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Republicans Expose Obamas College Plan as Plot to Make People Smarter
WASHINGTON President Obamas plan to offer Americans two years of college for free has come under fire from congressional Republicans, who are calling it a blatant plot to make Americans smarter. The G.O.P., who have benefited from the support of so-called low information voters in recent years, accuse Obama of cynically trying to make people smarter as a way of chipping away at the Republican base. You take low information voters and give them information, and pretty soon theyre Democrats, said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). House Speaker John Boehner said that forcing knowledge into people was flagrantly un-American, adding, We make this promise to the American people: if you like your brains, you can keep your brains.
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Republicans Expose Obama’s College Plan as Plot to Make People Smarter (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2015
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Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)1. Life, Liberty, and the Avoidance of Information.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)2. 2 years of free college? Germany has ~€100-€200 per semester.
And in return you even get perks like free bus-rides on workdays from morning to early evening.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)3. Hey, whatever works...