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That $559 billion is including all the money the government (states, mostly?) already gives to schools that they then spend. GP was talking about (I assume) cov
by servercobra 7y ago
That $559 billion is including all the money the government (states, mostly?) already gives to schools that they then spend. GP was talking about (I assume) covering tuition, which is estimated between $50 billion and $75 billion from the articles [0] I can find. That lines up with ~10% of the military budget.
[0] one example: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/07/28/487794394/hillary-s-free-tuition-promise-what-would-it-cost-how-would-it-work https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/07/28/487794394/hillary...