Quote:Serious question. How is this free college thing going to actually work? 

 

Also, I would be curious to see what percentage of peoples student loans were spent on way above standard room and board, as well as other miscellaneous non-educational expenses. I am not implying that the cost of an education isn't ludicrously expensive, but I also doubt that the majority of people in debt lived within their means when they had the loan.

 

Just think about the proposal.  The basic idea of making college free is a basic admission that all the money that we spend making k-12 education free is essentially worthless unless you work in a teachers union.  The whole concept is constipated and the antithesis of innovation. 

 

The fact that the guy who proposed it is married to a woman who bankrupted a college is just icing on the cake. 

 

Also, just slapping the word COLLEGE EDUCATION on a degree in 13th century art history to serve an emotional precept is childish.  If any college education was the ticket to unlimited prosperity wouldn't those graduating from college be earning enough to pay for their loans? 

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Moreover, the basic idea of decoupling the ability of a consumer to pay for a good or service to the production and cost of said good or service leads to infinite levels of inflation.  Doubling down on even more easing credit and monetary stimulus is only going to shift the cost to tax payers or lead to rationing.  That's why college is so expensive.  That's why it takes three weeks to see a single payor doctor.  It's basic economics that democrats refuse to acknowledge. 

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