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elleng

(130,771 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:29 PM Sep 2012

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett thinks student loans are the first step toward the Holocaust.

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., invoked the Holocaust to explain why Americans should be wary of the “slippery slope” of federally issued student loans, the Washington Post reported.

“Not that it’s not a good idea to give students loans,” Bartlett said. “It certainly is a good idea to give them loans. But if you can ignore the Constitution to do something good today, tomorrow you will be ignoring the Constitution to do something bad. You could. There are more people in our, in America today of German ancestry than any other [inaudible]. The Holocaust that occurred in Germany — how in the heck could that happen? And when you start down the wrong road, it can be a very slippery slope.”

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/06/quote_of_the_day_29/singleton/

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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett thinks student loans are the first step toward the Holocaust. (Original Post) elleng Sep 2012 OP
we should ban broccoli, too. one day they eat broccoli; next day it's brains. slippery slope. unblock Sep 2012 #1
Time to get behind John Delaney. Downwinder Sep 2012 #2
Right. elleng Sep 2012 #3

elleng

(130,771 posts)
3. Right.
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:28 PM
Sep 2012

DNC is behind him and he's got his own money, I think, but have to put some boots on the ground.

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