Chris Matthews just asked Robert Reich about college tuition costs

[Skidmore]

and what * could do to control college tuition costs. Then he (Matthews) went on to site tuition costs at Harvard and Yale as the tuition costs that the marjority of people are being hurt by. WTF!? MOST people do not attend Ivy League universities. What an elitist comment to make. His (Matthews) idea of kitchen economic concerns are pretty upscale.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Chris has a son...

Does anybody know where the boy is going to college? Has he gradutated?

[Skidmore]

3. Isn't one of his boys working for Tim Russert?

I'm vaguely recalling a Matthews-Russert lovefest a few months ago that was discussed briefly at DU.

[hopein08]

16. I thought Russert's son was working with Carville...

maybe I'm thinking of something else.

[Skidmore]

22. Could be. I just remember a thread discussion about how cozy

someone was with Russert all of a sudden.

[ComerPerro]

2. most people don't even waste the $40 to apply for Harvard or Yale

[rucky]

4. who said what?

clarify your pronouns, please.

[Skidmore]

11. Sorry. Done.

[Freedomofspeech]

5. We turned Hardball off...

Chris Matthews is definitely a right-wing moron.

[SoFlaJet]

9. Us too....

I don't even watch his show anymore.It used to be that once in a while the "Good Chris" would show up and get us all confused as to what his politics actually are-no more I figured the guy out-after actually spending some time thinking about it.My theory I won't bother posting-he ain't worth the time to me anymore.I got him and his show on ignore-Meet The Press too...

[eleny]

6. David Gergen set him straight

He said things are fine if you're in the investor class. At which time Matthews went dumb.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Chris took control of the conversation when Gergen said that everybody

on the set was doing well.

[eleny]

12. CM can always sell his house on Martha's Vineyard if he needs gas $

:puke:

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. They just don't get it. You need disposable income or disposable

time to be a member of the investor class.

[Cocoa]

8. the whores teach classes on non-Ivy-League students

they're in the Anthropology department. David Brooks is dean.

[Quakerfriend]

10. At least Howard reflected a bit of the truth...1:6 Americans

do not feel good about the economy and "They don't like or trust this President very much...atleast right now"

I was pretty peeved at the way Tweety did not let Robert Reich get a word in- AND, he described him as the sec'y of labor when I think he was actually the Sec'y of the Treasury, no? He was considered a wiz in his time. WHO the hell is Toomey to discuss the economic numbers??!

[eleny]

13. I believe he was Secy of Labor

His last words during that segment were directed Toomey when he said "Your a good guy" or some such. Bleh! But at least Reich got in that Bush's job growth numbers suck.

[ginnyinWI]

14. I liked how Reich reeled off several things * could cut to

try to balance the budget and lower the deficit. He ran circles around the other guy--he really knows his stuff.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. But even state universities have gone up faster than inflation

When I entered the University of Minnesota as a freshman in 1968, the tuition for one quarter for a full course load was $125.

This was 100 times the minimum wage of $1.25. Students could work their way through college.

If that ratio had held, the U of M would cost maybe $600 a term today.

Instead it costs $1500, thanks to Governor Tim "Scrooge" Pawlenty and his band of yahoos.

[eleny]

17. Heck, even our roofer is feeling the pinch

He says his cost for materials have gone up every month for the past 6 months.

[SensibleAmerican]

18. Chris Matthews is not totally off the mark

Private school tuitions (whether Ivy league or not) hurt families way more than state tuitions.

Imagine being saddled with $120,000 in loan debt after graduation.

[Skidmore]

19. How many people can even hope to send their children to an Ivy

League college in reality? State college tuition is rapidly moving out of the realm of "affordable" for many middle class people now. Ivy League schools were designed for the elite so they wouldn't have to mingle with the rabble and serve primarily for the purpose of ensuring a class people who associate themselves with the elite class is maintained within this democracy.

[Deja Q]

21. $120,000 in debt and no job to put the education to.

:puke:

[Skidmore]

24. I was fortunate enough to get out with $18,000 in debt after

both undergraduate and graduate school. But I worked fulltime all the way through and singleparented 2 kids at the same time. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone else because by the time I was ready for a professional job, I was burned out. I would have done better going to horticulture classes at my local community college because I would have had the option of quality time with my kids. Oh, to do life over. I've come to the conclusion that college degrees have been way oversold in this nation. We have more people waiting tables with degrees than any nation in the world. Get educated, but it doesn't necessarily have to involve multiple degrees. We should be putting our money into our elementary and high schools to give first rate educations priority.

[jwirr]

25. However, it is the ratio that is relevant here. The rich pay what

proportion of their income to go to ivy league schools compared to what proportion our families pay to go to state schools.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. Many private schools have similar tuition to Harvard/Yale, even though

they may not be as prestigious. $30-40K and up a YEAR is not at all unusual anymore apparently.