2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bill Clinton: People like me and Hillary can afford to go to college. The govt can't help everyone. [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)That is the logical extension of the Clinton position, either that or he is making a case that is not of the same importance now for society to offer a free public college education today to all of its citizens as it was to offer a free public high school education to all of our citizens 30 years ago. You can't have it both ways. Sanders is embracing the traditional American position on essential public education, updated for the 21t century. There are many potent political reasons for why it would be a non starter to propose means testing for public education at any other level, and they are essentially the same reasons why throwing up that smoke screen now regarding public colleges is a way of deflecting away from any viable proposal to ensure that all of our children have access to a free college education.