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    1. Osita Nwanevu‏ @OsitaNwanevu 24 Jun 2019

      I was going to ask in jest when the people who think free college is regressive are going to get around to attacking public K-12, but of course they're already doing that.

      13 replies 154 retweets 1,196 likes
    2. Matthew Zeitlin‏Verified account @MattZeitlin 24 Jun 2019
      Replying to @OsitaNwanevu

      the rule seems to be existing universal programs (parks, schools etc) are fine, but you can't create anything new like that

      5 replies 4 retweets 115 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2019
      Replying to @MattZeitlin @OsitaNwanevu

      As someone said, if public libraries didn't already exist arguing for them would be impossible under public discourse. Lending out books for free! Obviously something that favors the well-to-do literate above the poor illiterates!

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2019
      Replying to @mattyglesias @MattZeitlin @OsitaNwanevu

      I occasionally work out of the public library and what I see are immigrants, retirees, unemployed people using computer to search for jobs & homeless using it as a temporary day-shelter. So I suspect it has a progressive rather than regressive function.

      7 replies 10 retweets 103 likes
    6. Mike Konczal‏Verified account @rortybomb 24 Jun 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias and

      Used a library in the past year ranges 45-52% on income. Slight predictor but fairly narrow given societal inequality. Important shift is parents, for whom it's a big resource from books to events. https://www.pewinternet.org/2015/09/15/who-uses-libraries-and-what-they-do-at-their-libraries/ …pic.twitter.com/3jxuLWQhqG

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2019
      Replying to @mattyglesias @JHWeissmann and

      That's the right take. That also gets a political buy-in from the affluent which makes it easier to preserve those services.

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        2. Kurticus Maximus‏ @KurtEllis10 24 Jun 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias and

          such services could only exist in dense cities however. what service could you offer in rural or exurbs that the affluent could ever possibly want to use?

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        3. Will‏ @wb_thorne 24 Jun 2019
          Replying to @KurtEllis10 @HeerJeet and

          If it's all the same system, they don't get to pick and choose. Once you start breaking it up into subdivisions, than of course the rich will just keep what they want and tell politicians to discard the rest.

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        1. Markus Drake‏ @Markus_Drake 24 Jun 2019
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          Also, we love being catered to, and always reward those who remind us that they catered to us by voting for them. We see them as our friends, because they are.

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