imisebenzi yecandelo labucala kwakhona- kufuneka sinciphise umthwalo werhafu kubemi bethu nakumashishini ethu.
Inyathelo lesibini yayikukulawula irhafu yepropathi. Njengoko wonke umntu eNew Jersey sele esazi, bavukile ngama-70% kwiminyaka elishumi ngaphambi kokuba ndibengu rhuluneli. Ukunyuka kweerhafu zepropathi kwagxotha abantu kweli lizwe.
Kwaye ke sihlangene kunye - kwaye kwakhona ndiyayibulela le ndlu yowiso-mthetho kwaye ngakumbi iinkokheli zenu, uMongameli weSeneti uSweeney kunye noSomlomo u-Oliver - ukukhupha ukukhula kwetax yepropathi engekho ngaphezulu kwe-2% ngonyaka. Kwaye thina wabeka efanayo 2% ikepusi kwi-arbitration amabhaso inzala ukuba bebekhulisa phezulu iirhafu.
Kufuneka singaze silibale ukuba oyena nobangela wokunyuka kweerhafu zepropathi kuhlala kuchitha imali kurhulumente. Njengazo zonke iingxaki, kuya kufuneka ungene kweso sizathu-kwaye sikunye, sikwenzile.
Nazi iindaba ezimnandi: iyasebenza.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, elona phephandaba likhulu likarhulumente labhengeza iziphumo zesifundo salo esibanzi serhafu yepropathi eNew Jersey. Umxholo wawusithi: Ekugqibeleni, ukupheliswa kwerhafu.
Inyathelo lesithathu yayikukufumana ukubambelela kumatyala ethu exesha elide. Inkqubo yethu yomhlala-phantsi yayiyi- $ 54 yezigidigidi ematyaleni ekuqaleni kuka-2011, kwaye icwangciselwe ukuba ibe ngaphantsi kwamanzi nge-180 yezigidigidi zeerandi kwiminyaka emifutshane emithathu ngaphandle kotshintsho kwikhosi. Kwakunyanzelekile ukuba siyigcine le pension kubantu abakumgangatho ophakathi kwaye kwangaxeshanye sisuse umthwalo kubarhafi bethu owenziwe zizithembiso ezingekho ngqiqweni ezenziwa ngoosopolitiki abanomsebenzi.
Kwaye ke sajongana nokucacileyo, sathetha-thethana ngesisombululo kwaye sagcina abahlawuli berhafu ngaphezulu kwe-120 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ipenshoni yomntu wonke osebenza kurhulumente, yabo bonke ootitshala, nakubo bonke abasebenzi bakamasipala abadla umhlala-phantsi zikhuselekile ngakumbi namhlanje. Ngokhetho olunzima esalwenza kunye, sayigcina ipenshoni yabo.
Kwakhona, izisombululo zazingelula, kwaye zazingasoloko zithandwa, kodwa zazinganzima. Kwafuneka sinyuse iminyaka yobudala yomhlalaphantsi; kwafuneka sibambelele kwiziphumo zee-COLAs; kuye kwafuneka ukuba siqiniseke ukuba igalelo labasebenzi lalifanelekile, kwaye urhulumente naye wakhaba. Kodwa ngokuthatha la manyathelo senze i-dent enkulu kule ngxaki.
Kwangelo xesha, sasinenkqubo yezempilo yabasebenzi bakarhulumente eyayingama-67 eebhiliyoni zeerandi ngoJanuwari ka-2011. Ukulungisa oku kungalunganga, sasixhomekeke kwimigaqo emibini elula: kufuneka sinike abasebenzi ithuba lokuzikhethela kwaye wonke umntu kufuneka ahlawule isabelo sakhe esifanelekileyo. Saphinda, salalanisa omnye nomnye ekunene kwinkqubo engaphumeleliyo kwaye, kwinkqubo senza imbali yezopolitiko eNew Jersey. Sidibene. Sithathe umdla okhethekileyo. Sibeka abemi bethu phambili.
Ngelo xesha, INew York Post Sithe sakhupha into engummangaliso kutshintsho lwempesheni. Kodwa yayingengomlingo. Kwilizwe elilawulwa kwiindawo ezininzi ngokuxabana ngokwamaqela, kwafuneka sinyaniseke kwaye sinyaniseke malunga nezibalo, kwaye sikhule malunga neempendulo.
Iindaba ezimnandi zezi-abantu baseNew Jersey bangayithatha. Sibonise ilizwe liphela ukuba siqinile iJersey. Namhlanje, iziphumo zokomelela kweJersey kwaye nesimo sengqondo seJersey siqala ukubonisa.
