Umthombo: Idemokhrasi Ngoku!
Abafundi, abakhankasi kunye nabaphezulu beDemokhrasi baye batyhala uMongameli uJoe Biden ukuba asebenzise igunya lesigqeba ukurhoxisa ubuncinci i-50,000 yeedola kwityala lemali-mboleko yabafundi ngomntu ngamnye. Ityala lemali-mboleko yabafundi e-US limi kwi-1.7 yezigidi zezigidi zeedola, kunye nabantu abazizigidi ezingama-45 abatyala imali. Umenzi wefilimu kunye nomququzeleli u-Astra Taylor, umbhali, umlawuli wengxelo kunye nomququzeleli kunye neQela eliQeqeshayo leTyala, uthi iBiden inegunya elisemthethweni lokurhoxisa amatyala omfundi. “Ukungakwenzi oku kulukhetho,” utshilo. Sikwathetha no-Braxton Brewington, ingcali yedijithali kunye ne-Debt Collective, othi ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi kukwahlakaniphile kwezopolitiko. “UMongameli uBiden unethuba elikhethekileyo lokuhlanganisa indibaniselwano ebanzi yabantu ebekunokulindeleka ukuba badibane malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo,” utshilo.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Yi le Intando yeninzi Ngoku!, democracynow.org, Ingxelo yoQinisekiso. Ndingu-Amy Goodman, kunye noNermeen Shaikh.
Ngoku sijonga ingxaki yamatyala abafundi, egqwesa kwi-1.7 yetriliyoni yeedola eMelika, nabantu abamalunga nezigidi ezingama-45 abatyala imali. Abafundi, abakhankasi, kunye neeDemokhrasi eziphezulu, baye batyhala uMongameli Biden ukuba asebenzise igunya elilawulayo ukurhoxisa ubuncinci beedola ezingama-50,000 kwityala lemali mboleko yabafundi. UBiden ubuzwe ngoLwesibini malunga nezicwangciso zakhe zokwenza njalo CNN kwiholo yedolophu eMilwaukee.
UJOYCELYN IFISH: Sifuna uxolelo lwemali-mboleko yomfundi ngaphaya kwe-10,000 yeedola ezinokuthi ulawulo lwakho lucebise. Sifuna ubuncinci be-$50,000 ubuncinane. Uza kwenza ntoni ukuze kwenzeke oko?
PRESIDENT JOE kwezinye iilwimi IBIDIDI: Andiyi kuyenza loo nto yenzeke. Kuxhomekeke ekubeni uya eyunivesithi yabucala na okanye hayi kwiyunivesithi yoluntu. Kuxhomekeke kwingcamango endiyithethayo kuluntu, "Ndiza kulixolela ityala," iibhiliyoni zeerandi ematyaleni, kubantu abaye eHarvard naseYale nasePenn kunye nezikolo zabantwana bam - ndaya esikolweni isikolo esikhulu. Ndafunda kwisikolo sikarhulumente. Kodwa ngaba oko kuya kuxolelwa, kunokuba kusetyenziswe loo mali ukubonelela ngemfundo yabantwana abancinci abaphuma kwiimeko ezihlelelekileyo?
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Iidemokhrasi zibuyile, kunye noSenator u-Elizabeth Warren kunye neNkokeli enkulu uChuck Schumer efunga ukuba uzakuhlala ecinezela iBiden, ephawula ukuba bobabini ooMongameli u-Obama kunye noTrump basebenzise igunya lesigqeba ukurhoxisa amatyala abafundi.
Ilungu leNkongolo entsha yaseNew York uMondaire Jones wabhala a Qhekeza kutshanje kwi Iindaba zeNew York Daily echaza amava akhe okuba ubotshwe ngamatyala omfundi emva kokushiya iStanford. Ubhale, ecaphula, "Ukucinywa kwe-50,000 yeedola kwityala labafundi ngumba wezoqoqosho, ubuhlanga kunye nobuhlanga. LGBTQ ubulungisa.”
Ngeli xesha, unobhala we-White House Press uJen Psaki uthe ngoLwesithathu uBiden akazukuthatha naliphi na inyathelo elilawulayo de iSebe lakhe lezoBulungisa lifakwe kwaye liphonononge lo mbandela, kwaye ucebise ukuba iCongress ithumele iBiden ibhili yokurhoxisa i-10,000 yeedola kwityala labafundi.
