Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.
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I have a serious concern about middle-class families being able to afford college.
In America today, a young person needs more education after high school just to have a chance to make it in the middle class. Not a guarantee, just a chance to make it.
When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.
College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.
I've always cared about education, and I worked with Senator Schumer on making several thousand dollars of college tuition tax deductible. That will help a lot of your middle class families make college more affordable.
For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.
There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.
Right now, America's middle class is struggling to meet their basic needs.
One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school.