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Friday POLL: Manual or Automatic?
- By Zenophile
- Penn State Football
- 140 Replies
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R.I.P ESPN Magazine
- Penn State Football
- 30 Replies
"How the college debt debate shifted with one big idea"
- By BobPSU92
- Penn State Football
- 283 Replies
NO. POLITICS. 
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See the link below. From the article:
"(CNN) -- You have to hand it to Elizabeth Warren: The senator's slate of bold, transformational policy proposals has dominated the Democrats' conversation even if the presidential candidate herself has not dominated 2020 polls.
Her latest -- a proposal that according to her campaign's analysis would forgive $640 billion in student loans currently held by the government and make tuition largely free for public two- and four-year institutions -- would seek to address inequality, break down financial barriers to a college education and ease the debt burden on those who already went to school. The Massachusetts Democrat would finance it all with a tax on income over $50 million. That's also how she's pay for her universal pre-K proposal.
It would totally wipe away more than three-quarters of student loan balances in the country, according to an analysis by academics published on Warren's website.
There are other candidates for the Democratic nomination with plans to make college more affordable. Cory Booker would give every child a nest egg, funding those of lower-income children at a higher level, and Bernie Sanders has previously proposed a tuition subsidy program.
But Warren's proposal commanded new interest in the topic, although passing something of this magnitude in the Senate seems unlikely; Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has vowed to be a "grim reaper" for progressive plans."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/politics/student-loan-crisis/index.html
Hopefully we can discuss this without making it about the LEFT. , the RIGHT. , or the WRONG. .
.See the link below. From the article:
"(CNN) -- You have to hand it to Elizabeth Warren: The senator's slate of bold, transformational policy proposals has dominated the Democrats' conversation even if the presidential candidate herself has not dominated 2020 polls.
Her latest -- a proposal that according to her campaign's analysis would forgive $640 billion in student loans currently held by the government and make tuition largely free for public two- and four-year institutions -- would seek to address inequality, break down financial barriers to a college education and ease the debt burden on those who already went to school. The Massachusetts Democrat would finance it all with a tax on income over $50 million. That's also how she's pay for her universal pre-K proposal.
It would totally wipe away more than three-quarters of student loan balances in the country, according to an analysis by academics published on Warren's website.
There are other candidates for the Democratic nomination with plans to make college more affordable. Cory Booker would give every child a nest egg, funding those of lower-income children at a higher level, and Bernie Sanders has previously proposed a tuition subsidy program.
But Warren's proposal commanded new interest in the topic, although passing something of this magnitude in the Senate seems unlikely; Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has vowed to be a "grim reaper" for progressive plans."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/politics/student-loan-crisis/index.html
Hopefully we can discuss this without making it about the LEFT.
, the RIGHT. , or the WRONG. .
April 18, 1775: One if by land, and two if by sea
- By Tom McAndrew
- Penn State Football
- 30 Replies
there are several dates in American history that I hold as special. April 18th and 19th are two such dates. April 18th is the date when British soldiers set out to capture cannons and other material hidden near Concord. It's also the date when Paul Revere and William Dawes, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Warren (one of the giants of the patriot movement in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War), set out on horse to alert their fellow patriots that the British forces were on the move. Interestingly, Revere gets most of the credit (due to Longfellow's poem), while Dawes is a name usually known only by history buffs. (To be accurate, Dawes set out on horse via Boston Neck just before the British sealed off the city, whereas Revere rowed across the Charles River to Charlestown, and then rode on horse from there.) If I recall correctly, neither of them made it to Concord where the Provincial Congress had hidden a large quantity of arms. Between Lexington and Concord, Revere and Dawes met Samuel Prescott, who was returning from visiting a female. (@lionlover, was Prescott an ancestor of yours?) The three of them were riding together when they were challenged by a British patrol. The three road in opposite directions to try to avoid being captured. Revere was unable to avoid capture by the British patrol, and was held for a few hours. Dawes was thrown from his horse during the dash to escape capture, and ended up walking back to Lexington. Samuel Prescott escaped capture, and was the individual that alerted the Concord patriots that the British were marching to capture their hidden munitions.
If you are interested in reading more about the ride, and the events that precipitated British Gen. Gage to send troops out to capture the munitions, I offer two recommendations:
1. Paul Revere's Ride, by David Hacket Fischer
- the best book about the actual events of April 18 & 19
2. The Road To Concord, by J. L. Bell
- one of the best books on what Gage's troops were actually seeking on their march
While Revere is known to most Americans, and Dawes and Prescott are known by most historians, very few people can identify the individuals involved in hanging the lanterns in Old North Church. Most research shows that John Pulling and Robert Newman were the individuals that were involved in the hanging of lanterns. There is some debate as to which one did the actual hanging, and which one stood watch on the street. There are also some claims by the descendants of Thomas Bernard that he was involved in the operation. In David Hackett Fischer's book (listed above), he states that Pulling and Newman went into the church to hang the lanterns, while Thomas Bernard stood guard outside. That may be accurate, though historians have been unable to resolve for sure whether Bernard was actually there, and thus whether Pulling or Newman was the actual individual that hung the lantern.
The aforementioned events took place before the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia, and more than one year before that Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