Oko ulawulo lwethu lwangena e-ofisini, iNew Jersey yongeze ngaphezulu kwama-60,000 emisebenzi yecandelo labucala. Khumbula, ngo-2009, urhulumente waphulukana nemisebenzi eli-117,000. Ngokwengcali yezoqoqosho kwiYunivesithi yaseRutgers uJoseph Seneca, u-2011 wayengoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kwicandelo labucala lokukhula kwemisebenzi eNew Jersey ukusukela ngo-2000. Ngama-60,000 imisebenzi emitsha yecandelo labucala okoko saqala ukusebenza Owona nyaka wokukhula komsebenzi ungaphezulu kweminyaka eli-11. Nasi isithembiso sam kubantu baseNew Jersey: Siza kuqhubeka nokukhula. Andizukuvumela nabani na ukuba anyanzelise ukuphakanyiswa kwerhafu, inkcitho eninzi, iindlela ezingakhathaliyo zexesha lethu elidlulileyo ezikhokelele kwishumi lethu elimnyama lokungabikho kwemisebenzi eNew Jersey. Yima nam ngamandla ndizokumela. Sihamba ngendlela elungileyo kwaye ndiza kuyiphikisa nayiphi na intshukumo yokusibuyisela ekuphelelweni lithemba yile migaqo-nkqubo iziswe eNew Jersey nakubemi bayo.
Indlela entsha icacile. Sitshintshe imeko yezoshishino kweli lizwe, kwaye ngenxa yoko, sitshintsha indawo yemisebenzi.
Ukusuka e-Asurion (eyasungula ikomkhulu layo lengingqi eBridgewater), ukuya eAllergan (eyakhetha iNew Jersey kwiziko lophando nophuhliso lwayo emantla mpuma), sikwazile ukutsala imisebenzi emitsha kwilizwe lonke ukuya eNew Jersey.
Ukusuka eWatson Pharmaceuticals (eya eParsippany), ePinnacle Foods (eya eCherry Hill), abaqeshi baqala ukuqonda ukuba iNew Jersey iphinde ibe yindawo enobungcali kumashishini nakwimisebenzi-indawo elungileyo yokusebenza nokukhulisa usapho.
Kwaye ayijikelezi nje ilizwe. Abantu bayayiqonda iNew Jersey ukubuya kwihlabathi liphela… uBayer wabeka ikomkhulu lawo eMntla Melika eMorris County, Novo Nordisk kwi-Middlesex County, kunye ne-LG Electronics eBergen County.
Siluqalile olu tshintsho phambi komoya onamandla welizwe.
Kwilizwe lethu lonke, ukukhula kusesele kusweleke. Akukhange kubekho sisombululo sikazwelonke kwityala lethu kunye nokusilela kwengxaki, akukho nto inokubangela ukukhula, akukho zinkokheli kuqoqosho.
Ipolitiki yomona igqithile kwimfuneko yamathuba. Uqoqosho lwethu luyasokola ngelixa ezopolitiko zaseWashington- kuwo omabini amaqela - fiddle. Isikhundla seMelika samandla kunye nobunkokeli kwihlabathi liphela siwohloka ngelixa iinkokheli zethu zisokolisa kwaye zisola.
Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo iNew Jersey yenze ngokuchaseneyo ngqo. Sifumene iziphumo kuba sikwenze kunye.
Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo sithe- masibeke ecaleni iyantlukwano yethu kwimiba ethile ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisana kweminye.
Ngoku akuthethi ukuba asikhwazanga omnye komnye. Akuthethi ukuba asikhange sibe nomsindo. Usenokude ukhumbule ukuba nabanye babahlobo bam babeneziteketiso ezimibalabala kakhulu kum.
Ngoku, lo msindo ungokwemvelo, loo mnqweno ulungile, kodwa sibonisile ukuba kwimiba ebalulekileyo, kwizinto ezinkulu ngokwenene, sisenokuhlangana ukuze sikhokele abantu baseNew Jersey kwisiphumo esingcono.
Sibonisile ukuba kunokwenzeka ukubambelela kwimigaqo ephambili, kodwa ukufikelela kwisivumelwano.
Sibonise iNew Jersey, kunye nesizwe ukuba kukho indlela engcono. Olo rhulumente wahluleleneyo angasebenza; ukuba iiDemokhrasi kunye neeRiphabhlikhi zisebenza kunye kunokwenzeka. Kwaye eneneni kuyimfuneko.
Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo ekusungulweni kwam, ndacela uSenator Sweeney kunye noSomlomo uOliver ukuba badibane nam ndibambe isandla ukubonisa ukuzinikela kwethu ekusebenzeni kunye - ukunamathela kwimigaqo yethu, kodwa ukufumana indawo esivumelana ngayo nokulunga kwabantu. Ukuxhawulana kwethu kwangolo suku kwakungumfuziselo, kuba yayingeyonto ingaphaya koko.
