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The 2014 National Climate Assessment, conducted by a team of more than 300 experts and a federal advisory committee, concluded that climate change poses a number of new health risks, including longer and fiercer pollen seasons, much more air pollution, stronger storms and longer droughts. Do you think these concerns are all very real or are they being overblown? How worried are about climate change?

“Overblown yeah how about outright lies. Their fix is more taxes, control and regulations that will cost the consumers and taxpayers more money and enrich politicians like Al Gore and the progressive Democrats. But the useful idiots will believe anything they say no matter what. Gore said the polar ice caps would melt, and we would never see again. He was wrong as usual. If you like communism. keep voting for the Democrat progressives.”

“Stronger storms equal longer droughts.”

“And all 300 scientists would like a government grant to figure it out. More money for them.”

“It’s all a big fake.”

“I don’t know about drought, but it just poured here in Uniontown for a week straight and my lawn is a foot high. No worries about a drought here!”

“I don’t know why the media bothers to keep reporting this. Humans will do what they are going to do and the earth will change for better or worse. No amount of facts or fear is going to stop people from being people. In time I suppose we will all know or at least our generations to come will know what happens.”

“Just so we all know. No one is making any more earth, water, or air. We are not being good stewards. There’s an ‘island’ of plastic refuse in the Pacific Ocean that’s large enough to be seen from space. Our water supply is under attack from fossil fuels. If 90 percent of doctors said you had a disease that was treatable now, and 10 percent said, don’t worry, who would you listen to?”

Despite Gov. Tom Wolf’s call for a tuition freeze, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has voted to increase tuition by 3.5 percent at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, including nearby California University of Pennsylvania. Tuition for Pennsylvania residents will rise to $7,060 a year. Do you think state officials did the right thing or should they have looked elsewhere to make up any shortfalls? Overall, what do you think about tuition at state schools? Are students paying too much or too little?

“Students are paying way too much. How about considering wage freezes and job cuts. There’s too much waste today.”

“They need to tax the oil and gas companies and direct that money to education at all levels. People complain about unemployment and income inequality, yet some people want to cut jobs and wages.”

“Education is a right, not a luxury! Public education should never be hit with cuts in funding! The GOP on the federal level passed a bill that would increase interest rates on federal student loans and on the state level. Corbett cut $1 billion out of education. No wonder tuition is going up. People can’t afford to go to college, and new grads can’t pay off their loans.

“Cutting educators’ wages, benefits, and jobs is absurd! That has to be one of dumbest ideas ever! You want good educators? Put the money back into the system to create highly educated people that will make for better educators.”

“Do people two realize that a lot of college professors do research over the summer months? They work year round. A lot of professors travel to different countries to research different ecosystems, exotic plants, other species of animals, cultures, forms of government, historical sites, geology, medicine, and a lot of other fields of study. These trips are not fully funded and they pay for some of the equipment that they use out in the field as well. Sometimes they have to pay for local guides, local security, or even take security specialist with them.”

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