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Jackpine Radical

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4. Sure, the education of our kids ought to be viewed as a social good,

Reply to Mass (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 01:15 PM

Dec 2013

and I endorse free education from preschool through graduate degrees, but that's a target some distance in the future, and she's right to concentrate on the part of the problem that might be realistically within our grasp. Ya know--like Lyndon was able to get through Medicate for the elderly but would not have succeeded in getting it for everyone.

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Elizabeth Warren: Education Department Shouldn't Be A 'Lapdog' - HuffPo [View all] WillyT Dec 2013 OP

Good for her, I am tired of the republican-lites. JRLeft Dec 2013 #1

True, but the problem would be easier if higher education tuitions were lower, including in state Mass Dec 2013 #2

Isn't that a state matter? DURHAM D Dec 2013 #3

Sure, the education of our kids ought to be viewed as a social good, Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #4

Sure, but does that prevent people from being vocal on the source of the problem? Mass Dec 2013 #6

Imagine that, the admin. is soft on corps. More straight talk from EW. polichick Dec 2013 #5

Ed Dept is a corporate toady like the Attorney General's office nt msongs Dec 2013 #7

And the guy who chose the heads of those depts: Obama... polichick Dec 2013 #8