Emva phayaa, sasingenanto yokubonisa abantu ngaphandle kokholo lwethu oluhle kunye nesithembiso sangomso. Namhlanje, akukho kubambana ngezandla kuyadingeka. Ngombulelo, sibonisile ngezenzo zethu ukuba sizimisele ukusebenza kunye. Iziyobisi kwifom. Ukufezekiswa kukhetho lobuhlanga. Enkosi, Steve. Enkosi, Sheila.
Ke kulo nyaka, ngo-2012, masiqhubekeni ukubonisa urhulumente nesizwe oko kunokwenzeka. Vumela iNew Jersey iqhubeke ukubeka umzekelo. Vumela iNew Jersey iqhubeke ukukhokela indlela.
Masiyenze kunye.
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Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo kuye kwafuneka senze ukhetho olunzima. Kwakubalulekile ukwenza into enzima kwaye kwakuyimfuneko ukufumana iNew Jersey emngxunyeni wayo. Kodwa, ngenxa yezigqibo ezinzima, ukuzincama ekwabelwana ngako kwaye ngenxa yokuba sinamathele kuqeqesho lwethu ngoku singagxila kwizinto zethu eziphambili.
Kuya kufuneka siqhubeke nokubamba umgca kwinkcitho. Kwaye ndiyakuqinisekisa oku: Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali endilungenisayo, kunye nalo naluphi na uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali endiza kulusayina lube ngumthetho ngoJuni, luya kulungelelaniswa ngokwenyani.
Kodwa besisebenza ukufikelela kulo mzuzu. Okokugqibela kufuneka sibe ne-New Jersey ngasekunene, ukuze sikwazi ukugxila kwizinto ezinkulu. Ukuzicelela umngeni wokuba ngcono. Ukuzabalazela ubukhulu. Ukuqinisekisa ukuba yonke iJerseyan eNtsha inikwa ithuba lokufumana ubomi obufunayo.
Ke kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali, ndiza kuzalisekisa isithembiso endasenza kubo bonke abantu baseNew Jersey ngo-2009. Isiqabu sokwenene kumthwalo onzima werhafu osele wakrwitsha iintsapho zethu wanyanzela abaninzi ukuba bafuduke.
Ndicebisa ukunciphisa iirhafu zerhafu yengeniso nganye kunye neNew Jerseyan. Kuwo wonke isibiyeli serhafu. Nge-10% kwibhodi yonke.
Ndikwacebisa ukuba ndibuyisele ngokupheleleyo ikhredithi yengeniso efumanekileyo kubantu abahluphekayo abasebenza eNew Jersey, esanyanzelwa ukuba siyinqumle ngeentsuku ezimnyama zika-2010, xa ukukhula kwakungekho kwaye sasingenamali. Qonda ukuba oku kuthetha ntoni - yonke iJerseyan eNtsha iya kuncitshiswa kwirhafu. Amahlwempu asebenzayo. Udidi oluphakathi olusokolayo. Abaphumeleleyo kwikholeji entsha bafumana umsebenzi wabo wokuqala. Abantu abadala esele bethathe umhlala-phantsi. Umama ongatshatanga. Abenzi bemisebenzi. Abazali bazama ukuhlawula ukuthumela unyana okanye intombi yabo kwikholeji.
Wonke umntu wenza umbingelelo. Wonke umntu uya kuthatha inxaxheba kwisibonelelo.
Oku kuzothumela isandi esikhulu kubantu baseNew Jersey kwaye bebeza kuba ngabantu baseNew Jersey, kwiintsapho ezilapha ngoku nakwiintsapho ezihambileyo, kumashishini nakwimisebenzi edala ukucinga ngokuza apha kunye nabasokolayo ukuhlala: INew Jersey iyindawo kwakhona ukucwangcisa ikamva lakho, ukukhulisa usapho lwakho, ukukhulisa ishishini lakho kwaye ngenye imini uthathe umhlala-phantsi. Ukubuya kweNew Jersey kuqalile.
Masingabikho phantsi kobuqhetseba-umsebenzi wethu wokujika iNew Jersey ujikeleze kude kugqitywe. Siphucule iimeko zerhafu yethu - kodwa, mninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe.
Ukwenza impazamo - sikhuphiswano. Ukhuphiswano lwemisebenzi-phakathi kwamazwe, ewe, kodwa naphakathi kwamazwe. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, isibini kwisithathu sazo zonke iinkampani ezihambise imisebenzi zaya kwindawo entsha azange ziye kwamanye amazwe- bafuduka kwelinye ilizwe baya kwelinye.
