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Trump University 2.0

Joel Eissenberg | December 27, 2023 7:19 am

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Remember the wildly successful Trump University? Me neither.

But elect Donald, and he promises to build on that success by stealing the endowments of major universities to create a national diploma mill.

Click the link.

Trump University 2.0
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  • Fred C. Dobbs says:
    December 27, 2023 at 8:03 am

    (I clicked the link, so you don’t have to, alas.)

    In recent weeks, Americans have been horrified to see students and faculty at Harvard and other once-respected universities expressing support for the savages and jihadists who attacked Israel. We spend more money on higher education than any other country, and yet they’re turning our students into Communists and terrorists and sympathizers of many, many different dimensions — we can’t let this happen. It’s time to offer something dramatically different.

    Under the plan I’m announcing today, we will take the billions and billions of dollars that we will collect by taxing, fining, and suing excessively large private university endowments, and we will then use that money to endow a new institution called the American Academy.

    Its mission will be to make a truly world-class education available to every American, free of charge, and do it without adding a single dime to the federal debt. This institution will gather an entire universe of the highest quality educational content, covering the full spectrum of human knowledge and skills, and make that material available to every American citizen online for free.

    Whether you want lectures or an ancient history or an introduction to financial accounting, or training in a skilled trade, the goal will be to deliver it and get it done properly, using study groups, mentors, industry partnerships, and the latest breakthrough in computing. This will be a truly top-tier education option for the people.

    It will be strictly non-political, and there will be no wokeness or jihadism allowed—none of that’s going to be allowed. …

     

    • Joel Eissenberg says:
      December 27, 2023 at 10:54 am

      “Under the plan I’m announcing today, we will take the billions and billions of dollars that we will collect by taxing, fining, and suing excessively large private university endowments, and we will then use that money to endow a new institution called the American Academy.”

      Government expropriation. Sounds Bolshevik to me. WWSD (What Would Stalin Do)? 

  • Ten Bears says:
    December 27, 2023 at 8:15 am

    I don’t know who to mock, Trump, or the suckas that buy into it

    I can hear g’da muttering something about paying out enough rope

  • Jackd says:
    December 27, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    Wait; he built the wall and made Mexico pay for it, right?  What not this?

  • Fred C. Dobbs says:
    December 28, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    … Mr. Trump can appeal Ms. Bellows’s decision to Maine’s Superior Court within five days. The Republican primaries in Maine and Colorado are both scheduled for March 5, known as Super Tuesday because so many states hold primaries that day.

     

    Challenges to Mr. Trump’s ballot access have been brought in more than 30 states in recent weeks, largely through the courts. Because of a quirk in Maine’s Constitution, registered voters seeking to block candidates there must first file a petition with the secretary of state. …

    • Fred C. Dobbs says:
      December 28, 2023 at 11:46 pm

      “As Maine goes, so goes the nation” was once a maxim in United States politics. The phrase described Maine’s reputation as a bellwether state for presidential elections. … – Wikipedia

  • Joel Eissenberg says:
    December 29, 2023 at 6:16 am

    @Fred,

    If you’re looking for your comment about Maine ruling Trump off the ballot, I deleted it. Please stay on topic on the comment threads at AB. The only exceptions are the “open threads.” Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

    • Fred C. Dobbs says:
      December 29, 2023 at 6:43 am

      Maybe if “Open Threads” appeared more regularly & often…

      • Joel Eissenberg says:
        December 29, 2023 at 11:25 am

        @Fred,

        In addition, you could create a folder called “Open Thread” and store all the off-topic posts there until the next open thread appears.

    • Bill Haskell says:
      December 29, 2023 at 10:53 am

      Joel:

      Good Morning. Also another Open Thread this afternoon is scheduled.

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