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Democrats pursue affordable college education« Thread Started on Aug 27, 2007, 11:54pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats pursue affordable college educationread at source> http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... 1/1008When writing about the proposed "College Family Bill of Rights," The Detroit News asserted that it contained "real ideas for reform (Higher education spending) doesn't need to be become another partisan political chew toy" ("Granholm puts tax hike ahead of tuition reform," Aug. 7).In fact, the College Family Bill of Rights is little more than empty rhetoric. State Rep. Craig DeRoche, R-Novi, claims that Republicans invested more in higher education than even Gov. Jennifer Granholm called for, and it was done without a tax increase. The truth is that DeRoche's higher education budget was cut mid-year due to revenue shortfalls.During the past decade, the GOP leadership has repeatedly disinvested in higher education.