President Obama and the House backed legislation ending the $80 billion scam that subsidizes big banks so they can gouge students on college loans. Now the lobbyists are hell-bent on killing student loan reform in the Senate. The choice is clear: $80 billion for big-bank CEOs or for the middle class to make college affordable. 
Many of the jobs of the future will be "middle-skill" jobs that don't need a college education but will need extensive training. In 
An Affordable Truth
Of course, if things go well in Copenhagen, the usual suspects will go wild. We'll hear cries that the whole notion of global warming is a hoax perpetrated by a vast scientific conspiracy, as demonstrated by stolen e-mail messages that show - well, actually all they show is that scientists are human, but never mind. We'll also, however, hear cries that climate-change policies will destroy jobs and growth. The truth, however, is that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is affordable as well as essential. ... read more »
