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Honeycombe8

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28. It costs a lot more than that, though.
Thu May 16, 2019, 05:52 PM
May 2019

A lot of students get grants. And the other students who would be provided free college (tuition or whatever) who currently pay their own way.

It would be a lot. A whole lot.

I think maybe paying for the first 2 years is more feasible. And then states, in order to get the federal funding they get, would have to contribute to the last 2 years, maybe.

That's in addition to the grant system that currently exists, maybe.

I like the idea of that Tobin tax...as long as there's an exemption for small investors (I'm a retiree, and I have investments in my retirement account...an additional tax would hit me very hard...I'm not wealthy....I'm just an ordinary middle class retired gal who worked in what might be called middle-management). I sacrificed a lot to add to my retirement account over the years. All the vacations I didn't take, the cars I didn't buy...all that is wrapped up in my retirement account.

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

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A higher minimum wage and the public option are hardly moves to the left of Obama LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #1
True, but obnoxiousdrunk May 2019 #2
I don't mind that; bogus claims should be refuted. LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #3
A prolonged surge to the left would be extremely refreshing tho. Magoo48 May 2019 #18
Obama favored a public option. crazytown May 2019 #4
Joe Lie-berman and a few blue-dogs also helped kill Public Option groundloop May 2019 #16
The Publuc Option could have been included through Reconciliation crazytown May 2019 #19
Doesn't necessarily look like he is breaking with Obama. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #5
surprising. yaesu May 2019 #6
These are NOT "breaks." Good grief. The Hill Hortensis May 2019 #7
Good points. Learning those fact would be, like, too much work. George II May 2019 #20
Joe - You're going to have to keep moving left, and then further left, and then more.... IndyOp May 2019 #8
NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN SWING STATES: JOBS! And in case you didn't get that ... Auggie May 2019 #9
Not yours, but the headline is an unnecessarily negative spin on Biden "vs." Obama. George II May 2019 #10
From the article: "None of the three examples are dramatic R B Garr May 2019 #11
yes, that is why I included that in the excerpt Celerity May 2019 #12
Obamas hands were tied a lot of the time.. He would have been a LOT more left.. samnsara May 2019 #13
what is the premise of this article - he should be welded to Obama? I don't get it. EveHammond13 May 2019 #14
But as with all of them, you have to ask yourself if you believe they'll actually DO what they say pdsimdars May 2019 #15
If we do not take back the Senate, there will not be shit getting done. I am really starting Celerity May 2019 #17
Really? George II May 2019 #22
K&R nt NYMinute May 2019 #21
Biden has endorsed people 55+ buying into Medicare. Not everyone. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #23
Biden calls for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare Celerity May 2019 #24
I'm glad to hear that. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #25
TOTAL student debt is 1.6 trillion, we spend that each YEAR on the war/surveillance state Celerity May 2019 #27
It costs a lot more than that, though. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #28
there are around 13 million public university students (2 and 4 years) in the US Celerity May 2019 #29
Okay. If it's doable. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #30
comparison purposes Celerity May 2019 #32
That was in 2015. He's dialed that back to 2 years of community college. Demit May 2019 #31
do you a link? Celerity May 2019 #33
It's a C-Span video-- Demit May 2019 #34
Thanks! Celerity May 2019 #35
Finally got around to watching those 2 videos Celerity May 2019 #36
It's been a long time since I went to college, but Demit May 2019 #38
+10000 Celerity May 2019 #39
I want to call this draining trumps base, BootinUp May 2019 #26
RW-serving The Hill and Celerity. I haven't even read Hortensis May 2019 #37
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