The only limit Russ Feingold has in finding fodder for his run against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson to get his Wisconsin Senate seat back is the hours in the day. Because Johnson says that many stupid things. Like this:
"Today—there are different studies on this—but somewhere between five-and-a-half to six years is the average length of time it takes somebody to get a four-year degree. Why is that? I'd argue, well, loans are actually pretty easy to get, and college is a lot of fun. […]
"I was spending my own money to get that education. I didn't want to linger in college," Johnson said, adding that some students might see loans as free money. "Young people don't necessarily understand finance."
Free money. Feingold take that and runs with it in his new ad.
The new Feingold ad plays that portion of Johnson's comments, then says the senator wants to eliminate federal student loans and "keep interest rates high."
"With Sen. Johnson, opportunity for middle-class kids would disappear," a voiceover says.
Johnson opposed Sen. Elizabeth Warren's legislation that would allow people to refinance student loans at lower interest rates, which is sort of pertinent to Wisconsin voters, or at least to the 815,000 Wisconsin residents who have student loan debt at an average, at the undergrad level, of $28,400. The total student debt weighing Wisconsinites down is $19 billion.
Oh, but don't forget that Johnson has a solution for future higher ed costs: video!
Yep. Instead of paying the "higher education cartel" (professors) exorbitant pay, you'd be "better off popping in 14 hours of Ken Burns’s Civil War tape." Here's what Ken Burns thinks of that.
It's pretty clear who's the best choice for students in Wisconsin, and the nation.
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