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Why Free College is Really Expensive
BAD IDEA
Everyone knew Bernie Sanders would propose a tax on Wall Street. But spending that money on college tuition is a cynical handout to the upper-middle class.
Dmitri Mehlhorn
Published
May 31 2015
6:45AM EDT
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