[pe2-image src=”https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-whNRlOoyQEo/VxuOuUd1S-I/AAAAAAAABFQ/HmYaVyxY0rUcYqXOitT9lAgP57V9LCBLACHM/s144-c-o/20160422_1737%2BYes%252C%2BBernie%25E2%2580%2599s%2BPlan%2Bto%2BMake%2BCollege%2BFree%2BWould%2BBe%2Ba%2BGift%2Bto%2BRich%2BKids%2B%2528Slate%2529.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/102930737536139888016/CampaignV4April#6276767432089881570″ caption=”Yes, Bernie’s Plan to Make College Free Would Be a Gift to Rich Kids. That Doesn’t Make It a Bad Idea By Jordan Weissmann, Slate (Friday, April 22, 2016 5:37 pm) — Nobody would ever accuse Bernie Sanders of trying to coddle the rich. But some certainly think his plan to abolish tuition at public colleges would end up wasting a whole lot of money on them. Hillary Clinton, for her part, likes to say she’s “not in favor of making college free for Donald Trump's kids.”1 This week, meanwhile, a new report from Brookings confirms that getting rid of tuition entirely at state schools would disproportionately benefit upper-income students.Does that really mean abolishing tuition at State U. is a terrible idea? Not necessarily. The fact that free college would benefit everyone from Trump to the people who clean his towers might actually be an argument in its favor. https://publicskeleton.com/media/?p=938″ type=”image” alt=”20160422_1737 Yes, Bernie’s Plan to Make College Free Would Be a Gift to Rich Kids (Slate).jpg” ] Yes, Bernie’s Plan to Make College Free Would Be a Gift to Rich Kids. That Doesn’t Make It a Bad Idea.
By Jordan Weissmann, Slate
(Friday, April 22, 2016 5:37 pm) — Nobody would ever accuse Bernie Sanders of trying to coddle the rich. But some certainly think his plan to abolish tuition at public colleges would end up wasting a whole lot of money on them. Hillary Clinton, for her part, likes to say she’s “not in favor of making college free for Donald Trump’s kids.”1 This week, meanwhile, a new report from Brookings confirms that getting rid of tuition entirely at state schools would disproportionately benefit upper-income students.
Does that really mean abolishing tuition at State U. is a terrible idea? Not necessarily. The fact that free college would benefit everyone from Trump to the people who clean his towers might actually be an argument in its favor.
