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AuH20
03-30-2017, 03:34 PM
God, do I hate living here. I need a synonym for dumb people who live in urban areas. I know Rube applies to rural folk, but city folk deserve their mark of shame.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-yorkers-support-millionaires-tax-raise-age-article-1.3013589


Cuomo's proposal to provide free college tuition to public college students from families with households with family incomes of up to $125,000 is even more popular, the poll found.

Seven out of every 10 New Yorkers support the plan, while just 26% oppose it, including 54% of Republicans, the poll found.

The best part.........

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2017/02/06/college-free-no-student-loan/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/


While tuition would be provided through the Excelsior Scholarship and supplement existing state and federal loans and grants, students would be responsible for room, board and other fees:

SUNY Non-Tuition Costs


Room and Board: $12,590
Fees: $1,590
Books & Supplies: $1,340
Total = $15,520 (excludes personal expenses of $1,560 and transportation expenses of $1,080)

CUNY Non-Tuition Costs (for a student living away from home)


Room and Board: $10,386
Fees: $640
Books & Supplies: $1,364
Total = $12,390 (excludes personal expenses of $4,208 and transportation expenses of $1,054)

Community Colleges Non-Tuition Costs


Room and Board: $10,380
Fees: $630
Books & Supplies: $1,320
Total = $12,300 (excludes personal expenses of $1,160 and transportation expenses of $1,280)

Requirements

Free tuition is not available to all New Yorkers. To qualify, there are several requirements to receive free tuition:

New York resident for at least the past year

Full-time student at SUNY, CUNY or community college
Your family (or you and your spouse) must earn an adjusted gross income less than $100,000 in 2017 (the income threshold increases to $110,000 in 2018 and $125,000 in 2019).


"A college education is not a luxury – it is an absolute necessity for any chance at economic mobility, and with these first-in-the-nation Excelsior Scholarships, we’re providing the opportunity for New Yorkers to succeed, no matter what zip code they come from and without the anchor of student debt weighing them down," Cuomo said in a statement.

dannno
03-30-2017, 03:37 PM
I need a synonym for dumb people who live in urban areas.


That sounds racis.

AuH20
03-30-2017, 03:39 PM
That sounds racis.

Heh. I'm mostly talking about dumb white people. We have such an astonishing surplus that it could lead to a lucrative export business. :)
The minorities are mostly drones so at least they have an excuse.

AuH20
03-30-2017, 03:47 PM
Governor Jackoff is doing this for one reason, which is to combat the lagging enrollment numbers at his centers of higher learning. He's artificially creating demand with tax dollars as all good socialists do.

dannno
03-30-2017, 03:49 PM
Heh. I'm mostly talking about dumb white people.

Basic bitches?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaghIdSJKvQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKkqaCqOwMM

AuH20
03-30-2017, 03:57 PM
I have another funny story about the legislative cunts who reside in the Empire State. So today, I head over to the super market to redeem cans and bottles that my mother had accumulated. About 6 months worth, which were starting to become an egress impediment. So I haven't done this sticky exercise in probably a dozen years. I'm filling cans and bottles in the machine and my eyes roam to two signs. One says, "Individuals under 18 years old are prohibited from redeeming cans and bottles." and the other states, "No more than 12 dollars can be redeemed by one individual over the course of a day." Who the hell signed this nonsense into law? Is in the vein of child labor laws?

heavenlyboy34
03-30-2017, 05:29 PM
"A college education is not a luxury – it is an absolute necessity for any chance at economic mobility, and with these first-in-the-nation Excelsior Scholarships, we’re providing the opportunity for New Yorkers to succeed, no matter what zip code they come from and without the anchor of student debt weighing them down," Cuomo said in a statement.
Not true, and this misinfo is part of why so many people who don't belong in college go there. SMFH.

merkelstan
03-31-2017, 02:16 AM
As automation reduces the man-hours needed to produce the things we want/need to consume, the state will find ways to keep humans occupied. For e.g. employment in the largely useless regulatory apparatus. Or longer years spent in-school.

[EDIT] wow, heavenlyboy34, 55k posts... That's the most I've seen in any forum, afair. :) Cheers

timosman
03-31-2017, 02:29 AM
[EDIT] wow, heavenlyboy34, 55k posts... That's the most I've seen in any forum, afair. :) Cheers

55k places you only @ #3 on RPF: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/memberlist.php?order=desc&sort=posts&pp=30

merkelstan
03-31-2017, 02:46 AM
holey schmoley

Wish i'd joined the forum back in the 2007-2008 campaign. I did hang-out in the ronpaul irc chat a lot though