Ibuyiselwe ngo-Ephreli 10, 2024
8: 25 am
U-Timberly Klintworth ubengeyona ingxenye yengozi ebangele ukumiswa kwelayisensi yakhe yokushayela.
Ngo-2016, umyeni wakhe wangaleso sikhathi washayisa enye imoto. Ngenxa yokuthi uKlintworth wayeboleke imoto futhi engenawo umshwalense, wamangalelwa ngo-$6,000. Akakwazanga ukuyikhokha. Ngakho, ilayisensi yakhe yamiswa.
"Futhi-ke ukusuka lapho, kuvele kwaphithizela,” kusho uKlintworth. “Angikwazanga ukuhlanganisa izinto zami. Bengingazi ngempela ukuthi kwenzekani ngoba bengingenayo indawo ezinzile.”
Ngaleso sikhathi, wayenenkinga yokusebenzisa izidakamizwa. Waya kokwelashwa waqala ukwakha kabusha impilo yakhe. Waphinde wathola ilungelo lokugcina izingane zakhe ezimbili, wathola umsebenzi, wathola eyakhe indawo. Kodwa, ngenxa yesikweletu sakhe, wayengakwazi ukushayela.
"Kunzima lokho … ikakhulukazi kumuntu osanda kuphuza noma othile ozama futhi empilweni,” kusho uKlintworth.
Kukhona cishe izigidi ezintathu zokumiswa kwamalayisensi okushayela esifundazweni sase-Ohio minyaka yonke, ngokusho kuka umbiko ovela ku-Legal Aid Society yaseCleveland.
Kodwa iningi lalokhu kumiswa akuveli ekushayeleni okubi noma okuyingozi. Kungenxa yokungakwazi ukukhokha izinhlawulo. E-Ohio, izimali ezikhokhwayo zenkantolo, ukwehluleka ukuba nomshwalense wemoto noma ukusala ngemuva emalini yesondlo sezingane kungaholela ekumisweni kwelayisensi yokushayela.
'Ubanjwe umjikelezo'
Kuyindaba ehlukumeza ngendlela engafanele abantu base-Ohio abahola kancane, ngokusho kukaZack Eckles, ummeli wenqubomgomo e-Ohio Poverty Law Center. Uthe uhlelo lwamanje lokumiswa kwelayisensi lubeka abantu phakathi kwedwala nendawo eqinile: Kufanele banqume phakathi kokulandela umthetho noma ukuthola inkokhelo.
“Abantu bavele babanjwe wumjikelezo lapho ungakwazi ukushayela uye emsebenzini ukuze ukhokhe isikweletu sakho futhi ungakwazi ukukhokha isikweletu ngoba awukwazi ukushayela ukuya emsebenzini,” kusho u-Eckles. “Futhi kunomthelela wangempela we-snowball kubantu abahola kancane, ukuthi abantu abahola kancane nabahola kancane akudingeki babhekane nakho.”
Futhi, ngokusho kuka-Eckles, ukusetshenziswa kwayo njengethuluzi lokuqoqa izikweletu ngokuyinhloko akusebenzi.
I-Ohio inemali esele yonyaka engamadola ayizigidi ezingama-920 ekumisweni okuhlobene nezikweletu, ngokusho kombiko. umbiko weLegal Aid Society yaseCleveland. Iphezulu kakhulu ezindaweni zasemadolobheni zombuso, lapho kukhona cishe ukumiswa okuhlobene nezikweletu okungama-700 kubantu abayinkulungwane.
U-Anne Sweeney, ummeli we I-Legal Aid Society yaseCleveland, uthe umthelela udlulela ngalé komuntu. Uthe kuthwalisa kanzima imiphakathi yasemadolobheni ase-Ohio ngezikweletu ezingase zitshalwe ekuqashweni, emfundweni noma kwezinye izinto ezibalulekile ekusebenziseni imali.
