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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Dazzling "gem" from Romney's final debate performance.


The following "fact check" (from The National Journal) reveals the essential deceptiveness of Mitt Romney.
Romney on Massachusetts college scholarships:
Romney described the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship program in Massachusetts as an example of his concern for promoting education. He accurately explained that the scholarship covered full in-state tuition for Massachusetts students who score in the top 25 percent on standardized tests in their school districts. What he left out was that the scholarship doesn’t cover fees, which in the Massachusetts state university system are greater than tuition. At the flagship University of Massachusetts (Amherst), one semester of in-state tuition is $857. Fees each semester, meanwhile, can total more than $5,700. And that doesn’t include one-time fees. 
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/debate-fact-check-the-third-presidential-debate-between-barack-obama-and-mitt-romney-20121022

Source: The  National Journal

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