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Our Teamster Money going to the Nation of Islam? for real?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiedriver" data-source="post: 58804"><p>My glass is pretty darn full, but I'm not trying to go to carry a full load in college with rising tuition and falling financial aid. Bush promised $5100/year in Pell grants in 2000, today the maximum is just over $4000, with it set to rise 2.5% per year until 2010, where it tops out at $4550. The average tuition ay a public college for in- state students is rising at about 10.5%. To quote a St. Petersburg Times editorial: </p><p> </p><p><em>In an economy that all but requires a college degree for success, lack of financial means can have a devastating effect on a student's opportunities in life. Bush made that very point in the debate, noting that "education is how to make sure we've got a work force that's productive and competitive." On what new theory does he now justify making those education options less available to the poor and middle class?</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiedriver, post: 58804"] My glass is pretty darn full, but I'm not trying to go to carry a full load in college with rising tuition and falling financial aid. Bush promised $5100/year in Pell grants in 2000, today the maximum is just over $4000, with it set to rise 2.5% per year until 2010, where it tops out at $4550. The average tuition ay a public college for in- state students is rising at about 10.5%. To quote a St. Petersburg Times editorial: [i]In an economy that all but requires a college degree for success, lack of financial means can have a devastating effect on a student's opportunities in life. Bush made that very point in the debate, noting that "education is how to make sure we've got a work force that's productive and competitive." On what new theory does he now justify making those education options less available to the poor and middle class?[/i] [/QUOTE]
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