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Pete Buttigieg proposes free public college for people making less than $100K

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Friday released a set of economic proposals that includes free public college for people living in households that make less than $ 100,000 per year.

Under Mr. Buttigieg’s plan, families of college students that earn up to $ 100,000 wouldn’t pay any public college tuition. Those making between $ 100,000 and $ 150,000 would receive reduced tuition benefits.

That’s a contrast to proposals from 2020 candidates such as Sens. Bernard Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who want to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for everyone.

Mr. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, also wants to expand Pell Grants and put $ 50 billion into Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority Serving Institutions.

Mr. Buttigieg also called for an expanded earned income tax credit, a $ 15-per-hour minimum wage, and expanded paid sick and family and medical leave as part of the proposals released on Friday.


Mr. Buttigieg would also put $ 700 billion into pre-K and K-12 learning, with the plan calling for free “early learning and care” for children through age 5 for lower-income families.

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