Copyright © 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. In America, it’s increasingly unaffordable,” Sanders wrote on Facebook last week. “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”, Photo shows Dianne Feinstein “bullying” Lisa Murkowski over “the now empty seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”, Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”, Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, “Keep voting Democrat ... One day they will restrict your freedoms, restrict your history and restrict your safety. Hillary Clinton frequently assailed the Sanders plan’s lack of an income limit, often offering some variation of the line “I don’t think taxpayers should be paying to send Donald Trump’s kids to college,” as she said during one debate. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism.
"The statement is generally accurate.". In that light, the Sanders proposal is akin to a policy that would forgive all mortgage debt in Illinois – million-dollar lake-front condos in Chicago and working-class one bedrooms in Bloomington. The undisputed facts are that college graduates earn more than non-graduates across the board and are far more likely to have jobs, good jobs, than those who did not attend or did not complete college. In order to comment, you must be logged in as a paid subscriber. It has forced many American millennials to delay buying homes and to live with their parents long past graduation. Having a top soccer team, this is not the main task we have. : stated on August 24, 2020 a Republican convention speech: stated on August 20, 2020 comments in Scranton, Pa.: stated on August 18, 2020 a Democratic convention speech: stated on August 17, 2020 a Democratic convention speech: stated on September 21, 2020 in a blog post: stated on September 22, 2020 in an image: stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: stated on September 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post: stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event: stated on June 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: ©All Rights Reserved Poynter Institute 2020, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”. Bernie Sanders, byname of Bernard Sanders, (born September 8, 1941, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American politician who was first elected to represent Vermont in the U.S. Senate in 2006 and took office the following year. To his credit, and like some other candidates, Sanders wants to super-boost funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other minority-focused institutions. It makes sense to talk about who should pay for it.”. But it’s reasonable to say that we need to increase degree production to meet the needs of the changing economy. European students stare with astonishment at the burden their American peers take on.
You may opt-out by. I served as vice-president at The Century Foundation, a public policy think tank with an emphasis on education and worked for an international education nonprofit teaching entrepreneurship. And says, “The federal government shouldn’t make billions of dollars in profit off of student loans while students are drowning in debt.”. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”. ", Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”, “So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. “You have huge gyms and a very comfortable student life on campus. Sanders’s office pegs the cost of the legislation at $600 billion, and it would be financed by a tax on Wall Street speculation. I write about education, edtech and higher education. VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States.