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Bernie Sanders

MineralMan

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7. I went to a California University in the 60s.

Reply to salimbag (Reply #2)

Tue May 19, 2015, 01:27 PM

May 2015

It wasn't exactly free, but the state paid most of it. There were fees, cost of room and board, textbooks, etc. The state stopped paying, so the burden got shifted to the students. Colleges were never free. It's just a matter of who's paying.

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Free college tuition for all! says presidential candidate Bernie Sanders [View all] cal04 May 2015 OP

I'm not sure how that could be implemented, really. MineralMan May 2015 #1

Yes it is. Obama feels that community college should be as free as high school. Autumn May 2015 #3

Yes. I remember Obama saying that. MineralMan May 2015 #4

Of course they can't, any idiot knows that. They are plenty of ways this could be paid for Autumn May 2015 #5

Taxing stock trades would also require enabling legislation. MineralMan May 2015 #6

Bottom line: Legislation can be passed. I have some things to do so you have a nice day. Autumn May 2015 #8

California colleges salimbag May 2015 #2

I went to a California University in the 60s. MineralMan May 2015 #7