let's help enact Governor Cuomo's proposal for free college in New York!

[basquebromance]

call your local legislator, New Yorkers!

NY gov proposes free tuition for public colleges

 

[TNHarley]

One state I am damn glad I don't live in.

 

[miketx]

call your local legislator, New Yorkers!

NY gov proposes free tuition for public colleges

Who's going to pay for it? Any clue? Do you care?

 

[basquebromance]

If New York makes public colleges and universities tuition-free, mark my words, state after state will follow.

 

[miketx]

If New York makes public colleges and universities tuition-free, mark my words, state after state will follow.

...down the path of fiscal irresponsibility.

 

[DGS49]

Any time a politician touts something as being "free," hold on to your wallet. I would be perfectly fine with this (in my state), if there were rational academic prerequisites and it were limited to subject matter that could conceivably result in a degree with tangible economic value (no "Fine Arts" degrees, if you please).

But Leftists are unable to "be judgmental," so unqualified students will be covered, course material will necessarily be watered down, and the value of a New York state college degree will be diminished dramatically in coming years. But Cuomo will be long gone by then, so what does he care?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

One state I am damn glad I don't live in.

I left in the nineties.... goodbye and good riddance.

 

[Moonglow]

If New York makes public colleges and universities tuition-free, mark my words, state after state will follow.

They will just jack up the fees for everything else along with the price of books and lab manuals...

 

[the_human_being]

Get ready to bail them out of bankruptcy.

 

[basquebromance]

a young physician who had recently graduated medical school from Louisiana had a student debt of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

how dare anyone defend such a system that robs the youth out of our youth?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

a young physician who had recently graduated medical school from Louisiana had a student debt of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

how dare anyone defend such a system that robs the youth out of our youth?

I agree. Asking him to be responsible for his own actions is silly. DERP!

 

[basquebromance]

a 55-year old man i know from New York called Anthony Sacamano has been payin off his student-debt loan for 25 years but is more in debt today than when he first took the loan! he's worried now that his social security checks will be garnished in order to pay off that debt!

how crazy is that?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

a 55-year old man i know from New York called Anthony Sacamano has been payin off his student-debt loan for 25 years but is more in debt today than when he first took the loan! he's worried now that his social security checks will be garnished in order to pay off that debt!

how crazy is that?

It's crazy! People don't understand basic interest and borrow much more than they should.
End government involvement in college lending. Of course that means idiots wouldn't be able to borrow $200K to get a degree in African America Studies. Or in Feminist Queer Theory.

 

[basquebromance]

a 55-year old man i know from New York called Anthony Sacamano has been payin off his student-debt loan for 25 years but is more in debt today than when he first took the loan! he's worried now that his social security checks will be garnished in order to pay off that debt!

how crazy is that?

It's crazy! People don't understand basic interest and borrow much more than they should.
End government involvement in college lending. Of course that means idiots wouldn't be able to borrow $200K to get a degree in African America Studies. Or in Feminist Queer Theory.

"african america"? think of how many engineers, congressmen, PRESIDENTS, we lose due to the unaffordable cost of education!

where are you Crazy Jake Stakey...back me up on this, bro!

 

[Norman]

a 55-year old man i know from New York called Anthony Sacamano has been payin off his student-debt loan for 25 years but is more in debt today than when he first took the loan! he's worried now that his social security checks will be garnished in order to pay off that debt!

how crazy is that?

It's crazy! People don't understand basic interest and borrow much more than they should.
End government involvement in college lending. Of course that means idiots wouldn't be able to borrow $200K to get a degree in African America Studies. Or in Feminist Queer Theory.

"african america"? think of how many engineers, congressmen, PRESIDENTS, we lose due to the unaffordable cost of education!

where are you Crazy Jake Stakey...back me up on this, bro!

Yeah. let's just make EVERYONE pay for the cost... makes total sense. Better drown everyone in the debt than to teach people how to be responsible.

What you do with a Marxist socialist studies degree is very questionable anyway. You come out more worthless than you came in. I don't see engineers or doctors bitching...

 

[Rambunctious]

Good then these high and mighty professors will go back to driving Volvo's instead of BMW's.....They will go back to Apt living instead of beach side homes. Then maybe they will go back to teaching instead of propagandizing. I know one thing for sure they will stop teaching the benefits of socialism.....

 

[Dschrute3]

What's stopping em? New York is completely controlled by Communist Democrats. I don't get the whining on this one.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

a 55-year old man i know from New York called Anthony Sacamano has been payin off his student-debt loan for 25 years but is more in debt today than when he first took the loan! he's worried now that his social security checks will be garnished in order to pay off that debt!

how crazy is that?

It's crazy! People don't understand basic interest and borrow much more than they should.
End government involvement in college lending. Of course that means idiots wouldn't be able to borrow $200K to get a degree in African America Studies. Or in Feminist Queer Theory.

"african america"? think of how many engineers, congressmen, PRESIDENTS, we lose due to the unaffordable cost of education!

where are you Crazy Jake Stakey...back me up on this, bro!

think of how many engineers, congressmen, PRESIDENTS, we lose due to the unaffordable cost of education!

People who take out reasonable loans to get useful degrees are just fine.
Idiots who take out massive loans for useless degrees are wasting their (and our) money.

Throwing ever larger chunks of government money at the issue will just raise the cost further.

 

[depotoo]

Anytime govt gets involved, pricing skyrockets. See the ACA for a recent example.

a 55-year old man i know from New York called Anthony Sacamano has been payin off his student-debt loan for 25 years but is more in debt today than when he first took the loan! he's worried now that his social security checks will be garnished in order to pay off that debt!

how crazy is that?

It's crazy! People don't understand basic interest and borrow much more than they should.
End government involvement in college lending. Of course that means idiots wouldn't be able to borrow $200K to get a degree in African America Studies. Or in Feminist Queer Theory.

"african america"? think of how many engineers, congressmen, PRESIDENTS, we lose due to the unaffordable cost of education!

where are you Crazy Jake Stakey...back me up on this, bro!

think of how many engineers, congressmen, PRESIDENTS, we lose due to the unaffordable cost of education!

People who take out reasonable loans to get useful degrees are just fine.
Idiots who take out massive loans for useless degrees are wasting their (and our) money.

Throwing ever larger chunks of government money at the issue will just raise the cost further.

 

[whitehall]

Another tax burden on the middle class in the highest taxed state in the Union?