Even though we as a nation are $19 TRILLION in debt, it makes perfect sense (yes..I am being facetious) to buy votes by allocating another $393.5 BILLION each year of money we don't have, and put it towards paying for college education for an increased number of students who can't get jobs after they graduate. This makes even more sense because publicly funded schools invariably do better than private institutions, in part because humans tend to value most what they get for free. Besides, tuition costs aren't high enough. Providing free college education will ramp up the demand (as is the case most often when government handouts come into play). So, go Bernie!
[update 11/23/2015: U.S. Student Loan Forgiveness Program Proves Costly]
The message above was written in response to these articles (see HERE and HERE and HERE) and this Occupy meme:
Bernie isn't alone in this specific case of Liberal dysfunction. Obama proposed free tuition for community colleges (see HERE and HERE), and Hillary Clinton has proposed free tuition for 4-year public colleges. (see HERE and HERE)
However, there are numerous articles from both sides of the aisle showing free tuition to be a bad idea. (see HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE)
Some related memes from other authors:
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