Ukufumana okungakumbi, sidityaniswe ngu-Astra Taylor, umququzeleli we-Debt Collective, obhale isandulela sencwadi yabo entsha, Awunakuhlawula, awuzukuhlawula: Ityala lokungathobeli kwezoqoqosho kunye nokupheliswa kwetyala. U-Astra ukwangumlawuli we-documentary Awunayo Imali-mboleko. Ngu L-O-A-N. Kwaye uBraxton Brewington, ingcali yedijithali kunye neQela leTyala, esebenzela ukuphelisa ingxaki yemali mboleko yabafundi.
I-Astra, ke lo nto iba ngumcimbi omkhulu ngoku. Ewe kunjalo, ibe yeyabafundi abanamatyala, kodwa ngoku ukuya phezulu. UBiden ubuzwa ngale nto, kwaye ubeka unyawo lwakhe phantsi. Impendulo yakho?
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Walubeka unyawo phantsi, walubeka unyawo emlonyeni, ngengqiqo yokuba yayiyimpendulo egobileyo. Kwaye yayilahlekisa kakhulu. Enyanisweni, wayebonakala edibanisa ezimbini kwiipolisi zakhe.
Ke, masicace kakhulu: UJoe Biden ubaleke ngezithembiso ezibini: esinye, sokurhoxisa i-10,000 yeedola zamatyala omfundi kwibhodi yonke, kuye wonke umntu, njengenxalenye Covid iphakheji yoncedo, evuma ukuba sikwindyikityha ebulalayo; ukongeza, wabaleka ethembisa ukucinywa kwamatyala abantu abafumana ukuya kuthi ga kwi-125,000 yeedola ngonyaka, abafunda kwizikolo ezithile, iikholeji zikawonke-wonke, ii-HBCUs, iikholeji zaBantsundu ngokwembali kunye neeyunivesithi. Ngoko ke, kufuneka sibambelele kwizithembiso zakhe ezisisiseko.
Kodwa into ayenzileyo kuloo mpendulo irhabaxa, wabiza amanani omququ. Wayesebenzisa ukunqongophala kobuxoki kunye nokungabikho kwezicombululo. Ngoko, umzekelo, uyazi, ukuba kufuneka sikhethe phakathi kokutshala imali kwimfundo yobuntwana kunye nobulungisa kubafundi abanamatyala, lukhetho lobuxoki. Ezi zinto azichaswa.
Into endithatha kuyo inkuthazo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba abaphulaphuli bakho kufuneka, ngokunjalo, kukuba, uyazi, unobhala wemithombo yeendaba uwacacise amanye amazwi akhe kwaye wathi, njengoko usandula ukwabelana nathi, ukuba ngokwenene bajonge kumathuba asemthethweni. yentshukumo yesigqeba. Ke, into endiyibonayo kule, eneneni, kwimiyalezo yabo exubeneyo, ukuba oku kudlalwa kakhulu. Oku kusengumlo.
Kwaye kufuneka sicace ngokupheleleyo: uMongameli Biden unegunya lokurhoxisa onke amatyala abafundi. Akazange athethe phandle xa wayebuza loo nto kumazwi akhe. Unegunya. Yanikwa yiCongress kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo. Kwaye unokucima zonke iimali-mboleko zabafundi. Kwaye kufuneka.
Abanamatyala abaceli uxolelo lwetyala. Sicela ubulungisa, kuba uJoe Biden, masicace, akunyanzelekanga ukuba aphumelele ngamatyala omfundi. Wathetha ngabantwana bakhe nangendlela abanamatyala omfundi. Kodwa isizukulwana sakhe sakwazi ukuya ekholejini saza saphumelela ngaphandle kwalo mthwalo mkhulu kangaka. Ke, bonke abantu bacela ukulingana, ukuthatha indawo yale nkqubo yaphukileyo awayidlalileyo indima ebaluleke kangaka ekwakheni.
