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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Just Introduced His Free College Tuition Plan [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)like the income limits etc. to make it a fiscally feasible plan. This one is so popular that even Economists and people who understand how funding and government spending works are all on board. They were not happy with the original version, because we simply could not afford it (not when we have Republicans around anyway).
Students, their parents and their professors all like this plan, which is an even more modified version of what Hillary proposed.
I'm grateful for all the Democrats and Hillary for taking what sounded like a great idea and putting the work to make it something that wasn't just nice sounding words and figured out how to make it work.
Sitting Senators cannot join the paid speech circuit, that's against the law. But I'm glad he did decide to work with others and not just do stuff by himself as he was wont to do in the past.
Bravo Hillary! And Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rick Nolan (D-Minn.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), David Cicilline (D-R.I.) Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Pramilla Jayapal!
Not to mention Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.).
All the people who worked hard on this final version of the bill seem to be getting lost, Bernie didn't do this alone, and everyone should get credit for their work, no?