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corbettkroehler

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9. Relating It To K-12 Public Education Is The Winning Argument

Reply to PeeJ52 (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 10:58 AM

Apr 2019

A large majority of Americans, except the most radical right wingers, agree that K-12 public education should be free. In a global workforce, we need to modernize that to trade school or at least 4 years of post-secondary education.

This is similar to the idea of raising the minimum wage: it is broadly popular across the political spectrum.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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WaPo Editorial Board : Elizabeth Warren has the wrong answer to America's student debt problem [View all] Celerity Apr 2019 OP

I'm not a fan of free college radical noodle Apr 2019 #1

the college thing is the one huge disagreement I have with Pete, BUT I need to see more of what he's Celerity Apr 2019 #3

You are preaching to the choir radical noodle Apr 2019 #4

Free community college is actually much better then giving the rich a 2 trillion dollar tax break yaesu Apr 2019 #5

I do agree radical noodle Apr 2019 #12

Gee, why should children of families in the upper reaches of the income distribution scale ... PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #2

yep, the more I see the elite crying about this the more i'm focusing on our true progressive yaesu Apr 2019 #6

Relating It To K-12 Public Education Is The Winning Argument corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #9

THIS. Notably, taxpayer dollars would be funneled Hortensis Apr 2019 #11

Mr Bezos does not like wealth taxes. crazytown Apr 2019 #7

Glad they think the 2% wealth tax is 'nothing'. aidbo Apr 2019 #8

If a wealthy person wants to send their kid to a state college, I think that's fantastic. Politicub Apr 2019 #10