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The Year Obama Tried To Kill Your 529 College Savings Plan
Townhall.com ^ | January 1, 2016 | John Kartch

Posted on 01/01/2016 9:19:34 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/01/2016 9:19:34 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Obama is a f***ing douchebag of the first order. Don’t expect consistency or logical consideration in any of his actions.


2 posted on 01/01/2016 9:23:55 AM PST by dinodino
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To: Kaslin

What a scumbag.


3 posted on 01/01/2016 9:29:02 AM PST by moovova
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To: dinodino

Obama must have concluded that too many white families had 529 accounts.


4 posted on 01/01/2016 9:29:15 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Kaslin

Obama’s use of 529s is evidence that they are tools of the ruling class from wealthy white families, since he is the grandson of a wealthy white family.


5 posted on 01/01/2016 9:31:09 AM PST by PAR35
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To: Kaslin
But it is important to review what happened not as a way to spike the football, but as a lesson of what the Left might do to your savings if given full control of the federal government.

Yes let’s not forget that several Democrats have floated the idea of confiscating 401K accounts to shore up Social Security.

The Democrats hate the middle class. They hate people who can make it on their own because it shows just how little people really need government.

6 posted on 01/01/2016 9:31:45 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Kaslin
I'll repeat a true story I posted in Free Republic some weeks ago.

I work with an African-American man who has 2 daughters in college. I have put two children through and have more to go.

I mentioned how much my wife and I have sacrificed to pay their tuition, fees, room, board, and expenses.

He looked at me first with incredulity, and then satisfaction, and exclaimed:

"I have had hardly paid a dime."

I later learned that his daughters did not earn academic scholarships, but Affirmative Action payments by the universities that essentially have his daughters a free ride.

How are we not to feel bitterness towards this injustice? How much longer can it go on?

7 posted on 01/01/2016 9:36:39 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: deweyfrank

later


8 posted on 01/01/2016 9:37:06 AM PST by deweyfrank
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To: Farmer Dean

That was my first thought, more backdoor “social justice”.


9 posted on 01/01/2016 9:37:29 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: Kaslin
Besides the Federal and individual university mandates to use paying (white) parents to cover the tuition and expenses of "minorities" who refuse to pay, here are a list of grants with the caveot:

Whites Need Not Apply

http://www.tuskegee.edu/academics/academic_services/career_development/list_of_scholarships_for_african_american_students.aspx

Bell Labs Fellowships for Under-represented Minorities http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/info.html Student Inventors Scholarships http://www.invent.org/collegiate Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholarships http://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/applicants/#programs Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships http://holocaust.hklaw.com/ Brand Essay Competition http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.htm Gates Millennlum Scholarships (major) http://www.gmsp.org Xerox Scholarships for Students https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-major/engineering-scholarships/xerox-technical-minority-scholarship/ Sports Scholarships and Internships http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/investing-where-it-matters National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ) http://www.nabj.org/?SEEDScholars2015 Saul T. Wilson Scholarships (Veterinary) Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund https://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net/scholarships/tmcflowes-gap-scholarship FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid scholarships) http://www.finaid.org/ Presidential Freedom Scholarships http://www.scholarships4school.com/scholarships/presidential-freedom-scholarships.html Microsoft Scholarship Program http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/university-programs.aspx#tab_scholarship-program WiredScholar Free Scholarship Search http://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/scholarship search/pay scholarship search.jsp Hope Scholarships & Lifetime Credits http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html?src=pn William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/nonprofit-philanthropy/leadership-initiatives/hearst Guaranteed Scholarships http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/ BOEING scholarships (HBCU connects) http://www.boeing.com/principles/university-relations.page Easley National Scholarship Program http://www.naas.org/senior.htm Maryland Artists Scholarships http://www.maef.org/ Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship (for AA students in South Florida) http://www.jackituckfield.org/ Historically Black College & University Scholarships http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/scholarships/hbcu-scholarship Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students http://www.beanactuary.org/study/?fa=scholarship College Board Scholarship Search http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html Burger King Scholarship Program http://www.burgerkingscholarship.com/financial-aid/burger-king-application/ Siemens Westinghouse Competition http://www.siemens-foundation.org/ GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds http://lulac.org/programs/education/scholarships/ CollegeNet's Scholarship Database http://www.collegenet.com/mach25/app Federal Scholarships &Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excel http://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm Scholarship & Financial Aid Help http://www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm Scholarship Links (Ed Finance Group) http://www.efg.net/link_scholarship.htm FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form &Info) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ Aid & Resources For Re-Entry Students http://www.back2college.com/ Scholarships and Fellowships http://www.cuny.edu/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships.html HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world) http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities http://ccmi.uchicago.edu/schl1.html INROADS internships http://www.inroads.org/ ACT-SO bEURoeOlympics of the Mind 'A Scholarships http://www.naacp.org/work/actso/act-so.shtml ScienceNet Scholarship Listing http://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford http://www.rhodesscholar.org/info.html The Roothbert Scholarship Fund http://www.roothbertfund.org/ EducatedBlack http://www.EducatedBlack.org/scholarship.html County Government Offices Scholapship http://www.countyoffice.org/

