Is talking about cuts in college aid an issue that will push Democrats?

[kentuck]

It is important that we assist college students as much as possible, but with war, famine, and crimes on the agenda, I don't know that "education" is an issue with any glamour? ALthough we know it is very important. I was just listening to Rahm Immanuel talking about the Democratic agenda and when he started to talk about "college aid" , my eyes started to close. With the waters rising up to our necks, he seems to be wanting to talk about swimming lessons. Just my opinion.

[berni_mccoy]

1. The Military just lowered its IQ standards

So we really don't need no edukashun nomor! :sarcasm:

[welshTerrier2]

2. "aid" and the reasons we give for supporting it

there are many good reasons to support people in need ... Democrats strongly believe in a safety net and they are right to do so ...

but "selling" aid as a political strategy is a more complex issue ... when Americans saw those poor people suffering in Lousiana and bush turned his back on them, and turned Brown on them, our moral outrage was palpable ...

not all aid, however, gets the same emotionally dramatic press coverage ... and here, perhaps a different sales approach is required ...

America continues to fall farther and farther behind other nations in key academic skills ... our basic literacy rates are a national disgrace and math and science scores are just not competitive with countries we need to compete with ... this is not a healthy climate for the American economy ...

perhaps rather than viewing college aid as a "giveaway" and subjecting ourselves to all the allegations about expensive government programs, we need to focus on the needs of our country ... for America to survive, we need to ensure that those who want to learn and contribute to the US economic engine be given every opportunity to do so ... just as we spend money training troops to protect the country, so should we spend money training students to power our economy ...

troop training is not "aid" and we should not look at federal programs designed to build the future American workforce as aid either ... properly funding education makes the country stronger; it is not a "giveaway" ...