Joe Biden paakakwikwidza musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika muna 2020, akazvishambadza sepragmatist, aine shungu dzekubatana nemaRepublicans uye achikwanisa kubatanidza kupatsanura nekuda kweruzivo rwake rwenguva refu mudare reSeneti uye semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika.
Kunyangwe iyi CV, mukupera kwaJune Biden akatsiurwa nevaimbova vashandi veSeneti kumativi ese enzira. Vakauya pamwe chete zvisingatarisirwi. kuvharidzira kusarudzwa kwake kune a komisheni yemutungamiri wenyika iyo White House neDhipatimendi reVeterans Affairs (VA) yaifungidzira kuti yaizove isina kupokana.
Komisheni yeAsset uye Infrastructure Ongororo (AIR) yakagadzirwa neVA MISSION Act ye2018 kubatsira kuumba hutano hwehutano hweveterans. Panzvimbo pekutyora hurongwa hwaDonald Trump hwekudzikisira zvipatara zveVA nemakiriniki uye kuita mabasa avo, Biden akatora nzira imwechete.
Sarudzo dzake dzenhengo pfumbamwe dzeAIR Commission dzaisanganisira vashoma vadziviriri veVA-run Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Pane kudaro, the vakurudzira AIR Commissioners vangave vaine nhoroondo yekubatanidzwa mukupa rubatsiro rwekurapa kune veterans uye nhengo dzebasa rinoshanda kana vaive nehukama kumakambani ekuchengetedza hutano akazvimirira achishuvira kuwana mamwe "vatengi" vakamboshandirwa neVHA.
Musi waChikumi 27, Maseneta gumi nemaviri, anosanganisira Sachigaro weVeterans Affairs Committee, Jon Tester (D-Montana) akarambisisa Munyori weVA Denis McDonough nekuzivisa "mubatanidzwa wavo wekupikisa hurongwa hweAIR Commission hunoenderera mberi."
A Grassroots Backlash
MunaKurume, sedanho rekutanga rekuita ikoko, McDonough yakakurudzira kuti nzvimbo dzakawanda dzeVHA dzivharwe kana kudzikiswa. Aigona kupa vimbiso shoma yeremangwana mari yekuvandudza zvivakwa, sekuvaka zvipatara zvitsva nemakiriniki. Saka zvinokurudzirwa naMcDonough kuAIR Commission zvakaburitsa rukova rwekupokana kubva kune vanochengeta VHA, varwere vavo, nevakuru vakasarudzwa mumatunhu nemaguta vakatyisidzirwa nekuderedzwa kwemabasa ekurapa. Kupikisa kwakabva kuna a mapoka akasiyana, kusanganisira American Federation of Government Employees, iyo inomiririra vanenge mazana matatu ezviuru zvevashandi veVHA, uye magavhuna eRepublican eSouth Dakota neWest Virginia.
Vatsoropodzi veSeneti vaisanganisira nhengo dzemapato maviri, kunze kwevashoma, vakatsigira MISSION Act, iyo yakagadzira AIR Commission. Asi ikozvino Tester, Senator Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) nevamwe vakapomera McDonough nekuisa "veterans mumaruwa nemumadhorobha panjodzi." Vakagumisa kuti piritsi iri rehupfu kubva kunguva yaTrump "raive risingakoshe kuti tirambe tichiita mari muhutano hweVA." Vakavimbisa kupa VHA "zviwanikwa, uye maturusi ainoda kuti ienderere mberi nekupa rubatsiro rwemhando yepamusoro ... izvozvi uye mune ramangwana." Komisheni yekuvhara nzvimbo yakavharwa zvine mutsindo isati yaita chero kukuvadza kune system inoshandira maveterans mamirioni mapfumbamwe.
Kukodzera zvematongerwo enyika zvakakanganisika zvezviitiko zvevakarwa hondo-zvatinoongorora mu bhuku idzva iripo Nyamavhuvhu 5-AIR Commission boosters, kubva kumapato ese, vakanyunyuta zvinorwadza. "Sarudzo iyi ndeyekuona kwenguva pfupi uye ichakuvadza veterans nekuvachengeta vakavharirwa muhurongwa hwakaputsika uye hwechinyakare," akadaro aimbove. Trump chipangamazano Darin Selnick, akakosha muhama dzeKoch-akatsigira Concerned Veterans yeAmerica, iyo inofarira VHA privatization.
"Kuparadza komisheni hakubatsire," akabvumirana naRobert Wilkie, munyori wechipiri waVaTrump uye mudiwa weCVA. Bob McDonald, weWest Point akapedza kudzidza uye aimbove Procter & Gamble CEO akatungamira VA pasi peMutungamiri Barack Obama, akati Tester nevamwe vake vakaratidza "kusashinga zvachose." Uye McDonough pachake, achitaura kuburikidza nemutevedzeri, akapika kuti acharamba achitsvaga zvivakwa "zvekugadzirisa" kuitira kuti "Veterans vedu muzana ramakore re21" "vasamanikidzwa kuwana rubatsiro mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi20."
