Quote:So giving government funding from taxes for private k-12 schools is good but not for public colleges so kids can go to college? There is something really flawed with that logic.

 

College is not supposed to be required to be successful in life, it's an optional pursuit for those who so choose to invest their time and money in higher education. And we give plenty of public money for kids to go to school. Every kid who enters college applies for (and usually gets) some type of financial aid. The only thing making college "free" does (besides another huge increase in the national debt) is flood the market with degrees that, in turn, devalue them in the marketplace. Kids should get all the education they need in high school to make a living; that they don't is the fault of the system, the parents, and the kid.

 

Want more people to go to college? Take government financing out it and return the college loan system to the private market. Route kids to the Community College system. Increase the number of vocational and trade schools and make tracks through them available for high school Juniors and Seniors. Presto Chango!

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