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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:17 PM Original message |
Ron Paul to eliminate student loans if president |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. LOL. That'll go over like a fart in church. |
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liberal_mama (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. LOL, that's for sure |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gee, wonder if that'll depress his Yee Haw College Kid base? |
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young but wise (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fucking clown. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Second. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ron's fanboys, those pimply little Randroid college freshmen |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Yeah, most of those young folks who slobber over RP are overprivileged narcissists |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Paul to eliminate student loans |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Somebody will make a fortune selling |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. so, only the wealthy are entitled to go to college |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. He just eliminated his base. *POOF* n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. So true. His fans are mostly under 30. They are either amassing |
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MrDiaz (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. well |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:38 PM Original message |
IF president. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Without student loans college tuition would drop like a rock. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It wouldn't drop that much..... |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. sure it would |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yeah, because everyone got a chance to go to college before student loans. |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. If you really wanted to |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The universities are raising prices at the rate of inflation. |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Not even close |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. There is a program you describe. It's called work-study. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Work study is nowhere near enough. My assistants on FWS make minimum wage and are only allowed to |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. I think it would drop some |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. The colleges would go bankrupt. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. How many "wealthy" do you think there are? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not likely |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You mean to tell me |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Which "costly sports program" are you referring to? |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. lol, its only a profitable program |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Empty talking points |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Price drops would mean wage cuts to teachers/employees and state-of-the-art facilities |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Or maybe a better teacher/administrator ratio |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Yep. |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hmmm. Wonder how his younger facebook crowd feels about that. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Students AND parents will hate this idea! |
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pauldp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ron Paul jumps the shark...again. nt |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Exactly! He always has that moment every election where the public remembers how batshit crazy |
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pauldp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Too bad really because the Repiglicans really need a credible anti-war voice. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. He gets a few things right, but on many things is absolutely looney |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. If I were a Ron Paul supporter, I wouldn't need any other reason to dump him. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is your children learning |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. How could he eliminate student loans? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Student loans were gimmicked to bankrupt students -- and parents -- many paying 20 years and more! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Federal or private? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Usury used to be 6% -- and there used to be a 6 year limit on student loans .... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
33. Ron Paul says college was cheaper when he went. He could |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. But I thought nobody |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Tenure used to be easier to get back in the days when universities were |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. Probably "cheaper" in the sense of inflation too. Senile old bastards like Ron Paul have no concept |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. Then student loans are safe, because that SOB isn't getting elected. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Paul who? Who cares what he would do if he became POTUS? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. I thought he was going to eliminate the DOE entirely? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. College is for the children of wealthy parents. Children of the poor... |
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Puzzledtraveller (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
44. I joined the Air Force to pay for my college |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I tried to join the Coast Guard to pay for my college... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. I'm all for eliminating student loans. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
47. I guess idiot paul wants to eliminate a huge portion of his misinformed base. LOL |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. So in other words |
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