"So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional values, bear in mind that they have actually made a radical break with America’s tradition of valuing education. And they have made this break because they believe that what you don’t know can’t hurt them."
But Krugman also writes:
"You can make the case that the self-interest of America’s elite is best served by making sure that this disconnect continues, which means keeping taxes on high incomes low at all costs."
Sorry, Paul, but I don't understand. If Republicans serve the self-interest of America's elite, and higher education - particularly higher education at America's elite colleges - is the conduit to wealth, i.e. elite status - why would Romney discourage attending the highest priced universities? It almost sounds as if those nefarious Republicans are determined to commit hara-kiri by waylaying future party enrollment.
Apparently there is a frightful Republican conspiracy to bankrupt the states, thereby forcing them to reduce funding for public universities, which in turn are compelled to close higher priced engineering and computer science departments, resulting in fewer scientists, who are more apt to be Democrats.
Sure makes a helluva lot of sense to me.
