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rateyes

(17,438 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:46 PM Jan 2016

Anyone who believes Bill Clinton paid a dime

To send Chelsea to college is a dumbass. Yes, Bill and Hillary can afford to send kids to college because everyone can afford "free".

The 1% don't pay for college. There was an OP here about the rich paying for Harvard. Hell, my daughter who was raised by my poor ass was offered a full ride to Harvard because of her academics and my inability to pay. You think that when these institutions know they will get millions in endowment donations from the parents of the 1%'s children and from those grads when they make their millions are gonna make them pay?

By the way, my daughter chose another school and got free tuition but had to pay for everything else. I am still paying on those high % rate loans.

So to say he isn't for free college for everyone because rich people can afford it is just downright laughable.

So Bill, since you could have afforded to pay for Stanford to Chelsea, but didn't, I invite you to pay off the loans for my daughters. Or, at the least admit that free college for all is a really good idea.

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Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
3. If she'd be willing to go to public universities, which she did not do she did Stanford, Oxford and
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:00 PM
Jan 2016

Columbia. So why ask about that? Bernie's plan does not include picking up the Oxford tab for rich kids so why pretend that it does?

dsc

(52,147 posts)
12. Would the health care have admission standards that favor those who
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:51 PM
Jan 2016

went to middle and upper class schools?

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
14. yes, if she wanted to go to state or community/vocational. nt
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:03 PM
Jan 2016

paying through the progressive tax system, of course, which would mean she and her parents would be "paying" quite a bit too.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
8. So you assume Stanford was free for Chelsea and base your criticism on your assumption?
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:36 PM
Jan 2016

That sounds like critical thinking, not.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
11. The way I understand this is that it would be PUBLIC colleges, not private ones.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:48 PM
Jan 2016

Rich kids do not go to public colleges.
Both of my daughters have college loan bills.
Free education--yes! Go Bernie!

dsc

(52,147 posts)
13. yes they most certainly do
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:53 PM
Jan 2016

if you think there are no rich folk at UNC, the University of Michigan, Berkeley, Ohio State, the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin, or Penn State to name just a few, you are surely incorrect.

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