Colorado lawmaker wants instate tuition for illegal aliens

He looks normal enough. If you met him on the street you wouldn't want to run and hide.

Yet we find this.

A Democratic lawmaker has been quietly lining up support for his upcoming proposal to allow undocumented students to pay in-state college tuition.

Rep. Joe Miklosi of Denver said he often points out that a majority of states that have OK'd in-state tuition to children whose parents illegally entered the country are conservative states.

"We're talking Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas," Miklosi said. "These are states where the Republican business leaders go to the Senate president and Speaker of the House and say, 'We need a more educated workforce. Can you please pass this bill?' "

Uh, sure Joe. If these states decided to withdraw from the union they could count on your support. Right?

I mean the next thing I expect to hear from Joe is that two wrongs make a right.

And then we have this.

Miklosi was the House sponsor of a bill in this year's legislative session that would have allowed students who had attended a Colorado high school for at least three years and graduated to attend public colleges and universities at the in-state tuition rate, regardless of their immigration status. Currently those students must pay out-of-state tuition to attend a Colorado college.

Wouldn't a better question be.... Why aren't we arresting and deporting these illegal aliens?

House Minority Leader Mike May, R-Parker, predicted the proposed bill would die for the same reason this year's measure was killed.

"We've got enough budget trouble without this," May said. "I know they make claims it doesn't cost any extra, but it does."

But Miklosi said an analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Council's fiscal staff shows colleges would receive $3.3 million in tuition in the first year.

Uh excuse me Joe, but isn't instate tuition less than out of state tuition? I mean it was when I paid out of state tuition for at least a year for my daughter after we actually moved to Washington. But I digress.

Let's try this. Out of state $5.00. In state $4.00. $5.00 minus $4.00 yields a dollar loss... At least it does in the universe I live in.

But not Joe's. But after all, he is a Democrat. And most likely a Leftie Democrat. Why would anyone expect him to understand math??
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