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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two points:

1. College tuition soared because the federal government made loans easy to get. The $$ was virtually unlimited, and the colleges found ways to spend it. Now, there’s a whole generation of students who regret their choices, but it’s hard to put that genie (plus all his overpaid college admin friends) back in the bottle.

2. Countries that have free universities have lower college attendance rates than the US, and generally select for college potential at a much younger age than the US.  I’m sure this wouldn’t affect any of your special children, but limiting the # of kids that can go to college hurts the upwardly mobile.

Oh, and one more — government-funded college is a huge giveaway to the UMC/rich.  It’s an incredibly regressive government program. [/quote]
No, students that have the ability go to the universities and those that don't go to technical schools. So if you are very wealthy but have an idiot for a child, which you in particular well might, your little idiot isn't getting into school for free.

Government-funded college is not a huge giveaway to the UMC/rich because the UMC/rich are being taxed proportionally higher to pay for the college. These are individuals that could pay to go to private colleges themselves if they cared to.

But continue arguing why government-funded college is devilish while driving your CR-V. [/quote]

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