Catherine Austin Fitts

Catherine Austin Fitts
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Philadelphia, 1950 (75/76 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Makaranta	The Wharton School (mul)
Sana'a
Sana'a	investment banker (en) da ɗan siyasa

Catherine Austin Fitts (an haife ta a ranar 24 ga Disamba, 1950) ma'aikaciyar bankin saka hannun jari ce ta Amurka kuma tsohuwar jami'ar gwamnati ce wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin manajan darakta na Dillon, Read & Co., kuma a lokacin shugabancin George HW Bush, a matsayin Mataimakiyar Sakataren Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane na Amurka kan Gidaje . Ta yi rubutu da tsokaci sosai kan batun kashe kuɗin gwamnati kuma ta yi zargin cewa an yi amfani da manyan zamba na gwamnati.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Catherine Austin Fitts a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ta sami digirin AA daga Kwalejin Bennett a shekarar 1970 da kuma digirin BA a tarihi daga Jami'ar Pennsylvania a shekarar 1974. Bayan kammala karatunta, ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai sayar da giya har sai da ɗaya daga cikin abokan cinikinta, wanda shine darektan shiga makarantar Wharton, ya ƙarfafa ta ta ci gaba da karatun digiri na biyu. Ta sami digirin MBA daga Wharton a shekarar 1978.

Sana'a

Dillon, Read & Co.

Bayan kammala karatun digiri, Fitts ta fara aiki a Dillon, Read & Co. A can, a shekarar 1982, ta shirya wani sabon sayar da takardun lamuni na birni don tara dala biliyan da dama don farfado da Tsarin Jirgin Ƙasa na New York, wanda ya zama karo na farko da wata hukumar gwamnati ta sayar da takardun lamuni da kudin haya. A shekarar 1986, Fitts ta zama mace ta farko da aka ɗaukaka zuwa babbar darakta ta Dillon, Read & Co. a tarihin bankin saka hannun jari na tsawon shekaru 156. A lokacin da take matsayin babbar darakta, Businessweek ta bayyana Fitts a matsayin "babbar zakara a Wall Street" na takardun lamuni na gwamnati .

Ma'aikatar Gidaje da Ci Gaban Birane ta Amurka (HUD)

A lokacin zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na Amurka na 1988, Fitts ta yi aiki a kan yakin neman zaɓen George HW Bush kuma an naɗa ta a matsayin Mataimakiyar Sakataren Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane na Gidaje a gwamnatin Bush, inda aka ɗora mata alhakin gyara sunanta na ma'aikatar bayan rikicin tanadi da lamuni . Daga cikin abubuwan da ta lura da su tun lokacin da ta hau mulki akwai cewa ma'aikatar tana da asusun inshorar jinginar gida na dala biliyan 300 amma tana aiki ne kawai da takardar shaidar aiki . Gyaran da ta sanar sun haɗa da shirin sayar da gidajen da gwamnati ta rufe a rangwamen kashi 50 ga ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu don yin haya. A da, gwamnati ta nemi sayar da gidajen zama a mafi girman ƙima, wanda ya haifar da tarin gidaje a cikin fayil ɗinta wanda dole ne a sarrafa shi da babban kuɗi, da kuma ƙarancin gidaje a wasu kasuwanni masu yawan jama'a.

Ta yi murabus daga muƙaminta a shekarar 1990, bayan wani rahoto da ya nuna cewa dangantakarta da Sakataren Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane Jack Kemp ta yi tsami, wani rahoto da Kemp ya musanta. Tafiyar Fitts ta haifar da suka ga Kemp; an yi mata - a cewar Neal Peirce - "ana ɗaukarta a matsayin mafi kyawun manaja da ya kawo".

A cewar Fitts, an ba ta damar ganawa da Hukumar Kula da Asusun Tarayya bayan ta bar HUD amma ta ƙi, inda ta fi son komawa ɓangaren masu zaman kansu.

Hamilton Securities da Solari

Bayan barin gwamnati, Fitts ta kafa Hamilton Securities, wani gidan dillali mallakar ma'aikata, wanda ta yi aiki har zuwa 1998. A shekarar 1993, Hamilton Securities ta sami kwangila da HUD don sarrafa fayil ɗin jarinta na dala biliyan 500. Yayin da take kula da fayil ɗin HUD, Fitts ta ƙirƙiro wani shirin sake siyar da bashin jinginar gida wanda ke tushen wuri wanda wataƙila ya haifar da ƙaruwar kuɗaɗen shiga na ma'aikatar na ɗaruruwan miliyoyin daloli.

