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Hortensis

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11. THIS. Notably, taxpayer dollars would be funneled

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 12:02 PM

Apr 2019

to public education at the continuing education level and, I'd hope, to both bringing public college costs back down to the ethical levels of my youth and to making more of our state colleges and universities top-drawer schools.

A lot of the reaction against free education for students of wealthy families is the notion that we'd be paying for Harvard legacies. We would for those who chose to attend Indiana State or U of Indiana.

And as you say, it has popularity. Support from upper income levels is very important to successful programs. They donate. They vote. They pay taxes. They have power. It has to be about them also.

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

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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