Abafundi esifundweni se-Army prep bamile ekunakeni. (Isithombe se-AP/Sean Rayford)
by Jordan Uhl, I-Lever, Ngo-September 7, i-2022
Oklebe bezempi be-GOP bagxeka uhlelo lweBiden “lokubukela phansi” imizamo yePentagon yokubamba abantu abasha abaphelelwe yithemba.
Phakathi nonyaka onesihluku wokuqashwa kwamasosha, oklebe abalwela amalungelo abantu bakhathazekile ngokusobala ukuthi isimemezelo sikaMongameli uJoe Biden ngesonto eledlule sokwesulwa kwesikweletu sabafundi okuhlolwe isikhathi esisodwa sizokwehlisa amandla amasosha okubamba abantu abasha baseMelika abaphelelwe yithemba.
"Ukuthethelelwa kwemali mboleko yabafundi kubukela phansi elinye lamathuluzi ethu amakhulu okuqasha ezempi ngesikhathi sokubhaliswa okuphansi ngokuyingozi," kusho u-Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) ku-Twitter ngemuva nje kwesimemezelo.
Eminyakeni eyisithupha kusukela amaBhange aqala ukungenela iCongress, usethathe imali engaphezu kuka-$400,000 kosonkontileka bezokuvikela, abakhiqizi bezikhali, nabanye abadlali abakhulu endaweni yezimboni zamasosha. Amakomidi ezepolitiki ezinkampani eRaytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies, kanye ne-Ultra Electronics ngalinye linikele ngamabhange amashumi ezinkulungwane zamadola, ngokusho kwedatha ye-FEC. ihlaziywe yi-OpenSecrets. Manje useKomitini Yezempi Yezempi, eyengamele uMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye nezempi yase-United States.
Amalungu ekomiti asewatholile ngokuhlanganyela ngaphezulu kwe- $ 3.4 million kusukela kosonkontileka bezokuvikela nabakhiqizi bezikhali kulo mjikelezo wokhetho.
Ukwemukelwa kwamabhange kugqamisa indlela inkinga yezikweletu zabafundi exhashazwe ngayo yinkampani yezimboni zamasosha. Ngokusho ingxenye ethule ngokuzwakalayo, uBhange ekugcineni usekhuluma iqiniso mayelana nendlela abaqashi bezempi abasebenzisa ngayo uMthethosivivinywa we-GI - umthetho ka-1944 oklomelisa omakadebona - njengekhambi lezindleko zemfundo ephakeme ukuze bakholise abantu abasha ukuthi babhalise. .
"Ukuba namalungu eCongress kusho ngokusobala ukuthi impendulo yalokhu empeleni kwandisa ubunzima entsheni empofu nesebenzayo, empeleni, into engcono kakhulu entsheni yaseMelika ukuyibona,” UMike Prysner, umakadebona omelene nempi nesishoshovu, utshele I-Lever. “Kufakazela ukuthi izizathu zabo zokungajoyini ziyiqiniso ngokuphelele. Kungani uvumela ukuhlafunwa futhi ukhafulwe ngenxa yesimiso esikukhathalela kancane wena nempilo yakho?”
Biden's isinyathelo izokhansela kufika ku-$10,000 yesikweletu semalimboleko yabafundi sikahulumeni sabantu abenza ngaphansi kuka-$125,000 ngonyaka, kanye no-$10,000 owengeziwe walaba baboleki abathole i-Pell Grant ekolishi. Lolu hlelo lulinganiselwa ukuthi luzoqeda cishe izigidigidi ezingama-300 zamaRandi esikweletini, ukwehlisa isikweletu sabafundi esisasele ezweni lonke sisuka ku-$1.7 trillion siye ku-$1.4 trillion.
Ngokusho kweBhodi Lekolishi lika-2021 Amathrendi Kumbiko Wamanani Wasekolishi, isilinganiso sezindleko zokufunda kanye nemali ekhokhwa minyaka yonke emakolishi omphakathi eminyaka emine sikhuphuke sisuka ku-$4,160 saya ku-$10,740 kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1990 - ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-158. Ezikhungweni ezizimele, izindleko ezimaphakathi zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-96.6 ngaleso sikhathi, zisuka ku-$19,360 zaya ku-$38,070.
Uhlelo lokwesulwa kwezikweletu lwabafundi bakaBiden belugujwa kakhulu emibuthanweni ekhululekile njengesinyathelo esibheke endleleni efanele, yize abaningi beveze ukuthi ukuthethelelwa kwezikweletu kumele kuqhubekele phambili ukubhekana nenkinga yezwe lonke.
"Uma Intsha yaseMelika Ingakwazi Ukufinyelela Ekolishi Lamahhala ... Ngabe Bazozinikela Ebuthweni Lezempi?"