Apha kwingingqi yethu, okhuphisana nathi ngokuthe ngqo benza ukhetho olwahluke kakhulu. E-Connecticut, irhuluneli inyuse irhafu yengeniso kwabo bafumana umvuzo kunye nabadali bemisebenzi. Kwaye iNew York kwinyanga ephelileyo yabeka umthetho wokuba wenze okufanayo.
Amanye amazwe amakhulu nawo anyusa irhafu. Irhuluneli yaseCalifornia iphakamise ukuphakamisa izinga eliphezulu - esele liphakathi kwelona lizwe liphezulu, ukuya kuthi ga kwiipesenti ezimbini. I-Illinois sele yamkele umthetho wokunyusa yonke irhafu yengeniso ngama-67%.
Kule meko, eyona ndlela yokukhuphisana kukubonisa icala elahlukileyo. Vumela abanye bakhethe ukunyuswa kwerhafu. Sikhetha ukuncitshiswa kwerhafu ukunika abemi bethu abasindwa ngumthwalo isiqabu sokwenene. Kwaye ukunceda iNew Jersey ikhule.
Ngoku abanye baya kuphikisa, Yima umzuzu: INew York inyuse irhafu kuphela kwizityebi. Kutheni ungamkeli iphakheji kaRhuluneli Cuomo yeNew Jersey?
Nazi iinyani. Ukuba simisele iirhafu ezifanayo zerhafu ezifakwe emthethweni yiNew York kwinyanga ephelileyo, wonke umntu ofumana umvuzo ongaphantsi kwe- $ 100,000 ngonyaka uya kujongana nokunyuka kwerhafu- ukusuka naphi na ukusuka kwi-150 ukuya kwi-200%. Kwaye, ngendlela, abo bafumana isigidi seedola baya kuncitshiswa irhafu. Ngaba yile nto siyifunayo? Ngaba bubulungisa obo?
Andicingi njalo. Ukunqunyulwa kwerhafu ebhodini kufanelekile - wonke umntu ohlawula irhafu eNew Jersey uya kuxhamla. Zonke iirhafu zeJerseyan eNtsha ziya kuhla. Yonke iJerseyan eNtsha iza kubona isiqabu.
Yile nto kanye bendithetha ngayo xa ndingena eofisini; ukuba ukhetho olunzima luya kukhokelela ekunene.
Namhlanje, ngenxa yokuba sibeke indlu yethu yezemali ngendlela ukuze sikwazi ukwenza uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwezinto zethu eziphambili kwaye sinike irhafu kubo bonke abantu bethu. Uncedo lwerhafu oluya kukhokelela kubomi obungcono kubemi bethu kunye nemisebenzi engaphezulu kurhulumente wethu.
Umsebenzi wesibini kukuhlaziya inkqubo yethu yemfundo-ukomeleza izikolo zethu.
Kwisithuba sonyaka ophelileyo, okoko ndachaza izindululo zam kweli qonga, ndisebenze nale ndlu yowiso-mthetho - ngokubambisana - ukubeka phambi kwakho iphakheji yeebhili eza kujongana nemiceli mngeni emikhulu ejongene nemfundo yoluntu eNew Jersey . Besinonyaka sixoxa, sixoxa kwaye sixoxa.
Ngoku, kwi-2012, lixesha lokuba uthathe inyathelo.
INew Jersey, ngeendlela ezininzi, isikelelwe. Uninzi lwabantwana bethu besikolo luyaqhubeka ngokuqhuba kakuhle, ngaphezulu kweminye imimandla, kwiimvavanyo zokuvavanya abafundi kuzwelonke. INew Jersey inabafundisi-ntsapho abaninzi abalungileyo abavelisa abafundi abaninzi kakhulu.
Uninzi kakhulu kwiziko lemfundo, nangona kunjalo, lisebenzise eyona mpumelelo yokwenyani njengokufihla ukungaphumeleli kwenye indawo eNew Jersey. Ukusebenzisa impumelelo yabanye njengesizathu sokuvimba inguqu kwabo sisilelayo ayisiyonto iphosakeleyo, kukuziphatha kakubi. Uninzi lwezikolo zethu ziyasilela kubantwana bethu, kwaye bezisilele ixesha elide kakhulu.
Siphila kwixesha apho ukufezekiswa kwemfundo kunye nempumelelo yezoqoqosho zihambelana kunanini na ngaphambili. Yinto entle leyo. Kuthetha ukuba kwesi sizukulwana samaMelika, into onokuyiphumeza ayizukuqhutywa ngubani owaziyo, kodwa ngokwazi.
