Good news, everyone. President Obama is bestowing more rights.
Every student deserves access to a quality, affordable higher education → http://t.co/nr1M53ijUD #CollegeOpportunity pic.twitter.com/0EUIj0Sgnd
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 11, 2015
@WhiteHouse We do have access to a quality and affordable education The problem is our parents and we don't have a job to pay for it……
— Alex Balentine (@alextice23) March 11, 2015
@WhiteHouse How is higher education a Right? You keep using the word Rights, but I don't think you know what that means. #Constitution
— don't panic (@1200YearDiary) March 11, 2015
@WhiteHouse high quality education is not yours to give. Services must be paid for my someone.
— Voluntary Joe (@Nonnasmyladie) March 11, 2015
Is it that easy? Can we really just declare every policy preference to be a “right?”
Kelly Maher may be on to something here.
A "student aide bill of rights"? Can we make bills of rights for everything? I'm starting a "people who disagree with POTUS bill of rights"
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 12, 2015
Right 1) I can disagree with a policy that the President asserts without being racist.
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 12, 2015
Right 2) I can use the words "constitution" and "freedom" without it being considered hate speech.
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 12, 2015
Right 3) I can elect people to office whose job it is to legislate, and not have legislative power executively usurped by the President.
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 12, 2015
Right 4) I can hold the administration accountable for being intentionally opaque in it's dealings without fear of reprisal from agencies.
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 12, 2015
Amen.
This Student Aid Bill of Rights the White House is peddling may be the dumbest piece of feel-good garbage I've ever seen.
— Emily Zanotti’s Great & Unmatched Wisdom (@emzanotti) March 12, 2015
It’s probably more accurate to call it a “bill of lefts.”
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