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salib

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8. I would agree that most Repub leaders want to do all that

Reply to Sancho (Reply #6)

Sun May 24, 2015, 09:01 AM

May 2015

Most Repubs are just responding to their visceral fears about society in general and are dimy absorbing the constant barrage of the "crisis" in education.

More disaster capitism.

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Robert Reich: Bernie Sanders Is Right—We Need Free College for All [View all] Katashi_itto May 2015 OP

K&R woo me with science May 2015 #1

And there is the argument for free education and improving our schools and it does not lay the jwirr May 2015 #2

Because when you make plans to actually improve and build things..... daleanime May 2015 #4

Although that's all true rock May 2015 #3

So what are your solutions to this - just let them do what they want? jwirr May 2015 #5

Glad you asked rock May 2015 #7

In that I agree but it still does not answer what we are going to do about getting our youth jwirr May 2015 #13

I have provided the general answer rock May 2015 #14

Most repubs want to privatize education for a profit off it: charter schools & vouchers! Sancho May 2015 #6

I would agree that most Repub leaders want to do all that salib May 2015 #8

Not sure college will be necessary in the future oberliner May 2015 #9

Iraq had free higher education ...and we bombed the shit out of them. L0oniX May 2015 #10

Not sure those two things are related oberliner May 2015 #11

Absolutely, positively. hunter May 2015 #12

Education used to be the great equalizer. Now it is only for the rich elites. liberal_at_heart May 2015 #15

TPTB are going to fight like hell to prevent this ever coming to pass. hifiguy May 2015 #16