Ron Paul: 'Education Isn't A Right'

From msnbc.com

March 2, 2011

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[wangsta25]

Basically if you're hard working, smart, and determined but poor then you're shit out of luck. So pray to god that voluntary charity will give you a $40,000 loan to get educated. Way to completely destroy the next generation's labor abilities by making higher education only for the rich.

[marwan mahmoud]

what Ron is saying, that when he went to college, the semester cost 300 dollars... every body in america can afford that... But He said, things have changed, a semester costs 5,000 dollar at least NOW, and that's why people need money from the gov... he's not against financial aid -_- i think his language is too hard for the average human being.

[cavs608]

i dont see anything wrong with trying to get someone a education if they want it. if your gonna blow it off then thats ok but dont even go then. but people who cant afford it who want it should have a chance. as for healthcare like in sweden where its free its just basically trying to be helpful. if we wanna be helpful than we can, if you don't wanna be helpful then vote against it, but if everyone else wants to help then well tough shit

[Lorenachan67]

Ron Paul is correct. Education is not a right nor is healthcare. No one has the obligation to pay for you or take care of you. To say that you are entitled to the services of someone's long education and training is absurd. However, you DO have a right to use the resources you have or the resources around you to get healthcare or education.

[77Edgar777]

Thank God this cunt is retired.....

[JakeParkhill]

rid pvp left in the free market, the supply and demand curve would change dramatically, as the super rich could not keep the higher education institutions a float on their own.

Thanks for the name calling, maybe next time you can be more mature.

[rid pvp]

No no no no you dumb cunt.

The free market while turn educational institutions into profit-run dumps. The poor will not be able to afford decent education, while the wealthy will have phenomenal education. That would effectively kill social mobility.



[JakeParkhill]

What he is saying is that education should not be regulated by the government, and that poor kid in Texas can get a loan from the school. If we treat schools as private institutions of higher learning they won't need the government for financial aid, and students won't need the government for financial aid.

When the government got involved, the standards for entrance to higher education went down, and the costs went up. With the free market, anyone who wants to attend school, will be able to.

[IMMAEDEDDNEDDY]

Getting educated isn't a right.... But owning a gun is....... Huh, he's even stupider than I thought.

[Kwaku Awere]

if everybody was equal how would the rich get rich