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>>pessim+(OP)
I hate Newsom but I think this is a good idea. Education and support should be 100% free for those in the more difficult economic situations.

>>remote+55
I don’t agree.

My parents are low middle class. We didn’t qualify for any financial aid and they were tasked with trying to find a way to send both my sister and I to college which they couldn’t afford.

So what did we do? Take out a bunch of loans. Good thing I got a decent job that can pay for them. Too bad for my sister who had a masters and is making $35k as a teacher in Tennessee which is barely more than minimum wage.

>>ecf+n7
I think it should be free because of stories like yours. It shouldn't be a requirement to be saddled with debt to participate in society.

>>tester+I7
Problem with free tuitition is it only incentivizes cash grab from educational institutions.

There will be gazillion universities overnight similar to coding bootcamps - all competing for state funded tuition without any regard to quality

>>slt202+2b
States don’t pay the tuition for private K-12 students and they won’t pay the tuition for private colleges.

>>hollan+jG
Nor compare the quality of average public school with average private school?

The difference is day and night, especially in academics.

Public schools became sort of free daycare. I fear public universities will become something like that plus job program for bureacrats unemployable anywhere else (just like with any state government)