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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:50 PM Original message |
The Public vs Private Universities analogy was a BRILLIANT stroke... |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. we have a brilliant president :) n/m |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Agreed. Way better than the postal analogy. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. I loved that one - so much better than the health v auto insurance comparisons (nt) |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I actually liked the auto insurance one |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It'd work if you were physically required to also have a car, but you aren't. (nt) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yep. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Everyone understands it immediately and many people have direct experience with it and have |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Except we get to choose whether or not |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The point was to appeal to people who oppose the public plan -- which it |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. I disagree |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yep. Last time I looked, most public higher education institutions |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yep |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. It depends on the institution. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. The point is that even with those subsidies, the existence of good public institutions |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I understand his point |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. They could be successful without the subsidies, if they charged students |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yes, I understand that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The point is that there are excellent institutions of learning that are run by |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. A DUer had that framing here a few weeks ago. |
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Polemicist (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Is this what you saw? |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Public education has always been a bargain, a fabulous bargain.. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, it was. |
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