April 22, 2019

"I’m calling for something truly transformational: Universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt."

Elizabeth Warren goes big.

She's distinguishing herself, and she needs to — having languished at the bottom of polls.

She's also the only presidential candidate calling for the impeachment of Trump, as far as I've been able to see. From "How 2020 Democrats Are Gaming Out Trump Impeachment Quandary" (NYT):
Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has worked for months to find traction in a crowded Democratic presidential primary, stepped forward on Friday with a call to arms: President Trump must be impeached.

What followed, generally, was conspicuous silence.... After sidestepping the explosive issue of impeachment for months by citing the inquiry by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, most of the other 17 Democratic presidential candidates have responded to the special counsel’s report with tentative remarks about impeaching Mr. Trump, demands for the unredacted Mueller findings, calls for further hearings or attempts to simply change the subject.

Anything, that is, to avoid clearly answering the question of whether lawmakers should remove the president from office....

The Democratic contenders see the Mueller report mostly as a way to build their fund-raising and supporter lists and, ultimately, as a 448-page blunt instrument best used for thwacking the president in next year’s campaign for his behavior.
So they're being super-bland but promising to thwack Trump with a blunt instrument later. Noted. He thwacks back, though, you know. Bigly.

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Rusty said...

Everything is free until you get caught.

gilbar said...

Cook's Plan!
A) reduce defense spending by 99% (2 orders of mag'), or BETTER yet, 99.9% (3 orders of mag')
B) watch the evil empire be conquered by THE WORKERS!
C) enjoy!!!

The Democrats Plan!
A) Allow Open Borders, Driver's License Voter Registration, and Vote Harvesting
B) watch the evil empire be conquered by THE WORKERS!
C) enjoy!!!

I'm not sure that i don't think Cook's Plan isn't just as good as the Democrats
And, it's much more honest !

tcrosse said...

He cosine'd for her loan and she sine'd up for a nudist colony. All he got back was tangenitals.

This needs a trig-ger warning.

Jack Klompus said...

"Cook has no idea what he's talking about (like most Lefties)."

But rumor has it he's from New York City, so his one-dimensional pseudo-dissident clichés that he spews should be taken much more seriously by orders of magnitude.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

The term 'universal' is intriguing.

maybe replaced with "astronomical"

Big Mike said...

Nothing “transformational” about Democrats trying to buy votes by offering free stuff. Says something about Democrat voters that it works.

Steve M. Galbraith said...

Free this and that and nothing in return?

Remember the story about Robert F. Kennedy talking to college students during his presidential run? It may be apocryphal but supposedly he told a college audience about how he was going to have free housing and jobs for all and free health care for the poor. The students went wild, applauding his proposals.

Then he said: "You know who is going to pay for all of this? Who is going to do all of this?" He pointed to the students, "You and you and you and you...."

Suddenly they all went quiet.

PackerBronco said...

Democrat plan:

If you have open borders then you don't need to spend money on defense because you won't have a border to defend.

MadisonMan said...

Use College Endowments to write down the College Loan debt. That is my solution.

MadisonMan said...

BTW: tcrosse at 743 AM, that was very very enjoyable.

PackerBronco said...

Democrats:

"Unless everything is free none of us can be truly free. Oh, and if you refuse to pay for my stuff, you're oppressing me."

DarkHelmet said...

Never mind that this would incentivize everybody with a pulse to rush out and borrow $50,000 pretend to go to university (or even really go if you've got the time and inclination) and then walk away from the debt.

Democrats really don't get that 'unintended consequences' thing. Or the whole 'incentives drive behavior' concept.

Gretchen said...

Colleges are like country clubs now, with layers and layers of administration, diversity coordinators etc. What a scam to make people who didn't attend college pay for people who chose to purchase something they couldn't afford. It is a subsidy for the upper middle class.

WV.Hillbilly said...

Pretty bold talk for someone who teaches one class at Harvard and gets paid $400K for it.

Bilwick said...

"Truly Transformational" is Libspeak for "More Statism."

Maillard Reactionary said...

She's right about the "transformational" part. It will transform us into a country where no one works, and no one pays their bills.

Until the other people's money runs out. Then, it's Venezuela.

Bon appetit.

Nichevo said...


Jack Klompus said...
"Cook has no idea what he's talking about (like most Lefties)."

But rumor has it he's from New York City, so his one-dimensional pseudo-dissident clichés that he spews should be taken much more seriously by orders of magnitude.

4/23/19, 7:37 AM


He's not FROM NYC, he just lives here.

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