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Tom Harkin: “How can you argue on the one hand that it is okay for a kid to borrow to go to college, but it is not all right to…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
How can you argue on the one hand that it is okay for a kid to borrow to go to college, but it is not all right to borrow to make sure that there is a college for the kid to go to?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin questions the inconsistency in education funding arguments.

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