'The Bold Solution We Need': Over 100 Academics Endorse Sanders Student Debt Cancellation and

[Uncle Joe]

Tuition-Free College Plan

More than 100 academics endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders's tuition-free college and debt cancellation proposal on Wednesday, hailing the plan as the kind of ambitious solution that is needed to tackle soaring higher education costs and provide relief to the millions of Americans drowning in student loans.

In a letter (pdf) to Congress first obtained by The American Prospect, a mix of education, economic, and legal experts said Sanders's College for All Act "would benefit the entire economy, improving life not only for those who will feel immediate relief as borrowers, current students, and their loved ones."

"To some, this will appear too radical. To us, it is the bold solution we need," the academics said of the bill, which Sanders—a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate—introduced in the Senate Monday alongside Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who unveiled similar legislation in the House.

The group of experts—which included Columbia University economics professor Jeffrey Sachs, Stony Brook University economics professor Stephanie Kelton, and Ohio University public affairs professor Darrick Hamilton—said the "unimaginable 3,819 percent" rise in the annual cost of attending a four-year public college over the past five decades calls for immediate and far-reaching government action.

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/27/bold-solution-we-need-over-100-academics-endorse-sanders-student-debt-cancellation

[BeckyDem]

1. Impressive but come on, we need to do this.

I can't wait to see Trump GONE and the senate back in the hands of the Democrats.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I couldn't agree more BeckyDem.