I-NEMEEN I-SHAIKH: Kwaye, Astra, impendulo yakho kwabo bacebise ukuba ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi ngesenzo solawulo kunokukhokelela kwimingeni esemthethweni evela kwiinkampani eziboleka imali yabafundi kunye nezinye iifemu ezibandakanyekayo ekuqokeleleni amatyala? Ngaba ichanekile loo nto? Kwaye oku akuyi kuba yingozi ukuba ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi kwenzeke ngeCongress.
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Ngoko ke, iingcali zomthetho - kwaye apha, ndithembele ku-Eileen Connor ovela kuMthetho weHarvard - kucacile ukuba eli gunya likhona. Ke, ukuba uyakwazi ukuboleka imali, awukwazi ukuyiqokelela, akunjalo? Ke, ukuba ndikuboleka i-10 yeedola, akufuneki ndiyiqokelele. Ke, uninzi lweemali mboleko zabafundi zibanjwa ngurhulumente womanyano. Oku kubolekiswa ngurhulumente. Urhulumente unelungelo lokugqiba ukuba angaqokeleli.
Ngoku, ngokuqinisekileyo, kuya kubakho imingeni ethile yezomthetho. Ndiqinisekile ukuba kuya kubakho amatyala. Kodwa into endiyivayo kwiingcali zokwenyani kwesi sithuba kukuba ezi azikho iinkxalabo ezinkulu. Kufana nokuthi, “Yizise. Yizise. Masiyilwe." Kodwa oku akusosizathu sokuba ligwala. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ayisosizathu sokuthembela kwiCongress, kuba sonke siyazi ukuba yaphuke kangakanani inkqubo yethu yezopolitiko.
Kwaye ke, ukuba uBiden kunye nolawulo lwakhe banalo eli gunya, banalo eli gunya — kwakhona, linikezelwe yiNkongolo kuMthetho weMfundo ePhakamileyo ka-1965; oku asikokuxhaphaza — ke usebenzise amandla onawo. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sicace ukuba ukungakwenzi oko kulukhetho.
Akukho mda. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ibe yi-10K yeedola. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ibeyi-$50,000, nto leyo eneneni — abaphandi abacebise i-$50,000, ngokusekelwe ekucingeni ngobulungisa bobuhlanga kunye nezinye izinto, baye bawahlaziya amanani abo kwiminyaka emithathu ukususela ngoku. Abantu abasemva kwe-50,000 yeedola bathi i-75,000 yeedola. Kodwa unokurhoxisa lonke ityala lemali mboleko yabafundi. Kwaye kufuneka sicace: Ukungenzi oku kulukhetho.
I-NEMEEN I-SHAIKH: Ndingathanda ukuzisa uBraxton Brewington kwincoko. Braxton, ungaphendula kwinto ethethwe nguBiden kwaye uthethe ngamava akho njengomfundi kunye namatyala?
I-BRAXTON BREWINGTON: Ngokuqinisekileyo. Into ayithethileyo [uBiden] yile - ayinakuba kude nenyani. Ayikokukhetha kuphela, luhlaselo lomgaqo-nkqubo. Abantu abanokuthi baxhamle kakhulu kwityala lemali-mboleko yabafundi [ukucinywa] ngabantu abafana nam, abaMnyama nabaBoleki abaBrown, uninzi lwabafazi abaNtsundu ababoleki, abathi, ngokungafihlisiyo, banamatyala angapha kwe-35,000 yeedola, i-$50,000, amakhulu amawaka eedola, enokuzuza kulo mgaqo-nkqubo.
Kwaye uMongameli uBiden unethuba elikhethekileyo lokuhlanganisa indibaniselwano ebanzi yabantu, abathi, ngenye indlela, basenokungafane badibane malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo. Siyazi ukuba umxhasi omnye kwabahlanu bakaTrump uthe bazakuthathela ingqalelo ukuxhasa uJoe Biden kunyulo ukuba uJoe Biden ebenokurhoxisa ityala labafundi. Kwaye sabona nje NBC uphononongo ngenye imini lusithi i-40% yabavoti abaNtsundu bangacinga ngokuhlala kunyulo olulandelayo ukuba uJoe Biden akakhange athathele ingqalelo ukuxhasa ityala lemali-mboleko yabafundi [ukucinywa]. Kwaye siyazi ukuba abavoti — indlela entle yokuzisa abantu abangavoti kwinkqubo yedemokhrasi kukucima ityala lemali-mboleko yabafundi.
