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babylonsister

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Fri Jan 9, 2015, 10:38 AM Jan 2015

Republicans Expose Obama’s College Plan as Plot to Make People Smarter



Republicans Expose Obama’s College Plan as Plot to Make People Smarter


WASHINGTON – President Obama’s 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 they’re 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 OP
Life, Liberty, and the Avoidance of Information. Half-Century Man Jan 2015 #1
2 years of free college? Germany has ~€100-€200 per semester. DetlefK Jan 2015 #2
Hey, whatever works... Wounded Bear Jan 2015 #3

DetlefK

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2. 2 years of free college? Germany has ~€100-€200 per semester.
Fri Jan 9, 2015, 12:16 PM
Jan 2015

And in return you even get perks like free bus-rides on workdays from morning to early evening.

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