“Lena yimali ekhishwa emiphakathini kunokuthi ihlale emizini ekwazi ukusebenzisa imali endaweni futhi isize imiphakathi ithuthuke,” kusho uSweeney.
Izinketho ezinomkhawulo
Kwenza umthelela ojulile ezindaweni zasemakhaya, futhi, ngokusho kuka-Sondra Bryson, ummeli we-Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio.
“Kuba nzima kakhulu ukufika noma yikuphi lapho ungenayo ilayisense esemthethweni emaphandleni ase-Ohio ngoba zincane kakhulu izinto zokuhamba zomphakathi noma azikho nhlobo,” kusho uBryson. “Futhi ngokuvamile akugcini nje ngomgwaqo lapho kufanele baye emsebenzini. Kusele ihora noma kuthatha isikhathi eside ukufika lapho.”
Kunjalo e-Knox County, lapho kuhlala khona i-Klintworth. U-Klintworth kudingeke athembele kubangani ukuthi bamqhubele emsebenzini, ukuyisa izingane zakhe esikoleni, egilosa, kuma-aphoyintimenti. Kusho ukuthi ube nesikhathi esincane sekhwalithi nezingane zakhe ngaphandle kwendlu, esho.
"Ngifuna ukukwazi ukubayisa ezindaweni zobumnandi. Bafanele ukuya e-zoo noma epaki yamanzi,” kusho uKlintworth. "Futhi angikwazanga ukubanika lokho ngoba angikwazi ukuzenzela mina."
UKlintworth usebenze noBryson kusukela ngo-2022 ukuze asebenze ukuze athole ilayisense yakhe. UBryson uthe ukumiswa kwelayisense okuhlobene nezikweletu kwenza ngaphezu kuka-40% wamacala akhe ezindaweni zasemakhaya e-Ohio, futhi ezikhathini eziningi, bagcina ngokufaka isicelo sokuqolwa, okungenye yezixazululo zabantu abasesikhundleni sikaKlintworth.
Ivumela ukuthi isikweletu sabo sithethelelwe, ngezindleko. Kungalimaza amaphuzu esikweletu, okungenza kube nzima ukufaka isicelo sezindlu esikhathini esizayo. UBryson uthe izicelo zokuthi ucwile zingaba ithuluzi elinamandla ukusiza labo abavaleleke ezikweletini. Kodwa, uthe kuyindlela yokugcina, ikakhulukazi njengoba ingenziwa kanye njalo eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili.
“Uma uqothuka ngo-$2,000 ukuze uthole ilayisense lakho, kodwa kusasa uba nenhlekelele enkulu yezempilo umshuwalense ongeke uwenze, kusho ukuthi ubambekile iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili,” kusho uBryson.
Ukulungiswa okungenzeka
Kungase kube nesixazululo esingabizi kakhulu emkhathizwe: Isishayamthetho sase-Ohio sicubungula umthethosivivinywa wokulungisa kabusha inqubo yokumiswa. Ngaphansi komthethosivivinywa we-bipartisan, ukudonsa ilayisense ngeke kusaba inhlawulo ekhona yenhlawulo nezindleko ezisele, phakathi kwezinye izinhlinzeko, ngokusho kombiko kaSarah Donaldson we-Statehouse News Bureau.
Uma lidlula, i-Ohio izoba yisifunda sama-22 ukuqeda ukumiswa ngenxa yokwehluleka ukukhokha, ngokusho kombiko Isikhungo Sobulungiswa Bezinhlawulo Nezinkokhelo.
"Kungaba omunye wemithetho ebanzi mayelana nalolu daba ukuthi uphasiswe ezweni," kusho u-Eckles. "Ngeke kuyiqede ngokuphelele inkinga, kodwa kungaba yisinyathelo esikhulu."
Okwamanje, iKlintworth ifake isicelo sokuqothuka. Njengoba isikweletu sakhe sesisuliwe, usebenzela ukuphumelela ukuhlolwa kwakhe kokushayela ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe mihlanu engenayo ilayisensi.
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