Mr. Buttigieg released Friday a plan to make two-year and four-year public colleges free for 80 percent of American students. Families earning between $100,000 and $150,000 per year would see their tuition costs lowered in amounts proportional to their incomes. In return for his massive infusion of federal money, Mr. Buttigieg would demand that states continue investing in public university systems and restrain tuition. Critics note that Mr. Buttigieg’s $100,000 threshold is arbitrary, particularly when that amount of money goes much further in some places than in others. ADADBut Mr. Buttigieg has nevertheless resisted the faux-progressive lure of big, universal programs and designed one that would provide help to those who need it.

Source: Washington Post November 10, 2019 23:21 UTC