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Obama to propose two free years of community college for students
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/barack-obama-free-community-college-114094.html#ixzz3OHbH0lbM ^

Posted on 01/08/2015 5:19:50 PM PST by bryan999

President Barack Obama on Friday will propose making two years of community college free for students.

In a White House video posted Thursday evening, Obama said he wanted to offer “a little preview” of his plans for the Jan. 20 State of the Union address.

“What I’d like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who’s willing to work for it,” Obama said. “It’s something we can accomplish, and it’s something that will train our workforce so that we can compete with anybody in the world.”

The proposal would make two years of community college free for students with a C+ average who attend school at least half-time and who are making “steady progress” toward their degree.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boredofeducation; college; communitycollege; freecollege; indoctrination; nofreelunch; obama; stateeducation; wortheverypenny
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To: bryan999

Just think of how many union teachers will have to be hired to teach all of the new students. The union dues will skyrocket. It should be called the teacher’s union employment act.


81 posted on 01/08/2015 7:28:52 PM PST by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

NO...many Community Colleges actually teach the subject matter and turn out students better equipped to handle the last two years of University, than the propaganda trained idiots who went there the first two years.


82 posted on 01/08/2015 7:42:36 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: bryan999

“two years of community college free for students with a C+ average who attend school at least half-time”

And the straight A students who attend school all of the time are just out of luck.


83 posted on 01/08/2015 7:50:30 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Baracka Claus!!
Rush going to have field day with this tomorrow.


84 posted on 01/08/2015 7:55:26 PM PST by rainee (Her)
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To: bryan999

Sounds like Obama is getting ready to announce he’s running for a Third Term


85 posted on 01/08/2015 8:00:19 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Our man in washington

Well put.
Students who want to go to college fairly easily can.

This is for those who don’t want to go.
Why? To provide a demand for unionized teachers- who don’t want to have to teach.


86 posted on 01/08/2015 8:11:39 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: mrsmith

Teacher unions are backing the Hands up don’t shoot ,can’t breath bull , them need money


87 posted on 01/08/2015 8:17:01 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: bryan999

local media going gaga over this proposal not asking where the money will come from to fund it.

if the GOP caves on this then they deserve to lose big.


88 posted on 01/08/2015 8:21:56 PM PST by RginTN
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To: bryan999

We will be Venezuela by the time Obama leaves office. He will make sure of it.


89 posted on 01/08/2015 8:23:40 PM PST by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: bryan999

Money for nothin’...... chicks for free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag


90 posted on 01/08/2015 8:41:13 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny, dontchyaknow.)
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To: bryan999

Hispanics and blacks only because all white kids are rich.../s


91 posted on 01/08/2015 8:42:19 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Lorianne

It already is - a neighbor teaches at a local juco and said so many of the kids can’t pass an entrance exam so they offer remedial reading comp/writing/algebra classes - so these kids are paying college rates to learn what they should have learned in high school for free.


92 posted on 01/08/2015 8:50:19 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: OldArmy52

> 2 years of college?!
Only 2?!
Make it 4...no wait, 8, no 20 years of free college!
I also want a free house, free car (Lexus is acceptable).
And Kobe beef every day.
And a living wage....a minimum wage of oh, $100 per hour would be a good start.
And I want...and....and also.....
I am the Free Sh*t Army!
EVERYTHING should free!

Liberals summed up in a few lines


93 posted on 01/08/2015 8:51:44 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: bryan999

Asshole


94 posted on 01/08/2015 9:02:16 PM PST by AbnSarge
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To: bryan999

This is a gimmick!

It’s been awhile, but it used to be nearly free.

Just how expensive is it now?


95 posted on 01/08/2015 9:03:32 PM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: bryan999

You can already get this, if you know what you are doing

1. You are over 25
2. You were in the military
3. Your parents are so poor that you get enough grants to do this
4. You take your last 2 years in High School at tech school (only available right now for the brightest of students; I believe that this should be expanded to students who want trades so they graduate with both a HS diploma and an associates degree that allows them to get a job out of HS, or two years towards college. It would end the duplication of coursework in the last two years of high school and the first two years of college if one chooses to pursue a bachelors, and result in a net savings to taxpayers and students alike).


96 posted on 01/08/2015 9:04:22 PM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: bryan999

Sure.....after working my way through an evening college program (this took me ten years to earn a BS degree..... working full time and going to college one or two courses per quarter) .....I am HONORED to pay for college for somebody else. Honored, I tell you.


97 posted on 01/08/2015 9:06:16 PM PST by bufferina
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To: A message

Many magic beans:
Free
Education
Liberals
Indoctrination
Jobs
Blah, blah, blah

How did he NOT work in the magic nostrums of global warming, infrastructure, and Dreamers?


98 posted on 01/08/2015 9:10:52 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: bryan999

“Free” means taxpayers pay for it? Is he insane?


99 posted on 01/08/2015 9:27:16 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: sickoflibs

Ping


100 posted on 01/08/2015 9:29:09 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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