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Pete Buttigieg unveils $1 trillion plan for affordable housing and child care — and says how he’d lower the cost of college

"Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg unveiled plans on Friday to invest more than $1 trillion in child care and affordable housing over the next decade as part of a package of proposals targeting the middle class.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor also provided more details on how he would lower the cost of college, saying that he would eliminate tuition at public colleges for families earning less than $100,000 and reduce costs for those earning up to $150,000. Historically black colleges and universities will receive $50 billion under his administration.

“As president, I will measure success not just by the size of the stock market or gross domestic product, but by whether working and middle class families are succeeding,” Buttigieg said in the plan. “I will use public enforcement, public investments, and public options to make the economy deliver for all Americans, not just those at the top.”

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"The Buttigieg campaign said that it will pay for its plans by reforming the way that capital gains are taxed among the top 1%."

More: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/08/pete-buttigieg-unveils-plans-to-invest-in-housing-and-child-care.html

And edited to add: https://peteforamerica.com/policies/economic-agenda/