Do neocons care about Bush raising college tuition 40% the last 5 years?

Question

the average student now graduates with $17,500 in student loan debt. The average student debt burden in 2004 was almost 60% higher than the mid-1990's. Each year, 200,000 qualified students don't enroll in college because they can't afford it.

...and now the GOP expects people making minimum wage to STILL go to college.

This is not PROGRESS for America.

Rather than addressing these problems, the last Congress cut $12 billion out of student loan programs, under-funded the Pell Grant Program, eliminated other grants completely, and ended federal support for the Perkins College Loan Program,

Bush is doing nothing about it, right?

Isn't it amazing how we didn't have these problems under a liberal president like Bill Clinton?

Right, business schools are run by liberals...they're mostly conservatives. More lies by neocons.

Answer 1

No he does not care, thats why we have billions of taxpayer dollars un-accounted for.
You will notice how NeoCons are so well uninformed, like thinking a student is going to start out at the top of the job chain, and some do not even know who raises the interest rates on loans

Answer 2

First of all, I would like to see links to this information you have gathered. $17,500? I can see why people can't pay their loans back if that's all they spent for an education. You can barely get a brand new car for that. Besides, why would someone resort back to making minimum wage after getting a degree? My education was $36,000 for two years. What do you mean people don't enroll because they can't afford it? For your information, loans are paid after you graduate, they usually start in the range of 6 month after. These loans can be consolidated, which I did, and it comes out to $100 a month. Then later on, when I'm making more, I can double up on the payments or even pay it off. All I have to say is I'm a lot happier now than I was before. Now I work in an office Monday through Friday with set hours. Better than my split days schedule I had for five years after I graduated from High School. I think you just want a free handout without having to do anything for it. You need a reality check, It's actually easier to get a loan now than it used to be.

Answer 3

No they don't care, because big business is the American Way for them. It's the old "Might Makes Right" philosophy that they are using to justify their position. The Golden Rule of, whoever has the gold makes the rules. I realize I am using a lot of analogies here, but the simple fact is cons and neocons alike are all the same, corrupt and uncaring towards human beings in general. They have opposed any attempts to raise minimum wage, which is another downfall to the people they expect to go to college while making nothing at the same time. They have given huge tax breaks to big business which also includes financial institutions, insurance companies and the like. With these tax breaks big business hasn't helped America, it has hurt it more, by trying to weasel out of the reasons the tax breaks were put in place for them. Instead the tax breaks were used to line the pockets of fat cat ceos. You want a solution to the problem of student loan debt and Most Children Left Behind (as I like to call it) get rid of the cold hearted conservative big business machine and write to your congress person putting a ceiling on what these collegiate institutions may charge for students to attend them. Teachers need to be paid, but children also need to have the opportunity to learn. When you get a degree to be a teacher you should be able to settle with the reality that like other careers that cater to the betterment of people, your greatest reward should be the success and happiness of others. Not the betterment of yourself. The demand of higher pay, more sports, etc. has given these colleges more of an excuse to raise tuition. You also have to remember, loan rates are going up now after an extended period of low rates on most loans. This may also cause an even worse problem for students just trying to get by. It's a shame that neocons and cons have never worked for the betterment of mankind, but their selfishness will come back to haunt them in the long run.

Answer 4

You are correct that George Bush has reduced federal funding for American universities and that federal assistance is more expensive, but I draw an opposite conclusion regarding W's priorities. I don't think higher interest rates on student loans indicates that George Bush doesn't care about average Americans. Consider that while Bush has decreased funding for higher education, he has increased federal spending and oversight for primary and secondary education. Since the "average" person does not have the privilege and opportunity to receive higher education, while all Americans are afforded the opportunity to attend school through the secondary level, to me the more rational inference is that Bush "cares" more about the average Amercan. Also consider that student borrowers are among the most frequent defaulters on their loans, and that most student loans do not require payment nor do they incur interest until the student graduates. Still seems like a pretty good deal to me. I'm grateful to live in a country where such opportunities and education is available for so little cost. I understand where you are coming from, but I think your objection to the interest rate hike may be more of a personal dislike of George Bush. When I am confronted with these issues I try to keep the values of my parents' generation in mind - individualism, hard work, expecting nothing from others but being truly grateful for every charity offered. We are so privileged with what we have, and what we don't have we can get for ourselves with hard work, not with a handout from the government.

Answer 5

The intelligent thing for all Americans to do would be to first and foremost get involved and go after their congressmen and senators they voted into office. They are the ones we hold responsible to pass legislation and bills that go before the President to sign.

I would like to know from where, did you acquire you facts?

I blame most of our problems on Americans being a lazy voter that doesn't go after the politicians that represent each state we live in.

They all have phones and email and each and everyone of us can freely express our wants and needs.

How many in America called their congressman or senator to see how or what they were doing to represent us. They are our pipeline to the President.

The next thing we will be expecting the President to do is wipe our nose for us.

Answer 6

How exactly does the President of the United States set tuition in universities and colleges? They are independent of government control. the institutes of higher learning have raised their tuition because the booming economy and low interest rates mean more people can afford college and have the means to pay the higher tuition.

The high tuition is because higher education is a big business, not because of anything the President can do.

Answer 7

Only colleges can raise their own tuition and they do as well. if there was a shortage of student loans to be awarded well thats the goverments handiwork

sheesh, next thing you know you will be ranting about how Bush broke up your marriage

Answer 8

Hello? with all your ranting an raving tell me when and how Bush raised the tuition colleges charge.

Colleges are run by liberals and for liberals. THEY are the ones who raise tuition. Not Bush and Not Congress.

For all your knowledge (or lack thereof) you must be going to college. God knows you need to be learning something somewhere.

Answer 9

I know I am going to get many thumbs down for this but I am going to go ahead and say it.

Generally when you look at a map of which states have the highest educational standards as well as the most per-capital post secondary educated students it starts to look strikingly familiar to the map which demonstrates which states are red and which states are blue.

Coincidentally the Blue states tend to be one the higher end of the educational standards. This leads me to believe that Education is not a great concern for the average Republican, and possibly that extensive education may be the leading cause of liberalism.

The GOP does not benefit from having more educated voters, so why would they care that education is becoming even more difficult for the average American to obtain?


As a side note, as property taxes increase and public subsidies to institutes of higher learning decrease the money has to come from somewhere, an unfortunately that is directly out of the pockets of the students.

Answer 10

Stop lying. Bush has no authority to raise tuition.

The Board of Regents of each University is the governing body which makes descisions like that.

Maybe the colleges should cut the professors pay. Most of them are worthless leftwing azzholes anyhow.