Editor,
Just like the front of a box of crayons, the GOP has once again shown their true colors. As legislation to prevent student loan interest rates from automatically doubling on July 1 goes down the tubes, the Republican chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee acknowledges that President Obama must submit to a GOP deal or take the blame for interest rates doubling.
In doing so, Rep. John Kline (R-Minn) lays out the ultimate GOP agenda for the American public to see. The re-election defeat of Obama failed and now the goal is to embarrass, deny and stall the agenda of the president. What the GOP fails to realize, or just doesn’t give a hoot about, is the agenda of the American people.
The GOP has never been so vulgar, vociferous and boisterous in their resentment of a president. It’s so unfortunate that the Republicans place politics before the people.
I encourage all UNM students to remember next Election Day that it was the Republicans in the House who denied legislation that would keep student loan interest rates at a low level. When the House Education and Workforce Committee refused to extend the current low interest rates, they effectively voted to double your rates on July 1.
Jeffrey Paul
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