2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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3. I think you're missing my point here.

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #1)

Wed May 18, 2016, 02:55 PM

May 2016

But that's OK.

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Bernie Wants Tuition-Free Public College. [View all] MineralMan May 2016 OP

Good point. We might as well just give up. We're doomed. RufusTFirefly May 2016 #1

I think you're missing my point here. MineralMan May 2016 #3

I remember when they were free too CountAllVotes May 2016 #2

See, I want that back, too, for all the young people who need it. MineralMan May 2016 #11

You have to defeat the racism first Yavin4 May 2016 #46

we have a program for that in community collages in Mpls-St Paul azurnoir May 2016 #4

Yes we do. Minneapolis St. Paul is a reasonably enlightened community. MineralMan May 2016 #14

he wants F-35s too and votes to spend billions for them. nt msongs May 2016 #5

Give us something we can get! Give us something we can get! JCanete May 2016 #6

Wasn't that in the 1964 Democratic platform? Downwinder May 2016 #7

Sanders knew this all along, but it was the quickest way to get a devoted following... anotherproletariat May 2016 #8

"We've gotten used to that sort of thing now" Go Vols May 2016 #9

Again, I give you Ronald Freaking Reagan. MineralMan May 2016 #22

"Hillary Clinton is just stopgap. She's just a preventive measure." Go Vols May 2016 #32

Here's the discrepency: CrowCityDem May 2016 #10

I would rather shift DoD costs to fund this and other things apnu May 2016 #16

I agree. CrowCityDem May 2016 #25

Yes, it is a chore. I have a theory about that. apnu May 2016 #43

Yes, exactly. The fear of falling further behind is MineralMan May 2016 #27

NO WE CAN'T!!! TheSarcastinator May 2016 #12

Maybe later but not now. iloveObama12 May 2016 #13

Forget about colleges nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #15

Kinda like Illinois? apnu May 2016 #18

I just need to get out my door nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #19

The roads and bridges in Minnesota are also falling apart. MineralMan May 2016 #28

Well I did not accuse you of anything nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #31

You know, I did read about that funding. MineralMan May 2016 #38

Then you should know it involved zero taxes nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #39

You're free to be as cynical as you wish. MineralMan May 2016 #44

Disagree SheenaR May 2016 #17

I got a tuition free degree from one of the most prestigious state universities in 1966 tularetom May 2016 #20

Tuition-free college would hurt military recruitment. Downwinder May 2016 #21

Which brings up another important point. peace13 May 2016 #30

If taxes are not raised or raised enough, entrance criteria will become very tough. MoonRiver May 2016 #23

Bernie needs to do a better job of explaining a transaction tax & the funding stuffmatters May 2016 #24

Everyone needs to do a better job of explaining that stuff. MineralMan May 2016 #40

"No we can't" -- an example of HRC pragmatism aikoaiko May 2016 #26

I'm a career educator at a state university that used to be tuition free.... mike_c May 2016 #29

We don't disagree. It's the majority of voters who disagree. MineralMan May 2016 #34

I disagree that we can't get there again firebrand80 May 2016 #33

Yes, exactly. MineralMan May 2016 #35

I' d rather see the states make college free, not the feds bluestateguy May 2016 #36

Well if things go as they usually do, the states MineralMan May 2016 #41

Yes certainly voting for a candidate who is opposed Warren Stupidity May 2016 #37

Clinton is an incrementalist. She knows that proposing a MineralMan May 2016 #42

Back in the 50s, people were more receptive to higher taxes because the benefits went to... Yavin4 May 2016 #45