2020 Presidential Candidates: Pete Buttigieg

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Re: 2020 Presidential Candidates: Pete Buttigieg

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Mayer Pete's take on free college education is smarter and more nuanced that Warren or Sanders.


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Re: 2020 Presidential Candidates: Pete Buttigieg

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Yeah, I'm not sure if many people are going to buy the "we have to provide free college to the children of billionaires in order to create and maintain buy-in for the concept that college should be accessible to everyone" argument. One can quibble about whether $100,000 - $150,000 in income is the appropriate range over which to phase in the cost, but it's preposterous to claim that any sort of means testing is inherently unjust and self-defeating.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Candidates: Pete Buttigieg

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I was thinking more about his position that since the greatest benefit from education goes to the person who receives it that everyone should pay a portion of the cost (it may be a minor portion).


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