It's a nice thought, but unrealistic. I mean... consider the average tuition of a college student. Some people pay upwards of 40,000 per year. If it were "free", you would have way more people attending, meaning even more money.
Consider that the average American probably pays about 17k in taxes a year. That number may even be high. If you have families with 1,2,3,4 or even more kids, who all want to go to "free" college, can you imagine how expensive that would be per household? When the average american is probably only paying 17k a year?
It's not just law enforcement that taxes are needed for. Healthcare, roads, schools, emergency services.
How do you suppose we can raise enough money to make all of those things, including free college, be a reality? We have 300 million+ people. Some people propose to raise taxes on the rich, but even that would not raise enough. I was watching an interview where the reporter pointed out that if you tax the top 1 percent of this country 100%, it wouldn't even be enough money to pay off all the student loans in this country.
I like the idea of free college, and hopefully ONE DAY it can be a reality. But right now, it is too expensive. We simply don't have the money from what I understand.
College should be free.
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It's a nice thought, but unrealistic. I mean... consider the average tuition of a college student. Some people pay upwards of 40,000 per year. If it were "free", you would have way more people attending, meaning even more money.
Consider that the average American probably pays about 17k in taxes a year. That number may even be high. If you have families with 1,2,3,4 or even more kids, who all want to go to "free" college, can you imagine how expensive that would be per household? When the average american is probably only paying 17k a year?
It's not just law enforcement that taxes are needed for. Healthcare, roads, schools, emergency services.
How do you suppose we can raise enough money to make all of those things, including free college, be a reality? We have 300 million+ people. Some people propose to raise taxes on the rich, but even that would not raise enough. I was watching an interview where the reporter pointed out that if you tax the top 1 percent of this country 100%, it wouldn't even be enough money to pay off all the student loans in this country.
I like the idea of free college, and hopefully ONE DAY it can be a reality. But right now, it is too expensive. We simply don't have the money from what I understand.