#tuition-free college

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

On Wednesday, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) reintroduced a proposal to make higher education free at public schools for most Americans — and pay for it by taxing Wall Street.

The College for All Act of 2023 would massively change the higher education landscape in the U.S., taking a step toward Sanders’s long-standing goal of making public college free for all. It would make community college and public vocational schools tuition-free for all students, while making any public college and university free for students from single-parent households making less than $125,000 or couples making less than $250,000 — or, the vast majority of families in the U.S.

The bill would increase federal funding to make tuition free for most students at universities that serve non-white groups, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It would also double the maximum award to Pell Grant recipients at public or nonprofit private colleges from $7,395 to $14,790.

If passed, the lawmakers say their bill would be the biggest expansion of access to higher education since 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act, a bill that would massively increase access to college in the ensuing decades. The proposal would not only increase college access, but also help to tackle the student debt crisis.

“Today, this country tells young people to get the best education they can, and then saddles them for decades with crushing student loan debt. To my mind, that does not make any sense whatsoever,” Sanders said. “In the 21st century, a free public education system that goes from kindergarten through high school is no longer good enough. The time is long overdue to make public colleges and universities tuition-free and debt-free for working families.”

Debt activists expressed support for the bill. “This is the only real solution to the student debt crisis: eliminate tuition and debt by fully funding public colleges and universities,” the Debt Collective wrote on Wednesday. “It’s time for your member of Congress to put up or shut up. Solve the root cause and eliminate tuition and debt.”

These initiatives would be paid for by several new taxes on Wall Street, found in a separate bill reintroduced by Sanders and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California) on Wednesday. The Tax on Wall Street Speculation would enact a 0.5% tax on stock trades, a 0.1% tax on bonds and a 0.005% tax on trades on derivatives and other types of assets.

The tax would primarily affect the most frequent, and often the wealthiest, traders and would be less than a typical fee for pension management for working class investors, the lawmakers say. It would raise up to $220 billion in the first year of enactment, and over $2.4 trillion over a decade. The proposal has the support of dozens of progressive organizations as well as a large swath of economists.

“Let us never forget: Back in 2008, middle class taxpayers bailed out Wall Street speculators whose greed, recklessness and illegal behavior caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs, homes, life savings, and ability to send their kids to college,” said Sanders. “Now that giant financial institutions are back to making record-breaking profits while millions of Americans struggle to pay rent and feed their families, it is Wall Street’s turn to rebuild the middle class by paying a modest financial transactions tax.”

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[odinsblog]

#politics #education #living wages #tuition #minimum wage #inequality #wage theft #social safety net #college should be free

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #european politics #europe #Germany #finland #denmark #education system #education reform #department of education #universal pre kindergarten #college for all #tuition free public college #student debt forgiveness #student loan debt #student loan forgiveness #student debt #bankruptcy

[oscill4te]

this is mean but some people in college seem so unhappy and like they are only there bc pressure from their family, if that was me I'd just drop out (i did drop out my first year bc expenses + the degree i wanted wasnt offered)(im being anti-growth, as usual)

#i guess if your parents pay your tuition its harder to drop out but idk. i truly dont think everyone is made for college #if college was free i probably would go back bc it was fun. but obviously its not free. #txt #if your not even enjoying it and have no direction why even go though? if you enjoy it/have a plan thats different #at least after your first year or two #some people have been in college for years bc their parents want them to get a degree bur they just struggle academically #or are still not sure what degree they want to pursue and how to obtain the career they want after college #some people are in so much debt and seen directionless. i always feel like the evil person saying “Its not to late to drop out!” #maybe its“ sunken cost fallacy”.. the “ive paid so much money/am already here so i might as well finish” #in my opinion its okay to change your mind. you can have stability without a degree. maybe not the best pay jobs but you cn make it out oka #im just saying man. if i still chose to pursue college i think id kms from all the debt #im still paying year one off.. from 6 yrs ago lmao

[treecakes]

so much fun that photoshop makes my laptop crash completely so i have to open my school virtual desktop to access photoshop through that. and then my laptop is fine. kills me lol

#i didnt even realize i had photoshop through my uni but i do! and i will make the most of it right now lol #at the community college i went to i had to pay for it myself….. but here it’s free. i guess that’s what paying 4x in tuition gets you 😭

[grymmdark]

i was just stuck in a conversation w some kids at my school talking about flying internationally and going on ski trips and shit and it was very awkward for me

#grymms spectacular fucking posts #im not rich im just middle class cmon #i can only afford to come here cus both my parents work full time and i get free college tuition

[bunnyb34r]

Well glad to know I'm not the only one not feeling the Christmas season this year. Mom isnt either

Now we dont know why, but here are my guesses. Feel free to place your bets.

