Wingnut Calls Mitt a Marxist
Via Yglesias: Mitt Romney shows a modicum of reason when discussing the cost of higher education and immediately gets pounced on by a goon at Cato. What did Mitt say to warrant the ire of the wingnuts?
“I like the idea of linking the level of support that we’re able to provide to young people going to college to the contributions they’re going to make to our society,” Romney told more than 200 people at an event at a Davenport hotel, one of three stops in the state Wednesday.
College costs need to be lowered for everyone. But creating extra-incentives for, say, some of out best physics students to enter teaching by offering loan forgiveness if they teach high school physics is an idea worth considering. You would think a party ostensibly obsessed with maintaining America’s competitiveness would be interested in encouraging higher education. Instead, we find Republicans laughing at students who ask about college costs. Later at the same Romney event:
Asked by an audience member why young people aren’t more engaged in the political process, Romney said they don’t feel the same sense of urgency about issues facing the country.“Maybe it’s partly our fault, those of us that are running for office,” Romney said. “We don’t spend more time on campus and we probably should spend some more time with students and say, ‘Guys get involved, get educated.’”
What, there aren’t many young people at GOP rallies? I wonder why.
Add comment October 18th, 2007
