Five Things you should know today, December 4, 2012

Pending Cuts (0.00 / 0)

So we're gonna cut local aid to cities and towns yet the state will continue to fund EBT cards, free college tuition for illegal aliens, out of control patronage, and undfunded pensions? All these Democrats who continue to vote for Democrats who have voted for all these stupid things are the reason why we're in this mess.

I distinctly remember Charlie Baker back in 2010 pointing his finger at Deval during a debate about this very problem and Deval poo-pooed him. This state is going down the toilet because of DEMOCRAT policies. The sooner we realize it and the sooner the state GOP grows a  sack and exposes this, the better we will be.

Where is EBT reform? Why are we funding instate tuition for aliens? Someone in the state GOP has  to address this  and ask why we're cutting local aid yet not touching these issues.

"I'm mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore ..."

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by: westfield05 @ Tue Dec 04, 2012 at 23:32:56 PM UTC

Why Yes (0.00 / 0)

   That's their voting base. Gotta reward the soldiers!

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by: billxi @ Wed Dec 05, 2012 at 03:38:40 AM UTC

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Have you got a link to that "free college tuition for illegal aliens" funding? (0.00 / 0)

I kept trying google and try as I might I couldn't find a law or executive order giving free tuition to illegal aliens.

I did find facts on an executive order providing for the children of undocumented immigrants to PAY in-state tuition at state owned colleges. Meaning they PAY the same tuition costs as any other child whose parents brought them to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

And I did find a group of Republican State Reps who are filing a bill to overturn the executive order providing for PAYING in-state tuition by the children of these undocumented immigrants. So it would appear that some Republicans grasp the facts, disagree in a constructive manner and are taking action to address the reality (not the false ranting) of the actual regulations.

ah well, carry on. Let's us paint you all with the pro-rape, anti-Latino, war on women, 47% brush that wins Democrats elections.

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by: Striker57 @ Wed Dec 05, 2012 at 04:19:26 AM UTC

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No link needed for common knowledge statements... (5.00 / 2)

Look, if illegal immigrants can now get the effective tuition rates that in-state students get then they might very well get free tuition.  The Abigail Adams scholarship allows for tuition free attendance at all state colleges and universities.   If the student, illegal or otherwise, ends up in the top 10 percent of students then they get the Abigail Adams scholarship.  

Also, if an illegal immigrant files a basic FFASA application and lists the parent's income, which would be completely undocumented and unreported, they would no doubt qualify for enough financial aid to go to college for free...

Listen, I am as sympathetic as anyone to the plight of children of illegal immigrants.  But never should we allow illegal immigrants to get better tuition rates than LEGAL immigrants and US citizens.  My brother-in-law lives in Londonderry NH and works in MA.  He pays MA state income tax because of it.  Yet, his children do not qualify for in-state tuition rates in MA because they live in NH.  How is that fair?  It isn't and Deval Patrick knows it but doesn't care because nobody in that family can vote.  

We are headed for a 'Fiscal Cliff' and the country just elected a dope whose motto is 'Forward'.  

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by: Vote3rdpartynow @ Wed Dec 05, 2012 at 12:41:44 PM UTC

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Have you got a link to that "free college tuition for illegal aliens" funding? (0.00 / 0)

I kept trying google and try as I might I couldn't find a law or executive order giving free tuition to illegal aliens.

I did find facts on an executive order providing for the children of undocumented immigrants to PAY in-state tuition at state owned colleges. Meaning they PAY the same tuition costs as any other child whose parents brought them to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

And I did find a group of Republican State Reps who are filing a bill to overturn the executive order providing for PAYING in-state tuition by the children of these undocumented immigrants. So it would appear that some Republicans grasp the facts, disagree in a constructive manner and are taking action to address the reality (not the false ranting) of the actual regulations.

ah well, carry on. Let's us paint you all with the pro-rape, anti-Latino, war on women, 47% brush that wins Democrats elections.

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by: Striker57 @ Wed Dec 05, 2012 at 04:25:28 AM UTC

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oh, so you weren't trying to contribute to the discussion, or (0.00 / 0)

justifiably debate the issue.  You just wanted to be an a$$hole.  How surprising from someone who can't figure out what's illegal about being illegal and prefers the politically incorrect term "undocumented".  Pray tell, why are they without documents?

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by: Term Limits @ Sat Dec 08, 2012 at 23:48:52 PM UTC

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The Patrick legacy (5.00 / 1)

1:  Cahill.  Using the lottery in a way that makes him look good as a candidate is no different from Galvin putting his picture on all the election literature. If stupid is a crime then Cahill should go to jail just for running as a 3rd party candidate, but not for those bogus charges.

2: Patrick. What a difference a year or so makes.  This, from the Patrick campaign, 2010:

I wanted you to have this information first, before it appears in the media, because it is an important independent indicator that Massachusetts is enduring the economic downturn better than most and is poised to come out of it faster and stronger than the rest of the US.

Faster. Stronger.  Except it didn't and it's not.  His rhetoric is that Mass is leading the US, but that's patently false.

The Patrick's tenure is this:  8 years, a smaller labor force, more unemployed, flat per capita income, a larger state government, a relentless rise in property taxes, no improvement on reading/math measurements, a pharmacy that's killing people, a crime lab that can't reliably tell who's killing people and a probation department that so full of crony hires that it can't tend to the people who've killed people.

Meanwhile, the Patrick legacy:  The first black governor of the state spent his 8 years carrying water for Romneycare. His claim to fame: he continued the work that Romney began.

No policies on property taxes, no policy success on stopping the rise of health insurance or health costs, no policy on the rising poverty rate.  On the flip side, there's some nice drapes, a car and a book.

This week is classic Patrick: He gives the Clintonesque "I feel your pain" sad face, then gives raises for staffers, announces an upcoming "robust" tax increase and then cuts local aid.

3. Seriously, tuition for illegals as an issue?!  Give 'em all instate tuition and an Ipod for all I care.  Massachusetts isn't a state with an illegal alien problem.  Republicans play right into Democrats hands by (democrat spin) "trying to toss children out of school." Why waste a breath?  In Massachusetts, immigration is a red herring issue much like abortion: emotional and minor.  

Elizabeth Warren: a bankruptcy professor, bankrupt of ideas

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by: gary @ Wed Dec 05, 2012 at 14:03:22 PM UTC