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California U.S. Rep John Garamendi: "When I attended UC Berkeley, registration fees were $300 a year. Today its $14,796 in tuition and fees...."

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John Garamendi tweeted the following:

"When I attended UC Berkeley, registration fees were $300 a year. Today its $14,796 in tuition and fees.
In 1968 I could work 260 hours at federal minimum wage and pay for a years school. In 2022 it would require 2,041 hours of work. Thats why theres a student debt crisis."
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Here are other recent tweets from John Garamendi:

"*terms and conditions apply. This rule applies only to middle class families. Billionaires and former presidents are exempt. See GOP platform for full details twitter.com/judiciarygop/s"
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"Republican Senator tweets about why we shouldnt help the middle class with debt relief while hes on a yacht in Italy axios.com/2022/08/23/ric twitter.com/senrickscott/s"
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"If helping others is a slap in the face, whats it called when you take advantage of a subsidized college education only to make college more expensive for everyone who comes after you? Something worse I presume
Credit: @Demos_Org twitter.com/ryanstruyk/sta"
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