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Originally Posted by thatguydownsouth
You genius this IS FOR the working man. Why do so many fight against something that will benefit them, yet be complacent about spending tax revenue on something that doesn't benefit them at all!
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I guess you have a reading comprehension deficit as you clearly are missing my point, and making assumptions to boot.
For starters, most working men (i.e. blue collar workers) can afford Community College as the rates are very low compared with many other institutions of higher learning. So don't think for a minute this is for people in our society that are producers. Instead it is for those who are already leaches on society who typically don't work, have marketable skills, or the drive/ambition to succeed.
Second, and this may be a foreign concept to you, but many people who are against "things that will help them", don't want to be given those things, they want to earn it!
Sure everyone would love to win the lottery, but by and large, they want to earn their way, not be given a handout from the government. This also applies to average people being against the estate tax (i.e. Death Tax), even though they will likely never be directly effected by it.
You know why?
Because we are Americans, part of a Constitutional Republic that has become the greatest country on earth based on capitalism. We are not a bunch of socialist from Europe who expect to be coddled from the cradle to the grave. That might be ok for some slugs, but it is not the American way. We were given this great country by geniuses of their time, our Founding Fathers. They risked and sacrificed much to pass it on to us, but now days a bunch of whining Mommas boys want to be wet nursed their entire lives.
Obama & Co want to help the same type of people he was helping as a "community organizer" (i.e. rabble rouser). Funny how his buddy and top race relations consultant Sharpton had the same title. Obama is more polished than Sharpton, but don't think for a minute they are not of the same mind when it comes to helping their people. As Holder put it, "my people", meaning black people. Oh sure, this program can benefit other races, but don't think for a minute helping minorities is not at the forefront of their thinking. Why else do you think Holder is on a tear to try and change the criminal justice system, to grant amnesty for "certain types of offenders which disproportionately affect people of black/brown skin color" ?
He also wants to erase previous convictions from peoples records so they can get a job for the same people, "his people". Or maybe you have not heard him make such racists comments?
Can you imagine if a white AG were to address a group of white activists and refer to them as my people?
The (D's) and the liberal media would demand his resignation, yet Holder is free to be the most racist AG in my lifetime, and nary a peep is heard from the leftists.
I can feel myself going on a rant here.
The bottom line is that many people of all races have come from poverty and made something of themselves without handouts. Furthermore not everyone is cut out to go to college because they do not have the skills/ability/time management, etc. to succeed. Saying free school for all will result in incredible amounts of waste because there is no incentive (i.e. skin in the game) to push/motivate the slugs.
Personally I think a program to go to trade schools that must be paid back upon securing a job is more worthwhile. Many of the same targeted group of people would actually be able to get a job in blue collar professions like plumbers, teamsters, electricians, etc. and make a decent living as well. Going to college for an AA degree for a white collar job is unrealistic for many of the targeted people who a free CC education is being promoted for.
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