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White House Tells 529 Savers To Go To Community College
town hall ^ | 1/23/15 | Conn Carroll

Posted on 01/23/2015 1:54:27 PM PST by Nachum

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Friday that middle-class families concerned about President Obama's plan to raise taxes on their college savings should just send their children to community college.

Obama's plan raises taxes on families saving for college by eliminating the tax-free status of money withdrawn from a 529 savings accounts. "I was very surprised by the Obama 529 proposal because in many ways it is anti-middle class for families trying to afford college," SavingforCollege.com founder Joe Hurley told The New York Times.

Asked to "square" Obama's State of the Union claim that he wanted to make college more affordable for middle-class families with his 529 tax hike, Earnest said, "The reforms the president has proposed for the 529 program are reforms that he would consider only in the context of the other education reforms that he put forward."

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To: Nachum

Well, we KNEW this was coming. I’ll bet the dirty b@stards will have their hands on our retirement funds before PINO* 0bama leaves office.

(Good luck finding mine, ya blood-sucking parasites!)

*President In Name Only (Use it!)


21 posted on 01/23/2015 2:20:35 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Nachum

Why would anyone be surprised Obola is anti middle class. One of the tenants of Marxist doctrine is the destruction of the middle class. These so called conservative pundits amaze me how they can be such quislings.


22 posted on 01/23/2015 2:23:49 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

On deck, 401k and IRA accounts.


23 posted on 01/23/2015 2:31:46 PM PST by glock rocks (Whenever I find myself in a conundrum, I ask myself: What would Elvis do?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Saving people vs spending people.
He prefers the latter, but not because of their habits, but because of their reflectivity.


24 posted on 01/23/2015 2:32:40 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

No, he knows what he’s doing.


25 posted on 01/23/2015 2:32:58 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Nachum

Community colleges are state-run.


26 posted on 01/23/2015 2:33:42 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots
Community colleges are state-run.

Soon to be federally run.

27 posted on 01/23/2015 2:43:35 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Nachum

What an insult to those parents who took care to look after their child’s future.


28 posted on 01/23/2015 2:49:28 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Nachum

If you save money, you aren’t beholden to the government. So the government wants to take your savings, and loan you money - instant servitude.


29 posted on 01/23/2015 3:07:22 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you are white, you are “rich.”


30 posted on 01/23/2015 3:11:51 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Nachum
I was very surprised by the Obama 529 proposal because in many ways it is anti-middle class for families trying to afford college,"P>The free college deal will flood the colleges with lazy students that do not desire to learn, but want to party on the government dime. It is not about getting people trained, it is all about insuring that colleges are flush with money and over crowded so that NOBODY can learn.

Communists fear wise people, they slaughter them first chance they get after gun control is put in place.

31 posted on 01/23/2015 3:19:57 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Nachum

529 is just another liberal scheme for “targeted tax cuts” to funnel money to their constituents who run the universities, along with Pell grants, student loans, etc. Why should someone get a tax break for sending their kids to college, but not helping them start a business or buy a house?


32 posted on 01/23/2015 3:20:02 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Nachum

this proposal is dead on arrival.


33 posted on 01/23/2015 3:21:02 PM PST by grandpa jones (obama delenda est)
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To: GeronL

“They really hate the uppity middle class peasants!”

Let’s rewrite your statement so it’s closer to reality:

Black racist Marxists really hate the white middle class!


34 posted on 01/23/2015 3:23:17 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Nachum

It’s very simple. Whenever Obama (or pretty much any Democrat) says, “I [or we] want to make it easier for Americans [or ordinary folks or the middle class] to [fill in any activity here],” what is meant is “I [or we] want to make Americans [or ordinary folks or the middle class] absolutely dependent upon government programs to have any means of [fill in any activity here].”


35 posted on 01/23/2015 3:32:30 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: Nachum
should just send their children to community college

Just give grandma those pain pills - she doesn't need surgery.

The government knows what's best for us "little people".

36 posted on 01/23/2015 3:39:20 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Nachum

Well not everyone can have a Dr. Khalid al-Mansour to help take care of education costs.

“Before he ever ran for anything...”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD068xXkCZc

“Who paid for Obama’s college?”

Dr. Khalid Al Mansour was a financial backer and strategic planner for Barack Obama over the span of 29 years. Percy Sutton, attorney revealed this connection in an interview. Mansour solicited a letter of recommendation from Percy Sutton on Obamas behalf to Harvard University. Al Mansour was very well connected with very wealthy Saudis. Among them are one of the richest men in the world, the Saudi Prins Alwaleed. Alwaleed offered a $10 million dollar contribution of the victims of 9-11. The offer was made at the same time as Alwaleed stated that it was the US foreign policy that caused 9-11. The NY Mayor at that time Rudy Guiliani declined the donation and felt insulted by the comments made by the Saudi Prins. Prins Alwaleed may have been the sponsor of the muslim friendly Barack Obama. It is not clear exactly where the money came from. Al Mansour has not told the world about this secret financial arrangement. Obamas family did not have the ability to pay for his college. Additonal information on this subject is requested. Alwaleed donated $20 million to Harvard University to fund Islamic Studies. He also donate large funds to the construction of Mosques and printed Islamic material. The TV interview with Percy Sutton where he talks about this can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1NA3u4oohs

http://www.answers.com/Q/Who_paid_for_Obama%27s_college


37 posted on 01/23/2015 5:53:31 PM PST by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s a common thief!


38 posted on 01/23/2015 5:59:44 PM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: MrB

He prefers the latter, but not because of their habits, but because of their reflectivity.

Because they vote Democratic.


39 posted on 01/23/2015 7:59:38 PM PST by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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To: glock rocks

” On deck, 401k and IRA accounts.”

I’m sure the whores in BOTH parties are licking their lips at the prospect of grabbing this money. Damn them both to hell.


40 posted on 01/24/2015 8:27:45 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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