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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nice try, OP. 
Nobody is saying that the GOP is “against higher education.”  Many of us do believe, however, that it is not working the way it should in some cases.  
We also KNOW that “higher education” is not the path for everyone.  There are a plethora of lucrative fields which don’t require an advanced degree.  [/quote]

Are you sending your kids to college?[/quote]
+1 It may not be the path for everyone, but I assure you that most of the elite GOP are sending their kids to private schools and colleges.  They just don't think college is for most of the middle/lower class.  The GOP elite don't want the masses to be educated in case they turn into liberals because study after study shows that the more educated you are, the more liberal you tend to become.  Additionally, a huge majority of well regarded scientists believe that climate change is real. Actually, even Trump believes it's real, but only when it impacts his bottom line like his golf course eroding into the ocean due to rising sea levels caused by... climate change.  So, they don't want the GOP base to be educated just in case they also will start to believe that we need to get off coal and oil and turn to more renewable energy; if they did that, then that would hurt Trump's cronies' businesses, and that's a no no.

The GOP also want to keep the middle/lower class down by pushing manufacturing and coal jobs onto them instead of the higher paying jobs that usually require some form of higher ed.

I have nothing against electrician or plumbers. They can, indeed, make good money, but how many GOP elite wouldn't mind if their kids became plumbers or electricians?  Why don't they want the middle/lower income people to strive for something better?  I have told my kids it's fine if they want to be an electrician or plumber, but they'd better be really good at it and be willing to work hard if they want to live a financially comfortable life.  I grew up low income and am the first in my family (including extended) to get a college education from a C rated state univ, and I even used to be a R a very long time ago,  so I'm not part of the liberal elite.[/quote]

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