President Biden’s student loan forgiveness announcement is top of mind right now. The motion promises to erase $10,000 for borrowers of federal and private loans, and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. As college students, we’re expected to celebrate this policy as a win for many who, like some of us, are struggling to pay off […]
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Dear Mr. Sanders: Tuition-Free Education is a Handout to the Rich
As an eye-catching, sloganeering, vote-winning policy, tuition-free public university is certainly a crowd pleaser. It was for Bernie Sanders, and his left-wing doppelganger in Britain, Jeremy Corbyn, is discovering the same thing. It’s the kind of policy that sounds big, bold, and revolutionary — especially to their young, usually middle-class college student supporters. However, as […]