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The other candidates are right about Bernie’s $1.6 trillion student loan plan. (thread) —J
For $52 billion a year, we can end child poverty. —J childrensdefense.org/wp-content/upl…
For $23 billion a year, we can close the racial funding gap between majority minority and majority white public schools. —J edbuild.org/content/23-bil…
For $38 billion a year, we can expand our most effective anti-poverty measure, the Earned Income Tax Credit, to include those without children.
That would lift over 5 million Americans out of poverty. —J cbpp.org/research/feder…
That would lift over 5 million Americans out of poverty. —J cbpp.org/research/feder…
… and after all of that, we’d still have $50 billion a year to make college more affordable and provide student loan relief to those in need. —J
Our college plan would do 3 things:
1. Nobody in America will pay more than 10% of income on student loans.
2. If you still have loans after 20 years, they’ll be forgiven completely.
3. Cancel student loans for anyone who chooses to serve the country, civilian or military. —J
1. Nobody in America will pay more than 10% of income on student loans.
2. If you still have loans after 20 years, they’ll be forgiven completely.
3. Cancel student loans for anyone who chooses to serve the country, civilian or military. —J
And we could fund all of those programs for TEN years before spending $1.6 trillion. —J
