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Jill
Biden:
Government Oversight for Thee, Free Markets for Me
Posted by
Ben Howe
Thursday,
May 3rd
Barack
Obama didn’t believe in government healthcare mandates…until he did. He
didn’t
think we should spike the football on Bin Laden…until it was time for
reelection. Joe Biden thought Obama was ill-equipped for the job of
President…until he took the job as his right hand man.
Yes, the
ability for this administration to say one thing and do another is
nothing
short of astounding. Apparently this sphere protecting the executive
branch
from any lasting accusation of hypocrisy also extends to the executive
spouses.
Take for
example President Obama’s recent targeting of colleges that prey on
veterans.
They
survived insurgents, terrorists and roadside bombs. But President Obama
is
worried that many military veterans who made it home from the wars in
Iraq and
Afghanistan are now being targeted by unscrupulous for-profit career
colleges.
Mr. Obama plans to fly to Fort Stewart in Georgia on Friday to sign an
executive order intended to help protect active-duty troops and
veterans from
deceptive and misleading practices..
To be
clear, I know nothing about these institutions. They could be great,
they could
be awful. But I do know why Obama doesn’t like them and that is quite
simply
because they are “for profit” which really gets in the way when you are
trying
to nationalize student loans and higher education.
Luckily for
Jill Biden, the rules governing the awfulness of these institutions are
kept
out of the administration’s hypocrisy protection sphere.
Northern
Virginia Community College is the latest two-year institution to
announce a
partnership with the University of Phoenix, with the announcement
yesterday of
a transfer agreement. Students from the community college will get a
tuition
discount when they transfer to Phoenix, according to a news release.
They will
also be able to tap the for-profit provider’s prior learning assessment
offerings, which can grant college credit for prior training and work
experience. President Obama, who has often been critical of
for-profits, has
visited Northern Virginia five times for photo ops and to give
speeches. Jill
Biden, the vice president’s wife, is a professor at the college.
See how
this works? It’s the perfect example of how liberals think. Everything
is
horrible unless they are there to make sure “it’s done right.” Never
mind the
idea that perhaps our brave men & women of the military are
probably
intelligent enough to figure out who is trying to screw them over with
a scam
college vs. a college that might actually help them. They can’t be
trusted with
this decision without a liberal overlord placing pillows under their
feet the
whole time.
Or, perhaps
some consistence is called for? In a campaign year when the scrutiny of
the
national media is focused so intently on every move the Obama
administration is
making, shouldn’t Mrs. Biden be asked to step down from her position at
this
evil for-profit institution? Haha, no I’m just kidding. They won’t even
ask her
about this.
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