Rightwingers: what do you think of Bernie's plan for free tuition?

[2aguy]

The government "invests" more than ever in college funding.
That's why things are more fucked up than ever.

No it doesn't. That's a lie.

Historically, states have provided a far greater amount of assistance to postsecondary institutions and students; 65 percent more than the federal government on average from 1987 to 2012. But this difference narrowed dramatically in recent years, particularly since the Great Recession, as state spending declined and federal investments grew sharply, largely driven by increases in the Pell Grant program, a need-based financial aid program that is the biggest component of federal higher education spending.


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LOL!

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

here you go....

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/o...eason-college-tuition-costs-so-much.html?_r=0


In fact, public investment in higher education in America is vastly larger today, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than it was during the supposed golden age of public funding in the 1960s. Such spending has increased at a much faster rate than government spending in general. For example, the military’s budget is about 1.8 times higher today than it was in 1960, while legislative appropriations to higher education are more than 10 times higher.

In other words, far from being caused by funding cuts, the astonishing rise in college tuition correlates closely with a huge increase in public subsidies for higher education. If over the past three decades car prices had gone up as fast as tuition, the average new car would cost more than $80,000.

Some of this increased spending in education has been driven by a sharp rise in the percentage of Americans who go to college. While the college-age population has not increased since the tail end of the baby boom, the percentage of the population enrolled in college has risen significantly, especially in the last 20 years. Enrollment in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs has increased by almost 50 percent since 1995. As a consequence, while state legislative appropriations for higher education have risen much faster than inflation, total state appropriations per student are somewhat lower than they were at their peak in 1990. (Appropriations per student are much higher now than they were in the 1960s and 1970s, when tuition was a small fraction of what it is today.)

Do you know how you find the truth and reality.......listen to the left wing.....and realize they are lying to you...on everything...then go and look for the truth and reality....

As I've pointed out to Toddster, it is research and Pell grants that have increased by federal funding, not the funding of tuition which has deceased.

You didn't read my post...


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/o...eason-college-tuition-costs-so-much.html?_r=0


In fact, public investment in higher education in America is vastly larger today, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than it was during the supposed golden age of public funding in the 1960s. Such spending has increased at a much faster rate than government spending in general. For example, the military’s budget is about 1.8 times higher today than it was in 1960, while legislative appropriations to higher education are more than 10 times higher.

In other words, far from being caused by funding cuts, the astonishing rise in college tuition correlates closely with a huge increase in public subsidies for higher education. If over the past three decades car prices had gone up as fast as tuition, the average new car would cost more than $80,000.

Some of this increased spending in education has been driven by a sharp rise in the percentage of Americans who go to college. While the college-age population has not increased since the tail end of the baby boom, the percentage of the population enrolled in college has risen significantly, especially in the last 20 years. Enrollment in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs has increased by almost 50 percent since 1995. As a consequence, while state legislative appropriations for higher education have risen much faster than inflation, total state appropriations per student are somewhat lower than they were at their peak in 1990. (Appropriations per student are much higher now than they were in the 1960s and 1970s, when tuition was a small fraction of what it is today.)

 

[2aguy]

I think we get the point that nothing is free, however, when comparing ourselves to other nations, and examining the ever rising cost of living/tuition/text book costs/etc it becomes clear something needs to be done. With student debt soaring to unimaginable levels, I believe bernie's plan is what we need.

No, we need to get government out of the school funding business.....as P.J. O'rourke said about nationalizing healthcare to make it "free"...

"If you think healthcare is expensive now...wait till it's free."

The same will happen to education.....when the government pays....the schools will pay off the politicians and the politicians will increase the spending to those schools....

Yeah, 1 trillion+ in student debt, let's cut pell grants and it'll all be alright. Republican magic.

That student debt comes from government loans.....they took over the school loan program years ago....

