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...only baggage tying down American education was the weighty price of college tuition, then the President's tax cuts will do the trick. He wants to provide $1,500 per year for two years of post-high-school education and a $10,000 tax credit for college tuition. Dole's more modest proposal will give a $2,500 interest deduction for student loans and restore the federally guaranteed loan program through private banks...
...assuming that cost is the primary inhibitor of higher education, both Clinton and Dole misdiagnose the disease. College students and their families will wholeheartedly embrace these gifts, but the benefits are directed towards the successful student who has survived the first 12 years of schooling. The easy way to appease young voters in college is to throw money at them...
Contrary to what Clinton says, we are not on the right track for education. The President's medicine does not combat the right disease. Dole's prescription is equally inadequate. Neither party accounts for the shamefully deficient institutions that poor students are forced to attend. Does Dole expect quality private schools to spring up in America's urban jungles? Does Clinton believe that schools with asbestos and lead paint really need wiring to the Internet...
...Republicans, led by the dormant Presidential campaign of Bob Dole, are once again trying to convince the American people that their agenda to reduce funding for Federal education programs and restrict access to higher education is the way to strengthen the country's educational system," said Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) in a speech on the House floor last month...
...title seemed like something out of a political satire magazine: "Marshals Say Race Not Issue: Personality Cited." It made me laugh, thinking back to such a satire I had read regarding the 1996 Presidential Race. "Dole and Clinton Do Not Hold Press Conferences Today." Was there something newsworthy behind this article...