How the college debt debate shifted with one big idea
“Her latest — a proposal that according to her campaign’s analysis would forgive $640 billion in student loans currently held by the government and make tuition largely free for public two- and four-year institutions — would seek to address inequality, break down financial barriers to a college education and ease the debt burden on those who already went to school. The Massachusetts Democrat would finance it all with a tax on income over $50 million. That’s also how she’s pay for her universal pre-K proposal.”