 

[David_42]

I think we get the point that nothing is free, however, when comparing ourselves to other nations, and examining the ever rising cost of living/tuition/text book costs/etc it becomes clear something needs to be done. With student debt soaring to unimaginable levels, I believe bernie's plan is what we need.

No, we need to get government out of the school funding business.....as P.J. O'rourke said about nationalizing healthcare to make it "free"...

"If you think healthcare is expensive now...wait till it's free."

The same will happen to education.....when the government pays....the schools will pay off the politicians and the politicians will increase the spending to those schools....

Yeah, 1 trillion+ in student debt, let's cut pell grants and it'll all be alright. Republican magic.

That student debt comes from government loans.....they took over the school loan program years ago....

Yeah, sure.. college is expensive because it's for profit these days.

 

[Redfish]

There is no such thing as free tuition. Someone has to pay for it. Sorry libs, but even those far left professors expect to be paid.

 

[Redfish]

I think we get the point that nothing is free, however, when comparing ourselves to other nations, and examining the ever rising cost of living/tuition/text book costs/etc it becomes clear something needs to be done. With student debt soaring to unimaginable levels, I believe bernie's plan is what we need.

No, we need to get government out of the school funding business.....as P.J. O'rourke said about nationalizing healthcare to make it "free"...

"If you think healthcare is expensive now...wait till it's free."

The same will happen to education.....when the government pays....the schools will pay off the politicians and the politicians will increase the spending to those schools....

Yeah, 1 trillion+ in student debt, let's cut pell grants and it'll all be alright. Republican magic.

That student debt comes from government loans.....they took over the school loan program years ago....

Yeah, sure.. college is expensive because it's for profit these days.

It always was.

 

[David_42]

There is no such thing as free tuition. Someone has to pay for it. Sorry libs, but even those far left professors expect to be paid.

Maybe we should be looking at other countries, such as germany, they do it well.

 

[Billy000]

No it doesn't. That's a lie.

Historically, states have provided a far greater amount of assistance to postsecondary institutions and students; 65 percent more than the federal government on average from 1987 to 2012. But this difference narrowed dramatically in recent years, particularly since the Great Recession, as state spending declined and federal investments grew sharply, largely driven by increases in the Pell Grant program, a need-based financial aid program that is the biggest component of federal higher education spending.


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Federal and State Funding of Higher Education A Changing Landscape

LOL!

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

 

[David_42]

I think we get the point that nothing is free, however, when comparing ourselves to other nations, and examining the ever rising cost of living/tuition/text book costs/etc it becomes clear something needs to be done. With student debt soaring to unimaginable levels, I believe bernie's plan is what we need.

No, we need to get government out of the school funding business.....as P.J. O'rourke said about nationalizing healthcare to make it "free"...

"If you think healthcare is expensive now...wait till it's free."

The same will happen to education.....when the government pays....the schools will pay off the politicians and the politicians will increase the spending to those schools....

Yeah, 1 trillion+ in student debt, let's cut pell grants and it'll all be alright. Republican magic.

That student debt comes from government loans.....they took over the school loan program years ago....

Yeah, sure.. college is expensive because it's for profit these days.

It always was.

Explains alot.

 

[Redfish]

There is no such thing as free tuition. Someone has to pay for it. Sorry libs, but even those far left professors expect to be paid.

Maybe we should be looking at other countries, such as germany, they do it well.

If you want to fund all colleges with tax revenue, fine. But then how do we decide who gets to go to college and which one they get to go to? Who gets to go to Harvard and who goes to a state school?

If we base it on test scores and grades, we may not get a PC enrollment. Too many asians, not enough blacks, etc.

on that topic, does anyone know how obama paid his Harvard tuition?

 

[David_42]

Historically, states have provided a far greater amount of assistance to postsecondary institutions and students; 65 percent more than the federal government on average from 1987 to 2012. But this difference narrowed dramatically in recent years, particularly since the Great Recession, as state spending declined and federal investments grew sharply, largely driven by increases in the Pell Grant program, a need-based financial aid program that is the biggest component of federal higher education spending.