Haisi Boon kune Itsva Hiring
Nekusarudza zvivakwa zvakawanda zveVHA sezvibodzwa zvekuvharisa, McDonough akakanganisa basa resangano rake richiri kunonoka kuzadza zviuru. vashandi vacancy yakasiiwa yakavhurika naWilkie, aifarira kuburitswa kunze kwekutarisirwa kwakananga.
Sezvo mumwe mumiriri weVHA muCoatesville, Pennsylvania akatiudza, "Tine chikwangwani chihombe kunze kwenzvimbo yedu chinoti, 'Iko Kushanda,' uyezve vanhu vari kuverenga nhau mupepa kuti nzvimbo yedu yave kuda kuvharwa. Sei munhu angauya kuzoshanda pano?"
Kunyangwe pasina AIR Commission, McDonough inofanirwa kusarudza nzira yekuvandudza VHA, kusanganisira kuvhara kana kugadzirisa zvivakwa zvekare kana kuvaka zvitsva. Kuita izvi, iyo Biden Administration inofanirwa kutsvaga zano kubva kunyanzvi dzezvimiro zveinjiniya, zvivakwa zvechipatara, uye hutano hwehutano hweveruzhinji, kwete vatsigiri vezvematongerwo enyika.
Zvimwe zvezvivakwa 1,200 zveVHA zvave kuchembera, sezvakangoita mazana ezvipatara zvakazvimiririra. Asi nzvimbo zhinji dzechinyakare dziri kugadziridzwa, uye zvese zvinofanirwa kupasa mvumo uye marezenisi, kana kuti zvingadai zvakavharwa. Pamusoro pezvo, makiriniki evarwere vekunze eVHA anowanzo kuwanikwa munzvimbo dzemazuvano dzekuvaka mahofisi dzakarendwa kubva kune varidzi vedzimba.
Hapana nzvimbo yeVHA inofanirwa kuvharirwa munzvimbo ipi neipi iyo nyika yakakura kwazvo yehutano system inogona kushandira veterans - uye kunyangwe vasiri veterans - vanoda kurapwa. Munzvimbo zhinji dzekumaruwa, dzatove kutambura nekuperevedza kwehutano hwepfungwa uye vekutanga vanopa rubatsiro, iyo VHA inowanzova ndiyo yega sarudzo inowanikwa.
Munyori McDonough anofanirwawo kushandisa masimba ake ekuita mutemo kudzikamisa kudhura uye kutambisa kutsauswa kwezviwanikwa kubva mukutarisirwa kwakananga, mukati meVHA, kune vanopa kunze. Nekubvuma kwaMcDonough pachake, zvipatara zvakazvimiririra, vanachiremba, uye vamwe vatengesi zvino vanodya inenge 33% yehuwandu hwehutano hwehutano hweVHA, kubva pavanenge 26% gore rapera.
Kuchengetedza kana kugadziridza zvipatara zvaro zviripo uye kuvaka zvitsva kuti zvisangane nezvido zvazvino uye zveramangwana, VA inodawo mari inofungidzirwa kuti inosvika madhora makumi manomwe nemabhiriyoni makumi masere emadhora mumashandisirwo matsva emari. Muchikumbiro cheBiden chekutanga mashandisirwo ezvivakwa muna 70, madhora gumi nemasere emadhora chete akarongedzerwa kugadzirisa zvivakwa izvi. Pakupera kwegore rapfuura, mari yakapihwa yakaderedzwa kusvika pamabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora mumutungamiri wenyika "Build Back Better Act".
Kana maSeneta gumi nevaviri vachangobva kuzivisa "kuzvipira kwavo mukuwedzera nekusimbisa VA yemazuva ano zvivakwa" vachinyatsoda kubatsira kuvaka kumashure zvirinani, zviri nani kuti vafambe nekukurumidza. Iyo VHA yave kuda kuve nekuwanda kwevarwere vatsva vari kurwara nezvirwere zvinokonzerwa nepost-12/9 yekutsva gomba. "Mamiriro ezvinhu ane chekuita nebasa" ane tariro achaita nyore kuratidza apo, sezvaitarisirwa, Biden anosaina Kukudza Yedu PACT Act mwedzi uno.
Mutemo iwoyo chibereko chemakore ekubvunzurudza nevamiriri vevanofungidzirwa kuti 3.5 miriyoni vaimbove nhengo dzebasa, vakasangana nemakomba anopisa ane muchetura muIraq, Afghanistan, nedzimwe nzvimbo dze "nekusingaperi hondo". Chete chirongwa chirikuenderera mberi chevashandi vemunharaunda vachipokana neVHA privatization ndiyo inovimbisa kuti veterans' healthcare system yakagadzirira uye inokwanisa kuvashandira.
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