Press release:
Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) today blasted Downstate liberal members of the Assembly’s Higher Education Committee for voting down legislation that would have increased the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award available to prospective college students in New York State.
Instead of expanding college affordability for citizens, the Assembly Majority has instead sided with illegal immigrants and voted to allow them taxpayer-funded college tuition they call “The Dream Act” and Hawley refers to as “The Nightmare Act."
“What kind of message are Downstate politicians sending the struggling families out there working two jobs or overtime to provide their children with a college education,” Hawley said. “Middle-class families deserve a break, and with skyrocketing college costs, we should be doing everything possible to make a college education a reality for our citizens.
"Add this bill to the long list of higher education initiatives blocked by New York City liberals to pump more resources, taxpayer money and freebies into their downstate voting bloc.”
all the more reason we need
all the more reason we need to break away from downstate
The new priviledge class in
The new priviledge class in America: Illegal, immigrants.
So you obey the law, pay your
So you obey the law, pay your taxes and do the "right thing". Then get told by Liberals that you do not get any more help to pay for your kids college, because they want to give that money to "Illegal's", also known as law breakers. Great.
NO ONE should be getting
NO ONE should be getting college tuition subsidized. If you want college paid for by somebody else, vote for Bernie. Nothing is Free.
When I was 19 in 1973 I got a
When I was 19 in 1973 I got a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant from the Federal Government (your tax dollars). It was for $1200 a year and it covered tuition and books at GCC plus helped with my $37.50 a month rent in a shared two bedroom apartment in Oakfield. I hitchhiked both ways everyday at a cost of zero, people used to be kind, trusting and trustworthy. That's ancient history now. I think every student who wants an education should get some help if they need it and I'm one of those illegal alien loving liberals.
Vote Trump! At least he has a
Vote Trump! At least he has a plan for illegals.
First ask yourselves why we
First ask yourselves why we have "skyrocketing college costs". Solve that problem and we'll have a much different discussion.