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Federal and State Funding of Higher Education A Changing Landscape

LOL!

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

"Germany's universities are recognised internationally; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2008, six of the top 100 universities in the world are in Germany, and 18 of the top 200.[30] Most of the German universities are public institutions, charging tuition fees of only around €60 per semester for each student.[31][32] Thus, academic education is open to most citizens and studying is very common in Germany. Although the dual education system, that combines practical and theoretical educations and does not lead to academic degrees, is more popular than anywhere else in the world - while it is a role model for other countries.[33]"

 

[David_42]

There is no such thing as free tuition. Someone has to pay for it. Sorry libs, but even those far left professors expect to be paid.

Maybe we should be looking at other countries, such as germany, they do it well.

If you want to fund all colleges with tax revenue, fine. But then how do we decide who gets to go to college and which one they get to go to? Who gets to go to Harvard and who goes to a state school?

If we base it on test scores and grades, we may not get a PC enrollment. Too many asians, not enough blacks, etc.

on that topic, does anyone know how obama paid his Harvard tuition?

What do you mean? Countries with public institutions generally are better for the students, nothing is perfect.

 

[Redfish]

Historically, states have provided a far greater amount of assistance to postsecondary institutions and students; 65 percent more than the federal government on average from 1987 to 2012. But this difference narrowed dramatically in recent years, particularly since the Great Recession, as state spending declined and federal investments grew sharply, largely driven by increases in the Pell Grant program, a need-based financial aid program that is the biggest component of federal higher education spending.


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Federal and State Funding of Higher Education A Changing Landscape

LOL!

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? THE COUNTRY IS 19 TRILLION IN DEBT. WE ARE BORROWING 40 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR THE GOVT SPENDS-------------AND YOU WANT FREE COLLEGE FOR EVERYONE?????????????????? WTF ?

 

[Redfish]

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

"Germany's universities are recognised internationally; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2008, six of the top 100 universities in the world are in Germany, and 18 of the top 200.[30] Most of the German universities are public institutions, charging tuition fees of only around €60 per semester for each student.[31][32] Thus, academic education is open to most citizens and studying is very common in Germany. Although the dual education system, that combines practical and theoretical educations and does not lead to academic degrees, is more popular than anywhere else in the world - while it is a role model for other countries.[33]"

Are you ready to be taxed at the German rates? Remember we are 19 trillion in debt already

 

[David_42]

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

"Germany's universities are recognised internationally; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2008, six of the top 100 universities in the world are in Germany, and 18 of the top 200.[30] Most of the German universities are public institutions, charging tuition fees of only around €60 per semester for each student.[31][32] Thus, academic education is open to most citizens and studying is very common in Germany. Although the dual education system, that combines practical and theoretical educations and does not lead to academic degrees, is more popular than anywhere else in the world - while it is a role model for other countries.[33]"

Are you ready to be taxed at the German rates? Remember we are 19 trillion in debt already

"The rate of income tax in Germany ranges from 0% to 45%. The German income tax is a progressive tax, which means that the average tax rate (i.e., the ratio of tax and taxable income) increases monotonically with increasing taxable income. Moreover, the German taxation system warrants that an increase in taxable income never results in a decrease of the net income after taxation. The latter property is due to the fact that the marginal tax rate (i.e., the tax paid on one euro additional taxable income) is always below 100%."
Sounds good to me, higher taxes on the rich are needed anyways.

 

[Billy000]

No it doesn't. That's a lie.

Historically, states have provided a far greater amount of assistance to postsecondary institutions and students; 65 percent more than the federal government on average from 1987 to 2012. But this difference narrowed dramatically in recent years, particularly since the Great Recession, as state spending declined and federal investments grew sharply, largely driven by increases in the Pell Grant program, a need-based financial aid program that is the biggest component of federal higher education spending.