10 posted on 01/01/2016 9:41:27 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Kaslin

Obama is a skin-bag full of crap.


11 posted on 01/01/2016 9:47:25 AM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: SkyPilot
"... How are we not to feel bitterness towards this injustice? How much longer can it go on? ..."

Instead of bitterness... I'd say just express more pride in your own accomplishment, and forget about the parasites. You've raised and educated decent children, taught them to be independent and Conservative, and turned them loose on the world to make it a better place by their own talents, their own lights, and their own hard work. And that is pretty damned fine thing to think about.

That's what Americans do - we make it on our own accord. The left can't say that.

Everything else will be what it what it will be; you did your part.

12 posted on 01/01/2016 9:52:07 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Kaslin

In his 2006 book The Audacity of Hope, Obama praised 529s, and in 2007 actually used book earnings to make a $240,000 contribution to his own family’s 529 accounts, according to financial disclosures. With his own 529s topped off, he tried to yank the ladder away for everyone else.


Typical.


13 posted on 01/01/2016 9:56:19 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: SkyPilot
I mentioned how much my wife and I have sacrificed to pay their tuition, fees, room, board, and expenses. He looked at me first with incredulity, and then satisfaction, and exclaimed: "I have had hardly paid a dime." I later learned that his daughters did not earn academic scholarships, but Affirmative Action payments by the universities that essentially have his daughters a free ride.

He should check his Black Privilege.

14 posted on 01/01/2016 10:01:22 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: Kaslin

MSM currently doing same thing, hiding Obama’s massive New Years’ Eve expansion of immigration waivers for college graduates via Federal register.


15 posted on 01/01/2016 10:03:40 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: Kaslin

Government Black Hole / Obamafail bump for later....


16 posted on 01/01/2016 10:05:10 AM PST by indthkr
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To: Kaslin

Kill the program - something Obama and I agree on.


17 posted on 01/01/2016 10:20:22 AM PST by impimp
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To: NFHale
You've raised and educated decent children, taught them to be independent and Conservative, and turned them loose on the world to make it a better place by their own talents, their own lights, and their own hard work. And that is pretty damned fine thing to think about.

It is. I have noticed the Takers never do well even with their theft.

18 posted on 01/01/2016 10:33:00 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

Have your son or daughter check “African American” on the college application

If a boy can be a girl or a girl can be a boy or whatever

Why can’t a pale skin person be African American?

Anyone who disagrees with you is a racist, see how that can work in our favor?

We all do this, this would bring down all affirmative action programs.


19 posted on 01/01/2016 10:33:12 AM PST by arl295
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To: SkyPilot

A long time. 25 years ago a guy asked me if my daughter’s got aid or loans to go to college. I said neither, I just work more hours and pay cash. I see it hasn’t changed in those 25 years.


20 posted on 01/01/2016 10:56:29 AM PST by jwalsh07
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