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Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:20 PM Jun 2013

Genius Mitch McConnell reports Obamacare abolished low student loan rates

Precisely, he said, Obamacare “abolished the student loan program.” Great fodder for his campaign!

McConnell: ObamaCare to blame for higher student loan rates
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/303299-mcconnell-blames-student-loan-rate-hike-on-obamacare#ixzz2VSQPipsE

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday ObamaCare is a driving reason for higher student loan rates.

“Rates are going up, and the tuition is going up so [students] have to pay back more at a higher rate … all because of something young people had nothing to do with — and that’s the passage of ObamaCare,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.

McConnell said that part of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare “abolished the student loan program.”

As part of the healthcare law, Congress stopped allowing private banks to provide student loans. All student loans are now federal loans, which McConnell argues has led to higher rates. ...

Watch the video below, courtesy of MSNBC:
Rachel Maddow Tears Into Fox News And The GOP: The Right Has A ‘Nonsense Problem’
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rachel-maddow-tears-into-fox-news-and-the-gop-the-right-has-a-nonsense-problem/

Student Loans too high? McConnell says blame it on 'ObamaCare'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/04/1213821/-Student-Loans-too-high-McConnell-says-blame-it-on-ObamaCare

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Genius Mitch McConnell reports Obamacare abolished low student loan rates (Original Post) Coyotl Jun 2013 OP

It also caused my allergies to flare up! ellie Jun 2013 #1

Truth has nothing to do with planting the seeds of sedition. Coyotl Jun 2013 #3

It works perfectly. freshwest Jun 2013 #5

it's called "reinforcing a world-view". unblock Jun 2013 #4

all they have are lies. no policies other than to destroy the government spanone Jun 2013 #2

But McTrutle got his fiteen minutes of fame on Wellstone ruled Jun 2013 #6

ellie

(6,929 posts)

1. It also caused my allergies to flare up!

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:21 PM

Jun 2013

What the fuck is it with these people? Are their constituents that stupid or just so busy trying to survive that they don't have time to pay attention?

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

3. Truth has nothing to do with planting the seeds of sedition.

Reply to ellie (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:24 PM

Jun 2013

Propaganda works that way, eliciting a strong emotional response that continues to do what it is supposed to do irrespective of revealing the truth later. As soon as that truth comes out, they just do it over again with a new falsehood.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

5. It works perfectly.

Reply to Coyotl (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:26 PM

Jun 2013

unblock

(52,286 posts)

4. it's called "reinforcing a world-view".

Reply to ellie (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:25 PM

Jun 2013

in this case, it's the world-view that obama, liberals, democrats, etc. are to blame for all the evils of the world.

as long as people keep hearing that message again and again confidently from national figures without overwhelming smack-down, it keeps people trapped in that world-view.

spanone

(135,858 posts)

2. all they have are lies. no policies other than to destroy the government

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:22 PM

Jun 2013

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

6. But McTrutle got his fiteen minutes of fame on

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:37 PM

Jun 2013

Fake News. All about the optics,gang. Just more food for the D.C. social circuit. So much for MSM.

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