Friday - January 09, 2015

Just Messing With Ya

Ever get the feeling that the pResident pulls crap out of a rabbit hole just to piss of Republicans? I swear he does.

Here’s another one, a totally unworkable piece of garbage. And when the Republicans object to it, it will be “Those racist Conservatives are against higher education for minorities and other low income kids.”

It’s a trap. A landmine. Episode 787,318 in Douchebag Politics. Points to Obama I suppose; he’s getting a big one in before the new GOP controlled legislature can do much more than arrange the deck chairs for a better view of the iceberg. Who cares if we’re talking $40 BILLION a year, or that this would cause community colleges to become dumbed down even further?

President Barack Obama will need the approval of Congress to realize his proposal for making two years of community college free for students.

So far, that plan doesn’t have an official price tag — other than “significant,” according to White House officials. If all 50 states participate, the proposal could benefit 9 million students each year and save students an average of $3,800 in tuition, the White House said.

But administration officials insisted on a call with reporters Thursday evening that “this is a proposal with bipartisan appeal.”

Case in point: Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, whose brainchild Tennessee Promise program strongly influenced Obama’s proposal. Beginning this year, any high school graduate in that state is eligible for two years of free community college tuition under the Tennessee Promise.

Oh, even better. He’s a genius. Take some Republican dumbshittery, like RomneyCare, and rewrite it at the national level. So when it goes bust, he AS USUAL has someone on the right to blame.

We are so doomed. 

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