So law abiding citizens have to pay for college, but prisoners will get it for free! Hell NO!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
No Way, stop this ridiculous idea!!!
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eileen geller
12 years ago
Stop This Insanity Now not only do we feed clothe and house these criminals many of whom are violent and have no high school education, we are now expected to send them to college on our dime. This is a disgrace..
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Kristen R
12 years ago
TOTALLY AGAINST THIS
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John Lorenc
12 years ago
As someone who worked multiple jobs through school and now is a tax payer along with paying off over $100000 in student loans I am appalled that my taxes would go to help people who did not make the right decisions. With thousands of unemployed or underemployed graduates out there as there is, what employer in their right mind would hire an ex-con over someone who has acheived their degree with hard work and the common sense to continue to do the right thing.
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Jason Burns
12 years ago
This proposal is absolutely ridiculous and nothing but a slap in the face to all honest hard working law abiding taxpayers in New York State. Nothing like telling people hey go commit a crime and you can get a free education! I
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stella s schlegel
12 years ago
I have to pay for my kids education NO ONE sshould get a free ride ESPECIALLY inmates who choose to be where they are!
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Irene lough
12 years ago
Working parents struggle to send kids to college! Unfortunately majority of the prisoners are raised to expect the government to give them assistance for everything. If they wanted to go to college they could have gone with grants and assistance available to them. My adult children are still paying their school loans back!
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dorissa booser
12 years ago
No support for this plan - what can Cuomo be thinking!!!!
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Janna Willoughby-Lohr
12 years ago
I am only opposed to educating those in prison if the same opportunities are not available for those who are not in prison. I'm serious that this $5000/year education program needs to be expanded, universally throughout the state, make it available to everyone. It's a WHOLE lot easier to come up with $5000/year than to find $50,000/year. I believe that prisoners should be given an education, especially if it helps them to stay on the right track when they are released. So much better for society. I also believe that the $5000/year should be billed to the prisoners as well and that they need to be responsible for paying it back, just as free students are.
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Sandra Wachowski
12 years ago
My children had to pay for their education and they just finished paying off their loans . Why should we pay for someone's college when they are being punished for stealing , robbing , rapping or other violations against us . Good people who work hard can't have their education for free .
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John Bell
12 years ago
Let's not reward those who commited crimes, but those hard working students struggling to pay for college!
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Lawrence Bartkowiak
12 years ago
I want to go to college too , I,ll stab someone , or sell some crack , better yet I;ll shoot a cop !!! cmon Andrew Give me a break ... You definitely will not be on my voters ballot !
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Sheila Settineri
12 years ago
My kids couldn't afford college
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Nancy Skopinsky
12 years ago
Are you serious????
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Charlene Bell
12 years ago
Why for should their education be free, when the kids that stay out of trouble and work for good grades, have to pay!
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Robin Faltyn
12 years ago
Please do not do this. I think it will send the wrong message.
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Wendy Byer
12 years ago
've ever seen I had to pay for my own college education it took me years to pay it back this is just giving people a reason to commit a crime so they can get a free college education
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Give it to our nations children
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Jessica johns
12 years ago
I am a college student with debt for years to come. I have never broken the law and have had to work full time while going to school. Nobody is paying my way, a criminal shouldn't have a the right to a free education!
So law abiding citizens have to pay for college, but prisoners will get it for free! Hell NO!
No Way, stop this ridiculous idea!!!
Stop This Insanity Now not only do we feed clothe and house these criminals many of whom are violent and have no high school education, we are now expected to send them to college on our dime. This is a disgrace..
TOTALLY AGAINST THIS
As someone who worked multiple jobs through school and now is a tax payer along with paying off over $100000 in student loans I am appalled that my taxes would go to help people who did not make the right decisions. With thousands of unemployed or underemployed graduates out there as there is, what employer in their right mind would hire an ex-con over someone who has acheived their degree with hard work and the common sense to continue to do the right thing.
This proposal is absolutely ridiculous and nothing but a slap in the face to all honest hard working law abiding taxpayers in New York State. Nothing like telling people hey go commit a crime and you can get a free education! I
I have to pay for my kids education NO ONE sshould get a free ride ESPECIALLY inmates who choose to be where they are!
Working parents struggle to send kids to college! Unfortunately majority of the prisoners are raised to expect the government to give them assistance for everything. If they wanted to go to college they could have gone with grants and assistance available to them. My adult children are still paying their school loans back!
No support for this plan - what can Cuomo be thinking!!!!
I am only opposed to educating those in prison if the same opportunities are not available for those who are not in prison. I'm serious that this $5000/year education program needs to be expanded, universally throughout the state, make it available to everyone. It's a WHOLE lot easier to come up with $5000/year than to find $50,000/year. I believe that prisoners should be given an education, especially if it helps them to stay on the right track when they are released. So much better for society. I also believe that the $5000/year should be billed to the prisoners as well and that they need to be responsible for paying it back, just as free students are.
My children had to pay for their education and they just finished paying off their loans . Why should we pay for someone's college when they are being punished for stealing , robbing , rapping or other violations against us . Good people who work hard can't have their education for free .
Let's not reward those who commited crimes, but those hard working students struggling to pay for college!
I want to go to college too , I,ll stab someone , or sell some crack , better yet I;ll shoot a cop !!! cmon Andrew Give me a break ... You definitely will not be on my voters ballot !
My kids couldn't afford college
Are you serious????
Why for should their education be free, when the kids that stay out of trouble and work for good grades, have to pay!
Please do not do this. I think it will send the wrong message.
've ever seen I had to pay for my own college education it took me years to pay it back this is just giving people a reason to commit a crime so they can get a free college education
Give it to our nations children
I am a college student with debt for years to come. I have never broken the law and have had to work full time while going to school. Nobody is paying my way, a criminal shouldn't have a the right to a free education!