Very true, but it is important to also examine what are the results for the people receiving “free college.”
Well, it turns out that in the countries with “free college” for all the standard of living for someone who went to college and got a college degree is actually lower than an American who did not go to to college, but who do these five things below (applies to both males and females):
- Graduate high school
- Get a job, any job, after high school and then continually apply for better jobs as skills are acquired
- Do not have kids before getting married
- Get married
- Stay married at least 10 years - this creates incentive to stay married and protects the accumulation of assets)
American students who do the above are solidly in the middle class. Also, these Americans have higher home ownership rates, greater personal assets accumulated, more and better cars, larger homes, and more kids.
Therefore, “free college” is fine and dandy, but just understand that the results seen in countries that provide free college comes at an expense, i.e., lower wages, higher taxes, and a lower standard of living, which all leads to less choice. And fewer choices, by definition, means less freedom.
Hm… I rather have more choice and freedom than be a cookie cutter citizen and forced to live like my neighbor. In such a case, who cares if we all have college degrees? I don’t that is for sure.