Great news! My hero Bernie Sanders helped influence the passing of this bill. When I think of all the principal and interest I paid through the years when I attended college, I wish this trend started years ago. Just because I paid my college debt off does not make me want others to go in debt like I did. Yeah Bernie!
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As a biology student, I am very happy to hear this, and to have someone like Bernie. He is actually for the people.
0991atheus: " He is actually for the people."
I agree, he is not a typical "bait and switch" politician that tells voters what they want to hear only to do the opposite when in office. I wish he had been treated fairly by the DNC in the primary.
A horrible idea
Hi Harry,
Why do you say that? Are you still suffering under student loans?
Long ago and far away, in "middle school" (i.e. the 3rd and 4th form) I had a geography teacher who was an economist, and he stated that from the point of view of the country i.e. the U.K., it made sense economically to educate the population for free all the way through a Bachelors and even post graduate degrees. He said the economic return on investment and improved productivity far outpaced the cost of education. Of course, those costs were spread out over the population by taxes.
I have no idea if he was/is right, but that's what he said.
I am with ImFree. I applaud what New York has done and am glad for all those who were involved, like Bernie Sanders. Thomas Jefferson knew the value of an educated population. Same thing goes for a healthy population. Our nation, society, civilization and world directly benefit from people who are concerned with humanity and have a positive vision for our collective future.
I wonder if they did it as a gift to the illegal aliens? Don't they want to be a sanctuary State?