Ophunzira mu maphunziro a Army prep ali ndi chidwi. (Chithunzi cha AP/Sean Rayford)
by Jordan Uhl, The Lever, September 7, 2022
Gulu lankhondo la GOP likudzudzula ntchito ya Biden "yochepetsa" zoyesayesa za Pentagon zogwirira achinyamata omwe akusowa.
Mkati mwa chaka chankhanza cholembera usilikali, akazembe ankhondo osamala akuda nkhawa poyera kuti zomwe Purezidenti Joe Biden adalengeza sabata yatha za kuchotsedwa kwa ngongole za ophunzira zomwe zayesedwa nthawi imodzi zipangitsa kuti asitikali azitha kulanda achinyamata aku America omwe akusowa.
"Kukhululukidwa kwa ngongole ya ophunzira kumasokoneza chida chathu chachikulu cholembera anthu usilikali panthawi ya anthu ochepa kwambiri," Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) adalemba pa tweet atangolengeza.
Zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi kuchokera pamene Banks adathamangira ku Congress, watenga ndalama zoposa $ 400,000 kuchokera kwa makontrakitala a chitetezo, opanga zida zankhondo, ndi osewera ena akuluakulu m'mafakitale ankhondo. Makomiti andale a Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies, ndi Ultra Electronics aliyense apereka ndalama masauzande ambiri ku Banks, malinga ndi data ya FEC. kufufuzidwa ndi OpenSecrets. Tsopano akukhala pa House Armed Services Committee, yomwe imayang'anira Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ndi asilikali a United States.
Mamembala a komitiyi alandira kale pamodzi zoposa $ 3.4 milioni kuchokera kwa makontrakitala achitetezo ndi opanga zida zanthawi yazisankho iyi.
Kuvomerezedwa kwa Banks kukuwonetsa momwe vuto la ngongole za ophunzira likugwiritsidwira ntchito ndi magulu ankhondo. Polankhula mokweza, Banks akulankhula zowona za momwe olembera usilikali amagwiritsira ntchito GI Bill - lamulo la 1944 lomwe limapereka phindu lamphamvu kwa omenyera nkhondo - ngati njira yothetsera mtengo wa maphunziro apamwamba kukopa achinyamata kuti alembetse. .
"Kukhala ndi mamembala a Congress kumatanthawuza poyera kuti yankho la izi ndi kwenikweni zimachulukitsa zovuta kwa achinyamata osauka ndi ogwira ntchito, kwenikweni, ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri kwa achinyamata aku America kuwona. Mike Prysner, msilikali wotsutsana ndi nkhondo komanso wolimbikitsa nkhondo, adanena The Lever. "Zikutsimikizira kuti zifukwa zawo zokanira kujowina ndizovomerezeka. Bwanji mukulolera kuti kutafunidwa ndi kulavuliridwa muutumiki wa dongosolo lomwe silimasamala za inu ndi thanzi lanu?”
Biden pa kanthu adzaletsa mpaka $10,000 ya ngongole ya ophunzira ku federal kwa anthu omwe amalandira ndalama zosakwana $125,000 pachaka, kuphatikiza $10,000 yowonjezera kwa obwereketsawa omwe adalandira Pell Grant ku koleji. Pulogalamuyi ikuyerekeza kuchotsa pafupifupi $300 biliyoni pangongole yonse, kuchepetsa ngongole za ophunzira padziko lonse lapansi kuchoka pa $1.7 thililiyoni kufika pa $1.4 thililiyoni.
Malinga ndi College Board's 2021 Lipoti la Mitengo Yaku koleji, mtengo wapakati wa maphunziro apachaka ndi chindapusa m'makoleji aboma azaka zinayi wakwera kuchoka pa $4,160 mpaka $10,740 kuyambira koyambirira kwa 1990s - chiwonjezeko cha 158 peresenti. M'mabungwe abizinesi, ndalama zambiri zakwera ndi 96.6 peresenti panthawi yomweyi, kuchoka pa $ 19,360 mpaka $ 38,070.
Dongosolo lochotsa ngongole za ophunzira a Biden nthawi zambiri lidakondweretsedwa m'mabwalo omasuka ngati njira yoyenera, ngakhale ambiri adanenanso kuti kukhululukidwa ngongole kuyenera kupita patsogolo kwambiri kuthana ndi vuto ladziko lonse.
"Ngati Achinyamata aku America Atha Kulowa Kukoleji Yaulere ... Adzidzipereka Kwa Gulu Lankhondo?"
