Thursday, July 14, 2011

Cutting student aid: short sighted an hypocritcal

GOP Pushes New Cuts
The two sides in debt talks seem to be hardening their positions as default looms. Howard Kurtz on Obama’s vow to protect seniors and students amid new GOP proposals that include saving $40 billion via a student-loan clampdown.

More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/11/debt-crisis-deepens-as-eric-cantor-gop-propose-new-cuts.html

Short sighted: Because, having invested over many decades and built the best higher education system in the world, GOP COngressmen and Governors now propose to starve it.

Hypocritical: Because in the next breath they tell us, don't look for government support for health care, etc. Get a good education and you can make all the money you need.
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