Carson: Free College Will Hasten ‘The Destruction of The Nation’

[KamaAina]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/carson-free-college-will-hasten-the-destruction-of-the-nation/

In a speech at Liberty University Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson reinforced the need for the United States to have a well-informed populace while simultaneously dismissing the notion that government should provide free college education....

“If they don’t really understand the financial situation of the country,” Carson continued, “and somebody comes along and says, ‘Free college for everybody!’ They’ll say, ‘Oh what a wonderful thing!'”

“They have no idea that all you’re talking about is hastening the destruction of the nation,” Carson concluded.

This isn’t the first time Carson spoke about his position on higher education. In October, Carson told conservative radio host Glenn Beck he would require the Department of Education to monitor colleges and universities, and withhold government funding from institutions that display “extreme political bias.”

[hifiguy]

1. Mental Ben, every day

[randys1]

2. He has the propaganda down good, show hatred for working people and you are in like

Flynn ...

These people really do hate you if you work for a living.

[Johonny]

3. We have the most successful economy in the world, you just can have a single benefit of it

that's the Republican motto. Work, consume, die while I make all the profits.

[onecaliberal]

4. Oh for fucks sake....

[gratuitous]

5. The nation as Ben Carson envisions it

As Ben Carson envisions it, the nation doesn't need to be too smart or too educated, and certainly the powers that be in his ideal nation keep a tight rein on just who has access to higher education. Too many of the wrong sorts get too educated, and it might challenge his lofty perch, which was achieved through . . . access to higher education.

You can see the danger.

[smirkymonkey]

6. No, just the destruction of the republican party.

Educated people tend to vote in their own interests.