Attributed to Marie Antoinette before she was beheaded during the French revolution. In his opinion piece flacking Obamacare, E.J. Dionne quotes Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has his own "Marie Antoinette" moment.
Schumer "argues that the administration should use a simple analogy to drive home the idea that government has the capacity to expand the choices people have. 'In my state and every state, we have excellent private universities and excellent public universities,' he said. 'People have a choice.'"
Uh, Chuck, it's a good idea to engage the brain before opening the mouth.
What is the cost differential between an "excellent private university" and an "excellent public university?" What percentage of public universities can truly be rated as excellent?
And now for the $64,000 question: Which university do you think most Americans can afford to attend? The excellent private university? The excellent public university? The average public university? Or the local community college?
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