Sen. Tom Cotton has 1619 problems, but revision ain't one

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Tom Cotton wants to tax 'liberal' universities for teaching history accurately

May 11, 2021

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) once referred to slavery as 'the necessary evil upon which the union was built.'

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) appeared on Fox News on Monday night to give the right-wing network an exclusive on his proposal to tax the endowments of "liberal" colleges and universities.

On "Fox News Primetime," Cotton told host Brian Kilmeade, "I'm going to introduce legislation tomorrow, that I'm introducing to the American people tonight on your show, that's going to tax endowments of the biggest, richest, and frankly most liberal universities in America."

Cotton said that money in university endowments, charitable donations to the institutions held in funds that generate income used for capital investment, research, scholarships, teachers' salaries, and other purposes, amounts to "tens of billions of dollars sitting in their endowment. They pay almost nothing in federal taxes, and they charge full freight to kids to take Zoom classes, and Brian, this is at a time when they are also actively indoctrinating students to hate America, to believe it's an oppressive, racist nation



*host called him out at the end for the proposal being grandstanding, hehe

 

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He did undergrad at Harvard and went to Harvard Law. He's an elitist whether he wants to admit it or not.

 

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He did undergrad at Harvard and went to Harvard Law. He's an elitist whether he wants to admit it or not.

I get your point about him pandering, but I disagree with your take about a person being an elitist by association (or attendance in this case.)

 

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Churches

 

[Reality Check]

I get your point about him pandering, but I disagree with your take about a person being an elitist by association (or attendance in this case.)

It's something he and those fukkboys Hawley and Ted Cruz can't escape. They are essentially LARPing as crusaders against the elitist.

 

[mastermind]

I get your point about him pandering, but I disagree with your take about a person being an elitist by association (or attendance in this case.)

Nah, he is an elitist. You don't become a double-degree person at those institutions and end up an US Senator and not be one.

 

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Nah, he is an elitist. You don't become a double-degree person at those institutions and end up an US Senator and not be one.

Booker and Obama are elitists by default, according to that line of thinking

 

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Booker and Obama are elitists by default, according to that line of thinking

Uhhh, yeah they are.

Kamla and Michelle O are too.

 

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Booker and Obama are elitists by default, according to that line of thinking

Why wouldn't he be? I don't recall Obama calling for Joe Schmoes to run the country

 

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Uhhh, yeah they are.

Kamla and Michelle O are too.

Obama and Booker are by virtue of their education, or because they reached the highest levels of the legislative branch of power?
Are elite law school graduates elitist by default, including those who aren't politicians?

 

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Why wouldn't he be? I don't recall Obama calling for Joe Schmoes to run the country

His running mate was literally named Joe and went to a state school for undergrad.

 

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Had to do a quick check to see which section of the forum this was again. This is HL, correct?

 

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Why wouldn't he be? I don't recall Obama calling for Joe Schmoes to run the country

His running mate was literally named Joe and went to a state school for undergrad.

It was pretty obvious that his running mate was picked to offset people's impression of him as much as possible (the main basis of most running mate picks). That doesn't mean Joe Biden was running the country, or that a guy who had been in the Senate for 36 years and one of its leaders for 20+ years was not now one of the "elite".

When Obama became president there was a big deal made about how "elite" his picks were. Mostly from Ivy League backgrounds including the literal president of Harvard and a lot from Wall Street with strong rumors that a Wall Street insider had helped formulate his list. That doesn't make the criticisms entirely valid, but Obama did certainly tap into the elite side of the pool when he made his picks. Did you see any real grassroots progressives in the mix?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/06/AR2008120602178.html

Academic elites fill Obama's roster

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...intees-too-intellectual-to-govern-effectively

Barack Obama Taps Into the Ivy League Revolution with His Cabinet | AEI

The Bankers on Obama’s Team

Obama White House 'Full of Wall Street Executives'? - FactCheck.org

Obama Makes First Appearance in Wikileaks, Receives Admin List From Big Banker

 

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It was pretty obvious that his running mate was picked to offset people's impression of him as much as possible (the main basis of most running mate picks). That doesn't mean Joe Biden was running the country, or that a guy who had been in the Senate for 36 years and one of its leaders for 20+ years was not now one of the "elite".

When Obama became president there was a big deal made about how "elite" his picks were. Mostly from Ivy League backgrounds including the literal president of Harvard and a lot from Wall Street with strong rumors that a Wall Street insider had helped formulate his list.

VP is literally second in line to run the country. Regardless of why he was chosen to balance the ticket , Obama literally put Joe Schmoe on the shortest of short lists to run the country.

The poster walked into that by posting what he posted.

Do you agree with the other poster that being a (2x)graduate of the most selective institutions makes one an elitist by default?

Obama's team was assembled the same way that other elected officials put theirs together. The network of people who helped him defeat the Clinton machine, and then McCain got patronage jobs/appointments or were on the transition team that helped to make the picks.

 

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Obama and Booker are by virtue of their education, or because they reached the highest levels of the legislative branch of power?
Are elite law school graduates elitist by default, including those who aren't politicians?

Idk why you are trying to play this song and dance. They are elitist. Obama ran as a president for the liberal elite. This shouldn’t be a controversial statement.