Kuya kufuneka ujonge kuphela kufundo lweHarvard / Columbia lwamva nje lwezigidi ezi-2.5 zabafundi ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 eMelika. Uphando lwayo oluzimeleyo luxhasa into endikuxelele yona ngokusuka entliziyweni yam, kule podium, kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ootitshala abakhulu banegalelo elibonakalayo kwimpumelelo yomfundi wabo wexesha elizayo kunaleyo iphakathi. Okubaluleke ngakumbi kukuba, ootitshala abaqhelekileyo banesiphumo esikhudlwana kubafundi babo xa bethatha indawo yootitshala abangaqhubi kakuhle. Uphando oluqinisekisa ukuqonda kwethu okuqhelekileyo.
Uhlengahlengiso lwengqesho luza kukhokelela kwimpumelelo enkulu yomfundi kuba endaweni yootitshala abangaqhubi kakuhle nokuba ngutitshala ophakathi kunyusa umvuzo weklasi nganye ngaphezulu kwekota yesigidi seedola. Masenze ngokuguqulweyo kokwenene ngoku. Masithathe indawo yokuphelelwa lithemba ngethemba kwigumbi lokufundela ngalinye eNew Jersey.
Kungenxa yokuba ndikholelwa ukuba kuyinto engcolileyo ukoneliseka. Xa ithuba lobomi elizaliswe lithemba kunye nethuba limiselwa hayi kukuzimisela kwakho ukusebenza kodwa yindawo ohlala kuyo. Hayi ngobukrelekrele bakho, kodwa ngekhowudi yakho ye-zip.
Masijongane nayo: imali eninzi ayikhokeleli kwimfundo engcono. Namhlanje, eNewark, sichitha i $ 23,000 ngomfundi ngamnye ukufundisa kunye neenkonzo. Kodwa kuphela yi-23% yabafundi bebanga lesithoba abangena kwisikolo esiphakamileyo kulo nyaka abazakufumana iidiploma zamabanga aphakamileyo kwiminyaka emine. I-Asbury Park iyafana: iindleko zomfundi ngamnye, phantse i-30,000 yeedola ngonyaka, ziphantse zayi-75% ngaphezulu komndilili wombuso. Kodwa inqanaba lokuyeka esikolweni liphantse kali-10 kumndilili wombuso. Kwaye izibalo S.A.T. amanqaku ashiye umndilili wombuso ngamanqaku ali-180.
Lixesha lokuvuma ukuba ulingo olukhulu lweNkundla ePhakamileyo ngabantwana baseNew Jersey lusilele. I-63% yoncedo lukarhulumente kule minyaka idlulileyo iye kwii-Abbott District kwaye izikolo zisasilele kakhulu.
Into ebesiyenza ayisebenzi kubantwana kwizithili ezingaphumeleliyo, ayilunganga kwezinye izithili zezikolo ezingama-557 nakwabahlawuli berhafu belizwe lethu, abachitha ngaphezulu komfundi ngamnye phantse kulo naliphi na ilizwe eMelika.
Isidima sabantu kunye nengqiqo elula ithi lixesha lendlela eyahlukileyo nengcono.
Izixhobo zokunika abantwana bethu nabazali babo abajamelene nezikolo ezingaphumeleliyo ithuba lesiphumo esingcono ziphambi kwakho.
Zibhalwe kwimithetho eyilwayo e-bipartisan ngokwendalo kwaye iyahambelana nohlaziyo olwenziwe nguMongameli u-Obama, uNobhala wezeMfundo uDuncan kwaye kutshanje yi-Rhuluneli kaRhulumente wase-New York u-Andrew Cuomo.
Izindululo zam zibonisa igalelo elithe lafumana ulawulo kumakhulu eentlanganiso nootitshala, abazali kunye neengcali kwilizwe liphela. Baxhaswa luphando oluzimeleyo olwenziwe eHarvard naseColumbia.
Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, zibonisa iinjongo ekufuneka sonke sibe nazo: ukubeka abantwana phambili.
Amandla okubeka abantwana kuqala aqale kwiveki ephelileyo xa upasileyo, ndaye ndaya eCamden ukuya kutyikitya, i-Urban Hope Act. Lo mthetho mtsha uza kuvumela izithili zezikolo eNewark, eCamden naseTrenton ukuba zisebenzisane neengcali kwicandelo labucala ukwakha kunye nokuqhuba izikolo zokuvuselelwa kwezi zithili zifuna utshintsho.
Sinike ezinye zezikolo zethu ezisezidolophini umqondiso wokuba ithemba lisendleleni. Ndifuna ukubulela uSenator uDonald Norcross kunye noSodolophu uDana Redd ngenkxaso yabo yokuxhasa le mbono. Mna nawe siyazi ukuba sisiqalo esihle esi, kodwa sisiqalo nje. Mkhulu umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe.
