# OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192 "2008-01-03T18:04:30Z")
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### Author: ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192/364 "2008-02-21T11:31:47Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> Joe, I could almost buy that if it weren’t for the major fact you left out. SPITZER HAS GREATLY INCREASE THE SIZE OF NY GOVERNMENT. That doesn’t sound like doing everything he can to fill in that budget gap without raising taxes to me. It sounds like spending more and creating the budget gap.
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> This is relevant because it’s the same thing Obama Mamma is going to do.
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> I mean, lets just do some quick math on his $4000 for everyone college plan. [2.5 million kids graduated high school in 2006. 66% of them enrolled in college](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf), but if you make it free I’m sure a lot more will. Lets say 85%. So you’re looking at 8.5 billion dollars. Not bad, but they’ll be in school for 4 years. 34 billion. Wow, getting to be a lot. But wait, each year another 2.5 million kids will graduate and want this “free” money too. Yikes, now we’re really talking big numbers.
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> So ok, we’ll find a way to have them pay it back right? Sure, by having them volunteer to be a big brother/sister or read to old people. But wait… how does that pay back the billions again? Sure, it’s nice and some old people will be happy to be read to, but where does the money come from there?
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> Nevermind the fact that if college is free it becomes nothing more than continued partying for kids who were never there to learn in the first place.

More people in college = higher tax base.

Keep in mind not all those kids will go to school for 4 years. But let’s assume they do. Here’s a 10 year cost plan:

Year 1: 2,125,000 (85% of 2.5M) kids will cost $8.5 billion  
Year 2: 4,625,000 kids cost $18.5 billion  
Year 3: 7,125,000 kids cost $28.5 billion  
Year 4: 9,625,000 kids cost $38.5 billion

Now year 5 will add another 2 million, but 2 milliion will also graduate, so years 4 - 10 are “the same” amount of kids. Of course HS grad numbers will rise, but for our simple math we’ll just say everything stays stagnant.

**The cost? $325 Billion for, or an average of $32.5 billion per year.**

 

**In 2007 we spent at least $93 Billion on the war in iraq.**

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