Saturday, July 27, 2024


 I know what I bring to the table . . . So, trust me when I say I'm not afraid to eat alone.

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

 


 

In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on student debt forgiveness in Biden v. Nebraska, it seems it might be useful to revisit why American students have so much student debt.

Ironically, it all dates back to Reagan and the Republicans decision to cut back on funding for public colleges and universities in order to avoid the possibility of having an "educated proletariat."

So it isn't surprising that it is


Republicans who were opposed to any government debt forgiveness for student loans. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE EDUCATED CITIZENS. The poorly educated are much easier to manipulate and control.

In 1970, Ronald Reagan was running for reelection as governor of California. He had first won in 1966 with confrontational rhetoric toward the University of California public college system and executed confrontational policies when in office. In May 1970, Reagan had shut down all 28 UC and Cal State campuses in the midst of student protests against the Vietnam War and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. On October 29, less than a week before the election, his education adviser Roger A. Freeman spoke at a press conference to defend him. Freeman’s remarks were reported the next day in the San Francisco Chronicle under the headline “Professor Sees Peril in Education.” According to the Chronicle article, Freeman said, “We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. … That’s dynamite! We have to be selective on who we allow [to go to college].” “If not,” Freeman continued, “we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people.”



 


 

Monday, July 1, 2024


 


 


 The guard rails are down, there is no longer anything standing between Trump and his lawlessness, he is now celebrating that the Supreme Court has said he has immunity and cannot be held accountable. Under Republican rule for years, and the devious Mitch McConnell, we have arrived at the end of life as we know it and quite possibly the end of democracy. The oligarchy who owns all the corporations are now in the position of total rule.