Is it:

Bc our aunt/great-aunt died and essentially dissolved the family

|_> Bc of this we've faced so much bullshit from the surviving family we have left.

Bc the only remaining family we have are major assholes aside from like 4 people.

Long covid?

Work stress/ working under a tyrant piece of shit.

Bc I'm an adult now so the *magic* is gone?

All of the above??

#marquilla #we still havent made cookies and are like i want the cookies but i dont want to make the cookies... #so we agreed we can do it after christmas if need be #i really think it's all of that combined. like my g-aunt dying really tore this family apart. we weren't like close close before but i mean #everyone started taking sides (the executors (my mom) vs my cousins. like listen you motherfuckers she left you [insert number bc i also #got this amount and am not disclosing]. you little freaks need to get over the fact that she loved me as much as if not more than you. #maybe bc i wasn't a fucking entitled brat and was always a polite well behaved child (for her) and didnt take my mommy/daddy issues out on #her. you already got: 2 free cars. 3 fully paid for weddings. 4 college degrees (one that you're not even using bc you havent worked since #college bc you became a tradwife. (not dissing stay at home moms im dissing her making college a BIG DEAL for her and then just #essentially saying haha thanks for the 100k in tuition but no ❤). COUNTLESS hours and money poured #into your lives from her and our g-uncle. amongst the 4 of you. (only 1 is not a brat but thats bc they pretend she doesnt exist bc shes #annoying and autistic so a drain on them they were ever so happy to dump on their dad) #you aren't entitled to any of that. that was a GIFT. your inheritance was well thought out. it is an insult for you to suggest otherwise #anyway so theyre being whiny brats and oh boo hoo you exects are SO MEAN to poor Ally who didnt sign the fucking will and thus held up #$50k FROM A CHURCH. and my uncle (not their dad. their moms brother) is taking their side. his wife is a massive piece of shit ab it too. #dont know whose side dog cousin is on bc shes close to my mom but very close to them. and i know lesbian cousin is on moms side to some #degree. and idgaf what Murderer cousin thinks bc that bitch can and will rot in hell. #so anyway any one we could possibly spend time with this season is either dead or hates us. or lives states away and won't be in til after #and only for a day anyway. and we just dont have the fucking energy to deal with anything

[bioaccumulation]

Yall ever just KNOW what you wouldve been like in a different life. I know in an alternate life where im either less smart, the us government is better (ha), or i was raised conservative i would have joined the military. Its just too easy they pay for your college come on

#when i was a teenager the propoganda in captain marvel was so good i looked up the us air force college #a girl in my high school went to one of their free colleges and the military man came and gave her a big paper check for how much #the inaginary tuition would have cost her if they did charge #now im looking for jobs and its like: biological scientist... on a us air force base

[sarai-the-furry]

when the hyperfixation isn't a hyperfixation anymore and that it's possibly setting you on a path that might change your life forever

I blame Heatwave for everything /lhhj

How did it start with me thirsting over a hotheaded firetruck end up with me wanting to become a firefighter in the span of like 3-4ish years 😭

#so i want to become a firefighter /srs #ive wanted to be one for quite a while now and im hoping that by the time i graduate I can go to my local technical college's firefighter #academy. and with me graduating from a public hs in the county #the first year of tuition is free and im like SERIOUSLY wanting to do that #ALSO ALSO ALSO!!! Im hoping i can do a Citizen Ride-Along with the fire station outside my neighborhood before the end of the year #i really really really want to see what a day in the life of my local firefighters' is like and see if i would enjoy #being a firefighter #AND ALL OF THIS STARTED BECAUSE OF 14-15 Y/O ME WAS DOWN BAD FOR A HOTHEADED FIRETRUCK #How i went from wanting Heatwave to wanting to be a firefighter BECAUSE of him #now I'm curious on how many people became first responders because of rescue bots #GAAH IM RAMBLING GEJSGSJSVJDVDBD

