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Oregon promised free tuition. Now it's cutting back.
CNN Money ^ | 23 August 2017 | Katie Lobosco

Posted on 08/24/2017 5:51:52 AM PDT by oh8eleven

Oregon became one of the first states to make tuition free for new students at community colleges last year, but the cash-strapped state can't fully fund the program this fall. Now some students won't be able to participate.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: college; oregon
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To: EDINVA

Back in the early 70’s I had a free ride to any state university in Illinois. The Illinois State Scholarship program. You had to undergo testing and score high. It did not cover room board and books but the free tuition helped. otherwise I would not have been able to go.


41 posted on 08/24/2017 7:32:34 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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To: oh8eleven

I hate to say it but Tennessee did this too, by taxing the wealthy who use premium gasoline.. I moved to Tennessee because I thought it was a haven.. there is no such thing. #Class warfare #TN REDISTRIBUTION


42 posted on 08/24/2017 7:34:11 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

We have been buying imported goods because the Fed has been printing money. In essence, it has been printing prosperity and creating the false notion that you can get something for nothing. The problem, of course, is that the side effects of massive debt and inflation will eventually have to be reckoned with. So far, the Fed has been unable to find a way to unwind its huge balance sheet and normalize interest rates without destroying markets. They have a tiger by the tail.


43 posted on 08/24/2017 7:38:26 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: oh8eleven

Close the colleges and just mail the prospective students their diplomas. It would be a lot cheaper in the long run, and it would get rid of the community college indoctrination profs.

Too many diplomas are about a valuable as participation trophies anyway.


44 posted on 08/24/2017 7:43:39 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of people to take money from.” -—Margaret Thatcher

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Actually, there are two problems. The erosion of individual freedoms is the other as the government seeks ever higher taxation and regulation over economic activity, and seeks to silence those who resist the growth of big government.


45 posted on 08/24/2017 7:43:54 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: mewzilla

Borrow!


46 posted on 08/24/2017 7:45:08 AM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: MomwithHope

There is actually a pile of people who take out student loans and then drop the classes in order to get a refund. That’s free money if you never pay it back.


47 posted on 08/24/2017 7:49:14 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: momincombatboots
I hate to say it but Tennessee did this too ...
NY just started a "free" program this year for the state SUNY system.
Comrade Governor Cuomo will never admit defeat so I expect more and higher taxes - soon.
48 posted on 08/24/2017 8:07:53 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Vehmgericht

Borrow, then demand a bailout. Oh, boy...


49 posted on 08/24/2017 8:09:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: oh8eleven

Bernie Sanders’ fReE pUbLiC cOlLeGe


50 posted on 08/24/2017 8:20:48 AM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden can't be fought)
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To: oh8eleven

Hard lesson to learn that there’s no such thing as a free lunch or college tuition.


51 posted on 08/24/2017 8:40:47 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: AppyPappy

WOW. Even of I knew of a loan program back then I would not have borrowed. that’s not the way I was raised. Heck, my Dad and Mom never even had a checking account or credit card.


52 posted on 08/24/2017 9:06:03 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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To: oh8eleven
Vermont (Bernie Sanders country) tried their @sses off to get a single-payer h/c system going but it failed.

What a surprise.

Any legislator who cares a whiff about actually representing their constituency, truly wants them to have healthcare options, and understands even the basics about economics (I know, I've really limited the number of knowledgeable politicians), knows that SP won't work.

Single-payer is a means to control people, not provide healthcare.

53 posted on 08/24/2017 9:09:12 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Starboard

That was well put. I never quite looked at that aspect. We finance our trade deficit with printed money. People think “weeze been robbed by dim Chicoms”. I say we are stealing the Chicoms blind. They are stupid for enslaving themselves to make and sell us cheap stuff. Then to beat all, they accept US paper in exchange for their blood and sweat.


54 posted on 08/24/2017 9:28:37 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: BelleAl

Merit based? Why that’s racist!


55 posted on 08/24/2017 12:59:57 PM PDT by des
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To: oh8eleven
guess they ran out of OP$
56 posted on 08/24/2017 4:44:29 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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