Student debt and college affordability have become a key dividing line in the Democratic race, between more progressive candidates who favor sweeping new tuition and student-loan benefits and others who support more incremental adjustments to the way Americans pay for education.Warren's new plan would forgive $50,000 in student loans for Americans in households earning less than $100,000 a year.
Warren's proposal also makes significant investments to help lower-income and minority students afford the non-tuition costs associated with attending college. She wants to invest an additional $100 billion in Pell grants over the next 10 years, making them available to more students and increasing the size of the award. Currently, the lowest-income students are eligible to receive about $6,200 a year from the federal Pell program. "It's not just paying the tuition.
JohnAvlon Everyone seems to demand universal healthcare, all student dept gone, free college, but where is this money coming from. The rich aren't that numerous , plus social security is running out with the US is in trillions of debt. Is this gonna get passed along to us. To many taxes.
JohnAvlon Do not leave technical students behind! We need welders, machinist and mechanics. Not everyone wants to go to college. Let’s help students obtain skills that lead to good, steady employment and decent pay.
JohnAvlon No it can't work.
JohnAvlon Another lie and false flag! Trump has never been wrong yet...he knows everything and now...so do the American Patriots! Go run to your bunkers...tick-tock!
JohnAvlon Hell no.
JohnAvlon Nope
JohnAvlon More socialist promises
JohnAvlon Establishment middle of the road minimizing, and criticizing Sen SenWarren
JohnAvlon I can work as good as her blood test saying she’s an indian. We all know that turned out
JohnAvlon Nothing is free!!!!! Stop misrepresenting!!!!!
JohnAvlon No one watches CNN
JohnAvlon I worked my ss off to pay off my loans, this is some BS. I want a refund.
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JohnAvlon Why should I pay my tax money for other people education Democrats are wealthy if they want they have right to do so don’t ask me for welfare
JohnAvlon Why don’t they just restructure the schools? Auction off 10% of the slots to the highest bidder. Then use that money to pay for the other 90%. No new money needed.
JohnAvlon The student loan program is poorly run, monies go to student who in turn leaves school and keep the money instead of being returned to lower balance of debt.
JohnAvlon I am paying for 3 kids college. Do I get reimbursed I work overtime and cut back my expenses. I guess I’m a fool if it will all be free
JohnAvlon No it can’t work. Rome used to throw free bread and gladiatorial circuses, now it’s free college and impeachment 🙄
JohnAvlon NO!!!!
JohnAvlon Time to buy some votes 🗳
JohnAvlon This has never been proposed before. For real.
JohnAvlon No not without the ultra rich paying the same rate as The poorest wait 🤔 yes she can pay it.
JohnAvlon I paid my student loan. Don’t want to use my retirement money paying someone else’s.
JohnAvlon Unamerican!
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JohnAvlon How about a realistic plan? Freeze or eliminate interest rates with student loans.
JohnAvlon Only if i get reparations for my paid off college bill, my two children's college bill ... thx
JohnAvlon CRAZY! How do U teach anybody responsible spending if you're just going to pay there debt.That's why most Americans are struggling. Because they live way beyond there means. If you're going to pay college loans off then U need to pay everyone's business loans off. It's only Fair.
JohnAvlon Don't insult Radical by equating it to Stupid.
JohnAvlon No
JohnAvlon Someone may want to dabble into University and College costs before we fund them all. Why not go back to them to waive the debt. I don’t know of any private business that can hike costs 5-8% YOY with zero impact to their business. In fact enrollment continues to increase!
JohnAvlon Why does this not cover all student debt owed by all students past and present? What makes the current holders of debt eligible for ewarren vote buying “priveledge” and past holders not? Why are people being rewarded for making bad decisions regarding their college studies?
JohnAvlon Now Warren is pandering to college students! Anyone of low intelligence can understand this will never work. Where is the money going to come from for everything free? Are the Communist Democrats donating their salaries?
JohnAvlon She could go the Bernie route and make everything free but she still wouldn't win because she has no charisma
JohnAvlon Not ever gonna happen. She has no chance of any nominations
JohnAvlon When will the Democrats hold people responsible for their own actions? Seriously, when? Take out a loan, pay it back. Break the law, pay the consequences. Dont work, dont eat. It's common sense people.