Umqondisi wezokuxhumana wamaBhange, uBuckley Carlson (indodana yomsakazi weFox News uTucker Carlson), akaphendulanga esicelweni sokuphawula - kodwa ukuphawula kwengqungquthela kukhombisa umqondo odumile phakathi koklebe lwebutho lezempi kanye noklebe abalandela imithetho.
Ngo-2019, uFrank Muth, ujenene ophethe ukuqashwa kwamasosha, ziqhayisa ukuthi isimo esiphuthumayo sesikweletu somfundi sidlale indima eyinhloko egatsheni lakhe ukweqa umgomo walo wokuqasha ngalowo nyaka. "Enye yezingqinamba kuzwelonke njengamanje ukubolekwa kwabafundi, ngakho-ke ama- $ 31,000 [cishe] isilinganiso," kusho uMuth. “Ungaphuma [eButhweni Lezempi] ngemva kweminyaka emine, amaphesenti ayikhulu akhokhele ikolishi lombuso noma kuphi e-United States.”
U-Cole Lyle, owayengumeluleki kaSen. Richard Burr (RN.C.) kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Mission Roll Call, iqembu elimela omakadebona, wabhala i-op-ed ye-Fox News ngoMeyi ebiza ukuthethelelwa kwezikweletu zabafundi ngokuthi “ukushaya ngempama” komakadebona ngenxa yokuthi amalungu esevisi nomakadebona kwakucatshangwa ukuthi bekufanelekela kakhulu ukukhululeka ezikweletini kunomuntu ovamile.
Isiqephu sikaLyle kwabelwana ngakho nguRep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) ongasekho, naye owathi ukuthethelela “kuzobukela phansi ukubuthwa kwezempi.” Mollie Hemmingway, umhleli oyinhloko we-conservative outlet I-Federalist, kanye neqembu elikhulu lamafutha Izakhamizi Zokulwa Nenkunkuma Kahulumeni, wabelana nocezu.
Ngo-April, u-Eric Leis, a owayeyiMenenja yoMnyango Emkhunjini weNavy's Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, wakhala ku Wall Street Journal ukuthi ukuthethelelwa kwezikweletu - futhi ikakhulukazi ukwehlisa izindleko zemfundo ephakeme - kubangela usongo emandleni amasosha okuqasha.
“Ngesikhathi ngisebenza ekamu le-Navy boot camp, iningi labaqashwa labhala ukuthi likhokhela ikolishi njengesikhuthazi salo sokujoyina iNavy. Uma abantu abasha baseMelika bengangena ekolishi lamahhala ngaphandle kokuthola uMthethosivivinywa we-GI noma babhalisele inkonzo yezempi elandelayo, ingabe bazovolontiya emabuthweni ngamanani anele?” wabhala uLeis.
Isitatimende sakamuva samabhange ngalolu daba kuphakanyisiwe eqinile ukusabela kusuka kwabamelene nempi ku-Twitter - ikakhulukazi ngoba iveze obala imikhuba yokuqashwa kwamasosha kanye nokuxhashazwa kwabantu abasengozini abaludinga kakhulu usizo lwezomnotho.
“Ngokusho kwe-Rep. Banks, noma yikuphi ukukhululeka okuphathelene nemisebenzi, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukunakekelwa kwezingane, indawo yokuhlala, ukudla, kufanele kuphikiswe ngesisekelo sokuthi kuzolimaza ukubhaliswa!” Kusho uPrysner. “Ngenkathi kuhlekwa, iveza umnyombo wesu lePentagon lokuqasha: igxile kakhulu entsheni ezizwa iphonswa ezinhlwini ngobunzima bempilo yaseMelika.”
“Kuzwakala Njengokuyenga futhi Ushintshe”
Ukugxekwa kwamabhange kuza phakathi nonyaka onzima wokubuthwa kwezempi. Amasosha abona inani eliphansi kakhulu lababuthwa kulo nyaka wezimali wamanje kusukela ekupheleni kohlaka ngo-1973, isikhungo sezindaba samasosha. Nemigqa kubike ngesonto eledlule.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, Avume uMabutho ithole uhhafu wenhloso yayo ngempumelelo futhi isikulungele ukugeja inhloso yayo cishe ngamaphesenti angama-48. Amanye amagatsha ezempi nawo athwale kanzima ukushaya imigomo yabo yonyaka, kodwa ngokusho Izinkanyezi nemivimbo, la mabutho kulindeleke ukuthi afinyelele inani lawo elihlosiwe ekupheleni konyaka wezimali ngenyanga ezayo.
Kodwa njengoba u-Prysner ebonisa, imizabalazo enjalo yokuqasha ayihlangene nokuthi ikolishi liba lula ukuyikhokhela.
“Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva [loMnyango Wezokuvikela] lwentsha, izizathu zayo eziyinhloko ukwesaba amanxeba angokomzimba nangokwengqondo, ukwesaba ukuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili, nokungathandwa okwandayo kwezempi,” kusho uPrysner.
Uhlelo Lomnyango Wezokuvikela Lokukhangisa Okuhlanganyelwe, Ucwaningo Lwemakethe & Izifundo (JAMRS) lenza izinhlolovo ukuze kuhlolwe imibono yabantu abasha baseMelika ngebutho lase-United States.
I-poll yakamuva, ekhishwe ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, ithole iningi labaphendulile - amaphesenti angu-65 - angeke ajoyine amasosha ngenxa yokuthi kungenzeka ukulimala noma ukufa, kuyilapho amaphesenti angu-63 ecaphuna i-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) noma enye imizwa noma ingqondo. izindaba.
Ngokwenhlolovo efanayo, isizathu esiphezulu esenza abantu abasha baseMelika bacabange ukubhalisa kwakuwukukhuphula inkokhelo yesikhathi esizayo, kuyilapho izinzuzo zemfundo, njengalezo ezinikezwa umthethosivivinywa we-GI, ziyisizathu sesibili esivame kakhulu sokubhalisa.
Umphakathi usuwagxeka kakhulu amasosha, ngenxa yokushoda kwesizathu kazwelonke sokusekela amasosha, abukho usongo olukhulu lwangaphandle, kanye nokunganeliseki okukhulayo ngohlelo lwaseMelika. Okunye kwalokhu kugxeka kuvele kumabutho ahlomile. Ngo-2020, ividiyo yamasosha Amasosha amatasa ezwakalisa ukukhungatheka ngabaqashi bawo abaqamba amanga kubo yahlanganisa izigidi zokubukwa. Isiqeshana sibonisa ukuthi bangaki abantu abasha baseMelika abaqanjelwa amanga ngethemba lokuthi bazoba ngabasebenzi bezimboni zamasosha.
Ukuthuthukisa izinombolo zayo, amasosha ane eside futhi kuhlelwe kahle umlando we ukukhomba the okhubazekile kwezomnotho kanye nokuheha labo abangase babuthwe ngephakheji layo lezinzuzo eziqinile. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-Army ikhululwe izikhangiso ezintsha ikakhulukazi ukuthi isevisi ingavala kanjani izimbobo ngenetha yokuphepha ebhidlikile yezwe. Amaqembu aphikisana nempi kanye nabanye abagqugquzeli bokuthula baxwayisa abantu abasha ukuba baqaphele amaqhinga ombutho wamasosha okuqasha, ikakhulukazi izinzuzo zayo zemfundo. Nakuba uMthethosivivinywa we-GI ungase uhlanganise iningi lemfundo yokuqashwa, izinzuzo zayo aziqinisekisiwe.
“Ngisho nosizo lwe-GI bill kanye nosizo lokufunda, omakadebona abaningi bagcina benezikweletu zabafundi, futhi yilokho abangakutsheli khona ngempela,” kusho umhlaziyi wezepolitiki kanye nomakadebona we-Air Force uBen Carollo. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ikhuluma ngendlela ukuqashwa kwamasosha ahlaselayo. Ngoba ngempela kuthatha izingqimba zamanga. "
Ngaphandle kwemfundo, omakadebona kusafanele balwele izinzuzo eziningi ezidingekayo. Muva nje, ama-Senate Republican uvimbe ibhili lokho kungavumela omakadebona bezempi ukuthi bathole ukwelashwa ngoMnyango Wezindaba Zomakadebona ezindabeni zezokwelapha - okuhlanganisa nomdlavuza - obangelwa imigodi eshisiwe phesheya kwezilwandle, ngaphambi kokuwusekela ngokudangala. ngemva kwengcindezi enkulu yomphakathi.
UCarollo uthe wawathenga amanga ngesikhathi ebhalisa.
Yena, njengabanye abaningi baseMelika, wabona amasosha ase-US "njengabafana abalungile" abaletha "inkululeko" emhlabeni jikelele. Ekugcineni wakwazi ukubona ngephupho eliyingqayizivele laseMelika kanye nesithembiso esingamanga sezinzuzo ezilinde omakadebona.
“Okubuhlungu ukuthi kwadingeka ukuthi ngifunde lezi zifundo kanzima ngaphuma ngikhubazekile futhi ngihlukumezekile osekungenza ngingakwazi ukusebenzisa lezi ziqu engazithola,” kusho uCarollo. "Ekugcineni kuzwakala njenge-bait kanye nokushintsha. Umbono wokuthi kufanele sigcine abantu bempofu ukuze nje silondoloze lowo mkhonyovu ukhuluma ngokuthi uhlelo lwethu lubi kangakanani. ”
