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one_voice

(20,043 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:39 PM Jan 2012

99 weeks is an associates degree...

that's what Newtie tootie said about people on unemployment for 99 weeks.

Apparently there's a way to not only pay all your bills while living on unem-POOR-ment, but you can get a college degree. What bunch of fucking idiots!

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99 weeks is an associates degree... (Original Post) one_voice Jan 2012 OP
If ONLY they were idiots! elleng Jan 2012 #1
damn dumbass. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #2
Is he willing to pay for their tuition? femmocrat Jan 2012 #3
No, they just have to dip into their trust fund. baldguy Jan 2012 #5
LOL femmocrat Jan 2012 #6
It got a huge applause... one_voice Jan 2012 #4
Well he is almost right. Kalidurga Jan 2012 #7
If you're going to school XemaSab Jan 2012 #8
Hell no... one_voice Jan 2012 #9
And don't forget your orientation Trillo Jan 2012 #10
Many of the unemployed already have degrees quaker bill Jan 2012 #11
Sounds to me like that's a GOPer version of a scholarship! Bozita Jan 2012 #12

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
4. It got a huge applause...
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:51 PM
Jan 2012

nice catchy line for the stump. Too bad it's not based in reality. The Republicans don't care if another segment of society goes by the wayside. Fuck 'em they're unemployed, that's their attitude.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
7. Well he is almost right.
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:55 PM
Jan 2012

If you don't know when you are going to be unemployed good luck getting into a school right on that mark you need to-to get in and get out at 99 weeks. See schools have this inconvient thing where you have to enroll months in advance of attendance. If Newtie went to college he should know this. I enrolled over two months before starting school on the 9th. There also might be a lot of issues a prospective student faces like getting finacial aid, taking placement, tests, and getting other paperwork in order.

I think Newt actually has the start of a good idea here. We shoulid send a lot more people to school and pay for it and make the loan process easier.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
9. Hell no...
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:04 PM
Jan 2012

it was a way to shit on "those" people and get huge applause while doing the shitting. Unemployed is the new "welfare queen".

Republicans are lower than snail shit, and smellier than pig shit.

**is smellier a word

Bozita

(26,955 posts)
12. Sounds to me like that's a GOPer version of a scholarship!
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:44 AM
Jan 2012

These folks are simply infuckingcredible!

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