Posted on 05/06/2019 5:52:06 PM PDT by hsmomx3
Using the high cost of a college education as cover, Donald Trump and senior advisor/daughter Ivanka released the Proposals to Reform the Higher Education Act. As is always the case whenever Washington uses the word “reform,” the result will be bigger government, more spending, and less liberty.
“We need to modernize our higher education system to make it affordable, flexible, and more outcome oriented so that all Americans, young and old, can learn the skills they need to secure and retain good-paying jobs,” Ivanka stated in a call with reporters.
Sounds noble, doesn’t it? Did you notice the absence of words like “personal accountability” and “free markets” and the use the pronoun “we” to describe the federal government? Nancy Pelosi would be so proud.
In reality, Daddy’s little girl is promoting the equivalent of Common Core for colleges where government money will only be doled out to those who “make the grade” — pardon the pun — as established by the government.
It makes sense when you think about it. Common Core fails to prepare students for college, and college fails to prepare students for the real world. Merging the two was inevitable.
In his overview of the proposal, Trump bragged about how he has “reversed regulatory initiatives that increased the cost of college, fueled skyrocketing student debt levels, and hampered innovation.” Ironic because he concluded by renewing his commitment to reform higher education “through legislation and regulatory reform.”
While including a mixed bag of good/bad principles, every “problem” came with a several big-government solutions.
“Congress should expand… Congress should reform… Congress should require…”
A few of the most troubling suggestions are: focusing on “student outcomes,” increasing “institutional accountability,” supporting “returning citizens,” and simplifying “student aid.”
While harmless-sounding on the surface, “student outcomes” and “institutional accountability” are buzzwords right out of the Common Core playbook.
Supporting “returning citizens,” aka criminals released from prison, sounds great. How else will the drug traffickers and gun felons released early from prison, thanks to Ivanka’s and Van Jones’ prisoner reform legislation, go to college?
Simplifying “student aid” sounds like a good idea until you get to the part where Trump proposes the expansion of student loan forgiveness. I guess borrowing money you never have repay is pretty simple. And as a man with numerous bankruptcies to his credit, it’s no surprise that he supports defacto bankruptcy on school loans.
Never having to repay taxpayer-funded student loans has always been a key part of Ivanka’s agenda. In Sept. 2018, she supported a bill proposed by Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) that would allow companies to cover student-loan payments as a tax-free benefit, the same way they are allowed to pay for college tuition reimbursement or for health insurance.
You may be thinking, “Doesn’t that mean the loan gets paid?” Yes and no. The loan is repaid, but as a tax-free benefit the employee pays no taxes on the money and the employer is able to reduce compensation costs. In the end, the cost of the student loan is shifted to the taxpayer.
Neal McCluskey, director of the CATO Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom blames the high cost of college on government handouts and tax breaks. And he believes that creating more giveaway programs will only make the situation worse.
In response to Davis’ bill, McCluskey stated that the government should get out of the education-financing business. “The root problem in American higher education is government subsidies, especially to students in the forms of federal grants, loans, and tax credits,” McCluskey said. “They enable colleges to raise their prices, often at rates well in excess of inflation, and students to demand lots of things that have little, if anything, to do with learning.”
McCluskey is right, but I have a feeling that Ivanka is about to chalk up another victory for her socialist feminist agenda by working “across the aisle” to make Common Core for college a reality … with Daddy’s blessing.
Free college at government taxpayer expense is in Bernie Sanders’ platform, but it looks like Trump will beat him to it.
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If 0 and Mr Michelle had thought of this, the drive-by media and liberal pundits nationwide would be salivating and lauding it.
Which tells you just how bad it is.
Javanka are the disaster of Trump’s admin. Leftists to their core, getting whatever they want from Ivanka’s “Daddy”.
Agreed but I can’t believe I have not seen this prior to today.
Am curious to know if others here knew about it.
Ivanka has a nice face and body. She’s a bit charismatic.
And she’s LIBERAL.
And she has a liberal husband.
I don’t get why she has this weird magic spell on so many people. On her dad? I get that part; she’s his daughter.
She’s not a conservative —at all.
Hmmmm. It’s going nowhere of course. The lady has special powers over me as well, but not always on policy prescriptions. I want to hear this boosted a bit. As I said, it is going nowhere, but educators need to hear again that their racket may be coming to an end.
If 0 and Mr Michelle had thought of this, the drive-by media and liberal pundits nationwide would be salivating and lauding it.
Cut all college funding. That’ll force them to focus on degrees that people are actually willing to pay for - engineering, business, medicine, law.
Away goes the commie programs unless some other commie decides to fund it themselves.
Never heard of this turd before. He wants to cite the Cato Instotite. No thanks
Never having to repay taxpayer-funded student loans has always been a key part of Ivanka’s agenda. In Sept. 2018, she supported a bill proposed by Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) that would allow companies to cover student-loan payments as a tax-free benefit, the same way they are allowed to pay for college tuition reimbursement or for health insurance.
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The whole idea of not requiring repayment of college loans irritates the hell out of me. It is a slap in the face of families and students who have worked hard (including 2nd jobs, max overtime) in advance of or during college attendance to pay as much of college expenses as possible to hold down the need for loans. Where loans were required these responsible families paid them back as quickly as possible. Were these people fools for actually being responsible?
Irritates me as well.
My kids had debt right out of college and each one of them worked very, very hard to pay off their loans within two years of graduation...on their own and without any help.
I am NOT bragging just stating that they did it and worked hard.
BS; I don’t think this is in the works at all.
Would this eliminate funding for useless or leftist junk courses, such as gay studies, black studies, social justice, etc.? If so, might it be a step in the right direction? Or does the bad completely overwhelm any good?
She’s not a conservative —at all.
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First clue: jamie gorelick is her attorney
I would not cast a vote for her. I see folks all the time talking about running her for president. Not on my dime.
I do like Don Jr., but Ivanka is a Leftist. She can’t grasp her dadn’s message > IMO.
He should steer clear of some of this stuff too.
If he wants to do something productive about education, he should get his buddies in Congress to demand balanced education, where Capitalism and pro U. S. policy at least gets equal footing on our campuses.
Right now we’re paying for the overthrow of our own nation, with every government dollars that goes to our education system.
I’d like to see a way to eliminate government unions.
Get this hearsay, never-Trump, bullcrap out a here!
“The strident conservative”?
Right, they have all the insider info!
I’ve never heard of them before.
Just posted for informational purposes only.
Don’t jump on me for posting this.
Is this a joke or satire?
On this particular point, the author is a moron.
The first step to reforming and popping the debt bubble of American higher education is end the Dept. of Education and their slavery-inducing loans.
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