Woyang'anira zolumikizirana ndi Banks, a Buckley Carlson (mwana wa wolandila nkhani wa Fox News Tucker Carlson), sanayankhe pempho loti apereke ndemanga - koma ndemanga za congressman zikuwonetsa malingaliro odziwika pakati pa asitikali amkuwa ndi agulu lankhondo.
Mu 2019, a Frank Muth, wamkulu woyang'anira ntchito zankhondo, adadzikuza kuti ngongole ya ophunzira idachita gawo lalikulu munthambi yake kupitilira cholinga chake cholembera anthu chaka chimenecho. "Limodzi mwamavuto adziko pano ndi ngongole za ophunzira, ndiye $31,000 ndi pafupifupi," adatero Muth. “Mukhoza kutuluka [m’gulu lankhondo] pambuyo pa zaka zinayi, 100 peresenti amalipira koleji ya boma kulikonse mu United States.”
Cole Lyle, mlangizi wakale wa Sen. Richard Burr (RN.C.) komanso director wamkulu wa Mission Roll Call, gulu lomenyera nkhondo akale, adalemba op-ed ku Fox News m'mwezi wa Meyi kutcha chikhululukiro cha ngongole ya ophunzira "kumenya mbama" kwa omenyera nkhondo chifukwa mamembala ndi omenyera nkhondo anali oyenerera kubweza ngongole kuposa anthu wamba.
Chigawo cha Lyle adagawidwa Wolemba malemu Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), yemwenso ananena kuti kukhululukidwa “kungasokoneze usilikali.” Mollie Hemmingway, mkonzi wamkulu wa zofalitsa zosunga Federalist, ndi gulu lakutsogolo la mafuta Nzika Zolimbana ndi Zinyalala za Boma, adagawananso chidutswacho.
Mu April, Eric Leis, a Mtsogoleri wakale wa Dipatimenti pa Navy's Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, adadandaula mu Wall Street Journal kuti kukhululukidwa ngongole - makamaka kutsitsa mtengo wamaphunziro apamwamba - kumabweretsa chiwopsezo ku luso lankhondo lolemba usilikali.
"Pamene ndinkagwira ntchito ku kampu ya asilikali a Navy, ambiri mwa anthu omwe amalembedwa amalembedwa kuti amalipira ku koleji monga omwe amawalimbikitsa kuti alowe usilikali. Ngati achinyamata aku America atha kupita ku koleji yaulere popanda kulandira GI Bill kapena kulembetsa usilikali wotsatira, kodi angadzipereke kumagulu ankhondo okwanira?" analemba Leis.
Ndemanga zaposachedwa za Banks pankhaniyi adakwezedwa amphamvu zosiyanasiyana kuchokera kwa omenyera nkhondo pa Twitter - makamaka chifukwa idavumbulutsa zomwe asitikali akumenyera usilikali ndikuzunza anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo omwe amafunikira thandizo lazachuma.
“Malinga ndi a Rep. Banks, mpumulo uliwonse wokhudza ntchito, chisamaliro chaumoyo, chisamaliro cha ana, nyumba, chakudya, uyenera kutsutsidwa pamaziko oti kungawononge kulembetsa!” adatero Prysner. "Ngakhale akunyozedwa, zimawulula maziko a njira yolembera anthu a Pentagon: imayang'ana kwambiri achinyamata omwe amadzimva kuti akukankhidwira m'magulu chifukwa cha zovuta za moyo waku America."
“Zimamveka Ngati Nyambo ndi Kusintha”
Kutsutsidwa kwa mabanki kumabwera m'chaka chovuta cholembera usilikali. Asilikali akuwona chiwerengero chochepa kwambiri cha anthu omwe alembedwa m'chaka chachuma chomwe chilipo kuyambira kumapeto kwa ntchitoyi mu 1973, nkhani zankhondo. Nyenyezi ndi Mitsinje sabata yatha.
Kumayambiriro kwa Ogasiti, Asilikali adavomereza idangopeza theka la cholinga chake ndipo yatsala pang'ono kuphonya cholinga chake pafupifupi 48 peresenti. Nthambi zina zankhondo nazonso zavutika kugunda zolinga zawo zapachaka, koma molingana ndi Nyenyezi ndi Mikwingwirima, magulu awa akuyembekezeredwa kuti angofika pakutha kwa chaka chachuma mwezi wamawa.
Koma monga a Prysner akunenera, zovuta zolembera anthu ntchito zotere sizimakhudzana ndi koleji kukhala yosavuta kupeza.
