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Originally Posted by Guest
Tuition to state colleges and universities is a good idea. Books, room and board would not be covered. In return for the free tuition, a mandatory service to America would be excellent payback - sort of like VISTA.
I would back any candidate who felt he same way.
Remember, just saying you are in favor of such a program does not make it automatically happen. The President (Hillary Clinton) can propose it to Congress but cannot set such a program up by herself.
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Interesting concept and as usual, the progressive plans simply make you argue against things so they can say you did just that.....it is a common plan.
It really sounds great. Sanders put out a plan back in May for free tuition. TOTAL COST 750 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS (a little over 70 Billion per year) 2/3 of that from the Federal Government and 1/3 from the States.
A lot of money.....and he wants to tax Wall St to pay for it. But analysis of the method he suggests is that the income will fall very short of what is needed.
NOTE...he also wants to spend 1 Trillion on infrastructure, also paid by taxing corporation profits; expand social security and give more money for a longer period of time.
Does anyone think that the government would not be "borrowing" from any of these funds for other things ?
I like this kind of things...from Starbucks...
"The coffee chain is celebrating Veterans Day in a big way.
Starbucks isn’t just giving away free coffee for Veterans Day—it’s giving away free college tuition too.
The coffee chain announced on Monday that its employees who are current or former members of the U.S. Armed Forces will now have access to an additional free college tuition benefit that they can extend to a spouse or child.
All Starbucks part-time and full-time employees can already get a free college degree through the company’s “College Achievement Plan,” which fully reimburses workers who earn a bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online offerings. More than 4,000 employees have taken advantage of the plan since it was introduced in June, 2014, Starbucks SBUX -0.70% says."
Starbucks Giving Free College Tuition to Military Spouses and Children - Fortune