Sen. Sanders introduces bill to make college free, have Wall Street pay for it

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., on Wednesday introduced the College for All Plan, legislation that would make a college education free for millions and lend extra support to those from working-class families attending minority institutions.

"In the wealthiest country in the history of the world, a higher education should be a right for all, not a privilege for the few", Sanders said in a statement. "If we are going to have the kind of standard of living that the American people deserve, we need to have the best educated workforce in the world".

Americans currently owe a total of more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, 93% of which is federally backed.

The plan would provide tuition-free education for all students attending community colleges and public trade schools.

For students from families making less than $125,000 annually, tuition would be erased at public four-year colleges and universities, as well as public and private historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.

The Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act would levy a 0.5% tax on stock trades, a 0.1% fee on bond trades and a 0.005% fee on derivative transactions. That would raise up to $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to a summary of the bill.

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Sen. Sanders introduces bill to make college free, have Wall Street pay for it

From "Mexico will pay for it" to "Wall Street will pay for it", what's not to like? Keep the free stuff coming!