This article in today's Burlington Free Press is an example of why it's great Bernie's in the race:
Sanders: Make Wall St. Pay College Tuition
The independent senator from Vermont and aspiring Democratic presidential candidate said Monday that unaffordable college education and high student debt hinders the United States economy.
"What we're going to be introducing tomorrow is legislation which says two things, that tuition in public colleges and universities will be free, and that we're going to substantially lower interest rates on student debt," said Sanders, I-Vt., following an unrelated event at the University of Vermont Medical Center.
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"What we are going to be dealing with tomorrow is a transaction fee on large stock transfers," Sanders continued. "So we're going to ask Wall Street, whose greed and recklessness drove us into the recession that we're climbing out of right now, to start helping us fund college education."