The-Republican-War-on-Higher-Education

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...-Lincoln-Weeps

States used to gladly support universities and colleges because leaders on both sides of the aisle recognized that a well-educated workforce is in the best economic and social interests of all of us. That progressive narrative changed with the election, and re-election of Ronald Reagan, who began a conservative propaganda campaign based on three key ideas: that big government is bad for everyone because it is big; that regulation is bad for business because it regulates; and that taxes are an evil invention created by liberals in order to [[a) get their hands on our hard-earned money, so that [[b) they can redistribute wealth to those who don’t deserve it.