Is a college education a right? Are Americans entitled to a free college education?

by Blackjack Posted 2012/06/08 14:45:34

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	more entitlement society thinking	25 votes	42%
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Reichstolz 2012/06/08 14:50:43

more entitlement society thinking

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If man can grant it to you it is not a right.
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k fleming 2012/07/17 20:07:06

more entitlement society thinking

If something must be granted to you, it's not a right.

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Vision of Verve 2012/06/09 20:21:27
mac9 2012/06/09 15:52:38

other, I think this

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It is not a right. It should be earned. By the measure of our public education system they are giving out diploma's like candy.

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beach bum 2012/06/09 13:25:20

other, I think this

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pay your own way

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TheCouchF*cker 2012/06/09 02:09:30

other, I think this

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No, and no federal subsidies and student loans either.

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angie45 2012/06/09 00:18:07

other, I think this

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would be a privilege

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Lily 2012/06/08 22:31:33

free college, explain

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Many countries have this concept. There is a clear difference between populations that are treated well by their countries and those that are not. Education should be a right that every american has access to.

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Chanch 2012/06/08 21:11:48

other, I think this

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Of course not !! If you want education in a specific field, PAY FOR IT !

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9th of 9 2012/06/08 20:44:45

more entitlement society thinking

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Cliff 2012/06/08 20:22:49

more entitlement society thinking

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Yes, youth of America, you have a God given right to a liberal brainwashing, a debt load the size of a home mortgage and no job to pay for it.

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Ron in Oregon 2012/06/08 20:19:53

other, I think this

I think you should pay your own tuition and work if necessary in order to do so.
I was the first in my immediate family to receive a college degree. My father made it through the first three weeks of third grade but had to quit to start farming.

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The Duke 2012/06/08 19:23:30

other, I think this

Clicked other by mistake. Should have been more entitlemen thinking. A college education is not a "right", and must be earned to have true value not "free".

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relic 2012/06/08 19:23:16

other, I think this

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I went to college and I paid for it myself.

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Sister Jean 2012/06/08 19:20:08

other, I think this

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NO who pays the professors?

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Cuppajo 2012/06/08 19:09:17

more entitlement society thinking

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No. If toilet paper isn't free, why in the hell should a college diploma be; especially since they now carry an equal value and worth.

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relic to Cuppajo 2012/06/08 19:25:49

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I only interviewed College Grads... I needed people with a high school equivalent education, and even then I interviewed 4 to 6 applicants to hire 1.

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Cuppajo to relic 2012/06/08 19:27:52

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See what I mean?

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Mark In Irvine 2012/06/08 18:58:08

other, I think this

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if America knows what is good for it, it will insist on educating its citizens. stupidity and ignorance are only good for mediocre job prospects, a docile, credulous population, and poor competitiveness in the world.

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relic to Mark In... 2012/06/08 19:26:46

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Yeah, the public school system is doing a bang-up job of educating.

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Mark In... to relic 2012/06/08 19:29:33

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i didn't say it is doing a good job; i said that it should educate the citizens.

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relic to Mark In... 2012/06/08 19:33:23

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I recognized that in your reply. Sorry, I didn't intend my comment to be any sort of insult, merely an observation.

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Mark In... to relic 2012/06/08 19:33:53

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ok ... thanks; peace to you today, you old relic you! ha ha ha!!!

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urwutuis 2012/06/08 17:50:38

free college, explain

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Advanced education should be available to anyone who wants it and while nothing is free education is the best defense against the ills of the world.
A well educated population makes for a more harmonious society, reduces poverty and benefits everyone.
Coming out of school saddled with massive debt is how slavery remains alive in America.
The difference being that wage slaves must provide their own food, clothing and shelter.

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JMCC 2012/06/08 17:49:06 (edited)

free college, explain

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All knowledge should be given freely.

Einstein knew this, for if he had copyrighted his work then every technological development since before the war would incur a royalty cost.

What If scientists hadn't given away the knowledge that makes the internet work and what if google and wikipedia we not free, where would we be today?

If you do not nourish the roots of society, then its flowers will surely whither and die....

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Sister ... to JMCC 2012/06/08 19:20:48

who pays professors?

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JMCC to Sister ... 2012/06/08 19:28:23

Nobody at the momeny Sister Jean, that is why I am SH so much ;)

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~Adrien~ 2012/06/08 17:35:25

more entitlement society thinking

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I have a girlfriend who occasionally posts a college student quote of the day from the University she attends. . . One day she posted a quote from a female in her class:

"Why does the president need to be a natural born citizen? What is he was born by C-Section?"

Enough said. . .

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Ron in ... to ~Adrien~ 2012/06/08 20:24:33

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That quote was very poor English if you even read it before posting.

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~Adrien~ to Ron in ... 2012/06/08 20:32:11

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You know, I got into such a bad habit of 'dumbing' things down for people, I didn't even notice. Gee, thanks for pointing that out.

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chgo to ~Adrien~ 2012/06/08 21:14:52

that was the dumbest comeback. take notes from Ron in Oregon and learn how to speak English.

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Ron in ... to chgo 2012/06/10 17:37:39

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She got hit with a chocolate covered nut right between the eyes.LOL.

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9th of 9 to ~Adrien~ 2012/06/08 20:39:01

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RicardoCabeza 2012/06/08 17:31:24

other, I think this

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College education is an issue of national security... if the US expects to make it through the next round of technological advancement We had better dig our heads out of our festering asses and realize that there is only so many ways a person can shape a slurpee, and only so many times we can all sell each other Hamburgers and reach arounds in the commercial paper markets...

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David Lindner 2012/06/08 17:30:57

other, I think this

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College isnt necessary. there is nothing you cant learn at home, what you can learn in a college.

there are also successful innovative people that have dropped out of highschool even.

theyre just government brainwashing tools

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Ricardo... to David L... 2012/06/08 17:36:51

How about complex physics, or computer science, or countless other disciplines, if we all thought this way in the 50's you and I would not be discussing this on technology that was developed in the 60's 70's and 80's and lost to every foreign country in the 90's and 2000's because there was not enough domestic Manufacturing Engineers to keep hold of the processes, So now every last micro chip is imported... just like our engineers and doctors... our society is broken and the beginnings of the answers are in education.

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David L... to Ricardo... 2012/06/08 17:38:35

I have an entire bookshelf devoted to those kinds of topics.

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Ricardo... to David L... 2012/06/08 17:57:37

Good, and I have made a hobby of studying Nuclear physics, but nobody is going to let me anywhere near a Tokamak reactor, and instead they will bring a foreign national to fill a spot where countless other US citizens people would have had the interest. This happens in many different fields and it is foolish for us to think that just because a person can buy a book and study that they will grasp the peripheral concepts.

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David L... to Ricardo... 2012/06/08 17:59:30

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If we de regulate there will be entry level positions to apply knowledge gained.

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Ricardo... to David L... 2012/06/09 06:08:26

Cut the sophistry?, eliminate the impermeable façade of mystery? no way... They would rather kill than hand over their petty empire of pulp...

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David L... to Ricardo... 2012/06/09 07:04:09

guarantee you its the complete opposite.

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