A free college plan that pays for itself

BY jordan
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Marguerite Roza
Published April 30, 2020 on The Hill

What if there were a way to pay for college that didn’t boost federal debt or further burden taxpayers? In this op ed, Marguerite Roza proposes that the federal government offer $10,000 each year (up to four years/$40,000) to students to pay for college — or to pay off their student loan debt — in exchange for postponing (by the same number of years) the age they become eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits.

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