Rich: I would eliminate the college loan system in order to invest directly in the educational future of our children.

I will work to pass a bill to fully fund all four-year college and technical college tuition on a competitive, affirmative-action basis. The cost would be "$25 billion"* per year, which would be deducted from the $300+ billion spent annually on corporate welfare. Motivation: With this possibility in place, all of our brightest children would be motivated toward scholarship all through school, K-12. Our youths would prepare themselves to attend college with the certainty they can attend college without burdening their parents or without the foreboding prospect of paying off large life-altering college loans. Greater preparation would greatly improve results.

This program would promote a leveling of the playing field for all of our children. Our country would be greatly enriched by a better-educated citizenry.

I do not approve of K-12 vouchers. We should improve results obtained through public education systems. Internet programmed learning has proven  to be a means to improve outcomes. The solutions already exist in math and the sciences. Computer tools need further development in other areas of study. Motivation to learn in public schools is the answer. Higher spending is not connected directly to results. Creative innovation is connected to results.