How Pete Buttigieg plans to pay for his college affordability plan: By increasing capital gains taxes for the top 1%, rolling back Trump tax cuts for the most wealthy, and trimming some health care costs
... [+]Pete Buttigieg unveiled his plan for college affordability last week, and it continues the Democratic presidential candidate’s tradition of positioning himself in the ideological middle of the crowded field of Democratic contenders., a seven-page, heavily footnoted proposal that totals $2.1 trillion and includes Buttigieg’s ideas for big policy initiatives such as affordable housing, early childhood education, medicaid for all who who want it and lower prescription drug costs.
To keep tuition costs in check, Buttigieg proposes a federal-state partnership: in exchange for receiving federal dollars states would guarantee to invest in their public higher education systems and constrain tuition increases.
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