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@jerrybrowngov warned Californian voters in 1978 that if they passed Proposition 13 to slash and cap their property tax rates, the state wouldn't be able to offer basically free tuition going forward!https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/1070204442966818817 …
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And I bet the people griping about free college as socialism are mostly from the generation that benefited most from affordable state universities.
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Reagan’s dad was bailed out by WPA programs during the Great Depression.
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1960: UC undergrad enrollment 38,000. California population 15.9 million. 2018: UC undergrad enrollment 222,000. California population 39.6 million. More than twice the percentage of students are now attending college, but the state funding has not doubled.
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