there's a story about of for-profit colleges
and little bombing mission has done with them
and it is
incredibly instructive
so let's find out how washington works
well in the beginning out what they propose the administration and
department education
was pretty strict rules on the for-profit colleges with a look like
they were a lot of
scams they were being run
all my kids were not really get erica good quality education they couldn't get
a job after which they had these tremendous that's and a reason these
for-profit colleges or even in business is because they're taking government
money
who say that they're giving education the sometimes they don't give it all
and that's really not helping the kids to get jobs
so hey it was great news though bob administration was saying then seriously
looking into it
now on previous days we told you that some of their top donors
are from for-profit colleges effect they just put out a press who almost
impressed with
that was coordinated saying
hey we are looking out for the donors from for-profit colleges
they almost brag about
well great investigative story on having them post
uh... robert sherman is a former deputy under secretary of education
when answering back pay it looks like the new rules now or poli watered down
here's what he said quote
absolutely accurate
to say
that they came
to the industry
but i understand the point of than ever to being in an admit the administration
anyting to take a step forward in the face of a hostile congress
the right thing for this issue with this for to survive
so that is startling admission
or a justice yet we kevin industry lobbies were too tough
and we've been doing about hey look in at least that's arrived i mean that is
exactly the obama mindset
now having the most explains and let me quote them here the general failed what
happened here they said quote
the industry's lobbying was so well finance a well-coordinated
that it ought to give you what was possible inside ovr ministration the
focus shifted from seeing the crap
the strongest rule
dance that nadine
do with incremental progress
and avoiding the sort of action
that would trigger convicted wrestler intervention
and at protecting industry
that is evp
perfect description of what happens is i don't bomb administration sometimes they
come out strong and then the lobby is coming to all of you better not do it
and i've got the guys in congress ever bought you got a watered down your belt
and they do water it down
but you said i looked at solving them pose some rising in you have an insider
from the administration
buddy is that all you have
this is definitive
now next person
is a current administration official
and he says
uh... with you know he says an ominous and so does he have fired quote
there was an atmosphere that at the opponents in congress
felt that the wind was at their backs he would not be too difficult for them to
take action
in some ways there is a decision to me
how do you provide a good level of protection persons annexure
that you put
a good regulation out there that's not going to get overturned in one
congressional cycle
you see what they think every single time out we could do something strong
about that somebody might watering down or somebody might kill of our might not
pads
so let's preemptively watertown ourselves
we keep the lobbyists happy we keep our daughters happy
and that we don't get congress young yes
terrible mindset
but it's not just that look at this now arne duncan
the secretary of education says this quote
wools are both fought for unreasonable
they reflect the great input from the industry just admits right
and they are designed to give career colleges every opportunity to reform
without letting them off the hook
the feedback was extraordinarily helpful
we could get very seriously
and hopefully many folks will see their comments
or listen to
and acted upon
he said telling the press
we took the lobbyists so seriously and i'm telling you and we change the
legislation based on what the lobbyist told us to do and i hope that they are
satisfied with how much
they've got no such as legislation
uh... this is an harassing
this our system works but you see both sides of it
obon administrations profound weakness
and yes congress is blocked
and and it is a reality gotta deal with congress
and congress uh... often will over time what they did in fact there are examples
of that
whoever's in this case herbs and john client republican minnesota
introduce a budget amendment that aim to block the department education from
releasing the gainful employment regulation
which was and part of that that
top reforms that they were going to go
and who was he backed up by
well uh... house minority leader nancy pelosi
and democratic national committee chairwoman
that he was initials
well the for-profit colleges
donate the tremendous amount of money overall
but specifically for the democrats
ira mothers are always on board
unc some sort of stand where you get money from the government bagel
they protect the free market but if you're a bit off the government
the republic began
bestfriend if you don't have that much money they just ideologically love the
idea of
the government getting ripped off
meaning i'm exaggerating his jim burnett
the guy who's the had tea party
the guy who says all my god free market this free market that
in jerusalem and through an economic development bill that one
no-fly
the gainful employment rule which was the toughest part of that
i remember these are people stopping off the government
and they're not really know what grade education
engendered that wants to protect the
and so these guys just like they give a third of their money to the republicans
in april we got them in the bag anyway they'll do anything a private
corporation tells indu and only a few of them i a democrats we buy them
and so if president obama actually wanted to do something
which he at the beginning did one do
something right
uh... then was there with congress he'll backup and that's
exactly what happened
uh... by the way you want more quote for you
uh...
it would go back and chairman of the former department education officials he
says quote
this school probably made the political technician they needed to make referring
to the administration
this is so weak referring to the bill as it stands now
this is so weak that if congress overturns it
while continuing to plague lip service to the need
to protect taxpayers a students
he would be a complete
and total outlay
right there in a nutshell he's saying
don't worry though balmy administration made the bills
soul
radically we
that you would be kind of embarrassing if people voted against it at this point
and besides which doesn't lead
by the way so what were the things they're ridiculous and it was you need
to prove
that these kids are actually getting jobs that was a gainful employment
part the demand faded
and and that democrats were published ready till now straight
so that what happened back
gone
now
well they have to do
they have to inform the students
that they might be incurring a lot of that
that's big hero
then try writing this
and a tiny little here praying
or by the layers is out of astrology writing for a lot of it
and they say before that can signs up for the college
there's gotta be a three-day waiting period
atlantic and then suddenly joke is an article from the administration on the
like
well that'll make them think twice
we really got up
so in the end what happened
there was the pretense of doing something
there was a lot of talk about how the old bombing restriction got top on these
for-profit colleges in the stands at their writing
but in the and they actually did nothing the week
the bill was so weak that accomplished nothing that they want an injector
the because one of those colleges went asl enough
the taxpayer when are we getting ripped off huge now we lost
the lobbyists
before proper colleges the democrats and the republicans