senate Bill S. 806
Should the U.S. Eliminate Tuition for Public Colleges and Reform Student Loans?
Argument in favor
Higher education plays an essential role in enhancing opportunity in the U.S. and across the globe. The cost of a public university should never be a deterrent to anyone who wants to improve their situation with education.
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04/17/2017
The 47 billion dollar cost of this legislation is a drop in the bucket compared to money wasted on Trump's border wall.
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04/17/2017
We need to invest in our future and the most clear cut way to do that is to make higher education more accessible.
04/17/2017
If we want to compete on the global stage, we have to make secondary education attainable without decades of crushing debt.
Argument opposed
This proposal would provide a free education to many students who could afford to pay for one. There are serious questions about whether it would make higher education less efficient and lower quality through reduced competition for students.
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04/17/2017
Instead of making public higher education free, work towards a way that decreases the costs of public higher education significantly.
04/17/2017
Things that are free lose their value over time. Something earned carries more incentive to work for. Plus we are trillions in debt and unless professors are going to work for free there is no way we can afford any program like this.
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04/17/2017
Revise repayment rules instead. Auto loans and mortgages have lower rates than student loans.
The 47 billion dollar cost of this legislation is a drop in the bucket compared to money wasted on Trump's border wall.
Instead of making public higher education free, work towards a way that decreases the costs of public higher education significantly.
We need to invest in our future and the most clear cut way to do that is to make higher education more accessible.
If we want to compete on the global stage, we have to make secondary education attainable without decades of crushing debt.
The greatest economic boom in human history occurred in the 1950s. That boom was a direct result of 16 million Americans being given free college tuition (the Montgomery GI Bill) in 1947.
Public colleges and trade schools should be tuition free or extremely low cost. You want Ivy League knock yourself out, but pay for it. Private schools should be private pay. Religious schools should be private pay. Student loan debt should be forgiven.
Things that are free lose their value over time. Something earned carries more incentive to work for. Plus we are trillions in debt and unless professors are going to work for free there is no way we can afford any program like this.
Revise repayment rules instead. Auto loans and mortgages have lower rates than student loans.
Expanded access to education improves the quality of life of the individual and productivity of a nation. Less crime, healthier citizens, happier people. I'd be happy to have my tax dollars put towards that goal than a larger military that the new administration is so focused on.
This would be the ultimate economic stimulus to erase student debt and would free up income for the average American to buy homes and make capitalism great again!
Free tuition means we join the rest of thr developed world. It also lowers the administration costs of calculating financial aid.
I don't think making tuition free solves the problem. I know plenty of people, myself included, who have put themselves through college debt free. It's called working. I'm for reform on the student loan system, but I don't think I should have to pay into the system so someone else can go get a degree in German Polka History.
I urge you to support The bill to amend the Higher Education Act to ensure College for All. It is one of the best investments the government can make by investing in the future knowledge and talent of its citizens.
I might've known that some idiotic SOCIALIST like BS Bernie was behind this bill! What a STUPID IDEA! How stupid? Let me count the ways:
1. Student loans are a bad thing to begin with! Too many families or individuals take out loans, (i.e., GET IN DEBT!) and then later find out they got in over their heads financially. They end up defaulting on their loans, and taxpayers or banks are left holding the bag!
2. Very few Americans actually believe in living within their means. If they did, credit card companies would go out of business. IMO, that would be a GOOD thing! But Americans, for the most part, want instant gratification so they can "keep up with the Joneses." Ours is a throwaway, materialistic, spoiled rotten society. ONLY AN IDIOT, A BANK, A CREDIT CARD COMPANY, AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THINK DEBT IS A GOOD THING!
3. Students need more WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS instead of getting into debt, UNLESS they can qualify for some kind of scholarship(s). It builds character, instills in them a good work ethic, teaches them the value of a dollar, gives them a sense of pride and independence, and keeps them busy in a productive way. They don't spend as much time partying and getting drunk during their free time. BS Bernie's bill calls for government funding of work-study programs - BAD IDEA - another socialist ploy! No, do away with the minimum wage, or at least lower it. Let students compete for entry level part-time jobs. BUT they shouldn't have to compete with the ILLEGAL ALIENS for a job! IT WON'T KILL THEM TO HAVE TO WORK TO PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH SCHOOL! My older son did it! I was a single mom and couldn't afford to put him through college. He worked until he was able to earn a scholarship!
4. If you do away with tuition, who PAYS for the costs of teaching the students???! THAT'S RIGHT, YOU AND ME AND EVERY OTHER TAXPAYER! COLLEGES WILL HAVE TO DEPEND ON GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND/OR PRIVATE ENDOWMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE IN A POSITION TO DEMAND CERTAIN ACTIONS OF THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS THAT WE MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH! There are ALWAYS strings attached to government grants!
An educated electorate is what will make America successful. Lack of this will gradually destroy us in the future.
It would be incredibly evil to use other people's money on education while effectively devaluing that education by flooding the market with more people with degrees.
Only $2.08 of every $100 one spends in taxes goes towards education??? Surely we can find the budget for college tuition by appropriately spending OUR tax dollars.
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More entitlement? Free = no value. The recipients won't value this, and I'll be forced to pay for lazy Americans to be indoctrinated by the left.
Economic status shouldn't prevent anyone from receiving higher education and having a more educated population will benefit our nation as a whole.