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alp227

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 04:16 PM Aug 2012

In Ohio, Obama rallies students, hits Romney on education funding

Source: washington post

President Obama made an impassioned appeal Tuesday to the types of young people who powered his campaign four years ago, pledging to keep college affordable and mocking rival Mitt Romney’s commitment to federal student loan programs.

At an outdoor rally at Capital University here, Obama told a crowd of 3,300 that he and his wife Michelle understand firsthand the burden of a “mountain of debt” from loans because when they married after law school they “got poor together. We combined our liabilities into one big liability.”

The president contrasted that with Romney, whom he lampooned for telling college students in April to “borrow money from your parents” to get through school.

“I want to make sure everybody understands not everybody has parents who have the money to lend,” Obama said. “You know, that may be news to some folks, but it’s the truth.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ohio-obama-to-hit-romney-ryan-on-education-funding/2012/08/21/81246348-eb9e-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html



Video via CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Campaigns-in-Ohio-and-Nevada/10737433285-1/
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In Ohio, Obama rallies students, hits Romney on education funding (Original Post) alp227 Aug 2012 OP
Maybe Romney's Breakdown is nobody knows what is the "middle class"? oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #1

oldsarge54

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1. Maybe Romney's Breakdown is nobody knows what is the "middle class"?
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 04:36 PM
Aug 2012

Perhaps now among us we can figure out what middle class is?
The old definition I grew up with was married couple with house, 2.5 children (statistics, remember) with one income.
Perhaps the new middle class is married/involved, one child and two incomes.

Given the median income is around $48K, any nominations for both a definition and dollar range for what is the middle class.

After all, Mitts might actually believe the middle class does have the capital to send a child to college or set up a business. Does not mean he is right.

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