Ke, esi sisixhobo esifumaneka ngokubanzi kuMongameli uBiden. Kwaye akasebenzisi isenzo esilawulayo ukurhoxisa ngokupheleleyo ityala lemali mboleko yabafundi luhlaselo lwepolisi ebantwini, abantu abafana nam, abathi, ngokungafihlisiyo, bavotela uJoe Biden ngethemba lokuba lo mgaqo-nkqubo ube yinyani, kuba siyazi ukuba ayingomfundi kuphela. ingxaki yetyala lemali-mboleko, kodwa kukho ubhubhane, apho abantu behlala besoyika ukuphulukana nobomi babo. Kwaye into yokugqibela abantu abafana nam abayidingayo kukuba nexhala malunga netyala urhulumente wobumbano analo, ngokungafihlisiyo, wangqina, ukusukela ngoMatshi ukuya kuSeptemba, ukuba abazidingi iintlawulo zethu ukuze benze ingeniso ukuze urhulumente asebenze.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ke, Braxton, thetha ngamava akho. Uye wayafunda kweyiphi ikholeji? Loluphi uhlobo lwetyala olifumeneyo? Yaye kwakuya kuthetha ntoni ukuxolelwa?
I-BRAXTON BREWINGTON: Ewe, ndiye eNorth Carolina A&T State University, eyona ndawo inkulu yoluntu HBCU elizweni. Ndiphumelele izidanga ezimbini, eneneni, kubuntatheli nakwisayensi yezopolitiko, njengamaqabane am amaninzi. Kwaye ndenza ityala, egameni lam, amashumi amawaka eedola. Andikhange ndijonge kutshanje, kodwa ingaphezulu kwe-35,000 yeedola, i-37,000 yeedola. Kwaye lityala nje elithatyathwe egameni lam. Abazali bam babenethamsanqa lokuboleka imali egameni lam egameni lam. Kwaye ke, xa siqokelela lonke elo tyala, lingaphezulu nangaphezu kwetyala endinalo.
Yaye oko kundichaphazele njani? Ngethamsanqa, ndiphume ekholejini kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, kwaye ke bendikhe ndalibazisa. Akukhange kufuneke ndenze naziphi na iintlawulo kwimali-mboleko yam yomfundi. Kodwa bendilungiselela ukuya kuthi ga, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ndingene kulo bhubhani - ukuba ubhubhane awenzekanga, bekuya kufuneka ndiqale ukwenza iintlawulo ezixabisa amakhulu eedola.
Kwaye ndicinga into enye ebalulekileyo - into ebalulekileyo ekufuneka uyiqonde kukuba i-40% yabantu abanamatyala abafundi abanayo nediploma. Ke, silindele abantu abafunde ekholejini kwaye, ngenxa yaso nasiphi na isizathu, abazifumananga iidiploma zabo — kwaye silindele ukuba bahlawule elo tyala, xa behlawulwa oko kufunyanwa ngumntu ophumelele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.
Kwaye ke, uyazi, mininzi imiba koku, kananjalo, singalibali abantu abadala — lo ngumba ophakathi kwezizukulwana — abadala abanokufumana i-15% yetshekhi zabo zemali-mboleko yabafundi — iitshekhi zabo zoKhuseleko lweNtlalo zilungiselwe ityala lemali-mboleko yabafundi, eli uphambene. Kwaye ke, lo ngumba ophakathi kwezizukulwana ongachaphazeli mna kunye noontanga bam kuphela, kodwa abantu abadala kunye nabantu endikunye nabo.
Kwaye ke, andinakugxininisa ngokwaneleyo ukuba, uyazi, kwakhona, ukuba ungakwenzi - kuJoe Biden ukuya - sineentsuku ezingama-30 kolu lawulo. Leyo ziintsuku ezingama-30 zokungaphumeleli komgaqo-nkqubo ovunyelwe nguMongameli uBiden, malunga nokungacimi ityala lemali mboleko yabafundi.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye, Astra Taylor, bendifuna ukuba uphendule kule tweet ye-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Nje ukuba uBiden athethe ngokungayi kwi-50,000 yeedola, wabuya wabuya. Kwaye phakathi kwezinto azithethileyo kukuba: “Abantu abazizityebi kakhulu sele benenkqubo yokuxolelwa kwemali-mboleko yabafundi. Babizwa ngokuba ngabazali babo. Umbono wokuba oosozigidi kunye noosozigidi bavuma ngokuzithandela ukuba abantwana babo bantywiliselwe kwimali-mboleko yabafundi kwaye yiyo loo nto singenako ukuba nkulu ekuxolelweni malunga nobubudenge njengoko kuvakala. ” Cacisa into ayithethayo kunye nento oyibonayo ngoku kufuneka yenziwe. Ingene kwiJubilee 100 nale nto.
