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Whitmer nets GOP, business support for tuition-free programs

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is netting key support from the business community and some Republican lawmakers for her large-scale plans to provide debt-free tuition to high school graduates and older adults who want to learn new job skills.

The development is a boost for one of the Democrat’s signature policy goals — increasing the number of working-age adults with a postsecondary degree or certificate to 60% by 2030, from 45% now.

Michigan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rich Studley is pledging the group’s “full, unequivocal” backing of her proposals, known as Michigan Reconnect and the Michigan Opportunity Scholarship. Small Business Association of Michigan President Brian Calley praises Whitmer’s “visionary leadership.”

Bills to create the programs were introduced in recent days after Whitmer announced them earlier this year.

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Thor April 25, 2019 at 4:37 am

Education =/= intelligence
Education =/= gainful employment
Education =/= a desire to be a productive citizen
What passes for education today is fluff and social engineering…none of which will help you pass an SAT Test where you’re graded on reading, writing and arithmetic.

Also Republican =/= Conservative and the CoC just seems to be another wealth redistribution organization of greedy people who want others to pay for their specific gain. Pay up suckers! Politicians need to spend that money for you.

This is your daily reminder that socialism always ends in starvation and genocide. Always.

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