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Obama decries rising cost of college education (Cannot "just jack up tuition")
AP ^ | January 27, 2012 | Jim Kuhnhenn and Kimberly Hefling

Posted on 01/27/2012 8:07:17 AM PST by maggief

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‘‘We are putting colleges on notice,’’ Obama said. ‘‘You can’t assume that you'll just jack up tuition every single year. If you can’t stop tuition from going up, then the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down.’’

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; college; collegebubble; collge; obama; obana; tuition
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To: maggief

Read the whole story. Basically he’s saying “Tell me you’re doing better and I’ll give you more government money.”

Democrats - Thieves, Thugs, Thralls and Thickheads


41 posted on 01/27/2012 9:38:42 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: maggief

Old Massah Professor takes a look at this and has another sip of fine bourbon, belches and says, “This is good for the plantation.”


42 posted on 01/27/2012 9:41:16 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: LS

I agree. The aid has always been there to match the cost of education. Aid is the dependent variable. It goes up to match the increase in tuition, the independent variable.


43 posted on 01/27/2012 10:28:45 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
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To: maggief

They’re trying to create perpetual students like themselves.


44 posted on 01/27/2012 10:34:53 AM PST by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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