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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders' idea for free tuition at public colleges deserves an A [View all]Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)31. Don't fall for that Right wing trick. Fiscal responsibility is NOT the exclusive domain of Repubs.
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Bernie Sanders' idea for free tuition at public colleges deserves an A [View all]
Playinghardball
May 2016
OP
Those over the age of 17 are not children and should not be treated as such IMO.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#10
I agree, again what's your point? OK OK let me guess your point. You want to insinuate that
rhett o rick
May 2016
#13
They're young adults and not children. Teaching them dependency is not doing them any favors.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#19
You are purposefully deflecting. We're talking about young adults and college tuition.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#24
Don't fall for that Right wing trick. Fiscal responsibility is NOT the exclusive domain of Repubs.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#31
No but "fiscal responsibility" has long been used by conservatives as code for
rhett o rick
May 2016
#36
His idea of making the wealthy pay their fair share isn't new, but certainly unpopular with
rhett o rick
May 2016
#8
Yes the conservatives don't like the idea of taxing the wealthy for helping educate the
rhett o rick
May 2016
#6
And she is the only candidate that said Iraq had WMD and harbored al queda. She has
rhett o rick
May 2016
#15
... and she's the only candidate who's shown some type of correct thinking on wrong votes Sanders?
uponit7771
May 2016
#18
Yeap, and making college even partially free for Trumps kids would be pretty shitty
uponit7771
May 2016
#17
No, this is additional spending. Seriously, you should actually read the plan
Recursion
May 2016
#66
And most of those community colleges are not even in the same league as state universities
Corporate666
May 2016
#12
It worked fine for years and works in Europe. Making money off our college students is criminal
rhett o rick
May 2016
#16
Many countries offer free college or very inexpensive college, like Brazil, Finland, Germany,
rhett o rick
May 2016
#54
I recognize you. Blame the victim. Just tell them to get a job and pull themselves up
rhett o rick
May 2016
#65
Sanders has put a specific proposal on the table to expand college access.
jonestonesusa
May 2016
#34
Most of the great ideas in history have been labeled as absurd at one time.
Indpndntfrombirth
May 2016
#32