[carcinized]

fuck everyone who told me i should be studying in high school not working. i just saved $5k in 6 months i am PAYING for my higher education not getting loans

#yes im fully aware that $5k is less than a year of in state tuition but thats what community college is for #i get 2 years free there and if i live at home can keep saving money for the next (amt of years that doesnt give away my age) #then i will have raised enough to pay for all of it if i go in state #i mean ignoring the costs of like buying my own car at some point. but i already pay my own insurance + ga #gas* #& WHEN YOU TRANSFER AFTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE U GET BETTER OPTIONS OF COLLEGES YOU WANT. #im sooo fucking smart fuck ap classes fuck the collage ratrace!!!!!! #tobin talks

[ophiocordyceps]

actually insane that opposing forve is like. almost 24 years old i think? that shit is older than adrian was. and hes still in the freezer

#and the closer i get to being 22 myself i realize adrian shephard really basically was just like. a kid with extra responsibilities #like thats college age. youre basically kid+ in your really early 20s like that. holy shit #theres no way he was in yhe military for anything other than excitement and a college tuition. and yhat first part is backed up by the game #free my boy already he deserves to get to exist again

[army-of-bee-assassins]

sometimes i think about in-state community college tuition and feel so angry about my out-of-state (public) grad school tuition. i paid like $270 total last summer for a three credit course at a community college. i currently have tuition due for spring semester of my grad program and i'm enrolled in two credit hours more than i was in the fall, and now my (max amount) federal loan doesn't cover all of tuition and i owe $1,390. for two more credit hours.

#these are all required courses for my grad program that we all take at the same time so i don't have any choice to enroll in fewer hours #anyway i know obviously a good grad school is gonna cost more than a community college #(i mean it's all a fucking scam and should all be free but yanno) #but just the sheer discrepancy in the prices makes me so mad #@my grad program give me a fucking GA so i can have in-state tuition please #i'm still pissed i didn't get one for the spring even though i did everything i was supposed to to be a good candidate #here is that grad school tag

[amazingspidermans]

GUESS WHO IS GOING TO COLLEGE FOR FOUR YEARS COMPLETELY FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

#merit scholarship baby #dont pay tuition board meal plan fees or anything else #thats like. about 30k a year x 4 years #120k saved!!!!! #i mean unless i get off the waitlist for my top choice #which then means full tuition but i go to #one of the top 5 universities in the world #however since i havent acc got off the waitlist #i will celebrate free university #at a top 5 public school #misc #shut up nini #nini vs the college admissions process

[pyreshe]

also if i go missing within the next week its my sister bc i have been calling her a crossing guard nepo baby for the past several days <3

#my dad is friends with the guy who runs the local crossing guard association in our area lmao #but like. it's a good college job. like 30ish bucks an hour and its only like 10 hours a week so she has plenty of time for school #plus if she gets run over and lives thats free tuition baby #i might ask my dad for the guy's info and apply while I'm between like. a steady job #i too could be a crossing guard nepo baby #anyway im gonna try to write soon i have a few half-formed fragments in my notes #they look slightly like the ramblings of a mental patient and tbh they might as well be #but. #i have a lot of muse #might also send some asks to people uwu #ask to tag

[anastasiaoftheironwood]

If you are planning to attend—or want to attend, but money is an issue—any of the four schools in the Peralta Community College District for the fall semester 2022—you have financial assistance available. Some of the schools are offering free tuition, others a $500 grant towards costs. Some of the schools are also including housing grants and meal progrems. The qualifications vary by school, but you do not have to demonstrate financial need to qualify.

#@jesssmflores #Peralta Community College District #free tuition #grants

[llycaons]

omg so I’m all excited about starting judo again, I got my gi from home, I washed it, I refolded it, I wrapped it up, I’m all set looking up places near me, I’m ready to start rolling again. I look at the prices

#almost two hundred dollars per months??!!! #oohh the old bjj place at home was only 165 and I still couldn't stomach it #there was probably a club at my school #I didn't have time during this past year/sob #well I guess it's good I'm working now since I need to support my JUDO HABIT #it was free with tuition in college 😭 #I mean I'll be working soon but idk if I can justify that cost...maybe it'll be every other month #*does some math* SIX HOURS OF WORK for one month of judi #hmm I'll go visiting tomorrow and see #but god judo made me so happy I really think it's a good choice #cor.txt