Elitism and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: After the 2012 elections, it was tempting to think Republicans would be a little more cautious about economic elitism and callous indifference towards those struggling to get by. But in 2014, many GOP officials have thrown caution to the wind and embraced elitism with both arms. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky. , for example, recently defended cuts to student aid by saying, Not everybody needs to go to Yale . As McConnell sees it, the nations elite institutions of higher ed should be within reach for students from rich families and no one else. Soon after, Rep. Tom Cotton R-Ark. , a leading U.S. Senate candidate, called those who rely on the safety net as addicts . (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.