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Thomas Jefferson’s dream - free university
Thomas Jefferson was specific about what should be written on his tombstone - not his vice-presidency or 2-term presidency, membership of the Virginia legislature, architecture or inventions, but his authorship of the Declaration of American Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and the fact that he was father of the University of Virginia.
He believed that young people should be able to go to college regardless of their ability to pay, regardless of their station in life, regardless of how rich or poor their parents were. He thought that an educated populace was the best defense of liberty and democracy in the new nation he’d helped birth. So the University of Virginia that he started was free.
Ronald Reagan, in contrast, did away with free college in California, saying that the role of the state “should not be to subsidize intellectual curiosity.” State and federal funding for education has continued to be cut. Before the Reagan presidency, it was possible for any American student with academic competence to attend college and graduate without debt.
We must build anew our country on the solid, Jeffersonian foundation of good and free education for all.
Find out how other countries do it and what more can be done in chapter four, "An Informed and Educated Electorate" of Rebooting the American Dream.
-Thom
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Tonight: Thom introduces the first in a new series of "Conversations With Great Minds." Tonight's very special guest is Ralph Nader. |
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Free Speech TV to Provide Live Coverage of the Midterm Elections from Broadcast Centers in New York, Washington, DC and Denver.
Amy Goodman, Thom Hartmann, Laura Flanders, Marc Steiner and Gloria Neal to Host.
Free Speech TV (FSTV) will broadcast live coverage of the upcoming midterm elections from broadcasting centers in New York, Washington, DC and from their headquarters in Denver. The coverage is scheduled to air on November 2nd, 2010 from 8:00 pm - 2:00 am EST on DISH Network channel 9415, DIRECTV channel 348 and streaming online at FREESPEECH.ORG, featuring Facebook, Twitter, live chat interactive tools, and as well as audience-submitted videos.
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." -- Franklin Roosevelt.
Guest hosting today is David Sirota, journalist, nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, host of the David Sirota Show 7-10am weekdays on Colorado's Progressive Talk - AM 760 and bestselling author, currently working on his 3rd book, his most recent "The Uprising".
Hour One: Ever wonder if letting your kids watch violence on tv or in video games has any lasting effect? Dr. Jordan Grafman will be here with the results of a new study...
Hour Two: The Secret to Turning Consumers Green...why do we respond mainly to peer pressure and not financial incentives? With Stephanie Simon, Staff Reporter, Wall Street Journal.
Hour Three: It's 'Anything goes' Friday
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Coming up Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour One: Inequality debate...Republicans win on Tuesday because people are worse off than a year ago? With James MacDougald, President of The Free Enterprise Nation.
Hour Two: Impeachment for Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts over Citizen's United, impact on elections? Congressman Peter DeFazio joins Thom.
Hour Three: Can your boss fire you for taking time off to vote?! Thom asks Anne Janks, Director, Can My Boss Do That.com.
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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