If my grand kids can get free college and my kids get a break on their

Federal loans and Donald Trump pays his share of taxes, then I don't give two cents if his kid(s) get free college, too. If Donald is paying his taxes, why shouldn't his kids benefit. Means testing is a stealth method of taking programs away from the middle class while ensuring there isn't enough funding to aid the poor.

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If my grand kids can get free college and my kids get a break on their (Original post)	hedgehog	Feb 2016	OP
Congress isn't going to pass that. Not in a million years.	MADem	Feb 2016	#1
Not with the Republicans.	PyaarRevolution	Feb 2016	#3
We won't get both houses, and not all Democrats are	MADem	Feb 2016	#4
He won't send his kids to a public school, most wealthy won't. nt	TheBlackAdder	Feb 2016	#2
I was referring specifically to the charge that free publiccollege would be bad	hedgehog	Feb 2016	#5

Response to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:52 PM

MADem (135,425 posts)

1. Congress isn't going to pass that. Not in a million years.

You'd do better to try to elect a governor who will fund state college through, say, weed sales or something.

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Response to MADem (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 08:00 PM

PyaarRevolution (814 posts)

3. Not with the Republicans.

But you better bet that if Bernie wins the primary we're looking at a Dem. down ticket and I think you'll eat your words.

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Response to PyaarRevolution (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 08:34 PM

MADem (135,425 posts)

4. We won't get both houses, and not all Democrats are

"liberal Democrats."

You think these guys are going to get that spirit? http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/defecting-senate-democrats

I don't. And they're not going anywhere.

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Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:55 PM

TheBlackAdder (25,722 posts)

2. He won't send his kids to a public school, most wealthy won't. nt

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 11:36 AM

hedgehog (36,286 posts)

5. I was referring specifically to the charge that free publiccollege would be bad

because that rich guy over there might benefit, too.

To me, that is the perfect demonstration of the difference between demanding economic fairness and exploiting feelings of class war without delivering a solution.

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