Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-11-06 19:40:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 36655A55D3DE39040F100C6EA9092E9BA9A7C28522C4C1B2A0295AA2CDBE08EC
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Making public university tuition free would cost “at least $79 billion a year” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/tuition-free-college.html The $100 billion figure is primarily for Ukraine. Israel is estimated to get only $10b. https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-considering-100-bln-funding-request-that-includes-israel-ukraine-aid-2023-10-17/ https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/biden-drafts-100-billion-foreign-aid-package-including/story?id=104059871 That would pay for about one month of free public university tuition.
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