Breaking: Man takes credit for woman's idea that he repeatedly called garbage [View all]
On a scale of 0-1, how shocked are you to hear that the higher education plan Bernie Sanders introduced is essentially Hillary Clinton's plan, which Sanders roundly criticized during the campaign?
The legislation outlined by Sanders Monday, which Democrats are calling College for All, would make public colleges and universities tuition-free to students with family income up to $125,000; make community colleges tuition-free; cut student loan interest rates in half; and triple funding for the Federal Work-Study program.
Emphasis mine. That was the biggest distinction between Clinton's and Sanders' plans: Clinton did not believe that students whose families could afford college tuition needed to have their education subsidized. Sanders resoundingly dismissed out of hand that qualification throughout the Democratic primary.
The outline of the bill announced Monday hews closely to that final Clinton plan, including the promise that colleges and universities would be tuition-free for students from households earning less than $125,000.
"Hews closely." Indeed!
Clinton is, naturally, not being given credit for the plan. Because of course she isn't.
http://www.shakesville.com/2017/04/breaking-man-takes-credit-for-womans.html
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