Re: Campaign 2016 - People lie the most after a hunt, during a war or before an elect
As for whether or not the GOP will attack, that's moot because no matter what a Democrat proposes the GOP has their same old CUMMUNISM!!!1!! ragegasm.
As for the details, these ideas are hardly new and there are lots of strategy papers and analyses floating around out there. I think it's reasonable for a candidate to say, "I favor these sorts of solutions," with pointers to the adult discussion of the nuts and bolts. The details of the policy will, after all, be negotiated with Congress.
Kep that's unrealistic. Anything Sanders proposes is going to be labeled as coming with a trillion dollar price tag. He MUST fight back personally against the perception - not point to a think tank or academic study. While I'm sure you don't mean to do this, but you're sounding like the Dukakis campaign's take on how we can rely on the media to sort out the truth. I'm all for free tuition (up to a point depending on income) but I need to know specifically where the money is coming from in order to judge the realism of the proposal.
As I said before, to my knowledge he's had one instance of the lamestream press calling him out on the cost of his proposals, and he didn't handle it very well ('I'll fill in the blanks later' was his reaction IMHO). That's not going to cut it so hopefully he hones that a little better.
PS - I came across Rubio's idea, which is basically indentured servitude! Check it out:
"He expanded on this idea in a speech last year:
Let’s say you are a student who needs $10,000 to pay for your last year of school. Instead of taking this money out in the form of a loan, you could apply for a “Student Investment Plan” from an approved and certified private investment group. In short, these investors would pay your $10,000 tuition in return for a percentage of your income for a set period of time after graduation – let’s say, for example, 4% a year for 10 years.
This group would look at factors such as your major, the institution you’re attending, your record in school – and use this to make a determination about the likelihood of you finding a good job and paying them back.
Unlike with loans, you would be under no legal obligation to pay back that entire $10,000. Your only obligation would be to pay that 4% of your income per year for 10 years, regardless of whether that ends up amounting to more or less than $10,000."
What an idiot.