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Federal and State Funding of Higher Education A Changing Landscape

LOL!

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

here you go....

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/o...eason-college-tuition-costs-so-much.html?_r=0


In fact, public investment in higher education in America is vastly larger today, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than it was during the supposed golden age of public funding in the 1960s. Such spending has increased at a much faster rate than government spending in general. For example, the military’s budget is about 1.8 times higher today than it was in 1960, while legislative appropriations to higher education are more than 10 times higher.

In other words, far from being caused by funding cuts, the astonishing rise in college tuition correlates closely with a huge increase in public subsidies for higher education. If over the past three decades car prices had gone up as fast as tuition, the average new car would cost more than $80,000.

Some of this increased spending in education has been driven by a sharp rise in the percentage of Americans who go to college. While the college-age population has not increased since the tail end of the baby boom, the percentage of the population enrolled in college has risen significantly, especially in the last 20 years. Enrollment in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs has increased by almost 50 percent since 1995. As a consequence, while state legislative appropriations for higher education have risen much faster than inflation, total state appropriations per student are somewhat lower than they were at their peak in 1990. (Appropriations per student are much higher now than they were in the 1960s and 1970s, when tuition was a small fraction of what it is today.)

Do you know how you find the truth and reality.......listen to the left wing.....and realize they are lying to you...on everything...then go and look for the truth and reality....

As I've pointed out to Toddster, it is research and Pell grants that have increased by federal funding, not the funding of tuition which has deceased.

You didn't read my post...


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/o...eason-college-tuition-costs-so-much.html?_r=0


In fact, public investment in higher education in America is vastly larger today, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than it was during the supposed golden age of public funding in the 1960s. Such spending has increased at a much faster rate than government spending in general. For example, the military’s budget is about 1.8 times higher today than it was in 1960, while legislative appropriations to higher education are more than 10 times higher.

In other words, far from being caused by funding cuts, the astonishing rise in college tuition correlates closely with a huge increase in public subsidies for higher education. If over the past three decades car prices had gone up as fast as tuition, the average new car would cost more than $80,000.

Some of this increased spending in education has been driven by a sharp rise in the percentage of Americans who go to college. While the college-age population has not increased since the tail end of the baby boom, the percentage of the population enrolled in college has risen significantly, especially in the last 20 years. Enrollment in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs has increased by almost 50 percent since 1995. As a consequence, while state legislative appropriations for higher education have risen much faster than inflation, total state appropriations per student are somewhat lower than they were at their peak in 1990. (Appropriations per student are much higher now than they were in the 1960s and 1970s, when tuition was a small fraction of what it is today.)

Lol I did read it. The federal funding refers to Pell grants going to the rising amount of students going to college. What I have been referring to this entire time is tuition funding to the institutions themselves.

 

[Redfish]

There is no such thing as free tuition. Someone has to pay for it. Sorry libs, but even those far left professors expect to be paid.

Maybe we should be looking at other countries, such as germany, they do it well.

If you want to fund all colleges with tax revenue, fine. But then how do we decide who gets to go to college and which one they get to go to? Who gets to go to Harvard and who goes to a state school?

If we base it on test scores and grades, we may not get a PC enrollment. Too many asians, not enough blacks, etc.

on that topic, does anyone know how obama paid his Harvard tuition?

What do you mean? Countries with public institutions generally are better for the students, nothing is perfect.

What is all the Harvard students are asians? Would the left be OK with that? Wouldn't they cry discrimination?

none of this is as easy as you libs think it is.

 

[David_42]

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? THE COUNTRY IS 19 TRILLION IN DEBT. WE ARE BORROWING 40 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR THE GOVT SPENDS-------------AND YOU WANT FREE COLLEGE FOR EVERYONE?????????????????? WTF ?

