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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 08:50 PM Aug 2013

Reaction To Presidential Speech in Scranton

Posted on: 7:48 pm, August 23, 2013
by Sarah Buynovsky

... Thousands packed into the Lackawanna College Student Union building on Jefferson Avenue to hear President Obama and Vice President Biden Friday afternoon ...

“Nowadays things get tough and we need it to be affordable, people don`t all come from wealthy homes,” said student Raeshaun Finney.

“I`m not sure I`m going to get a job right away so how am I going to pay off those student loans if I have like 6 months to find a job and I don`t find that job right away?” said Desirree Ramos, another Lackawanna Collegestudent.

“Him and Joe Biden touched bases on going to school, being a single mom and working and just trying to fit school into the equation sometimes is hard. Him being here alone was a sign that I need to continue,” said Shameekah Jones ...


http://wnep.com/2013/08/23/reaction-to-presidential-speech-in-scranton/

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Reaction To Presidential Speech in Scranton (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2013 OP
Sending kids into debt training them for jobs that don't exist. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1
I never heard of him until he was on Real Time recently, and I was quite impressed. arcane1 Aug 2013 #2
How ignorant can you get Caretha Aug 2013 #3
 

Caretha

(2,737 posts)
3. How ignorant can you get
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 10:24 PM
Aug 2013

he said:

“Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship,” Cruz said. “Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator, I believe I should be only an American.”

So Canada is US soil now? WTF!



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