Nantsi into endiyicebisayo:
• Okokuqala, ukuhlengahlengisa ingqesho - ngokulinganisa ukusebenza kootitshala, kokubini ngokujonga umsebenzi, kunye nenjongo, amanyathelo anokulinganiswa okuphumelela kwabafundi - kwaye ke ngokunika ingqesho kwabo baneemvavanyo ezomeleleyo, kwaye bayisuse kwabo banemilinganiselo ebuthathaka engamkelekanga. Asinakho ukucela abazali ukuba bamkele ukungaphumeleli kootitshala xa ubomi babantwana babo buxhomekile;
• Okwesibini, ukuba ukudendwa kunesidingo susa ootitshala abangafezekanga endaweni yabona bafundi bancinci. Lixesha lokuba iphele inkqubo yokugqibela, kuqala ukuphuma, ekhusela ezinye zezona zibi kakhulu kwaye zohlwaya ezona zilungileyo;
• Okwesithathu, hlawula ootitshala ngakumbi xa bebelwe isikolo esingaphumeleliyo okanye ukufundisa isifundo esinzima. Imbuyekezo kufuneka yenzelwe ukutsala kunye nokugcina ootitshala abafanelekileyo apho sibadinga kakhulu;
• Okwesine, ukuphela kokufakwa ngenkani. Ootitshala mabangabelwa ezikolweni ngaphandle kwemvume katitshala nenqununu. Ukuba ukufakwa kwindawo eyamkelekileyo akunakufunyanwa kwiinyanga ezili-12, isithili sesikolo kufuneka sibe nelungelo lokubeka utitshala kwikhefu elingahlawulelwayo ngokusisigxina;
• Okwesihlanu, kufuneka sihlengahlengise inkqubo yethu yokugunyazisa izikolo ze-charter ukuba zitsale abona basebenza kakuhle eNew Jersey, ukulungisa inkqubo yabadlali abagqwesileyo, ukugxila kwizithili zezikolo ezingaphumeleliyo kunye nokukhuthaza ukwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha. Kufuneka sinike abazali nabantwana kwizikolo ezingaphumeleliyo enye indlela; kwaye
• Okokugqibela, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kukuseka iikhredithi zerhafu ukubonelela ngemali yokufunda kwabafundi abanengeniso ephantsi kwizikolo eziqhuba kakubi kurhulumente ukubenza bakwazi ukuya kwisikolo esingcono, nokuba singaphandle kwesithili okanye isikolo sabucala. Amathuba akufuneki anikwe kuphela abo bakwisithili esigqwesileyo sesikolo okanye nabazali abanemali yokukhulula abantwana babo kwintolongo esisikolo esingaphumeleliyo. Masidlulise isenzo sokufunda ngoku.
Olu ayilulo utshintsho olukhulu; ziyingqondo eqhelekileyo. Abangxami; kudala zigqithile. Kwaye ayizizo izinto zobunewunewu ezinokukwazi ukudakumba ezinye iinyanga ezintandathu okanye omnye unyaka; zibalulekile kwimpumelelo yeNew Jersey.
Ndinomyalezo ongaveli kum, kodwa ovela kumama ongatshatanga eNewark, kunye nabazali abasokolayo eCamden, kunye nabaqeshi kwilizwe lethu: uhlengahlengiso lwemfundo lulinde ngokwaneleyo.
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INew Jersey lelinye lawona mazwe ahlukeneyo eMelika.
Oku kuthetha ukuba sineengxaki ezahlukeneyo, kodwa namathuba awahlukeneyo. Oko kuthetha ukuba kufuneka sakhe izakhono kwaye siphucule amathuba kwiindidi ezininzi zabantu, abavela kuzo zonke iimvelaphi nakuzo zonke iindlela zobomi. Kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba kufuneka sisebenze ngeendlela ezininzi zokuphucula umgangatho wobomi wabo bonke abantu.
Ukudala imisebenzi kunye nokulungisa izikolo mhlawumbi zezona ndlela zibalulekileyo zokwenza oko, kodwa akhona amanye amanyathelo esinokuwathatha kunye nokuphucula umgangatho wobomi eNew Jersey.
Oku kundikhokelela kwinani lesithathu lomsebenzi. Kufuneka sibuyele kwizixeko zethu ezingaphakathi, siphendule kwimimandla engafumani zinkonzo zaneleyo, kwaye sibandakanye abemi bethu abasesichengeni.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ndibambe indibano yeholo yedolophu e-Union City kunye noSenator uBrian Stack. Umfazi waseNewark wayelapho. Umama. Ummelwane. Ummi ochaphazelekayo.
