Subj : Free College Tuition
To   : Tim Richardson
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sat Feb 13 2016 04:04 am

Hello Tim,

 >> "Free college for everyone is a bad idea. But it is not
 >> exactly the type of thing that would make him similar to
 >> Stalin and Castro."
 >> - Earl Croasmun to Tim Richardson, ALL-POLITICS, 2/12/2016

 >> Louisiana has had a free college tuition program for all,

 TR> There is (or `was') a (more or less) `free' college education for all;
 TR> It was called `Community' college.

TOPS can be used for attending `Community' college (junior college
or 2-year college).  Most credits earned at those colleges can be
transferred to 4-year institutions, if further studies are pursued.

Not sure how long the TOPS program payments will remain suspended.
Students are really getting nervous, those who cannot afford any
other way.  I expect many of them now will choose to vote for Bernie
Sanders.  Especially those whose parents are not paying the tuition.

 TR> For a couple of hundred dollars per year and your text books and 
materials,
 TR> a person could go to `Community' colleges and the degrees from one were
 TR> just as acceptable as one from a big college.

Why should students (or their parents) be forced to pay what the
state (through taxpayer dollars) can easily provide?  People pay
enough taxes as it is.  Investing in our young people by helping
them get the education they need to compete in today's modern
world strengthens the economy for us all, thus making life easier
for everyone.

 >> Once FDR got our banking institutions in order, he put
 >> this country back to work.  And on the road to prosperity.

 TR> The Second World War is what put this country `back to work', NOT `FDR'.

The depression was largely over, with people working in every sector,
before hostilities broke out in WWII.  Had FDR not tried to pack the
US Supreme Court, the economy would have rebounded even sooner.

 >> We need another FDR.

 TR> Like a hole in the head!

We may have him in Bernie Sanders.  During last night's debate
between Sanders and Clinton, Sanders said that FDR is his hero.
Hillary Clinton agreed pertaining to her own view, but I think
she was trying to play nice (her real hero is Bill Clinton).

FDR put people back to work with various government projects,
mostly created by executive order.  Bernie Sanders (or Hillary
Clinton) should be honest with the American people by telling
them that is how they will also put people back to work.

Many young people (age 18 to 35) are unemployed or underemployed.
Far too many.  The cost of living remains high, quality jobs are
scarce, and pay is meager.  Expecting young people to take out
student loans without having the ability to repay those loans
in a timely manner is depriving future generations the posterity
they deserve.

The middle class bailed out Wall Street just a few short years
ago.  Had that not been done, our economy would have collapsed
into chaos, a chaos worse than during the Great Depression.

It is time for Wall Street to bail out the middle class.

How can that be done?  By taxing the investors.  Tax them both
ways.  Buying and selling.  Rather than buying stock at 3% and
selling at 3%, make it buying at 6% and selling at 6%.  That
would be for starters.  This action alone would easily pay the
cost of college tuition for every person who wants to further
their education.

 >> A New Deal for a New Century.

 >> Free College Tuition for All

 >> Free Health Care for All

 >> Free Everything for All

 TR> Yeah...and the money to pay for all that will just float down to us from
 TR> Heaven...sorta like `Mannah'!

That is exactly what Al Sharpton and Bernie Sanders were
discussing just the other day when they met in a restaurant
having breakfast.  Or was it a free lunch?  (Sharpton also
met separately with Hillary Clinton later in the day)

--Lee

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