Bernie Sanders to propose financial transactions tax to pay off student debt
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Plan also provides states $48 billion annually to eliminate undergraduate tuition and fees at public colleges and universities
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will propose canceling the nation's outstanding $1.6 trillion of student debt and offsetting the cost with a tax on Wall Street transactions.
The Vermont senator will propose legislation Monday that would provide debt relief to 45 million Americans who
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