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5 Reasons We Don't Need Bernie Sanders Free College Plans : By Michael Minkoff

Many pundits are praising presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, the "independent" Senator from Vermont, for his "bold" plan to make college education free—or at least affordable—for everyone:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has proposed a formula to create free college education at public universities and finance the program through a small transaction tax on Wall Street trades. This is a powerful, wonderful and profound idea. It should . . . become a major Democratic Party initiative that should be supported by all Democratic candidates for president, included in the Democratic platform at the next Democratic National Convention and serve as a dramatic campaign pledge to elect Democratic candidates for the House and Senate in the 2016 elections.

Sanders is absolutely right. Nothing would do more to bring opportunity to young men and women throughout the nation than to make college education at public universities affordable to all. [Elizabeth] Warren is absolutely right. It is high time to end the crushing burden of student loan debt that afflicts moms and dads, and their sons or daughters, who are hard-pressed to pay back this crushing debt.

Not so much. Here's a few reasons why:

Most people don't need a college education.
The fact is that most people, unless they are joining one of the learned professions (e.g., theology, law, medicine, academia, etc.), don't actually need a college degree. Learning a trade through apprenticeship or internship is often far more efficient than college in terms of time, practical knowledge, and work experience. More and more businesses are realizing this, and if college education becomes even more common, most employers will care even less about it, not more. Already, it means very little. It will mean even less.

Many people don't want a college education.
What about those people who don't want a college education? Surely that is a large portion of people. Subsidizing college and making college compulsory are just a few shades away from one another. We know this already from the history of public schooling. What began as a way to make schooling more affordable for "poor people" now legitimizes its own bloated budget by basically forcing people to attend.

Making college free for everyone will naturally reduce the value of a college education.

If you make it so just about anyone can get into college, you effectively force colleges to lower admittance standards and soften grading policies. This has already been happening. Plenty of people with college educations don't know anything about anything. They went to college because they were supposed to go after high school. But they spent the whole time sleeping around, drinking, and smoking weed, and yet somehow they still graduated because they majored in underwater basket weaving ... or environmental science. This is obviously an exaggeration. But not by as much as you might think. A college education currently means something (not as much as it once did) because not everyone has a college education. In order for everyone to acquire a college degree, something will have to give.

Turning college into a de facto extension of high school would further retard the development and maturation of young people in this country.

 http://eaglerising.com/19626/5-reasons-we-dont-need-bernie-sanders-free-college-plans/#oa3xdb5uUffTtB6B.99

Re: Blood and skin cells found on 75-million-year-old dinosaur bones:

there are living organisms much older than that that havent changed at all such as extremeophile bactiria so im not suprised cells could survive that long.

A REAL Welsh dragon!

A new dinosaur species, dating back 200 million years, has been discovered in Wales.
The fossilised skeleton, described as a cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, is believed to be the earliest specimen of a Jurassic era dinosaur to be found in the world.
And while it may not have wings or breathe fire like the country's national symbol, it is the first fossil of a meat-eating theropod dinosaur to be found in Wales.

Described as the 'find of a life-time,' the bones of the unnamed dinosaur were discovered on Lavernock beach near Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan by two fossil-hunting brothers, Nick and Rob Hanigan.
A cliff fall on the beach, caused by storms in the spring of 2014 revealed several loose blocks containing part of the skeleton of the dinosaur, including razor sharp teeth and claws.

The fossilised bones were found spread across five slabs of rock and although some were preserved together in the correct position, others had been scattered and separated by the actions of scavenging fish and sea-urchins.
They were analysed by experts from the universities of Manchester and Portsmouth as well as the National Museum Wales who concluded the dinosaur lived at the very earliest part of the Jurassic period, 201 million years ago.

WALKING WITH WELSH DINOSAURS
The unnamed skeleton found near Penarth is the first fossil of a meat-eating theropod dinosaur to be found in Wales.
Dr John Nudds, senior lecturer in palaeontology at The University of Manchester said: 'It is very rare to find this type of dinosaur at all and never before in Wales.
'In fact it is only the second dinosaur ever found in Wales.
However, the area is home to perfectly preserved footprints made by dinosaurs 200 million years ago.
They lie between Barry and Sully on the South Wales coast and include prints believed to have been left by three-toed meat-eating theropod dinosaurs, that walked on their hind legs.
The recently discovered skeleton is further proof that fierce theropods roamed the area in the Jurassic.
Some wider four-toed footprints at the footprint site are thought to belong to a plant eating dinosaur which would have walked on all fours.
The footprints were made by some of the earliest dinosaurs in the world and it is possible that ancestoral crocodile-like replies walked among them.
Isolated teeth and bones of other dinosaurs have previously been found in south Wales near Bridgend, Barry and Cowbridge.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3116657/A-REAL-Welsh-dragon-Fossil-meat-eating-dinosaur-terrorised-Wales-200-million-years-ago-unearthed.html

Re: Dr. Kent Hovind Obliterates Evolutionist Bill Nye!!

