Obama's plans for College Tuition

[Gary]

You all crack me up. Yea, I said give free hand-outs. I said everyone deserves the opportunity for college. As far as Bush goes, who was behind the wheel, go ahead, give that jerk a free pass. Liberal my butt, your paying more for the rich to get richer than you are for the poor. I suppose the people in NOLA just wanted hand-outs too. It is a fact that who you know in this world is huge, many people that are poor don't have the connections many others do. To deny this is ignorance. I've never said hard working families should just hand over $$$ to the poor but I won't look down on them either. Salaries are out of whack in this country, that's just the way it is. I live in a great neighborhood, great school system in a money area, Mt Laurel, NJ. Matter of fact, my neighbor behind me is Jon Runyan of the Eagles and one of the 76er's lives down the street. My wife and I worked and saved hard for what we have but I've never forgotten what it is like to stand in the unemployment line. Guess I'm a hypocrite, Right? We adopt families for Christmas, give to many charities and do what we can do. I don't blame the poor for taking a chunk of my money, I blame the politicos. A pension system, of which I am part of, I pay into and am eligible for when I retire is sucking NJ dry as are all the pensions across the country. I don't know how old you all are but if you are a state or municipal employee or even in a pension at work, you may not be able to draw from it in the future. You might end up with nothing unless of course you saved in a 401k or Roth (and I'm sure you know how they are doing) Oh, and by the way, in case you didn't know, many of these municipalities are friends and families connected. You don't get in w/out knowing someone. My vet rep was shocked I got in where I am because he said it is nearly impossible for an outsider to gain access. So, I guess it's fair that a poor person walking in off the street shouldn't have the opportunity for this type of employment. This type of hiring is common throughout the country. When they retire, nice fat pensions for all, paid for by you! Family medical coverage for $8.00 a week (fact). So don't give me that bull about working hard etc, etc, etc. If you think that the well won't run dry, think again. Just like the case here where the Chief of Police gets promoted in Camden in March, holds the position until Sept and retires to a $90,000 a yr pension. Then he takes it out of the state to Portsmouth, VA to hold the same post at $110,000.00 there. You call it what you want, I call it favoritism, cronyism and a host of other words. But, you know what, you keep living in the conservative dream, if your making in excess of $200,000.00, it probably fits. Otherwise, you may want to rethink things. I never said free hand-outs, I did say equal opportunity to all, I think the framers of the Constitution intended that. Maybe I'm wrong.