Should very American have the right to a FREE college education?

Question

Knowledge is stregnth in a changing world.

Smart Dane

Answer 1

It should be significantly cheaper, it should be that you can afford to put yourself through college-- just as it was only a few decades ago--
Without coming out of college in a deep financial black hole that it will take at least a decade if not more to find your way out of.

I think our colleges shouldn't allow anyone who is not an American.--Unless they want to pay significantly more money.

Answer 2

It would definitely be a nice perk, but it doesn't necessarily mean that more people will go to college. Some might, but others who need to work will still skip college so they can start earning money right away.

The danger with something being free is that the quality is usually compromised. What would be nice is if the cost of a college education is borne not by those attending, but perhaps sponsored by the multi-million dollar companies, celebrities, and those who don't know what to do with their money (have you watched those shows like Daddy's Little Girl and My Sweet 16?)!

Answer 3

There is no such thing as "free". Someone has to pay for it, and in this case it would be all taxpayers. College professors will not work for free, text book manufacturers will not give away all their production for free, the rent for rooms in the dorm is not free, and the food service is not free. If the student is to have all of this for "free" it must be prepaid, which means raising taxes to support it. The same thing applies to "free" health care. The problem with making things appear to be "free" is that the quality of the service will deteriorate. In cases where there is "free" health care the waiting times for certain procedures may be in years. The reverse gives opposite results: pay for your own tutor and your own private doctor and the service improves drastically.

If you want "free" expect to get the very worst the system has to offer because the maximum the politicians can squeeze from the taxpayers is only enough to provide a bare minimal result.

This harkens back to "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need", a socialist Marxist-Bolshevik idea that never worked.

Answer 4

They should not have the RIGHT. Like Georgia's HOPE scholarship program they should have to EARN the privilege.

The main platform disagreement I have with the Libertarian Party is the education issue. I believe the government has the responsibility to educate people to provide businesses with the best employees possible to increase competitiveness in the world market. One of the basic responsibilities of a government is to assure a solid economy.

Providing te opportunity to become a better worker benefits the person, but also provides for a stronger economy.

Answer 5

Yes knowledge is a strength, but what does that have to do with it being free? And for the record, nothing is free. That is a view of the extremely less informed.

Answer 6

Not all people are equiped or motivated towards a college education. I think a real issue to discuss would be the public highschools and integrating actual trade school within it as well.

Answer 7

well if you have earned the right to an education (through service to your government IE military service) or even through having a powerful mind that needs to be expanded more, then yes, but the politics of America will never give a free education as they want Americans to stay ignorant and easily lead and working and supporting the rich, you want proof.. the electoral college was put in place because we the people of the united states of America were too ignorant to truly elect our leader, and it is still in place why? because the government wants us to believe we are still too ignorant to elect our leader. look around open your eyes America.

Answer 8

Absolutely!

Harvard, Yale, USC, Princeton, Berkeley, MIT, Colorado College, the Air Force Academy - they should all be free.

BUT, only after food, housing, clothing, and transportation become free - after all, what good is free higher-education if you're starving, naked, homeless, and without transport?

First things first, Tone!

Answer 9

No, because people will take it for granted and their degrees will mean nothing. When you have to pay for your education, like myself, I am defiantly not going to waste any money failing courses or just barely passing them. Especially for the pple that barely graduate and what not, would you be happy that your money helped pay for that sorry asses "degree"?

Answer 10

Nothing is "free". Who is supposed to pay for it?


AEN, I agree about quality in "free" services. Just look at our public education system. And I've seen the how awful socialized medicine works first hand.