Ngaloo mini, wandibuza umbuzo ongqalileyo-kwaye ngokwenene, ndiyakholelwa ukuba yayingumbuzo wethu sonke.
Uye wathi, ndiyazibuza ukuba ingaba inani lobundlobongela, inani lokudubula, inani lokubulala okwenzeka kwisiXeko saseNewark. Ndiyazibuza nje ngamanye amaxesha ukuba iyakukhathaza na ngathi iyasikhathaza. Ingakumbi oomama abaphulukene nabantwana babo.
Wawugqiba umbuzo wakhe ngesicelo. ‘Sincede,’ watsho, ‘Sincede.’ Ewe, laa mfazi yayinguCassandra Dock. Ndaye ndadibana naye nabamelwane bakhe. Ulapha kweli gumbi.
Ndiyanicela nonke ukuba nithumele umyalezo wokuba eNew Jersey senza indawo apho wonke umntu anikwe ithuba lokuphila ubomi abufunayo. Ndicela nonke ukuba nindibandakanye ekuthetheni kuCassandra. Ewe, siza kukunceda.
Nanku umzekelo omnye: singaluphucula kuphela umgangatho wobomi ngokugcina ezona zaphuli mthetho zinobundlobongela ezitratweni. Ke, ndiyakucela ukuba uyivume ipakethe yam yokutshintsha ibheyile, eya kuthi ibonakalise inkqubo yomanyano. Ingagcina abaphuli-mthetho abanembali yobundlobongela abayingozi kuluntu lwethu ejele kude kube lixesha lokuxoxwa kwetyala labo, endaweni yokubakhulula eluntwini ukuba babambe uluntu.
Oku kunokufuna ukulungiswa komgaqo-siseko kodwa luhlaziyo ekudala kulindelwe. Uyazi ukuba umntu ubanjiwe enerekhodi ende yobundlobongela asinakumgcina umntu lowo entolongweni elinde ukuxoxwa kwetyala lakhe? Kufuneka simkhulule loo mntu, nokuba bayingozi kangakanani kubantu abanokuba ngamangqina ngokuchasene naye okanye amalungu amsulwa kuluntu lwethu. Masilungiseni imithetho yethu yebheyile ukuvumela iijaji ukuba ziqwalasele umba wobungozi kuluntu lwethu ngaphambi kokuba simkhulule umntu onobundlobongela abuyele esitratweni eyokonakalisa okanye ukubulala ngelixa belindele ukuxoxwa kwetyala. Oku, nako kuyindlela elula yokuqonda.
Kwangelo xesha, masibuyise ubomi babo baphuli-mthetho abangakhange benze mthetho ulwaphulo-mthetho. Ngokutyala ixesha kunye nemali kunyango lweziyobisi- endlwini, kwindawo ekhuselekileyo- kunokuba ubabeke ejele.
Amava abonakalisile ukuba ukunyanga abaphuli-mthetho abangenalo ubundlobongela kubini kwisithathu kubiza ixabiso eliphantsi kunokubabeka ejele. Kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu-okoko bengakhange bahlukumeze uluntu-wonke umntu ulifanelwe ithuba lesibini, kuba akukho bomi bunokulahlwa.
Andonelisekanga kukuba nale nto njengeprojekthi yokulinga; Ndifuna utshintsho kwindlela esisebenza ngayo nokusetyenziswa gwenxa kweziyobisi nokubanjwa kwikona nganye yaseNew Jersey.
Ke namhlanje ndicela le Ndlu yowiso-mthetho kunye neJaji eyiNtloko ukuba indijoyine koku kuzinikela ukuba akukho bomi bunokulahlwa.
Ndicebisa unyango olunyanzelekileyo kubo bonke aboni abangenabundlobongela abanengxaki yokusebenzisa iziyobisi eNew Jersey, hayi nje abambalwa abakhethiweyo. Izakuthumela umyalezo ocacileyo kwabo bangamaxhoba esi sifo sokusetyenziswa gwenxa kweziyobisi- sifuna ukukunceda, hayi ukukulahla. Siza kufuna ukuba ufumane unyango. Ubomi bakho bunexabiso. Yonke indalo kaThixo inokuhlawulelwa. Wonke umntu ufanelekile ithuba lesibini.
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Ezi zizinto ezinkulu endinqwenela ukuba sigxile kuzo ngo-2012. Ezi zeziphambili kum.
Siyazi ezintliziyweni zethu ukuba simele abona bantu banzima, abona bantu bathe ngqo nabathembekileyo eMelika. Iqela labantu elimiselwe izinto ezinkulu ukuba sibanika nje ithuba. Kodwa siyazi ukuba iminyaka emininzi kakhulu aba bantu bebekhathazekile malunga nento eyayiseNew Jersey.
