Vadzidzi vari muArmy prep course vanomira vakatarisa. (Mufananidzo weAP/Sean Rayford)
By Jordan Uhl, The Lever, September 7, 2022
GOP war hawks slam Biden chirongwa che "kukanganisa" Pentagon kuedza kubata vechidiki vakasuwa.
Mukati megore rine hutsinye rekunyoreswa kwevanhu muchiuto, varwi vehondo vanochengetedza vari kunetsekana pachena kuti chiziviso cheMutungamiriri wenyika, VaJoe Biden, svondo rapfuura chekukanzurwa kwechikwereti chemudzidzi kunoderedza kugona kwemauto kubata vechidiki vekuAmerica.
"Kuregererwa chikwereti chemudzidzi kunokanganisa chimwe chezvishandiso zvechiuto zvakakurisa panguva yekunyoreswa kwakaderera," Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) tweeted nguva pfupi yapfuura chiziviso ichi.
Mumakore matanhatu kubvira maBhangi akatanga kumhanyira kuCongress, akatora mari inodarika $400,000 kubva kune vadziviriri makondirakiti, vagadziri vezvombo, uye vamwe vatambi vakuru muindasitiri yemauto. Makomiti ezvematongerwo enyika ezvematongerwo enyika eRaytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies, uye Ultra Electronics mumwe nemumwe akapa makumi ezviuru zvemadhora kuBhangi, maererano neFEC data. yakaongororwa ne OpenSecrets. Iye zvino anogara paHouse Armed Services Committee, iyo inotarisira Dhipatimendi reDziviriro nemauto eUnited States.
Nhengo dzekomiti dzakatotambira pamwe chete zvinodarika $ 3.4 mamiriyoni kubva kumakondirakiti ekudzivirira uye vagadziri vezvombo kutenderera kwesarudzo uku.
Kugamuchirwa kwemabhangi kunoratidza nzira iyo dambudziko rechikwereti chemudzidzi rakashandiswa nemauto eindasitiri. Nekutaura chikamu chakanyarara nenzwi guru, Mabhangi ari kupedzisira ataura chokwadi nezve mashandisiro anoita varwi vemauto kushandisa GI Bill - mutemo wa1944 uyo unopa mubairo wakasimba wepasuru kune veterans - semushonga wemutengo wedzidzo yepamusoro kugonesa vechidiki kuti vanyore. .
"Kuva nenhengo dzeCongress zvinoreva pachena kuti mhinduro kune izvi ndeyechokwadi zvinowedzera kuomerwa nevevarombo uye vanoshanda-kirasi chinhu chakanakisa kuti vechidiki vekuAmerica vaone," Mike Prysner, murwi anopesana nehondo uye muratidziri, akaudza The Lever. “Zvinoratidza kuti zvikonzero zvavo zvekusajoinha zvine musoro zvachose. Sei uchizvibvumira kutsengwa uye kupfirwa mukushandira sisitimu ine hanya newe uye kugara zvakanaka kwako?
Biden's kutanga ichakanzura kusvika kumadhora zviuru gumi zvechikwereti chemudzidzi chemubatanidzwa chevanhu vanoita pasi pemadhora zviuru zana nemakumi maviri neshanu pagore, pamwe nekuwedzera madhora gumi kune ava vakakwereta vakagamuchira Pell Grant kukoreji. Chirongwa ichi chinofungidzirwa kuti chichabvisa mari inosvika mabhiriyoni mazana matatu emadhora muchikwereti chose, zvichideredza chikwereti chevadzidzi chasara munyika yose kubva pamadhora 10,000 tiririyoni kusvika pamadhora 125,000 tiririyoni.
Zvinoenderana neCollege Board's 2021 Trends In College Pricing Report, avhareji yemutengo wechikoro chegore negore uye mubhadharo kumakoreji eruzhinji emakore mana yakakwira kubva pamadhora zviuru zvina nemazana matanhatu kusvika pamadhora gumi nemazana manomwe nemakumi mana kubva pakutanga kwema4,160 - kuwedzera kwe10,740 muzana. Kumasangano akazvimirira, avhareji yemitengo yakawedzera 1990 muzana panguva imwe chete iyoyo, kubva pamadhora zviuru gumi nezvipfumbamwe nemazana matatu nemakumi matanhatu kusvika pamadhora makumi matatu nemasere.
Biden's chirongwa chekudzima chikwereti chemudzidzi chaive chikamu chikuru chakapembererwa mumatunhu akasununguka senhanho munzira kwayo, kunyangwe vazhinji vakaratidza kuti kukanganwirwa kwechikwereti kunofanirwa kuenderera mberi kugadzirisa dambudziko renyika.
