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Old 09-09-2016, 11:43 AM
 
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If investing in themselves isn't enough of an incentive, they won't make it through college. You have to be motivated to make it through college, and people who feel they shouldn't invest in themselves aren't motivated.
Lots of people do well in high school cant go to college. The slackers of rich parents can, regardless of how little they invest in themselves.

But it sounds like you dont even support tuition free K-12 and want America to turn into Peru or Bolivia, where everyone just pays out of pocket for everything and a tiny elite at the top makes sure 95% can never afford it.
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:44 AM
 
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Hillary is in bed with billionaires and Wall Street bankers. Are you voting for her?
I havent decided yet. Which puppet do you support?
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:45 AM
 
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Lots of people do well in high school cant go to college.
Yes they can. At least try to be honest and not make absurd statements.
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:46 AM
 
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I havent decided yet. Which puppet do you support?
Neither. Nobody running is worth a crap, so I'm leaving the POTUS race blank.

I'm no partisan cheerleader.
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:47 AM
 
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Yes they can. At least try to be honest and not make absurd statements.
No they cant without going massively into debt which they cant afford, unlike the slackers of rich parents. We dont have a meritocracy in America. And you and the puppets you support want to eliminate ALL help for the working class kids. Disgraceful.
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:48 AM
 
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Neither. Nobody running is worth a crap, so I'm leaving the POTUS race blank.

I'm no partisan cheerleader.
POTUS is largely irrelavant. I am talking about down ballot races. Which puppets do you support?
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:49 AM
 
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Free my A. It's called taxpayers!
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:49 AM
 
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Do I get my college tuition refunded to me?
^ you asked my question
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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This is absurd. By this logic, we should privatize K-12 as well and just make a tiny elite educated and just let 50% of the workforce not even attend elementary school. That would ensure that we dont degrade education. A tiny super rich and well educated elite at the top and a large pool of uneducated and desperate people at t he bottom. Latin America is a place where this is the ideal.
the simple fact is that the primary goal of primary schools (k-12) is to evaluate and separate those that can go to college and those that should not be allowed
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Old 09-09-2016, 11:51 AM
 
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No they cant without going massively into debt which they cant afford, unlike the slackers of rich parents. We dont have a meritocracy in America. And you and the puppets you support want to eliminate ALL help for the working class kids. Disgraceful.
Pure 100% BS.

They can afford to go. That's just a fact. They might have 5 or 10 years of debt to pay off after going, but the extra money they can make will easily cover those payments.

Envious whining won't give your invalid argument any merit.
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