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Elizabeth Warren: “Young people whose parents can afford to write a check for college pay one price, and young people whose parents can't…”

On the recordMay 12, 2014
Young people whose parents can afford to write a check for college pay one price, and young people whose parents can't afford to pay up front for college and have to borrow that money pay a much higher tax in order to go to college.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren discusses the disparity in college costs based on family income.

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