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White House Domestic Policy Director Cecilia Munoz said the proposal is a federal-state partnership, with federal funding covering 75 percent of the tuitions and participating states will be expected to pick up the rest of the tab. Munoz said legislation would be needed to approve the plan and repeatedly declined to say how much it would cost, saying more details about the funding source would come in the president’s budget for the next fiscal year due next month.
Breaking News fresh off the presses! Not really sure how all this will work. I guess when it fails in the Congress he'll blame the Republicans... :roll:
Obama: President Proposes 2 Free Years of Community College
Does anyone have any thoughts as to how this can actually work?
Because I'm not liking this idea:
If we can figure out a way to pay for it without hitting the middle class I'm all for it. However, I think it should also include trade schools as college ain't for everyone.Breaking News fresh off the presses! Not really sure how all this will work. I guess when it fails in the Congress he'll blame the Republicans... :roll:
Obama: President Proposes 2 Free Years of Community College
Does anyone have any thoughts as to how this can actually work?
Because I'm not liking this idea:
Nothing is free and someone is going to pay for it.
As most Progresssive Policies wind up nailing the Middle class consumers I'm guessing it will be them.
Anyway, whats the point of 2 years of free College ? In the Obama economy it just means you're still unemployed in 2 years.
Sounds to me like Obama is willing to do a little horse trading.
He sees the reality of the GOP controlling both houses and he knows that if he takes out his veto pen every time they send him a bill that the Democrats will feel the wrath at the polls in 2016. This smells like he's floating a deal...
If we can figure out a way to pay for it without hitting the middle class I'm all for it. However, I think it should also include trade schools as college ain't for everyone.
Greetings, Fenton. :2wave:
If he's thinking along those lines, how about doing the same thing for trade schools, where young people learn how to be plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc? We need those people, too, and everyone is not interested in going to college. I don't understand what he meant by "work for it," though. Did he mean apply themselves, or something else?
How about we reduce graduate loan interest rates and make efforts to cap tuition. I think people should have to invest in their education, if you hand it away for "free" it's undervalued. What they should do is ensure it's affordable for people and loans/tuition are low. Our education problem is that tuition has shot up far beyond the rate of inflation (and even economic growth) with student loan interest rates going up along with the answer to education being "throw more money into loans" with universities reacting as "there is more money available to us to charge in tuition."
Seeing as both he and his wife had student loans of their own, I'd say your assessment is inaccurate.I think that because of his own employment background and financial understanding, Obama doesn't fully understand that money doesn't come from the magic-money machine.
Greetings, Fenton. :2wave:
If he's thinking along those lines, how about doing the same thing for trade schools, where young people learn how to be plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc? We need those people, too, and everyone is not interested in going to college. I don't understand what he meant by "work for it," though. Did he mean apply themselves, or something else?
Do democrats have any ideas that don't include using other peoples money or labor? I'm all ears for any ideas that don't amount to theft and servitude.
How about we reduce graduate loan interest rates and make efforts to cap tuition. I think people should have to invest in their education, if you hand it away for "free" it's undervalued. What they should do is ensure it's affordable for people and loans/tuition are low. Our education problem is that tuition has shot up far beyond the rate of inflation (and even economic growth) with student loan interest rates going up along with the answer to education being "throw more money into loans" with universities reacting as "there is more money available to us to charge in tuition."
What in the world ever gave you the idea that Obama knows how to float anything? He has no clue how to do anything let alone make deals. He his as narcissistic as it comes and in no way does he know how to work with anyone. And that is is proven record. A narcissist does not change his strips.
How about we reduce graduate loan interest rates and make efforts to cap tuition. I think people should have to invest in their education, if you hand it away for "free" it's undervalued. What they should do is ensure it's affordable for people and loans/tuition are low. Our education problem is that tuition has shot up far beyond the rate of inflation (and even economic growth) with student loan interest rates going up along with the answer to education being "throw more money into loans" with universities reacting as "there is more money available to us to charge in tuition."
:lol: Hopefully this is a joke post. To claim this as a make/break wedge issue is, to put it kindly, extremely naive.It would be political suicide for the GOP oppose this idea. The can fight over how it is funded, but if they kill it, President Hillary Clinton and her majority in the House will make it happen. This thing should sail through with bipartisan support. The GOP won't want this as a wedge issue in 2016. It will kill them.
You really don't believe that he's just going to sign a clean bill for something like the Keystone pipeline without getting something he wants, do you?What in the world ever gave you the idea that Obama knows how to float anything? He has no clue how to do anything let alone make deals. He his as narcissistic as it comes and in no way does he know how to work with anyone. And that is is proven record. A narcissist does not change his strips.
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