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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I could not agree more [/quote]

Well, that professor is right up until the last sentence.  He or she has fundamentally misunderstood the goal of DOGE and Trump.  It’s not to help the middle class voter.  [/quote]

You’re missing the point. Obviously the writer doesn’t like Trump or his tactics. But she/he is saying there’s too much blout in colleges right now which should be obvious to all of us. [/quote]

Yes.  But the Trump solution is not at all tailored to address that problem.  And it’s really weird for the federal government to be involved in minimizing bloat at a private entity.  Private industry has a million boondoggles, but the federal government doesn’t cut contracts because corporate CEOs are overpaid and go to conferences in Hawaii.[/quote]

Dp.  They are not private entities they are non profits with billion dollar endowments that all taxpayers including the 60% who don’t even have college degrees have to subsidize.  We democrats fumbled the ball as we didn’t even bring up the issue of tuition inflation much less suggest solutions to it or acknowledge federal loans role in it so people had no choice but to pick his ham fisted approach.  Our party completely lost sight of middle class issues and that why we are here.   Face it we have become the party of elites and a system that mostly serves the top percent and their pet causes.  Why are auto manufacturer unions celebrating tariffs while democrats are calling for free trade?  Who are we really fighting for?  We have no plan that addresses 60% of American populations concerns.[/quote]

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