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Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 11:16 PM Jan 2016

"Want a selfie?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-battling-in-iowa-turns-warm-under-pressure.html

When Joseph Miller, 13, of Vinton, squeezed his way to the front of the crowd to ask how Mrs. Clinton would make college affordable for his generation, she crouched down to tell him face to face about her “New College Compact” and why it is different from Mr. Sanders’s plan.

“I’m not going to take care of rich people, O.K., I don’t want to give them free college,” she said. “My opponent’s plan is to give free education to everybody.” Joseph stared blankly and then said, “That’s good with me.”

Mrs. Clinton asked, “Want a selfie?”



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"Want a selfie?" (Original Post) Mufaddal Jan 2016 OP
Like so many wealthy people send their kids to TexasBushwhacker Jan 2016 #1
Ditto. SoapBox Jan 2016 #2
And so what? Mufaddal Jan 2016 #3
Even a 13 year old gets it. bunnies Jan 2016 #4

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
2. Ditto.
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 12:58 AM
Jan 2016

It would be fun to ask...

"So Grandma Hill...will Chels be sending your granddaughter to free school at that trade college? Or was it that local community college? 'Cause those are the free ones!"

I strongly doubt Millionaire Grandma would like that, especially since Wild Willie was that Rhodes scholar and stuff...

Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)
3. And so what?
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 01:14 AM
Jan 2016

We pay for everyone to go to public high school, it's not means tested. Her position on this is bunk. Bottom line: you believe education is a public good or a private commodity. Hillary has made her position (the latter) clear.

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