I work as hard as i possibly can just to pay the interest on my college degree. Free health insurance is already a reason for some people to commit crimes, now they can get free college as well. They say they are trying to do this because criminals who get a college degree are less likely to be repeat offenders. Well why award them, when i abide by the law and am strapped for it
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Ray Pipitone
12 years ago
Use our money to aid law abiding citizens first!
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Janet Harris
12 years ago
Give tuition support to the tax payers who are trying to earn a living
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Anonymous
12 years ago
The question should not be, "does this idea have merit" or
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Cuomo has got to go, please take Sheldon Silver with you on your way out this November.
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Paul Lakeman
12 years ago
Free college education to prisoners who will hire them with a record? Free college educations to the people that contribute to society and have earned them and deserve them!
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Albert Converse
12 years ago
Cuomo's proposal is a slap in the face to honest hard working NYS residents.
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Tom Burke
12 years ago
This is a terrrible idea!! How about helping our young people who are drwoning in College loan debts (to the Government at inflated interest rates)!!!
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russ cirino
12 years ago
I agree. I pay taxes so we can educate criminal s.
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raymond mandel
12 years ago
it's just wrong to the people who have to pay for their own
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Joshua Ashton
12 years ago
My "free" college came with condition, service to my country in a time of war! I earned it. Those in prison, not so much.
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Felicia Murphy
12 years ago
No way should images be able to get a free bachelor's degree. If they want they should pay for just like everyone else who works extremely hard. This would not be fair at all to the people who work and obey the laws. If they want a degree they should have to pay as much as everyone else
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Anonymous
12 years ago
We need to provide assistance to children of middle class citizens first. It has become a hardship for many middle class families to send their children to college. We need to think of them first. Many of my son's friends cannot go to college because they just don't have the funds. We need to fix that first.
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Kelly Robinson
12 years ago
Governor Cuomo, its ideas like this that make people want to relocate out of New York State.
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ursula strong
12 years ago
I worked up to 3 jobs during the summers and at least 1 during the school year to pay for my college education, and I lead a crime-free life. If yoyu want to give prisoners a free education, do it for all our students.
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Bernie
12 years ago
Let's educate the people who are law biding citizens first. Then and only then should we be entertaining this type of proposal.
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Barbara Burroughs
12 years ago
I do not believe prisoners should be allowed this, our governor should be thinking of the children growing up in allowing them to be able to have enough money to attend college, is he crazy or what! I. plan on being another person to leave this state because we are all taxed to death, it sure is alot cheaper to live in the south!!!
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Laurie Spike
12 years ago
My opinion is that your in prison because you broke the law. My two children have not broken the law and they are paying and will continue to pay for their college education. When you break the law and are incarcerated then you should not have access to something like this for nothing. If they choose to attend college they should pay like everybody else. As a taxpayer I am tired of paying for everyone else that wants everything for nothing.
I work as hard as i possibly can just to pay the interest on my college degree. Free health insurance is already a reason for some people to commit crimes, now they can get free college as well. They say they are trying to do this because criminals who get a college degree are less likely to be repeat offenders. Well why award them, when i abide by the law and am strapped for it
Use our money to aid law abiding citizens first!
Give tuition support to the tax payers who are trying to earn a living
The question should not be, "does this idea have merit" or
Cuomo has got to go, please take Sheldon Silver with you on your way out this November.
Free college education to prisoners who will hire them with a record? Free college educations to the people that contribute to society and have earned them and deserve them!
Cuomo's proposal is a slap in the face to honest hard working NYS residents.
This is a terrrible idea!! How about helping our young people who are drwoning in College loan debts (to the Government at inflated interest rates)!!!
I agree. I pay taxes so we can educate criminal s.
it's just wrong to the people who have to pay for their own
My "free" college came with condition, service to my country in a time of war! I earned it. Those in prison, not so much.
No way should images be able to get a free bachelor's degree. If they want they should pay for just like everyone else who works extremely hard. This would not be fair at all to the people who work and obey the laws. If they want a degree they should have to pay as much as everyone else
We need to provide assistance to children of middle class citizens first. It has become a hardship for many middle class families to send their children to college. We need to think of them first. Many of my son's friends cannot go to college because they just don't have the funds. We need to fix that first.
Governor Cuomo, its ideas like this that make people want to relocate out of New York State.
I worked up to 3 jobs during the summers and at least 1 during the school year to pay for my college education, and I lead a crime-free life. If yoyu want to give prisoners a free education, do it for all our students.
Let's educate the people who are law biding citizens first. Then and only then should we be entertaining this type of proposal.
I do not believe prisoners should be allowed this, our governor should be thinking of the children growing up in allowing them to be able to have enough money to attend college, is he crazy or what! I. plan on being another person to leave this state because we are all taxed to death, it sure is alot cheaper to live in the south!!!
My opinion is that your in prison because you broke the law. My two children have not broken the law and they are paying and will continue to pay for their college education. When you break the law and are incarcerated then you should not have access to something like this for nothing. If they choose to attend college they should pay like everybody else. As a taxpayer I am tired of paying for everyone else that wants everything for nothing.
Wtf. Fuac.
Cuomo is a moron!