JohnAvlon I have an idea: let's reward students for taking on crippling debt with no chance of ever repaying it by saving them with a Deus ex Machina. Let's ALSO reward the colleges who charge those crippling rates. Right, nothing can go wrong with this plan 🤔🤓
JohnAvlon Even though people have worked hard to have the resources that they do, when the resources are available to you in abundance, there should totally be a superior attitude towards going out of pocket 4 hard working college students especially in times like these. keepingthemhonest
JohnAvlon If this happens then reimbursement(reparations) must be given to all that did pay their student loans otherwise this 100 percent wrong
JohnAvlon No.
JohnAvlon Will sue the government for every cent I paid for my education and that of my children. Will expect reparations for working two and three jobs and working 15 hour days to make it all happen. Bet I could get a class action suit going. Raise your hand if this pisses you off royally
JohnAvlon Are previous graduates going to receive a lump sum of money for the debt they 'shouldnt' have paid for? If you're gonna pay for colleges from now on you may as well pay everyone who previously took the debt before.
JohnAvlon Cut the military budget in half. Paid for.
JohnAvlon Seizing wealth and implementing socialism is not the solution. Stupidest idea I've heard since The Green New Deal.
JohnAvlon Dog whistles to the voting age college students. Can't run on substanceso make fake promises that can't be fulfilled to get votes from the low IQ crowd. 👍🏻
JohnAvlon Of course Democrat’s are all in for free things most are to stupid to figure out how to take care of them selves or families. So if college was free how successful would they be at University.
JohnAvlon Nothing is free why should I payback other people’s loans when I went out and learned a trade without college? This is their responsibility
JohnAvlon Who's getting rich off of this? Somebody is?🤔
JohnAvlon Nope
JohnAvlon She wants to punish the graduates. like myself, that paid off their college tuition by taxing them to pay for someone else's college loan. That's just not right.
JohnAvlon How does that solve the rising costs? Why won't any politician, from either side, actually solve a problem?
JohnAvlon Why aren't these candidates resonating with the public? Why is Biden at 40% with Dems? Why?
JohnAvlon She got that evil look! Payback!
JohnAvlon Government takes control of student loans and lets them get out of control. Government than taxes everyone more to pay off said loans. Sounds like a Ponzi scheme to me.
JohnAvlon She doesn't go nearly far enough. College should be mandatory, and the curriculum must include Critical Becky Studies and Unconscious Bias Reprogramming.
JohnAvlon So we pay rich white girls debts? No thanks.
JohnAvlon Education is not a right. Besides all the idiots going to college these days are going for worthless degrees, so it would be a waste of taxes to send them to school for any reason.
JohnAvlon Warren has my vote.
JohnAvlon Lets just stop paying the colleges that solves the problem
JohnAvlon No such thing as free
JohnAvlon Where can I sign up for a loan for a couple hundred thousand
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JohnAvlon How go get young votes 101
JohnAvlon She gets paid 700g over two years from Harvard, then gripes about the cost of tuition and student loan debt. People like her are the reason why college is so expensive.
JohnAvlon I want a refund for paying my loans off - $75k can go a long way for my family too! Why do underachieving libtards get to benefit for being bad with money!
JohnAvlon I’m for the free 2 year community college. I work in a medical profession that only requires a associate degree but pays a pretty decent wage. Let’s help people reach at least that minimum stage and then be responsible for the rest of their education.
JohnAvlon I wonder if she goes back to teaching. 1 class a week for 4hrs and make 354k yr. unreal democrats unreal
JohnAvlon The govt takes over the student loan program allowing costs to spiral out of control and the answer is to cancel all of the student debt at tax payer expense... This is exactly why more govt is bad! Liberals just don't get it!
JohnAvlon No, it’s idiotic. More importantly, students and families have to take ownership in education. I saved for 20 years to have $100,000 for each of my three kids. You need to go to school with a financial end in mind. Don’t go to Georgetown for social work.
