President Obama __ bless his heart __ recently proposed making junior colleges free
for anyone who wants to attend. Of course, this won't happen. The callous, largely deranged Republican-controlled Congress we now have will never pass such a law.
But let's put Mr. Obama's magnanimous suggestion in perspective.
To make communities colleges free would cost $60 billion over the next ten years.
Contrast this with the largest boondoggle in America's history __ the F-35 Program.
Here's a defense project, folks, that can't get DE-FUNDED, no matter how many setbacks,
cost overruns, and failures it racks up. Or how much criticism and outrage it arouses.
The projected cost of the F-35 program?
$1.5 trillion!
No, that was not a typo. It's $1.5 trillion!
$60 billion for free community college education.
$1.5 trillion for an unnecessary and ineffective military program.
$60 billion for education which won't get approved by Congress.
$1.5 trillion which will go into the bloated vaults of the military-industrial complex and
its fat-cat executives.
The $1.5 trillion for the F-35 program could provide free community college education for
the next 250 years!
Does this tell you something about the twisted priorities of our country?
Does this put things in perspective?
[ This originated at the author's personal web site . . . http://jdrachel.com ]
