Heather Higgins

**Heather Richardson Higgins** (an haife ta a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 1959) 'yar kasuwa ce 'yar Amurka, mai sharhi kan siyasa, kuma babbar jami'a a fannin ba da riba . Ita ce Shugabar Muryar Mata Mai Zaman Kanta kuma shugabar ƙungiyar 'yar'uwarta, Independent Women's Forum, ƙungiyoyi  waɗanda aka tsara don haɓaka ɗabi'un gargajiya da na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. 

An danganta Higgins da ƙungiyoyin siyasa da manufofi daban-daban. Waɗannan sun haɗa da ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, waɗanda ba sa neman riba kamar Majalisar Hulɗa da Ƙasashen Waje zuwa waɗanda ke da alaƙar siyasa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, kamar Hoover Institute, National Empowerment Television network, da Irving Kristol 's *The Public Interest* .

## Bayanan mutum
An haife ta a Atlanta, Georgia kuma ta girma a Manhattan, New York City, Higgins ta fara karatun digiri na farko a shekarar 1977 a Kwalejin Wellesley . Ta kammala karatun ** daga Wellesley a shekarar 1981, inda ta sami digiri na BA. Daga nan ta koma birnin New York ta shiga shirin kudi na MBA a makarantar digiri na biyu ta kasuwanci ta Jami'ar New York . Bayan ta bar NYU na tsawon shekaru da dama don yin aiki a matsayin mai nazarin bincike, mai tallata kaya, da kuma manajan fayil a wani ƙaramin kamfani, ta ci gaba da karatunta a can a shekarar 1986 kuma aka ba ta digiri na biyu a shekarar 1987.  A halin yanzu tana zaune a Manhattan tare da mijinta James da 'ya'yansu uku.

## Ɗan jarida kuma mai sharhi
A shekarun 1980, Higgins ta fara rubuta ginshiƙan edita na *Wall Street Journal* . A wannan lokacin, ta kuma zama mataimakiyar edita a shirin Irving Kristol na kwata-kwata wanda yanzu ya daina aiki, *The Public Interest* .  Rubutun edita da ayyukan manufofi na Higgins sun haifar da fitowa a shirye-shiryen labarai/sharhi iri-iri, ciki har da *Hardball tare da Chris Matthews*, *Politically Incorrect*,  *Real Time tare da Bill Maher*,  *Crossfire*, *Equal Time* da *Good Morning America* . Tare da Newt Gingrich, ta haɗu da daukar nauyin *Rahoton Ci gaba* akan Gidan Talabijin na National Empowerment wanda yanzu ya daina aiki.   Lokacin da aka tambaye ta game da bayyanar Higgins a talabijin, Bill Maher ya ce, "Ya Allah, za ta iya magana game da komai." 

Higgins ya kasance editan haɗin gwiwa na *The Quotable Paul Johnson* (1994), wani littafi mai ɗauke da ambato daga shahararren masanin tarihi. 

## Sana'ar saka hannun jari
Kafin Higgins ta shiga ɓangaren ba da riba a shekarar 1991, ta yi aiki a matsayin manajan fayil ɗin Wall Street na tsawon shekaru bakwai, daga ƙarshe ta sami matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar US Trust kafin ta zama reshen Charles Schwab Corporation . A ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2006, an zaɓe ta a matsayin Darakta kuma Amintacce na kamfanonin saka hannun jari guda goma sha shida na UBS, waɗanda suka ƙunshi asusun haɗin gwiwa guda talatin da shida tun daga watan Janairun 2007.  

## Matsayin da ba na riba ba da kuma aikin manufofi
Higgins ta kasance mai matuƙar tasiri a ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu. Ita ce shugabar kuma babbar jami'ar gudanarwa ta Independent Women's Voice,  wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta 501(c)(4), shugabar ƙungiyar mata masu zaman kansu,  wacce ta kafa ƙungiyar Alliance For Charitable Reform,  kuma ta kasance shugabar gidauniyar Randolph ta New York tun daga shekarar 1991.  Ita ce kuma babbar darakta ta Majalisar Al'adu da Al'umma. 

Baya ga jagorantar ƙungiyoyin da ke sama, ƙwarewar Higgins a fannin ba da riba ta haɗa da matsayinta a kwamitin zartarwa na kwamitin kula da Cibiyar Hoover   da kuma kasancewa memba a Majalisar Hulɗa da Ƙasashen Waje .  Ita kuma amintacce ce a Kwamitin Ci Gaban Tattalin Arziki,  mataimakiyar shugabar ƙungiyar agaji ta Washington, DC kuma tsohuwar memba ce a kwamitin gudanarwa na Gidauniyar WH Brady. 

A watan Nuwamba na 2013, *Kamfen da Zaɓe* sun sanya Higgins cikin jerin manyan masu tasiri a siyasa guda hamsin da za su kalla a shekarar 2014. 

