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riversedge

(70,282 posts)
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 01:56 PM Aug 2015

Hillary Clinton accuses Scott Walker of raising taxes on students

Source: Politico




By Gabriel Debenedetti

8/11/15 12:20 PM EDT


CLAREMONT, N.H. —.............................

“Take Gov. Walker of Wisconsin, who seems to be delighted in slashing higher education in his state, in making it more difficult for students to get scholarships and pay off their debt, eliminating opportunities for young people who are doctors or dentists to actually work in underserved areas in return for having their debt relieved, ending scholarships for poor kids,” Clinton said Tuesday while rolling out her new education plan in the second day of a quick swing through the Granite State.

“And, most surprisingly to me, [Walker rejected] legislation that would have made it tax-deductible for you on your income tax, to deduct the amount of your loan payment. I don’t know why he wants to raise taxes on students, but that is the result.”


In Exeter on Monday, Clinton used multiple questions about Republican firebrand Donald Trump as an opportunity to throw elbows at Rubio for his positions on abortion. .............


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/hillary-clinton-accuses-scott-walker-rasing-taxes-121256.html#ixzz3iclZvscj



Good work Hillary



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Hillary Clinton accuses Scott Walker of raising taxes on students (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
She is just getting warmed up and outlining policy positions cosmicone Aug 2015 #1
Good strike back at Repug Walker. /nt NCjack Aug 2015 #2
 

cosmicone

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1. She is just getting warmed up and outlining policy positions
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 02:18 PM
Aug 2015

rather than sheer BS rhetoric of "beware of those big bad corporations and billionaires"

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