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SEIU President Henry: "Obama's Community College Proposal is a Step in the Right Direction....
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ^ | 3:55 PM Eastern - Friday, January 9, 2015 | Jonathan Huskey

Posted on 01/19/2015 11:29:34 AM PST by WhiskeyX

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1 posted on 01/19/2015 11:29:34 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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I stopped reading when I got to the words from poor quality for-profit institutions.
2 posted on 01/19/2015 11:31:34 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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The more students, the more money for instructors.

They have learned well from the college level.

Everyone gets a trophy.


3 posted on 01/19/2015 11:34:50 AM PST by hadaclueonce (Ethanol is stupid.)
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Overlooking the fact that all that money would probably do better trying to improve the 4 years of high school one goes prior to Community college.

Our public schools fail us, so we need to add 2 more years after high school so that they can finish reading and writing.


4 posted on 01/19/2015 11:36:11 AM PST by Usagi_yo (It's not possible to give success. Only opportunity. Success is earned on it's own right.)
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To: WhiskeyX

I don’t agree. Putting all of the SEIU thugs in prison would be “a step in the right direction.”


5 posted on 01/19/2015 11:36:20 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
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To: hadaclueonce
The more students, the more money for instructors.

Is there a union of professors?

6 posted on 01/19/2015 11:36:41 AM PST by ealgeone
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Gee. I wonder why the SEIU president would be saying that the government pumping more money into the community college system is a good idea?


7 posted on 01/19/2015 11:38:46 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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But...but...if everybody gets educated they’ll see what a bunch of commie b@stards the SEIU is made up of. They don’t really want that, do they?


8 posted on 01/19/2015 11:39:37 AM PST by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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Is there a union of professors?

Of course there is.

It's called the Democrat Party.

9 posted on 01/19/2015 11:39:55 AM PST by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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To: Usagi_yo

I think we should do like GB, have them take a test. The stupid ones can start patching the roads. Private schools do more with less and produce a better student.


10 posted on 01/19/2015 11:40:19 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: WhiskeyX

The “FREE SCHIT FAIRY” is gonna make it rain!!!

And anyone that dares to stand against it will be called someone that “wants to destroy the future of American Youth!”.

I can see this clearly. These are the same people that sold the sheeple on “HOPE!” and “CHANGE!” without ever being questioned on what that inane rhetoric meant.


11 posted on 01/19/2015 11:44:01 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: ealgeone
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) unites 2 million diverse members in the United States

Not sure /s

12 posted on 01/19/2015 11:44:46 AM PST by hadaclueonce (Ethanol is stupid.)
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“President Obama has announced a proposal to make two years of community college free...Sixty-one percent of faculty at America’s community colleges are part-time and often poorly paid...we need to ensure that the faculty they depend on have stable positions....”

Someone failed Economics 101?


13 posted on 01/19/2015 11:46:00 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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How would you expect a communist to respond?


14 posted on 01/19/2015 11:47:00 AM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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The students aren’t going to have any more money to continue their education after 2 years. If he’s going to do this, offer the students a full ride 4 yr university degree with a 10k cash bonus at graduation for those with over a 3.5 GPA.

That’s how I’d propose it if I was a socialist.


15 posted on 01/19/2015 11:47:07 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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Note that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to tax and spend for vote-winning intrastate college tuition purposes. So if SEIU President Henry wants federal support for students then this is what he must do.

President Henry needs to work with state and federal lawmakers to propose a college tuition amendment to the Constitution to the states. And if the states choose to ratify Mr. Henry’s amendment then Congress will have the constitutional authority that it needs to tax and spend for intrastate college tuition purposes and Mr. Henry will be a hero.

16 posted on 01/19/2015 11:49:43 AM PST by Amendment10
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Fine, let SEIU pay for it.


17 posted on 01/19/2015 11:49:45 AM PST by Lets Roll NOW (A baby isn't a punishment, Obama is)
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he smells more money for his union. but kids are entering college with reading skills only at grade 7 (recent news report, cited on FR).

any extra noney (do we have any?) will be far, far better spent trying to fix our public high schools


18 posted on 01/19/2015 12:28:38 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: ealgeone

The Maine State Employees Association, MSEA-SEIU represents
the adjunct faculty for the University of Southern Maine.
That union also represents the faculty at the maritime college in Maine. Public college and universities are represented by several different unions. As I recall the Teamsters even organized one college faculty some years ago.


19 posted on 01/19/2015 12:35:49 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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any extra noney (do we have any?) will be far, far better spent trying to fix our public high schools

We've been throwing money at the public schools for decades. And, for the most part, they've only gotten worse.

When it comes to public education, it's evident that lack of money isn't the problem. We're throwing good money after bad. Accordingly, perhaps we ought to be investing in something else -- like tax credits for home schoolers. Like vouchers.

20 posted on 01/19/2015 12:38:08 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTEAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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