### Martani ga zaɓen musamman na 2010
Bayan da ɗan jam'iyyar Republican Scott Brown ya kayar da Martha Coakley 'yar jam'iyyar Democrat a zaɓen musamman na zaɓen magajin Ted Kennedy, Independent Women's Voice ta ba da umarnin gudanar da wani bincike wanda Higgins ya ambata a matsayin wanda ke nuna cewa masu zaɓe sun sami kwarin gwiwa ne daga tasirin da aka yi zaton zaɓen yana taka rawa a cikin gyaran kiwon lafiya da sauran muhawarar manufofin ƙasa. Higgins ya kuma ba da rahoton cewa binciken ya nuna cewa, "yayin da mata gabaɗaya suka kaɗa ƙuri'a 53%–45% ga Coakley, mata masu zaman kansu sun kaɗa ƙuri'a 67–33% ga Brown. Idan aka ba da zaɓi tsakanin rage haraji da ƙa'idoji kan ƙananan kasuwanci ko ƙara kashe kuɗi na gwamnati, 51% sun fi son rage haraji yayin da 30% suka zaɓi kayayyakin more rayuwa." 

A zaɓen musamman na Majalisar Wakilai ta watan Mayun 2010 a gundumar majalisa ta biyu ta Hawaii, Independent Women's Voice ta gudanar da tallace-tallace suna sukar tsohon ɗan majalisar Democrat Ed Case . Tallace-tallacen sun tabbatar da cewa Case "ta kaɗa ƙuri'a don ƙara haraji sau 72 kuma ta sami maki da ya gaza daga ƙungiyoyin kashe kuɗi na hana naman alade kamar Ƙungiyar Masu Biyan Haraji ta Ƙasa."  A cewar *Politico*, ƙungiyar ta kashe "fiye da $200,000" a kamfen ɗin tallan hana shari'a.  Bayanan Hukumar Zaɓe ta Tarayya sun nuna cewa ƙungiyar ta kashe $237,500 a kan wannan ƙoƙari tun farkon watan Mayun 2010. 

### Shawarar ACR ga gidauniyar masu zaman kansu
A cikin wata wasiƙa da aka buga a *The Hill*, Higgins da abokin aikinsa, Dan Peters, wanda ya kafa Alliance for Charitable Reform, sun mayar da martani ga tattaunawa kan shawarwarin dokoki, suna cewa, "ACR ta yi imanin cewa kowace dala ta ƙarin haraji akan tushe na gwamnatin tarayya ne maimakon dala ɗaya ga ƙungiyoyin agaji, kuma ACR ta damu da wannan ra'ayi.... Ba za mu iya ɗaukar mafita ɗaya tilo da ta dace da kowa ba wadda ke ɓata wa ƙananan ƙungiyoyi rai. Dole ne mu yi duk mai yiwuwa don ƙarfafa ayyukan agaji kuma kada mu haifar da shinge ga bayar da agaji." 

## Ra'ayin Siyasa
Mai sharhi Suzanne Fields, a cikin wani labarin da ta yi magana game da Higgins da wanda ya kafa IWF, Lisa Schiffren, ta ce "su uwaye ne kuma suna da alaƙa da mata waɗanda ba masu bin akida ba ne, amma waɗanda ke da ra'ayin mazan jiya game da yaƙi da haraji." 

A wata hira da Acton Institute, Higgins ta bayyana adawarta ta asali ga shirye-shiryen zamantakewa na gwamnati dangane da yadda suke gogayya da ko maye gurbin kungiyoyin agaji masu zaman kansu, tana mai cewa,

A cikin sharhinta kan littafin Thomas DiLorenzo da James T. Bennett mai suna *Unhealthy Charities: Hazardous to Your Health and Wealth*, wanda ke nazarin ayyukan ƙungiyoyin agaji na kiwon lafiya, Higgins ya yi jayayya cewa,

Mujallar George ta buga wani kasida a fitowarta ta farko ta 1995, mai taken "Rahoton Heather," inda aka taƙaita ra'ayoyin Higgins a matsayin " masu sassaucin ra'ayi ," kuma sun yi daidai da ra'ayin cewa "Gwamnatin tsakiya ba za ta yi wani tasiri ba .... Muna cikin 'babban sauyi' daga 'masu sassaucin ra'ayi zuwa masu ra'ayin jama'a,' daga injin 'wanda aka tsara kuma aka tsara' zuwa tsarin halitta wanda, 'bin wannan sabon tsari, yana da imani da mutane, imani da ƙarfinsu, imani da zaɓinsu.'" An siffanta Higgins a matsayin haɗi tsakanin al'ummar ilimi masu "faɗi" da kuma masu siyasa "masu tsauri".

A cikin wani shafi *na Wall Street Journal* na 1995, Paul Gigot ya bayyana Higgins a matsayin "dillalin ra'ayi," yana mai bayanin cewa ba ta son a haɗa ta da jam'iyyun siyasa. Gigot ta haɗa da wani kalami daga gare ta, wanda a ciki ta ce, "Ba ni da sha'awar wata jam'iyya .... Da ace 'yan Democrat sun kasance 'yan Democrat na gaske, da hakan ya yi kyau. Idan waɗannan 'yan Republican suka zama 'yan Republican na da, za su rasa ni ma."  William Galston, babban mai ba da shawara kan manufofin cikin gida a gwamnatin Clinton, ya ce, "Ina ganin Heather a matsayin 'yar kasuwa mai ilimi da manufofi tare da wasu alkawuran ɗabi'a na gaske .... Ban gan ta a matsayin mai son jam'iyya ba, tabbas ba a yadda take mu'amala da mutane ba." 

## Duba kuma

* Dandalin Mata Masu Zaman Kansu
* Zagaye na Taron Agaji
* Gidauniyar Randolph

## Manazarta