A shekarar 1997, HUD ta soke kwangilar Hamilton saboda abin da ta yi ikirarin kurakuran lissafi ne da suka shafi shirin; Babban Sufeto Janar na HUD, FBI, da Hukumar Tsaro da Musayar Kuɗi sun ƙaddamar da bincike kan Hamilton Securities. A cewar Fitts, an gudanar da binciken ne a matsayin ramuwar gayya a kanta; ta yi iƙirarin cewa bayanan Community Wizard sun nuna cewa wasu takardun jinginar gida da gwamnatin tarayya ta amince da su an bayar da su ta hanyar zamba. Wani mai ƙara a waje, ɗan kwangila na gwamnati, ya tuhumi ma'amala ta cikin gida da magudin tayi a cikin hujjar cewa Hamilton Securities ta sami kasuwancin HUD ɗinta saboda son kai. A shekarar 2002 an rufe binciken, kuma masu bincike sun ce ba su sami wata shaida ta aikata ba daidai ba daga Fitts ko Hamilton Securities.

Fitts memba ne na "Worldview" na Global Business Network daga 1996-1997, kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin ba da shawara na Cibiyar Arlington daga Yuni 1998 zuwa Yuni 2000.

Rubutu da sharhi

Fitts ta yi bincike kuma ta yi tsokaci kan kashe kuɗin gwamnati. A cikin wani bincike da aka buga a shekarar 2004 a cikin Jaridar World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues, ta yi ikirarin cewa ta sami "shaida cewa ana karkatar da babban kaso na dukiyar ƙasar ba bisa ƙa'ida ba tun shekaru da dama zuwa hanyoyin sirri da shirye-shirye marasa tushe waɗanda ba a iya tantance su ba, gami da ayyukan ɓoye da ɓarna a ƙasashen waje da binciken soja na ɓoye a cikin gida. Ƙungiyoyi masu ɓoye sun shiga cibiyoyin gwamnati kuma sun mamaye su don hidimar manyan kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da na mallaka, galibi suna ɓatar da amfanin jama'a."

A shekarar 2017, Fitts ta rubuta wani rahoto tare da masanin tattalin arziki na Jami'ar Jihar Michigan, Mark Skidmore, wanda ya yi ikirarin gano dala tiriliyan 21 a cikin "kuɗin da ba a ba da izini ba" da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka da Ma'aikatar Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane ta Amurka suka kashe tsawon shekaru 17.

Fitts ta yi iƙirarin cewa manufar HUD ta haɓaka ci gaban tattalin arziki ta biyu ce daga abin da ta yi iƙirarin cewa amfani da ita a matsayin hanyar tara kuɗi ga hukumomin soji da leƙen asiri wanda ya shafi wani tsari mai sarkakiya na tsaro ta amfani da jarin Ginnie Mae da HUD ke tallafawa. A cewar Fitts, HUD tana biyan kuɗi fiye da kima don gyara gidajen jama'a kuma tana karkatar da bambanci zuwa shirye-shiryen kasafin kuɗi na baƙar fata da ba a tantance su ba bisa ga umarnin hukumomin tsaron ƙasa.

A lokacin zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na Amurka, 2016, Fitts ta goyi bayan kamfen ɗin Donald Trump . A ranar 8 ga Disamba, 2020, Trump ya sake wallafa ɗaya daga cikin sakonnin Fitts wanda ya danganta da wani labari akan Breitbart . Ta bayar da gudummawa ga kamfen ɗin siyasa na 'yan Democrat Cynthia McKinney da Marcy Kaptur, da kuma 'yan Republican Rand Paul da Thomas Massie .

A cewar jaridar The Washington Post, a lokacin annobar COVID-19, Fitts "ta yi aiki tare da mai fafutukar hana allurar rigakafi Robert F. Kennedy Jr. don haɓaka da'awar da ba ta da tushe game da annobar da kuma adawa da matakan kulle-kullen da aka sanya don rage yaɗuwar cutar" kuma ta yi rikodin wata doguwar hira a matsayin wani ɓangare na fim ɗin Planet Lockdown na 2020 wanda jaridar Washington Post ta ruwaito yana nuna "ƙarya game da annobar". Ta yi tambayoyi a wasu kafofin watsa labarai, kamar kla.tv, tana zargin zamba a tsarin bankunan tsakiya na Amurka da gwamnatin Amurka ("an sace dala tiriliyan 21") da "maguɗi mai yawa" a zaɓen 2020 da zamba a zaɓen Amurka na tsawon shekaru da yawa kafin 2020.