From the NY Daily News blog today
"Over 700 protesters - mostly in their early 20s - are taking part in an energetic rally in Union Square, where our Kerry Burke is on the scene.
Free education is a theme of the speeches. It seems this particular protest was organized by Occupy Wall Street protesters from the New School.
When a young man shouted, "We are the students of New York City and we demand a free education!", the crowd exploded in cheers.
When a young woman from Pratt declared, "Education should be as free as air and water," she was received with big cheers."
Are they aware that:
1. Someone has to pay for all the "free" things in life
2. There is no charge to attend public schools k-12 grade?
The chick from Pratt is particularly galling considering it is about 40k a year to attend. With roughly 5000 students that would be in the $200 million neighborhood that tax payers would be directly responsible for so she can get her degree in something like Fashion Design. I'm guessing that a she comes from a family of 1%'ers
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