It can seem at many times Romney is incredibly out of touch. His riches have sheltered him from the world of the common man and the hardship that they must overcome. One of these challenges is getting a college education so as to survive in this falling economy. As difficult as it already is to pay for and succeed in college, Romney wants to do nothing to help the poor, brilliant students and possibly deprive them of financial aid.
Romney is harkening back to medieval times with these ideas and policies. With his idea to cut spending on higher education he is in turn creating a society that is similar to serfdom during the dark ages. Yes, people still have more freedom than those of that time period, but they will be forced into different social classes just because of their parents wealth. A brilliant student who could create the next big technology or cure cancer is being held back because his parents are poor. You can't succeed in this country if you aren't given a chance and Romney loading the dice towards the wealthy.
How can we be a government for the people when we can't help the people? That's against the people. Obama on the other hand is creating new policies to help students get out of their huge debt from college. In times like this where our economy is dropping and the U.S. as a nation is falling off the horse, we need bright stars to guide us to keep our top spot in the world. If we drop the ball on education then we won't be able to fuel our economy in the future, instead relying on employees from other countries to run the high-end jobs. Soon, the U.S. will not be a world power and will become a second tier country.
Cheaper loans and more opportunities for students is the route the U.S. needs to take to maintain its position as a world power.
After going though the opinionated pieces written by my classmates, I was most intrigued by the post titled, “Affording College Education,” written by Kyle Grier. Grier points out and discusses the idea that presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is very out of touch with average citizens, making it difficult for him to have effective and fair financial plans for those continuing their education in college. This is a very real problem in my eyes from hearing Romney suggest that young people “borrow money from their parents” to start their own business. Apparently little does Romney know, that not everyone’s parents have the money to easily lend to their children to start an entire business. In my opinion it expresses great ignorance on Romney’s part. If these citizen’s parents cannot afford to put them through college in the first place and they need loans and grants, they are not likely to possess money to lend to their children for other reasons. Unfortunately, Romney has showed Americans in many ways that he is not relatable to the average citizen. There is even a popularized “meme” poking fun at the fact that he is, in so many ways, different financially from the majority of the nation. Romney’s governmental plans seem to push the idea that in the United States, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. He plans to cut spending on higher education, making it all the more difficult for passionate students to learn and better themselves. Grier states that if the government drops the ball on the importance of education now, it can only make the future look quite grim economically. I completely agree, and hopefully the rise of these points leading up to the election will spark the common citizens to come together for their needs.
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ReplyDeleteIn response to Kyle Grier’s blog post on college education affordance, I agree with his claim that “Cheaper loans and more opportunities for students is the route the U.S. needs to take to maintain its position as a world power”; also, I agree completely with his stance on Mitt Romney’s decision to cut spending on Higher education.
It is a well known fact that college is expensive and not many students are able to afford continuing their education, if you do not believe me go check out U.S News. With this being understood, it only seems logical to agree with Grier and his Romney argument (that Romney is doing nothing to help the poor by cutting higher education spending-something that would cost over 1 million students their future in education).
I further agree that while the deficit, especially in today’s failing economy, is of paramount importance, college education is of even more significance for multiple reasons. One, no matter what happens in our economy a deficit is inevitable. The government spending too much money and not taking in enough taxes to compensate has been the status quo for many years, therefore, our nation’s debt is not going to be improving any time soon. Of course minor changes (like cutting spending from the higher education program) will help in this deficit, but is the risk worth it? This is not an issue of allowing minorities to obtain education, but rather allowing students in general the opportunity to continue their education, receive degrees, enter the economy with new ideas, and stimulate the market. Second, the higher education program was enacted for the purpose of education and has prospered and over exceeded the bills expectations. Because of this statistic, there is no valid argument Mitt Romney has to cut the program other than deficit crisis (which can be easily looked passed considering it’s inevitable). Romney argues that students can receive loans or join the military, but this would just further increase the problem of never ending college debt.
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/1213-cutting-the-deficit-should-be-next-sessions-main-concern/
http://blogmaverick.com/2012/05/13/the-coming-meltdown-in-college-education-why-the-economy-wont-get-better-any-time-soon/
http://www.americanbridgepac.org/2012/05/wire/research/bridge-briefing-mitt-romney-higher-education/