義務大學教育提案會生效嗎？
Bernie Sanders Proposes Free Tuition, But Can It Work?
義務大學教育提案會生效嗎？
You've probably already heard about Sen. Bernie Sanders' free-college tuition bill. It sounds like a great idea, right? Every student would have access to training to land them a career they'd love, without the burden of crushing student loan debt. Employers would have access to a more highly skilled pool of applicants. Eventually, even the economy as a whole could improve. So why isn't everyone on board?
你也許聽說過Bernie Sanders關於免大學學費的提案，聽起來挺不錯的，是吧？這將使所有學生都能有機會通過教育來選擇他們喜歡的職業，免去了沉重學生貸款的負擔；老闆們會遇到更多高等申請人；最終，也許整個美國的經濟都會因此改變。那爲什麼並非所有人都支持這個提案呢？
1. From Whence Comes Moneybags?
省去的教育經費來自哪裏？
The simple reality is that in order to just give away a free education, there must be a renewable source of funding. Sanders proposes to build his free-education scheme by taxing Wall Street. Ultimately, it would be a shared-cost plan, with shared federal and state responsibility.
最簡單的現實是，爲了提供大學義務教育，必須有足夠的基金來源。Sanders提議利用收華爾街的稅收來支持這個計劃，最終，這將是一個共享計劃，同時也擁有共享的聯邦和州立義務。
2. Reinvent the Wheel
重建相關組織計劃
There are already programs in place that are designed to help students attend college. With the Lottery Scholarship, put into place by the New Mexico State Legislature in 1996, more than 97,000 local students have attended public colleges and universities in New Mexico (only 38,000 graduated). So, we need to first look at what is working and find ways to replicate those programs for students across the U.S.
目前美國已經有一些幫助學生讀大學的計劃。比如1996年新墨西哥州立法機構頒佈的彩票獎學金，已經使本地9萬7千學生都有機會在本州公立學院和大學讀書（雖然只有3萬8千名學生畢業）。所以，我們需要先看看已有的相關機制，然後再考慮如何將這些福利拓展到全美的範圍。
3. A Question of Survival
3.其他生活花費問題
When you say "free education," we also need to consider factors beyond tuition. While housing and food allowances are often available to low-income students, some of the most basic necessities of survival are still required.
提到“義務教育”，我們還需考慮下學費之外的因素。比如窮困生的食宿補貼，許多基本生活費都要考慮在內。
4. Prepare and Qualify?
4.享受福利的學生是否有足夠的基礎知識？
It's nice to say that we should just all go to college to gain the skills we need to succeed in our careers (and life). But, with the lack of very basic lack of skills in graduating high-school students, colleges are increasingly required to offer remedial skills. So, in a sense, we'd not really be offering "free college," but simply an extension of the overworked and under-resourced free public education system.
讀大學對我們的職業生涯和生活的成功是有益的，但如果這些學生缺少初高中的基礎知識，就更要求大學教授更多用來填補這些缺失的技能。所以，某種意義上，我們不是要提供“免費大學教育”，而只是提供了對現在過勞和資源緊張的免費公立教育一個延伸。