"Kana Vechidiki vekuAmerica Vanogona Kuwana Yemahara Koreji ... Vachazvipira Kune Mauto?"
Mukuru wezvekufambiswa kwemashoko kumabhanga, Buckley Carlson (mwanakomana weFox News anotambira Tucker Carlson), haana kupindura kuchikumbiro chekuti ataure - asi zvakataurwa nemukongiresi zvinoratidza pfungwa yakakurumbira pakati peChiuto chendarira uye mhandu dzinochengetedza.
Muna 2019, Frank Muth, mukuru anoona nezvekutorwa kwemauto, vakazvirumbidza kuti chikwereti chemudzidzi chimbichimbi chakaita basa rekutanga mubazi rake kupfuura chinangwa chayo chekutsvaga gore iroro. "Rimwe dambudziko renyika pari zvino zvikwereti zvevadzidzi, saka $31,000 [inenge] avhareji," akadaro Muth. “Unogona kubuda [muHondo] pashure pemakore mana, 100 muzana yakabhadhara koreji yehurumende chero kupi zvako muUnited States.”
Cole Lyle, aimbova chipangamazano kuna Sen. Richard Burr (RN.C.) uye director director weMission Roll Call, boka rinomiririra veterans, akanyora op-ed yeFox News muna Chivabvu vachidaidzira ruregerero rwechikwereti chemudzidzi “kurova kumeso” kune vakarwa hondo nekuti nhengo dzebasa nevarwi vehondo vainzi vakakodzera kubvisirwa chikwereti kupfuura munhuwo zvake.
Chikamu chaLyle yakagovewa nemushakabvu Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), uyo akatiwo kukanganwira "kwaizokanganisa kutorwa kwechiuto." Mollie Hemmingway, mupepeti-mukuru weConservative outlet The Federalist, uye boka guru repamberi remafuta Vagari Vanorwisa Kuraswa kweHurumende, vakagoverawo chidimbu chacho.
Muna Kubvumbi, Eric Leis, a aimbova Maneja weDhipatimendi paNavy's Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, vakachema mu Wall Street Journal kuti kukanganwirwa kwechikwereti - uye kunyanya kudzikisa mutengo wedzidzo yepamusoro - kunotyisidzira kugona kwemauto kutora basa.
“Pandaishanda kuNavy boot camp, ruzhinji rwevanyoreri vakanyora kubhadhara kukoreji semuvambi wavo mukuru wekujoinha Navy. Kana vechidiki vekuAmerica vachikwanisa kuwana koreji yemahara vasina kuwana GI Bill kana kusaina kuti vazotevera basa rechiuto, vachazvipira here kumauto ane nhamba dzakaringana? akanyora Leis.
Mabhengi 'achangobva kutaura nezvenyaya iyi vakakumbira simba Maitiro kubva kune vanorwisa hondo paTwitter - zvakanyanya nekuti yakafumura maitiro emauto ekutora uye kubiridzira vanhu vanotambura vanoda rubatsiro rwehupfumi.
“Maererano neRep. Banks, yamuro ipi neipi ine chokuita namabasa, tarisiro youtano, kutarisira vana, pokugara, zvokudya, inofanira kushorwa pahwaro hwaizokuvadza kunyoresa!” Akadaro Prysner. "Ndichiri kusekwa, zvinoburitsa musimboti wePentagon's recruitment strategy: tarisa zvakanyanya kune vechidiki vanonzwa vachisundirwa muzvinhanho nematambudziko ehupenyu hweAmerica."
“Zvinoita Sechiredzo uye Chinja”
Kutsoropodzwa kweBhangi kunouya mukati megore rakaoma rekutorwa kwemauto. Mauto ari kuona huwandu hwayo hwakaderera hwevatorwa mugore razvino remari kubva pakapera kunyorwa muna 1973, nhepfenyuro yenhau dzechiuto. Nyeredzi uye Zvipfeko zvataurwa svondo rapfuura.
Pakutanga muna Nyamavhuvhu, Mauto akabvuma yakanga yangobudirira kutora hafu yechinangwa chayo uye yagadzirira kupotsa chinangwa chayo pamwe ne48 muzana. Mamwe mapazi emauto anetsawo kuti varove zvinangwa zvavo zvegore negore, asi maererano Nyeredzi nemakwapa, mauto aya anotarisirwa kungosvika nhamba dzavanoda kusvika pakupera kwegore remari mwedzi unouya.
Asi sekutaura kunoita Prysner, matambudziko ekutora vanhu akadai haana chekuita nekoreji kuva nyore kuwana.
