Dennis Rehberg in The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism


On Education: College loans are the welfare of the 21st century

Young adults in college are not exempt from Tea Party suspicion. Montana GOP Congressman Denny Rehberg, a Tea Party favorite, was no doubt speaking to the choir when he recently denounced aid to college students as "the welfare of the 21st century." Tellingly, Rehberg grouped federal Pell Grants that help low-income students cover part of their college tuition with every other public assistance program imaginable. And the Tea Party GOPer claimed that recipients are not really trying to complete college anyway. "You can go to school, collect your Pell Grants, get food stamps, low-income energy assistance, section 8 housing, and all of a sudden we find ourselves subsidizing people that don't have to graduate from college," explained Rehberg as he outlined plans to slash college aid.
Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p. 73-74 Jan 2, 2012

The above quotations are from The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism,
by Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams.
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