Iinkokeli zethu zisiphoxile ngeendlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo. Kwenziwa izithembiso ezingakhange zizame nokugcinwa.
Uqoqosho lwethu luxinaniswe yingubo emanzi yokusetyenziswa ngokugqithisileyo, inkcitho eninzi, ukuboleka kunye nokugqithisa.
Iinkqubo zethu zemfundo zisilele kwabo bazidinga kakhulu, kwaye iinkokheli zethu bema zathi, yiba nomonde, kwaye sizakuyilungisa. Kwinkcubeko ethandwayo, iNew Jersey yayisisiqwengana, endaweni yendawo yokuzingca.
Kwenzekeni kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo?
Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, iNew Jersey ngoku ibonwa kwilizwe liphela kwakhona, ingekuko njengesiqhulo sasebusuku, kodwa kugxilwe kwiindaba zangokuhlwa nakwimiboniso yentetho yangeCawa. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba, kwakhona, sikhokela iMelika- ngokuthatha izinto ezinkulu kumgaqo-nkqubo woluntu.
Siyazi lonke eli xesha ukuba uMbuso wethu umiselwe izinto ezinkulu. Besifuna nje ukunika abantu boRhulumente wethu ukuzithemba okunokuza ngokubukela iinkokheli zisebenza kunye kunye nakwilizwe elinyukayo kwakhona elibangqongileyo.
Kubo bonke abantu abakweli gumbi, kuye wonke umntu obukele ekhayeni lakhe okanye omamele emotweni yakhe, ndinomyalezo omnye olula: ukuze iNew Jersey ibuye ikhule kwaye kufuneka sikhule sonke.
Olu xanduva alukho lwam kuphela kwaye ayingolukaKim kuphela. Akunjalo nje ngoSteve okanye uSheila, kungekhona nje uTom okanye uJon. Ukubuya kweNew Jersey ayisiyiyo eyenzekayo eTrenton kuphela. Nonke nikule nto. Iimpumelelo zethu kunye nelahleko kukuphumelela kwakho kunye nelahleko. Impumelelo kunye nokusilela kwethu kukuphumelela kunye nokusilela kwakho. Ukubuya kweNew Jersey akuqalanga apha kwaye ngekhe kugcinwe apha. Ukubuya kweNew Jersey yeyakho, nayo.
Kwaye ke ndithi kuni nonke, nokuba niphi na, nokuba nivela kweliphi ilizwe loRhulumente wethu, nokuba nibiza eyiphi na iqela lezopolitiko, nibe nenxaxheba kwinto eyenzekileyo kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, kwaye ube negalelo ekwenzeni oko kwenzeke.
Ngoku ayiloxesha lokuma, ngoku lixesha lokuphinda phinda kabini. Ngoku ayiloxesha lokubeka iziqhoboshi ekukhuleni kweNew Jersey. Ngoku lixesha lokuba ubeke unyawo phantsi ngakumbi kwisantya. Ngoku asiloxesha lokuba sibuyele umva. Ngoku lixesha lokwenza ubukhulu beNew Jersey bube yinyani kwakhona.
Yiloo nto iminyaka emibini ezayo yolawulo lwam eya kunikezelwa yonke imihla. Sinyuke saphuma emngxunyeni owawushiyelwe kuthi - kunye. Ngoku lixesha lokuphakamisa iflegi enkulu yeLizwe laseNew Jersey phezulu kangangoko sinako - kunye.
Andinakukwenza ndedwa. Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi abanakuyenza yedwa. Iidemokhrasi azinakukwenza zodwa.
Ngenxa yokuba, njengoko uMartin Luther King watshoyo, kusenokwenzeka ukuba size kwiinqanawa ezahlukeneyo, kodwa sikwisikhephe esinye ngoku.
Kufuneka sikwenze oku kunye kwiidolophu zonke, kuzo zonke iidolophu nakwizithili zonke kwilizwe lethu. Ukuba ukulungele ukujoyina umlo kunye nam kule minyaka mibini izayo njengokuba uneminyaka emibini edlulileyo, siza kuba lapha iminyaka emibini ukusukela ngoku sijonga ilizwe elaliyinkokeli yeMelika evuselelweyo.
Ukuba uzimisele ukujoyina umlo, nam ndinjalo - egameni lakho. Yiloo nto undonyulele ukuba ndiyenze. Kwaye kukuzinikela okunyanisekileyo endikwenzayo kwakhona kuwe namhlanje.
Enkosi, uThixo akusikelele, uThixo asikelele iMelika kwaye uThixo asikelele ilizwe laseNew Jersey.
