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Weekly Address
March 27, 2009
This was a momentous week for America. It was a week in which together, we took bold new steps toward restoring economic security for our middle class and rebuilding a stronger foundation for our future. It was a week in which some of the change that generations have hoped for and worked for finally became reality in America.
It began with the passage of comprehensive health insurance reform that will begin to end the worst practices of the insurance industry, rein in our exploding deficits, and, over time, finally offer millions of families and small businesses quality, affordable care – and the security and peace of mind that comes with it.
[What I'm not telling you: "...'we' took bold new steps toward...." There was no 'we' in the House or the Senate to speak of; this was all done with 'slight-of-hand' legislatively; from the backroom deals to the 'Pelosi stroll.' The congress managed to eke out a bill that has possibly the smallest percentage of support EVER in the congress and among the American voters!! Barely 40% of the American voters supported this bill at any point along it's way through the congress! See... That's how the fascist "cram-down" legislative process works!
We've managed to keep intact, the pay-offs to the various legislators who supported this bill despite their misgivings. We even included funds for Native-American child molesters!! Again, a little payola for everyone....my supporters, that is!!!
I mentioned the 'Pelosi Stroll' which I'm sure everyone's seen on the nightly news. You know, where she's carrying a big gavel in both hands; walking with other thugs from the House. They were walking among TeaPartiers" gathered on the grounds to protest this takeover of a sizeable percentage of the national economy. She told me later that she had expected to be heckled; some of her thugs racially slurred; for her group to have nasty crap thrown at them, etc. NOTHING!!
How can we possibly align these protesters as racists, biggots and an unruly mob if they won't "play into our hand??"
Speaker Pelosi had to call in some chips to have the media misconstrue anything said to be 'a negative' and the non-confrontation still didn't play well in the press!!]
And it ended with Congress casting a final vote on another piece of legislation that accomplished what we’ve been talking about for decades – legislation that will reform our student loan system and help us educate all Americans to compete and win in the 21st century.
Year after year, we’ve seen billions of taxpayer dollars handed out as subsidies to the bankers and middlemen who handle federal student loans, when that money should have gone to advancing the dreams of our students and working families. And yet attempts to fix this problem and reform this program were thwarted by special interests that fought tooth and nail to preserve their exclusive giveaway.
But this time, we said, would be different. We said we’d stand up to the special interests, and stand up for the interests of students and families. That’s what happened this week. And I commend all the Senators and Representatives who did the right thing.
This reform of the federal student loan programs will save taxpayers $68 billion over the next decade. And with this legislation, we’re putting that money to use achieving a goal I set for America: by the end of this decade, we will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.
[What I'm not telling you: One large concession made was the 30,000 private sector jobs this take-over of the student loan programs nationwide, will cost, initially--with probable trickle-down, further on. This means that those families involved will lose roughly $750million in income over the same ten-year span. Although I hadn't thought of it, this is aligning with my intended destruction of the American economy!! Not only that--it further advances government dependency to yet another generation of Americans. The current welfareRat dependents are figured into our formulas in perpetuity; we needed another class of citizens to put on the rolls.]
To make college more affordable for millions of middle-class Americans for whom the cost of higher education has become an unbearable burden, we’re expanding federal Pell Grants for students: increasing them to keep pace with inflation in the coming years and putting the program on a stronger financial footing. In total, we’re doubling funding for the federal Pell Grant program to help the students who depend on it.
To make sure our students don’t go broke just because they chose to go to college, we’re making it easier for graduates to afford their student loan payments. Today, about 2 in 3 graduates take out loans to pay for college. The average student ends up with more than $23,000 in debt. So when this change takes effect in 2014, we’ll cap a graduate’s annual student loan repayments at 10 percent of his or her income.
To help an additional 5 million Americans earn degrees and certificates over the next decade, we’re revitalizing programming at our community colleges – the career pathways for millions of dislocated workers and working families across this country. These schools are centers of learning; where students young and old can get the skills and technical training they need for the jobs of today and tomorrow. They’re centers of opportunity; where we can forge partnerships between students and businesses so that every community can gain the workforce it needs. And they are vital to our economic future.
[What I'm not telling you: There are a total of 4,140 public and private two and four year post-secondary institutions in the U.S. They have a total student population of 17,487,475 {according to the latest figures available: 2005} The projections here--for this bill--increase that population 500,000 students per year or less than 3%!! W-O-W!!
I'm going to put 30 thousand people out of work for a 3% increase??
And to ensure that all our students have every chance to live up to their full potential, this legislation also increases support for our Minority Serving Institutions, including our Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to keep them as strong as ever in this new century.
Education. Health care. Two of the most important pillars of a strong America grew stronger this week. These achievements don’t represent the end of our challenges; nor do they signify the end of the work that faces our country. But what they do represent is real and major reform. What they show is that we’re a nation still capable of doing big things. What they prove is what’s possible when we can come together to overcome the politics of the moment; push back on the special interests; and look beyond the next election to do what’s right for the next generation.
That’s the spirit in which we continue the work of tackling our greatest common tasks – an economy rebuilt; job creation revitalized; an American Dream renewed – for all our people.
[What I'm not telling you: See how I continually try to shepard 'race' into practically any legislation I demand?? We--as fascists--must continue to promote this country's racial divide. I look forward to the continuation in the remarks of my fellow fascists as we promote the legalization of practically all illegals in this country!! The anomosity caused will keep me in office, no matter how much I piss off the nation's patriots!! In conclusion, I ask you: How does continuing to spend massive amounts of money bring down the deficit??]What good does college afordability do when potential students are not 'college material;' do not have the desire necessary to succeed in higher education?? What we actually need is to get the Hell out'ta the way and let them travel their own paths to personal success!! But, where's the control; the dependency in that??]
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