“Malinga ndi kafukufuku waposachedwapa [wa Dipatimenti Yoona za Chitetezo], zifukwa zawo zazikulu ndi mantha a mabala akuthupi ndi amaganizo, kuopa kugwiriridwa, ndi kusakonda usilikali kowonjezereka,” anatero Prysner.
Pulogalamu ya Dipatimenti Yoyang'anira Chitetezo ya Joint Advertising, Market Research & Studies (JAMRS) imapanga zisankho kuti adziwe maganizo a achinyamata aku America pa zankhondo za United States.
Kafukufuku waposachedwa kwambiri, wotulutsidwa koyambirira kwa Ogasiti, adapeza kuti ambiri omwe adayankha - 65 peresenti - sakanalowa usilikali chifukwa chotheka kuvulala kapena kufa, pomwe 63 peresenti idatchulapo vuto la post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) kapena malingaliro ena kapena malingaliro. nkhani.
Malinga ndi kafukufuku yemweyo, chifukwa chachikulu chomwe achinyamata a ku America adaganiza zolembetsa ndi kuwonjezera malipiro omwe angakhale nawo m'tsogolo, pamene phindu la maphunziro, monga lomwe linaperekedwa ndi bilu ya GI, ndilo chifukwa chachiwiri chodziwika bwino cholembera.
Anthu ayamba kudzudzula usilikali, chifukwa mwa zina chifukwa cha kusowa kwa chifukwa cha dziko lothandizira, palibe vuto lalikulu lakunja, komanso kusakhutira ndi kayendetsedwe ka America. Zina mwa zoyipazi zachokera m'magulu ankhondo omwe. Mu 2020, kanema wa asitikali ankhondo akugwira ntchito omwe akuwonetsa kukhumudwa kwawo chifukwa cha omwe amawanamizira adasokoneza malingaliro mamiliyoni ambiri. Kanemayo akuwonetsa kuti ndi achinyamata angati aku America omwe adanamizidwa ndi chiyembekezo kuti atha kukhala zida zamafakitale ankhondo.
Kuti awonjezere kuchuluka kwake, asitikali ali ndi a yaitali ndi zolembedwa bwino mbiri ya zolinga ndi zachuma ndi kukopa omwe atha kulembedwa ndi phukusi lake lamphamvu. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, asilikali anamasulidwa malonda atsopano makamaka kuwonetsa momwe ntchito ingadzazire mabowo muukonde wachitetezo wowonongeka wa dziko. Magulu olimbana ndi nkhondo komanso olimbikitsa mtendere achenjeza achinyamata kuti asamale ndi njira zolembera usilikali, makamaka phindu la maphunziro. Ngakhale kuti GI Bill ikhoza kuphimba maphunziro ambiri omwe amalembedwa, mapindu ake satsimikizika.
"Ngakhale ndi bilu ya GI ndi thandizo la maphunziro, omenyera nkhondo ambiri amakhala ndi ngongole za ophunzira, ndipo ndizomwe samakuwuzani," adatero wothirira ndemanga pandale komanso wakale wakale wa Air Force Ben Carollo. "Ndikuganiza kuti zikunena za momwe kulembera usilikali kumachitira. Chifukwa zimatengera mabodza ambiri. ”
Kuphatikiza pa maphunziro, omenyera nkhondo amayenera kumenyerabe zabwino zambiri zofunika. Posachedwapa, Senate Republican adaletsa bilu zomwe zingalole kuti asitikali ankhondo alandire chithandizo kudzera mu dipatimenti ya Veterans Affairs pankhani zachipatala - kuphatikiza khansa - yoyambitsidwa ndi maenje oyaka kunja kwa dziko, asanachirikize monyinyirika. pambuyo pa kupsyinjika kwakukulu kwa anthu.
Carollo adati adagula mabodza pomwe adalembetsa.
Iye, monga anthu ena ambiri aku America, adawona asitikali aku US ngati "anyamata abwino" omwe adabweretsa "ufulu" padziko lonse lapansi. Pambuyo pake adadzawona zongopeka zaku America komanso malonjezo abodza a phindu lomwe likudikirira omenyera nkhondo.
"Zachisoni ndidaphunzira maphunzirowa movutikira ndipo ndidatuluka ndi chilema komanso zowawa zomwe tsopano zimandilepheretsa kugwiritsa ntchito digiri yomwe ndidapeza," adatero Carollo. "Pamapeto pake zimamveka ngati nyambo ndikusintha. Lingaliro loti tizisunga anthu osauka kuti tisunge chinyengochi likunena za kuipa kwa dongosolo lathu. ”
