San Francisco has turned back time this spring to give free tuition to its residents attending community college.

New York state has gone a step higher, promising free tuition to two- and four-year public colleges; as long as students are at least year-long residents of the state of city.

In comes Bernie Sanders, long standing socialist and favorite among the younger generations.

Sanders is the longest serving independent in U.S. congressional history and, according to The Morning Consult, is the most popular U.S. Senator.

During the presidential campaign, some screamed communism at him, but those my age were more than happy to listen to the removal of school tuition.

In 2015, Sanders proposed a bill for free in-state tuition, but was not able to secure any co-sponsors.

On Apr. 3 of this year, Sanders proposed his new bill with five co-sponsors: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal, and Minnesota Representatives Rick Nolan and Keith Ellison (Minnesota is clearly ahead of the game).

The new bill, the College For All Act, will work primarily for middle- and lower-class residents of each state.

Two-year colleges will be tuition free for all in-state students, and four-year colleges will be tuition-free for any in-state students whose household makes less than $125,000 a year.

“We live in a highly-competitive global economy, and, if our economy is to be strong, we need the best-educated workforce in the world,” said Sanders to US Today College, explaining why he believes the bill is necessary. “That will not happen if, every year, hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college, and if millions more leave school deeply in debt.”

The bill will also lower interest rates on students who were already in debt before the bill’s passing (assuming it does).

Tuition itself is a $70 billion dollar a year industry, and the bill will split costs between the Federal Government and the state’s—67% ($47 billion) to Federal and 33% ($23 billion) to state’s.

Covering this loss of revenue is the provision of a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street.

Somehow, if we believe hard enough and speak loud, Sanders is going to get Capitol Hill to believe in its youth.

He will actually help education, instead of striking its funds for the umpteenth year in a row, and then complaining about public school performance.