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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
Tue May 19, 2015, 11:49 PM May 2015

Bernie Sanders' Plan for Free College Could End Racial Disparities in Higher Ed



Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont socialist and 2016 presidential candidate, has one-upped the White House with a plan that should make college students—and their tuition-paying parents—stand up and cheer. If his long-shot plan becomes reality, it could help the U.S. compete in the global economy and lay the first cornerstone to bridge the wealth divide between whites and African Americans.

Sanders on Tuesday introduced the College for All Act, a bill that would eliminate tuition at public four-year colleges and universities. He’d pay part of the $750 billion, 10-year price tag with a new tax on Wall Street, siphoning off a small percentage of profits made through stock, bond, and financial derivative trades.

“It is a national disgrace that hundreds of thousands of young Americans today do not go to college, not because they are unqualified, but because they cannot afford it,” Sanders, who is running against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a statement introducing the bill. Other countries, such as Sweden, Denmark, and Germany, offer free tuition, he said, and the U.S. must take a bold step to avoid falling further behind those nations in developing a 21st-century workforce.

“We have got to make sure that every qualified American in this country who wants to go to college can go to college—regardless of income,” he said.
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more: http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/05/19/bernie-sanders-plan-free-public-college-end-racial-disparities-
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Bernie Sanders' Plan for Free College Could End Racial Disparities in Higher Ed (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich May 2015 OP
It should. Cleita May 2015 #1
Yes it would help a lot anyways... Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #4
• Love this aspect of the plan, never occurred to me! • NYC_SKP May 2015 #2
Me too Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #5
Way to go, Bernie! Enthusiast May 2015 #3
And from USA Today "Bernie Sanders Issues Bill to Make 4 Year Colleges Tuition Free", May 19, 2015 appalachiablue May 2015 #6
That's just great. That Robin Hood thing is quite amusing... Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #7
I know! First saw it a month or so ago when googling images of him, thought it appalachiablue May 2015 #8
 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
4. Yes it would help a lot anyways...
Wed May 20, 2015, 08:25 PM
May 2015

It's hard to say something would totally "end racial disparities", but it would certainly help.

appalachiablue

(41,055 posts)
6. And from USA Today "Bernie Sanders Issues Bill to Make 4 Year Colleges Tuition Free", May 19, 2015
Thu May 21, 2015, 02:26 AM
May 2015
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"BERNIE SANDERS ISSUES BILL TO MAKE 4 YEAR COLLEGES TUITION FREE"

USA Today, College, May 19, 2015

By Michael Schramm and Ethan Stoetzer

Senator Sanders has officially introduced a bill that would eliminate undergraduate tuition. Titled, the "College for All Act", the bill would eliminate the $70 billion dollar tuition costs at all 4-year public colleges and universities.

>Snip Bloomberg recently reported Sanders commenting on the necessity of the bill. "We live in a highly competitive global economy and, if our economy is to be strong we need the best educated work force in the world.

That will not happen if, every year, hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college, and if millions more leave school deeply in dept."

>Snip The bill plans to cover these costs by initiating a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street. A .5% speculation fee will be charged on investment houses, hedge funds and other stock trades. Additionally, a .1% fee will be charged on bonds, and a .005% fee will be charged on derivatives.

Read more:
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/05/19/bernie-sanders-issues-bill-to-make-4-year-colleges-tuition-free/


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appalachiablue

(41,055 posts)
8. I know! First saw it a month or so ago when googling images of him, thought it
Thu May 21, 2015, 03:31 AM
May 2015

was a RW slam, but still liked it. Decided what the heck and used it on a another post today about 12:30 noon. Saw 2 others picked it up right after. So I'm good with it- esp.with the official Robin Hood Tax News now. *I think it's mashed up from the Russell Crowe Ridley Scott 'Robin Hood' film from about 5 years ago.



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