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JohnAvlon The biggest issue with college debt is the fact the more the government funds 'affordable' education the more the price for 'affordable' education goes up. The Dems will promise anything to get them elected. Oh, and what is the value of a degree if everyone has one?
JohnAvlon Better idea, let’s take a page from her book and all claim that we are Native American
JohnAvlon I am for paying off school for certain jobs, Civil service types, or military service , but across the board is not the way to go
JohnAvlon I had to pay for my college education. I will not pay for their education. They can pay for their education.
JohnAvlon Taxpayers foot the bill for the education of others? I’ll pass, take out your loan and pay it back. That’s the responsible, adult thing to do.
JohnAvlon Free works well in the advertising business So the deparate politician is giving it a whril..
JohnAvlon If they can pull this off with Medicare for all they just gave a lot of young and not so young people a better chance in life.
JohnAvlon Is she paying for it?
JohnAvlon I'd like to ask amyklobuchar what she thinks. She is such a straight-shooter who makes NO promises. Yet, those no promises can be interpreted as hopelessness. Here's my slogan: KlassOfKlobuchar2020 but not sure if her capacity wouldn't be better as a veep. NOT SURE YET.
JohnAvlon How much did the 1%'ers get in the Trump tax break? Was it anywhere near the $1.25 trillion?
JohnAvlon What a load of crap, its all a vote buying sham. if you do not refund every person that anyone has ever paid any college this program is another sham to buy the votes of those who are deadbeats. Those who paid for college get screwed.
JohnAvlon Debt is something you incur by choice, and you make whole by responsibility.
JohnAvlon No. It doesnt go far enough.
JohnAvlon No unless every parent is reimbursed for the college loans we did pay up.
JohnAvlon Invest in earlyeducation Best economicdevelopment ROI around.
JohnAvlon This coming from the 'professor' who charged $350,000 for one class? Liberal logic amazes me
JohnAvlon Test it on me, I will let you know... it's only 21K
JohnAvlon A lot of people who own homes face rising costs and crippling debt. Let's offer mortgage debt cancellation to the growing list of stuff under the title 'free'. Future generations will be buried in taxes because even the top 1% can't be taxed enough to pay for all the free stuff.
JohnAvlon Timeline: College tuition was pretty bad in 2007, so the Fed took over to “save it”. By 2009, all student loans are federalized. Barely a decade later, the Fed screwed it up so badly, that costs skyrocketed faster than ever, college itself became a useless entity.
JohnAvlon Who said we can't have Utopia? It certainly wasn't the democrats. Free tuition , free health care , legal weed , free cash, damn it don't get any better than that. Where do I sign up? I feel like a fool working and saving the last 40+ years.
JohnAvlon Socialism Sucks!!
JohnAvlon Nuff said.
JohnAvlon There's 22 trillion reasons why that won't happen.
JohnAvlon Its idiotic. It will devalue a degree significantly by making it free. And if you were stupid enough to take out 120,000 dollars for your gender studies degree and it isn't working out for you, that's not my problem.
JohnAvlon You never tell the truth.
JohnAvlon “Debt Crisis”, aka “adults who have to pay back loans they willingly signed up for”.
JohnAvlon Just cancelling current debt cost more than 1.25 trillion, what Warren is pitching is not taxation, it's government seizing of assets. It's unconstitutional, amoral and a very slippery slope.
JohnAvlon I say Let's give it a try, Oh Republican Senat road block
JohnAvlon So the parents who scrimped, saved and worked two jobs to save for their kid's educations...do they get their money back?
JohnAvlon D' platform more taxes!
JohnAvlon Lol... she is out there!! This plays well and CNN will eat it up but of course it won’t work
JohnAvlon It's also the method of allowing the government to say 'you aren't allowed to teach that.' I know at the moment we're talking about debts being cancelled, but eventually it will all be 'public' and 'free' (which always comes with a mob-rule or tyrannical 'you can't allow that').
JohnAvlon Give the sheep free stuff. Just don't explain to them how we pay for it.
JohnAvlon umm.. nope..
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JohnAvlon So the Dems want to spend trillions of tax dollars on free college and battling rain storms. Stupid WasteOfMoney LibiotsAtTheirFinest