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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Obamas' education loans
Hugh Hewitt has the audio of Michelle Obama speaking a couple of days ago. She's still complaining that she and Barack were only able to pay off their education loans a few years ago because he wrote a best-selling book. And she seems might aggrieved about it. (Of course, no mention of the $10,000 a year that they spent for their daughters' extra-curricular activities.) Yes, I can imagine that it takes a long time to pay off the loans to have sent two people through both undergraduate and law schools at Ivy League universities. But what does she expect? That the education be given out for free? That they shouldn't have to pay back the loans? Yes, it would be nicer if university education was cheaper. No one forced them to seek the Ivy Leagues. If her goal had been public service, which she seems to be recommending to everyone, did she really need the value-added that she presumably got from Harvard Law? They could have saved a lot of money and gone to state universities. Will the average voters relate to someone still complaining about having had to pay for Harvard Law School? And what is the policy proposal behind all her kvetching? That the government force private universities to charge less or do more to help kids pay off their loans? Is that what she's after? Or is she just really upset that they have had to pay back money that was loaned to them?Labels: Obama
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Hugh Hewitt has the audio of Michelle Obama speaking a couple of days ago. She's still complaining that she and Barack were only able to pay off their education loans a few years ago because he wrote a best-selling book. And she seems might aggrieved about it. (Of course, no mention of the $10,000 a year that they spent for their daughters' extra-curricular activities.) Yes, I can imagine that it takes a long time to pay off the loans to have sent two people through both undergraduate and law schools at Ivy League universities. But what does she expect? That the education be given out for free? That they shouldn't have to pay back the loans? Yes, it would be nicer if university education was cheaper. No one forced them to seek the Ivy Leagues. If her goal had been public service, which she seems to be recommending to everyone, did she really need the value-added that she presumably got from Harvard Law? They could have saved a lot of money and gone to state universities. Will the average voters relate to someone still complaining about having had to pay for Harvard Law School? And what is the policy proposal behind all her kvetching? That the government force private universities to charge less or do more to help kids pay off their loans? Is that what she's after? Or is she just really upset that they have had to pay back money that was loaned to them?
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Hugh Hewitt has the audio of Michelle Obama speaking a couple of days ago. She's still complaining that she and Barack were only able to pay off their education loans a few years ago because he wrote a best-selling book. And she seems might aggrieved about it. (Of course, no mention of the $10,000 a year that they spent for their daughters' extra-curricular activities.) Yes, I can imagine that it takes a long time to pay off the loans to have sent two people through both undergraduate and law schools at Ivy League universities. But what does she expect? That the education be given out for free? That they shouldn't have to pay back the loans? Yes, it would be nicer if university education was cheaper. No one forced them to seek the Ivy Leagues. If her goal had been public service, which she seems to be recommending to everyone, did she really need the value-added that she presumably got from Harvard Law? They could have saved a lot of money and gone to state universities. Will the average voters relate to someone still complaining about having had to pay for Harvard Law School? And what is the policy proposal behind all her kvetching? That the government force private universities to charge less or do more to help kids pay off their loans? Is that what she's after? Or is she just really upset that they have had to pay back money that was loaned to them?
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