If the government stops subsidizing college, the cost would lower dramatically.
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I understand, but government funding isn't a major reason tuitions are high. Colleges are now like for-profit companies, some build fancy things to attract wealthy students. Banks like to lend to students who pay high interest rates, so more $$ goes to banks and colleges.
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did you say 1%
#WallStreetSalesTax ? ? ? To pay for college & medical care ? ? ?#SinglePayerSunday#BankOnStudents#P4SEDThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The more people with college degrees, the less valuable they are. College only shows, in general, how well you can play the game.
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Very little retention. Remove the stigma from the trades and show kids high paying jobs that actually exist in those fields.
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We can guarantee
#TuitionFreeCollegeForAll. We can and should also tax certain "Wall Street" activities and incomes therefrom. Each is independently desirable. The second is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the former. -
you mean implement 1%
#WallStreetSalesTax just because they are Not Taxed Now ? ? ? Is that what you are sayin?
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Actually we could take the $$ we're spending on illegal immigration and redirect to
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My parents couldn't afford to send me to college so I worked full-time and put myself through college by attending part-time.
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Or we can Legalize recreational marijuana nationwide and use the Tax revenue for
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Cuz Federal spending funds Federal taxation but Federal taxes cannot and do not fund any Federal spending.
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If I can pay for my college education, they can pay for theirs.
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No, you can't. Been there, done that, sold the t-shirt.
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I like the premise, but let's tax businesses properly, use that to educate their future workforce?
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We can guarantee college for all just by reducing the bloated "defense" budget back to where it was a few years ago.
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When you say "Wall Street" you really mean "Middle Class", those who struggle to build a nest egg by contributing to a 401(k) or IRA
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With due respect, rather than college for all, it should be knowledge for all and democratisation of education thru MOOC portals.
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