Posted on 12/08/2019 2:07:30 PM PST by karpov
Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey on Tuesday proposed investing $100 billion in historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, a broad proposal in a Democratic field that has offered varying plans to prop up this longstanding yet struggling arm of the educational system.
Many H.B.C.U.s, as historically black colleges and universities are commonly known, have faced widespread financial woes recently, with some schools losing accreditation and facing plummeting enrollment.
Mr. Bookers proposal comes at a precarious time for his presidential campaign: Despite crossing the 200,000 individual-donor threshold last month, he is still short four qualifying polls for the December debate and is in real danger of being left off the stage.
While many candidates, including Senators Kamala Harris of California, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.; and Mayor Pete Buttigieg, of South Bend, Ind., have already rolled out proposals to invest billions into H.B.C.U.s, an anchor of Mr. Bookers proposal is dedicating at least $40 billion to those institutions for climate change research.
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Mr. Bookers plan also calls for an additional $30 billion in grants to expand and improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics known as STEM education at H.B.C.U.s and minority-serving institutions, and another $30 billion in grants to upgrade facilities and infrastructure at the schools.
H.B.C.U.s make our country stronger and more reflective of the diversity that makes us so great, Mr. Booker said in a statement announcing the proposal.
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Cory...that’s discrimination. But I know how to around that.
I’m black now.
CMON CORY, MAKE IT 100 TRILLION...........
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Better yet, Cory can helicopter over black neighborhoods with Soros money, throwing out $100 bills and yelling, “Vote for me!”.
Dems doing what Dems do best. Taking everyones money and giving it to their favored constituents, with, of course, some taken off the top.
I really dont understand their purpose in the 21st century. Of course, I dont understand the purpose of any of our present universities in the 21st century, either.
I wonder what foreigners think of these historically black schools.
Whose $100,000,000,000? Not his. Its easy to be generous with someone elses hard earned cash. Booker is just another socialist tyrant without a clue as to what actually fuels individual success and drives the economy. Hes just another example of how unfit Democrats are to be in charge of anything.
Um ... they are regular colleges. I'm going to go out a limb and guess that their tuition isn't as high as that of other colleges of comparable merit. Hence the begging. Government shouldn't get involved in these schools any more than they should get involved with others, but they do serve a purpose.
Spend happy ‘Rat
Booker bets nothing.
He wants you and I to bet.
And it's as if he were asking us to bet on a $5000 claimer against Secretariat in a race at a mile and a quarter.
ML/NJ
Cory Booker is irrelevant and has bet nothing.
Some animals are more equal, huh Cory?
“A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.”
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If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.
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“One thing you can always count on from these lib types is Inconsistency and Hypocrisy. Well thats two things, but math is hard!”
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We are forced to tolerate elections in which deceitful narcissists appeal to fools and get into office. They then represent us. Stay in for decades (Dingell,Pelosi,Nadler). Feel like the treasury is their personal fun piggy bank and we have no say because they "represent us".
Trump was a true outsider and the insiders cannot tolerate that.
How much is grifted from the HBCU’S?
Where’s our beloved Amos, Andy,the Kingfish and Red Foxx when we need them?
“What will the taxpayers get in exchange for the money?”
Same crap we get with our annual $10,000 plus real estate tax “investment” in public schools...the shaft.
Nice of him to bet with our money
Lawyer Calhoun is holding out for Lightnin’ to come forward.
Jackie Childs is also looking into it
Thanks...I forgot about Calhoun and Lightnin’.
Is Booker still running?
I thought he was complaining that now that Fauxahauntus has declared herself non Injun and the Half Indian/Jamaican dropped out there is NO DIVERSITY left.
Isn’t Booker Black?
These clowns really know how to stir up Schiff!!
My question is does Booker have $100 Billion in his own account?
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