You assume we can't spend anything if we're in debt or some moronic nonsense. Reallocate funds, raise taxes, tax exchanges, etc, etc.. More skilled workers benefits the economy, college helps produce them.

 

[Redfish]

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

"Germany's universities are recognised internationally; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2008, six of the top 100 universities in the world are in Germany, and 18 of the top 200.[30] Most of the German universities are public institutions, charging tuition fees of only around €60 per semester for each student.[31][32] Thus, academic education is open to most citizens and studying is very common in Germany. Although the dual education system, that combines practical and theoretical educations and does not lead to academic degrees, is more popular than anywhere else in the world - while it is a role model for other countries.[33]"

Are you ready to be taxed at the German rates? Remember we are 19 trillion in debt already

"The rate of income tax in Germany ranges from 0% to 45%. The German income tax is a progressive tax, which means that the average tax rate (i.e., the ratio of tax and taxable income) increases monotonically with increasing taxable income. Moreover, the German taxation system warrants that an increase in taxable income never results in a decrease of the net income after taxation. The latter property is due to the fact that the marginal tax rate (i.e., the tax paid on one euro additional taxable income) is always below 100%."
Sounds good to me, higher taxes on the rich are needed anyways.

how many people in Germany? How many in poverty? how many on welfare? how many illegal aliens does germany have?

its an apples and oranges comparison

 

[Billy000]

Lol I know you cons have a serious deficit with critical thinking skills, but try and keep up will you? Your first graph refers to federal funding in terms of Pell grants and state funding of research. Not only are Pell grands targeted to ONLY poor students and NOT the institutions themselves, but it has barely risen sharply. The most critical federal funding goes to tuition and that has dropped over the years. That is what has been lacking. That is why tuition has been going up. All of this state funding varies greatly by state. The red shithole or MS for example, lacks both proper state and federal funding.

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? THE COUNTRY IS 19 TRILLION IN DEBT. WE ARE BORROWING 40 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR THE GOVT SPENDS-------------AND YOU WANT FREE COLLEGE FOR EVERYONE?????????????????? WTF ?

You people are so goddamn thick. The money would come from a tax on Wall Street speculation. That isn't borrowing. You know that right?

 

[David_42]

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There is no such thing as free tuition. Someone has to pay for it. Sorry libs, but even those far left professors expect to be paid.

Maybe we should be looking at other countries, such as germany, they do it well.

If you want to fund all colleges with tax revenue, fine. But then how do we decide who gets to go to college and which one they get to go to? Who gets to go to Harvard and who goes to a state school?

If we base it on test scores and grades, we may not get a PC enrollment. Too many asians, not enough blacks, etc.

on that topic, does anyone know how obama paid his Harvard tuition?

What do you mean? Countries with public institutions generally are better for the students, nothing is perfect.

What is all the Harvard students are asians? Would the left be OK with that? Wouldn't they cry discrimination?

none of this is as easy as you libs think it is.

What if all the harvard students are asian? Harvard is private, and I don't think that would ever happen, don't have time for stupid nonsense anyways. Harvard is private.

 

[Redfish]

No...tuition goes up because government loans have increased........

No there is no evidence of that. These are non profit institutions. They don't benefit from jacking up tuition costs. Besides, Pell grants only go to poor students.

Yes they do.....why do you think these guys raise tuition....they get huge salaries as adminstrators...

If it became fully government funded, that wouldn't be a problem.

WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? THE COUNTRY IS 19 TRILLION IN DEBT. WE ARE BORROWING 40 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR THE GOVT SPENDS-------------AND YOU WANT FREE COLLEGE FOR EVERYONE?????????????????? WTF ?

You assume we can't spend anything if we're in debt or some moronic nonsense. Reallocate funds, raise taxes, tax exchanges, etc, etc.. More skilled workers benefits the economy, college helps produce them.

Which programs would you cut and who would you raise taxes on? remember you need to cut the federal budget or increase revenue by 40% just to break even