by This is something that has caught our attention due to the recent elections in the US and it’s a question that keeps on being addressed, especially by students and their families. What people in general need to keep in mind, is that nothing is free. Professor need to be paid, the staff working at the Universities needs compensation, and let me not even get into the building maintenance costs etc. So if college was “free” from somewhere these resources would need to come from. Yes, you guessed it…taxes. More taxes!
So what that means that it isn’t really free. You will still end up paying for it. And guess what; you will be paying it every year, regardless of whether you have children or whether they intend to go to college. And say they graduate, why do you need to keep on paying years after that? Also, wouldn’t you be more wise with your own money when it came to college selections? I mean, if someone wants to go to the most prestige college in the market, let him pay for it by himself. Why should society take the burden for that? Generally speaking, civilians and everyday people, know how to handle their money much better than the government does. And not because of their technical and financial skills, but simply because it hurts when reckless spending is done. But when a politician spends countless amounts of money, there is no worry nor consequence there. I you goof financially, you know there is a food line waiting for you. But for the politician there is no consequence, so he will keep on spending recklessly. That is why socialism doesn’t work and this is why, in 2017 people need to educate themselves and look at history: socialism and government interference has never benefited us people when it came to education, healthcare etc. But as I said, I won’t get political. I will save that for some other time.