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Uqaqambileyo. Ndiza kucaphula loo tweet, kuba ilungile. Ke, enye yeempendulo eziqhelekileyo-kwaye xa ndathi uJoe Biden ucele la manani omququ, yile nto bendikhomba kuyo. Upeyinte lo mfanekiso wokuba ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi kuya kukhokelela ekurhoxisweni kwabantu ababeye eHarvard nasePenn. Kwaye ingxabano yeyokuba ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi kuyabuyela umva, kuba le mbono yabantu abazizityebi, abafundileyo be-Ivy League baya kufumana isiqabu.
Uyazi, njengoko uBraxton ebekwe ngobuchule, akunjalo. Ayilonani lokwenyani lamatyala omfundi. Abantwana abangoosozigidi noosozigidi abathathi matyala ukuze baye esikolweni. Abazali babo bahlawula ixabiso. Bahlawula ixabiso lokufunda ngaphambili. Oko kuthetha ukuthini, ngokwenene, bahlawula ngaphantsi kwexesha, kuba abantu abafana noBraxton kufuneka baboleke, kwaye abazali babo, baboleka imali, kwaye bahlawula inzala. Ke abantu abangathathi ntweni bahlawula kakhulu kwidigri efanayo kwiminyaka namashumi eminyaka, kuba yindlela elisebenza ngayo elo tyala. Ke ityala lomfundi ngokwalo liyarhoxa. Kuvavanywa iindlela. Ibetha abantu abanomvuzo omncinci, obona butyebi buncinci kwizizukulwana, abona basemngciphekweni, abona banokujongana nocalucalulo lwemivuzo emsebenzini — ibabetha kakhulu.
Ke, kungenxa yoko le nto isakhelo sikaJoe Biden sineziphene kakhulu. Kufuneka siyibuyisele umva le nto kwaye sithi ngumba wobulungisa kwezoqoqosho, ngumba wobulungisa bobuhlanga, kwaye ukucinywa kwamatyala abafundi kungumba wedemokhrasi, kuba sonke sinelungelo lokuhlala kuluntu apho abantu esiphila nabo banokulandela imfundo.
Asizukufikelela ekucinyweni ngokupheleleyo kwamatyala ngaphandle kokulungelelanisa kunye nokutyhala uJoe Biden. Ngodumo, nguSenator waseDelaware, ikomkhulu lekhadi letyala lehlabathi. Uye wanceda ukudala le ngxaki. Wenze kwanzima ukuba abafundi abanamatyala bafumane isiqabu ekuhambeni kweminyaka. Lulungiselelo olusifikisileyo kweli nqanaba.
Siququzelele ugwayimbo lwamatyala abafundi, i-Biden Jubilee 100, 100 abagwayizi - efuzisela iintsuku zakhe zokuqala ezili-100 — efuna ubulungisa. Simema abantu ukuba baye DebtCollective.org ukubhalisela iminxeba, iminyhadala kunye noqhanqalazo oluzayo lokutyhala olu lawulo ukuba lusebenzise amandla abanawo ukwenza into elungileyo kunye nokuqalisa ukwenza oku. FDR-ubukhulu bobongameli esathenjisiweyo kwaye kubonakala ngathi asibufumani.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: U-Astra Taylor, sifuna ukubulela kakhulu ngokuba nathi, umququzeleli kunye neQela leTyala kunye nombhali wentshayelelo yencwadi entsha, Awunakuhlawula, awuzukuhlawula: Ityala lokungathobeli kwezoqoqosho kunye nokupheliswa kwetyala, kunye no-Braxton Brewington, i-digital strategist kunye ne-Debt Collective. Sifuna ukunibulela kakhulu nobabini ngokuba kunye nathi.
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