Did anybody notice Hillary use the expression "debt free tuition"

[BernieforPres2016]

in the discussion about public schools that kind of bled into college education? Did I hear that right? If so, what is she talking about? I saw somebody post the other day that Bill claimed that Hillary supported free tuition but in the prior debates she was against it. Has she changed her position on this issue to match Bernie?

[onecaliberal]

1. I did. She has said it before but she doesn't have any plan.

[elleng]

8. Here's a GOOD plan:

https://martinomalley.com/policy/make-college-debt-free/

[restorefreedom]

22. hmmmmm...dept of ed secretary?

there are so many jobs he would be good at, head of dnc, education, if i were bernie, i would want him there but it would be so hard to choose which cabinet post!

[elleng]

26. VA's been my thought,

for his expertise in administration. Seems they need it badly there.

[restorefreedom]

27. oh yes i hadn't thought of that!

excellent...he and bernie would work so well together. i have always thought so. i know a lot of people tend to think veep, but i think his talent would be wasted there (at least until he could run for president, which of course he can do later anyway)

[elleng]

29. AND, I wanted to mention,

edu sec's my least favorite of PrezO's appointments. He should have, and a future Potus should select Linda Darling Hammond.

Among other things, she was education advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaign [1][2] and was reportedly among candidates for United States Secretary of Education in the Obama administration. This gave me hope. VERY disappointed in what's his name. Here's her wiki cv: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darling-Hammond

[restorefreedom]

30. ok, they have to start getting your advise, ellen!

ellen for chief of staff!

[elleng]

31. HAHAHA!

OK, I'll 'double dip,' fed pension AND salary!!!

[restorefreedom]

35. who hooooo nt

[Arazi]

33. +1 MOM would be an excellent choice for a cabinet position

[ebayfool]

2. Yeah, that weathervane is spinning again. She cops Bernie's planks regularly. n/t

[Amishman]

17. this, she believes only in gaining money and power for herself

everything she says is just an attempt to trick people for her benefit

her breed of selfish lying politicians is exactly what is wrong with this country

[reformist2]

3. I think she wants poor students to "work their way" through college like indentured servants.

Seriously. That's part of her plan.

[Skwmom]

19. Indentured servants -that's what a couple of young voters I know called students burdened with debt.

[DrDan]

20. how dare she suggest students work their way through college . . .

[mythology]

24. I believe her plan called for 10 hours a week of work

Hardly an indentured servant. Using that sort of hyperbole is just silly.

[daleanime]

4. Doesn't matter what position she takes during the primaries....

there's no guaranty that she'll have the same one after the election is over.

[DrDan]

21. there is a guarantee that it will be criticized by some

[daleanime]

25. It would be an improvement to be criticized.....

for having a position, instead trying to find her 'new' one.

[putitinD]

5. In other words forget about it.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. I guess only people from rich families can go to college under her plan.

What else could it be?

[elleng]

7. Missed it, re-listening. Debt-Free tuition comes from Governor Martin O'Malley:

https://martinomalley.com/policy/make-college-debt-free/

[JonLeibowitz]

10. Do you know if he will be on the California ballot? I might vote for him as a protest vote against

the DNC for fixing the debate schedule against him and Bernie.

[elleng]

12. I don't know; he's been on several ballots already.

I suspect that California will have had enough time to print and distribute up to date ballots. Would love to hear that he receives a good # of votes, in California and elsewhere.

[loyalsister]

32. It's a legal issue

In MO in 2000 or 02, a dead candidate could not be removed from the ballot. He beat John Ashcroft.

[elleng]

34. Right, and differs in every state.

[BernieforPres2016]

11. Thanks. The replay is on now, and I am taping it.

I'd like to know what she is talking about and if the press is going to ask her for any specifics. Her response in an earlier debate that she was only against free college tuition was because rich people shouldn't benefit from that.

My guess is that all the money Bill Clinton has pocketed from the "for profit education" industry might have something to do with Hillary's waffling on this issue. Bill pulled in $16 million for 5 years with a company called Laureate. Tuition free public universities would go a long way toward killing what is in large part a sleazy industry that is loved and supported by Wall Street.

[Barack_America]

9. She's not going to hold the position long enough...

..for it to be worth an actual plan.

It's just good ol' Clinton pandering.

[xloadiex]

13. Bill promised free tuition

When speaking in Omaha

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/President-Bill-Clinton-to-make-stops-in-Omaha-Lincoln-to-Get-Out-the-Caucus-370851451.html

[BernieforPres2016]

14. That's what I thought

So what is Hillary's position?
1. No free college tuition for anybody because rich people don't deserve to benefit from it (from a previous debate)
2. Free college tuition (as Bill claimed)
3. Debt free tuition, whatever that is (perhaps the O'Malley position)

Is anybody in the press going to notice these contradictions and ask Hillary a question about it, if she every decides to take questions from the press? Or maybe Bernie could ask for clarification in the debate on Miami this Wednesday night.

[AzDar]

15. Her position is clear as mud... I'm guessing she's vague, because she can't remember day-to-day...

[MisterP]

28. if you don't like her position, wait 10 minutes

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. They're words that poll well, so she says them.

Meaning? Not so much.

[Adrahil]

18. She's used the expression and idea for

Some time.

[Vinca]

23. What exactly does it mean?

Money for tuition doesn't come out of the sky on a flaming pie. You're either wealthy and you pay for it or you borrow money.