Source: Bloomberg.

One of Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' tentpole ideas is the promise of a free college education for all Americans. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is also running in 2020, also supports the idea. To a millennial generation drowning in student debt, whose job prospects were severely curtailed by the Great Recession, free college is a tempting prospect. Supporters believe it could also help rectify the immense opportunity gap between the children of the rich and the children of the poor:

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