“The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes and constitutional protections such as the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, election of senators by state legislators, the electoral college, no income taxation, most governmental functions performed at the state and local levels, and myriad other constitutional limitations on the powers of the central government.” StatesGovernmentGivenLevelsDemocracyRightsCollegeUnderstoodFunctionElectionBillsProtectionSeparationIncomeLocalsLimitationEvolveFoundersSenatorsRoutesTaxationIncome TaxLegislatorsBill Of RightsPlunderSeparation Of PowersElectoral CollegeCentral Government Author:Thomas DiLorenzo
“Congratulations to Ohio State, your new college football champions. Coach Urban Meyer may be the greatest football coach of all time. Don't confuse him with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. That's urban quagmire.” MayStatesNew YorkFootballCollegeBillsCoachesAll TimeChampionUrbanCongratulationsMayorsOhioCollege FootballFootball CoachQuagmireOhio State Author:David Letterman
“College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.” Has BeensEndsHelpingJobsGrowthFeetEconomicStudentsCollegeDegreesInnovationBillsGraduatesTaxpayersDroppingEconomic GrowthSubsidiesDropping Out Author:Alex Tabarrok
“As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting.” IfsLooksDoneCareSchoolGivenSleepPayWonderGoneCollegeBasketballHigh SchoolMy FamilyBillsTake CareCoachingIf I CouldContractsOlympicsBroadcasting Author:Doug Collins
“At college, I felt frustrated thinking three years was a long time and I just wanted a job but afterwards I was in employment the whole time. I got into a theatre company and started doing stand-up gigs for cash, so I lived hand-to-mouth, but there was always enough to pay the bills.” ThinkingYearsLongEnoughWholeHandsWantedJobsThreeFeltPayCompanyCollegeLong TimeMouthsBillsTheatreEmploymentThree YearsCashFrustratedGigs Author:Bill Bailey
“Some people are just really goofy kind of guitar acts, and they go out and do these colleges and start making a fortune pretty early on. And other people - I know guys who are great comics, who've done the Letterman show many times, who still barely pay their bills.” PeopleKnowsKindStillsDoneShowsGuyPayCollegeBillsFortuneGuitarGoofyLetterman Author:Greg Giraldo
“Most women are not programmed to prefer a great career to a great man and a family. They feel they were sold a bill of goods at college and by the media.” MenFeelsCareersMediaCollegeBillsGreat MenGoods Author:Dennis Prager
“Today, you have achieved something special, something only 92 percent of Americans your age will ever know: a college diploma. That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce. I'm talking about dropout losers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg.” KnowsAgeTodayJobsForceTalkingSpecialCollegePercentAdvantageMarkBillsEightCrushGatesLoserSomething SpecialDiplomaDropoutsZuckerberg Author:Conan O'Brien
“Bill Cosby no longer on Temple University`s board. His name has been removed from various college scholarships and buildings. Two dozen colleges and universities have rescinded honorary degrees they gave him.” Has BeensTwoNamesBuildingCollegeDegreesBillsUniversityVariousBoardsTemplesDozenScholarshipColleges And UniversitiesHonorary Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“These people in the establishment have been telling us they're the ones to fix everything and everything they've tried to fix, they've botched - TARP, the recession fix such as the stimulus bill. Look at the college - college education is an impediment because of how much it costs. A college education is no longer a step up.” PeopleLooksHas BeensStepsCollegeCostBillsEstablishmentStimulusRecessionsStep UpImpedimentsCollege EducationTarp Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I want to make college debt-free and for families making less than $125,000, you will not get a tuition bill from a public college or university if the plan that I worked on with Bernie Sanders is enacted.” IfsWantPlansCollegeBillsUniversityDebtTuitionDebt Free Author:Hillary Clinton
“I really do put it on Bill Clinton's presidency as the time when the Democrats became the party of the college degree as the key to success in life.” PartyCollegeKeysDegreesBillsClintonDemocratSuccess In LifePresidencyKey To SuccessCollege Degree Author:George Packer
“In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace.” WorldMadeWarAmericaTechnologyCollegeSucceedCommitmentScientistBillsWar Of The WorldsProductiveWorld War IiWorld War IEngineersMarketplaceCollege EducationGis Author:Barack Obama