"So, tell me. Just how did Matter and Energy come for NOTHING.
Tell me how LIFE evolved from Nothing....
Evolution takes more faith to believe than Creation."

in response to your statement.

1) are you assuming im athiest because i dont agree with all young earth creationists?
well i could be, or i could be a christian who understands science... or an agnostic, or any form of theist for that matter. to say that i am non theistic because i dont agree with one person is a weird leap in logic to take if you ask me.

2)you dont really understand evolution if you think life came from nothing, you read on abiogenesis (still a silly idea if you ask me but youshould know about it before you defame it.) it seems your young earth creationist friend didnt understand the idea himself. as he issued the following challenge. it seems he doenst understand the different branches of science involved in his question as much of are not related to evolution.

 I have a standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution.* My $250,000 offer demonstrates that the hypothesis of evolution is nothing more than a religious belief.[80]
*NOTE: When I use the word evolution, I am not referring to the minor variations found in all of the various life forms (microevolution). I am referring to the general theory of evolution which believes these five major events took place without God:
1. Time, space, and matter came into existence by themselves.
2. Planets and stars formed from space dust.
3. Matter created life by itself.
4. Early life-forms learned to reproduce themselves.
5. Major changes occurred between these diverse life forms (i.e., fish changed to amphibians, amphibians changed to reptiles, and reptiles changed to birds or mammals).

3)does faith in an improvable concept such as god take less faith than trying to understand the physical world through science? well thats interesting as a concept does something needing less faith make it a more valid concept? if so then is ignorance of science and religion not more valid as it takes no faith? either way my bet is on the flying spegetti monster. cheers and have a nice day.

Re: Blonde Joke!

LOL

Blood and skin cells found on 75-million-year-old dinosaur bones:

Red blood cells and the remains of skin from dinosaurs more than 75 million years old have been discovered by scientists.
Palaeontologists found the rare soft tissue on eight dinosaur fossils that have spent more than a century in storage at the Natural History Museum in London.
The discovery is expected to result in scientists re-examining other old fossils with modern techniques in an attempt to find soft tissue that may be preserved there.

While soft tissue has been found on dinosaur fossils in the past, it is extremely rare and has only ever been found in extremely well preserved samples subject to unusual conditions after death.
In most cases it was thought the organic tissue like skin, muscle and blood would quickly decay away after death leaving just the harder bones to mineralise and become fossils.

COULD SOFT TISSUE BE USED TO CLONE DINOSAURS?
With the release of Jurassic World in cinemas, the idea of cloning extinct dinosaurs from DNA extracted from insects preserved in amber is receiving new attention.
In the original Jurassic Park scientists extract 80-million-year-old DNA from mosquitoes trapped in amber.
However, recent research has shown that DNA is unlikely to ever survive that long.
But the discovery of proteins like collagen on fossilised dinosaur remains will raise hopes that it may be possible to find remaining DNA.
However, even if that is possible, the fragments will be too small to allow scientists to ever hope to build a genome complete enough to clone the ancient reptiles and bring them back to life.
Indeed, red blood cells, like those found in the most recent study, contain no genetic material at all.
With the discovery of collagen fibres - a particularly strong protein - it may be possible to reconstruct the short gene that codes for them by studying the structure of the protein.
However, even that may be pushing what is possible as the level of preservation may not be good enough.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3117137/Blood-skin-cells-75-million-year-old-dinosaur-bones-Tissue-extracted-fossils-left-storage-century.html#ixzz3cwqPuCh9
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Re: Dr. Kent Hovind Obliterates Evolutionist Bill Nye!!

@bozette and Zbacku ive read a few of his books and while he has some valid concerns about the orgin of the universe and life he is overly underwelming in his education on the matter. there are some very valid reasons to object to the theories of abiogenesis, astrophysics, plate techtonics, and cosmology but he doesnt present any of them well, for a simple reason he majored in theology and attended unaccredited schools. he has a loose understanding of science at best, and has questionable ethics having been given a prision sentence for money laundering essentially. the thing is there are far better young earth creationists out there who have a better understanding of the science and of basic history than he does aswell as much stronger moral fiber. if you wanna defend your faith and show how silly science can be at times dont pick a crazy criminal conspiricy theorist without a proper degree, pick someone equiped to defend your faith with a sound mind. he is a funny and charming guy but then again many sociopaths are, but i urge you too look a little deeper and not make an idol of him.

Re: Dr. Kent Hovind Obliterates Evolutionist Bill Nye!!

Why would I dismiss one that tells the TRUTH?   I suggest you watch one of his videos.  And do so without any preconceived ideas that we evolved from NOTHING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aApEXcAOxiI

Re: Dr. Kent Hovind Obliterates Evolutionist Bill Nye!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aApEXcAOxiI

Re: Dr. Kent Hovind Obliterates Evolutionist Bill Nye!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATSYYaPWc3g

So, tell me.   Just how did Matter and Energy come for NOTHING.  
Tell me how LIFE evolved from Nothing....
Evolution takes more faith to believe than Creation.