Riaan Amakhulukhulu abameli bezikweletu nabagqugquzeli bezepolitiki abathuthukayo babuthane ngaphandle kweNkantolo Ephakeme ngoLwesibili ngenkathi amajaji elalele izimpikiswano zomlomo emacaleni amabili aphonsela inselelo uhlelo lukaMongameli Biden lokukhansela imali efinyelela ku- $ 20,000 yesikweletu semalimboleko yabafundi kwabanye ababolekayo.
Izikhulumi eziningana, okuhlanganisa namalungu athile eCongress, zivikele isinqumo sikamongameli sokukhansela isikweletu futhi zabeka ukuxolelwa kwemali mboleko njengodaba lobulungiswa bezomnotho nobuhlanga.
Lo mbuthano uhlelwe yinhlanganisela yamaqembu angaphezu kwamashumi amabili, okuhlanganisa izinyunyana zothisha nezinye izinyunyana zabasebenzi, izinhlangano ezimela abathengi nezomthetho, nezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo okuvota.
“Silapha namuhla ngoba isikweletu sabafundi siyinkinga, futhi uma kunesimo esibucayi uyathatha izinyathelo,” kusho uCody Hounanian, umqondisi omkhulu weStudent Debt Crisis Centre, ekhuthaza ukuvikelwa kwabantu abanezikweletu zabafundi. “Umongameli uthathe isinyathelo, futhi okuwukuphela kwento esendleleni yethu ngabantu abakulesi sakhiwo njengamanje.”
Ngaphakathi, inkantolo yeningi labangu-6-3 icubungule izindaba ezimbili ezibalulekile: ukuthi abamangali emacaleni amabili aphikisana nokwesulwa kwezikweletu banokuma okusemthethweni yini ukuphonsela inselelo uhlelo, nokuthi ngabe abaphathi beBiden balusebenzise kahle yini lolu hlelo.
“Leli kumele kube yicala elivuliwe futhi elivaliwe,” kusho uRakim Brooks, umongameli we-Alliance for Justice, inhlangano yamaqembu egxile ekudaleni ijaji elithuthukayo, engxoxweni. “Ngisenalo ithemba lokuthi inkantolo izokwenza lokho okufanele ikwenze … kodwa uma empeleni ifinyelela engqikithini yemibuzo, mina – njengawo wonke umuntu – nginovalo lokuthi ukuchema kuzodlula isizathu.”
Iminyaka eminingi, izishoshovu ezingakwesokunxele ziye zafuna ukwesulwa ngokuphelele kwezikweletu zabafundi, okukhomba ukwenyuka okunamandla kwezindleko zasekolishi namabhalansi emalimboleko.
USen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) ukhuluma ngoMsombuluko ebusuku ngaphandle kweNkantolo Ephakeme nabasekeli bohlelo lokusiza abafundi ngezikweletu.
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Inani elandayo losopolitiki beDemocratic Alliance selingenile. Ngesikhathi sokhetho lukamongameli weDemocratic Alliance lwango-2020, uSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wabiza u-$50,000 wokukhanselwa kwemali mboleko, kuyilapho uSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ethi akusulwe zonke izikweletu zabafundi.
UBiden wathatha indlela enesizotha futhi wakhankasela ukuthethelela u-$10,000 esikweletini ngomthetho weCongress. Lapho lokho kubonakala kungenakwenzeka, abathuthukayo bathi uBiden unelungelo lokuthatha isinyathelo ngomyalelo wesigungu futhi amaRiphabhlikhi azama ukuphasisa umthetho omvimbelayo ekwenzeni lokho.
Njengoba ingcindezi ikhula yokuthi uBiden afeze isethembiso sakhe sokukhansela isikweletu ngaphambi kokhetho lwamaphakathi nonyaka ka-2022, abaphathi bathi banelungelo lokukhansela isikweletu ngaphansi komthetho we-HEROES Act, umthetho ka-2003 ovumela unobhala wezeMfundo ukuthi aguqule imigomo yokubolekwa kwemali. isimo esiphuthumayo sikazwelonke – kulokhu, ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Abaphathi bakhe ngo-Agasti bamemezele uhlelo lwabo lokukhansela kufika ku-$10,000 kubaboleki abenza imali engaphansi kuka-$125,000, kanye no-$10,000 owengeziwe kwabamukeli be-Pell Grant. Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-16 abantu, okuhlanganisa nabantu baseCalifornia abangaba yizigidi ezingu-1.5, ababegunyazwe ukuba bakhanselwe lapho inqubomgomo ivinjwa izinkantolo eziphansi ngoNovemba. INkantolo Ephakeme kulindeleke ukuthi inqume icala ngoJuni.
Kwabanye, umbuthano wangoLwesibili wawumayelana nokweseka inqubomgomo abakholelwa ukuthi ayizange ihambe ngokwanele ekudambiseni inkinga yezikweletu zabafundi, ikakhulukazi kubaboleki Abamnyama, labo ngokwesilinganiso abanamabhalansi aphezulu emalimboleko futhi okuthatha isikhathi eside ukuwabuyisela.
“Noma ngabe kwenzekani, hlalani kule mpi,” kusho uWarren etshela izihlwele ngoLwesibili. “Ngeke sivumele iNkantolo Ephakeme eyinkantolo eyeqisayo iphuce ithuba lokuba izigidi zabantu baseMelika zibe nobulungiswa obuncane bobuhlanga, ubulungiswa obuncane bezomnotho, ithuba elincane lokwakha ikusasa elilondekile ngokuya phambili.”
Ummeli uRobert Garcia (D-Long Beach) ukhuluma nesixuku ngoMsombuluko ebusuku.
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Abaningi abebehambele umhlangano bekungabafundi bamanje noma bakamuva basekolishi, abanye babo abalinde kulayini ubusuku bonke lina ukuze bathole indawo ngaphakathi kwenkantolo ukuze bakhulume.
ULydia Zajichek, umfundi ohlela i-Rise, ekhuthaza ukwenza ikolishi lifinyeleleke kakhudlwana, walinda kwaze kwaba u-3:30 ekuseni nabanye afunda nabo esikoleni ukuze bathole indawo yama-52 emgqeni. Yize athola umfundaze wokuyofunda eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison, lapho enza khona umfundi wesibili, abazali bakhe banesikweletu semalimboleko yabafundi esingaphezu kuka-$100,000.
“Siphumile lapha, sahlala emvuleni ubusuku bonke salinda kwaze kwaba yilapho sithola amathikithi e-SCOTUS ukuze silalele ukulalela, ngoba kubaluleke kangako kithina,” kusho yena.
Kaylah Lightfoot, i-sophomore e-University of Mary Washington eFredericksburg, Va., Futhi ilungu le-National Assn. ophikweni lwe-Advancement of Coloured People’s Youth and College, uthe usevele unesikweletu esingu-$12,875 futhi ulindele ukuthatha ezinye izimali mboleko zabafundi.
U-Lightfoot uthe ufuna ukuvela kubantu abangakwazi ukuzihambela bona, kuhlanganise nezingane zakubo ezifunda esikoleni esiphakathi. Uthe ubona lolu hlelo olukhona njengamanje luyisinyathelo esibheke ekufinyeleleni emfundweni enwetshiwe futhi, ngokunokwenzeka, nokwesulwa kwezikweletu okwengeziwe.
“Uma bengakwenza lokhu kanye, bangaphinda futhi,” kusho yena.