“Maererano nenzvero yepwere yenguva pfupi yapfuura [yeDhipatimendi Rezvokudzivirira], zvikonzero zvavo zvikuru kutya maronda omuviri neepfungwa, kutya kubatwa chibharo, uye kusafarira mauto kuri kuwedzera,” akadaro Prysner.
Chirongwa cheDhipatimendi reDziviriro cheJoint Advertising, Market Research & Studies (JAMRS) chinoitisa sarudzo kuona pfungwa dzevechidiki vekuAmerica nezvemauto eUnited States.
Ongororo ichangoburwa, yakaburitswa muna Nyamavhuvhu, yakawana vazhinji vakapindura - 65 muzana - vaisazopinda muchiuto nekuda kwekugona kukuvara kana kufa, nepo 63 muzana yakataura post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) kana mamwe manzwiro kana epfungwa. nyaya.
Zvinoenderana nesarudzo imwecheteyo, chikonzero chepamusoro chakaita kuti vechidiki vekuAmerica vafunge kunyoresa kwaive kuwedzera mubhadharo wenguva yemberi, nepo mabhenefiti edzidzo, seaya akapihwa neGI bhiri, yaive chikonzero chechipiri-chakajairika chekunyoresa.
Veruzhinji vave kuwedzera kushoropodza mauto, nekuda kwechimwe chikonzero chekushaikwa kwechikonzero chenyika chekudzokera kumashure, pasina kuvepo kuri kuuya kwekutyisidzira kwekunze, uye kusagutsikana kuri kukura nehurongwa hweAmerica. Kumwe kwekushomeka ikoko kwakabva pakati pemauto pachawo. Muna 2020, vhidhiyo yemasoja anoshanda anoshanda achiratidzira kushushikana pamusoro pevanovatora vachinyepa kwavari yakakonzera mamirioni ekuona. Iyo clip yairatidza kuti vangani vechidiki vekuAmerica vanonyeperwa vachitarisira kuti vanozove pawn yemauto maindasitiri.
Kuwedzera huwandu hwayo, mauto ane a refu uye zvakanaka-zvakanyorwa nhoroondo ye tarisa ari dzakapererwa nehupfumi uye inokwezva vangangove vachitora neiyo yakasimba mabhenefiti package. Pakutanga gore rino, Mauto akabudiswa new ads kunyanya kutaura kuti sevhisi inogona sei kuzadza maburi mumambure edziviriro enyika. Mapoka evarwiri vehondo yerusununguko nevamwe vanotsigira runyararo vanoyambira vechidiki kuti vangwarire nzira dzekupinza vanhu basa muchiuto kunyanya kubatsira kwazvinoita padzidzo. Nepo bhiri reGI richikwanisa kuvhara ruzhinji rwedzidzo yevanotora, mabhenefiti ayo haana kuvimbiswa.
"Kunyangwe negwaro reGI uye nerubatsiro rwechikoro, varwi vakawanda vanopedzisira vatova nechikwereti chevadzidzi, uye ndizvo zvavasinganyatso kukuudza," akadaro muongorori wezvematongerwo enyika uye murwi weAir Force Ben Carollo. "Ini ndinofunga inotaura nezvekuti kutorwa kwemauto kunoitwa sei. Nekuti zvinotoda manyepo. ”
Kupfuura dzidzo, veterans vachiri kufanira kurwira mabhenefiti akawanda anodiwa. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, Senate Republicans akavhara bhiri izvo zvinobvumidza varwi vehondo kuti varapwe kuburikidza neDhipatimendi reVeterans Affairs panyaya dzekurapa - kusanganisira gomarara - rinokonzerwa nemakomba ekutsva mhiri kwemakungwa, vasati vatsigira neshungu. mushure mekumanikidzwa kukuru neruzhinji.
Carlo akati akatenga manyepo paakanyora.
Iye, sevamwe vazhinji vekuAmerica, akaona mauto eUS se "vakomana vakanaka" vakaunza "rusununguko" pasirese. Akazopedzisira aona kuburikidza neAmerican yakasarudzika fungidziro uye vimbiso yenhema yemabhenefiti akamirira veterans.
“Zvinosuwisa kuti ndakadzidza zvidzidzo izvi zvakaomarara ndikabuda ndikaremara uye nekushungurudzika izvo zvave kunditadzisa kunyatsoshandisa dhigirii randakawana,” akadaro Carollo. “Pakupedzisira zvinoita sechirauro uye chinja. Pfungwa yekuti isu tinofanirwa kuchengetedza vanhu varombo kuti vangochengetedza scam inotaura nezvekuipa kwakashata kwehurongwa hwedu. "
