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Should the federal government pay for tuition at four-year colleges and universities?

A 2017 College Board study estimated that the cost of college has increased 100% since 2001. The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank estimates that U.S. college tuition debt has increased from $480 billion in 2006 to $1.5 trillion in 2018. Several 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary candidates have argued that the cost of college is out of control and that the government should pay for tuition. Opponents argue that the government cant afford it and point to estimates from the Committee for a Responsible Federal budget that estimate programs would cost the government $80 billion a year.

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 @9FPHT6Mfrom Maine  answered…2yrs2Y

No, but replace athletic and affirmative action scholarships with meritocratic ones

 @96Q4PZ5 from Arizona  answered…3yrs3Y

They shouldn't haft to. Possibly if orphans want to go to college.

 @96NWWNVConstitution from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

Schools shouldn't be so expensive

 @95TJB2T from Utah  answered…3yrs3Y

All current loans should stop interest and going forward education loans should be private with mandatory low interest. I’d like to see it required that students plan their degree with future wage prospects

 @95RJPRT from Oregon  answered…3yrs3Y

no, but cap prices of academic i stitutions, ensure the money goes to learning more than research, and get rid of student loan system. all debts should have a lufespan of 7years tops

 @94Y3P9N from Massachusetts  answered…3yrs3Y

No, but fix the predatory lending practices that colleges and universities have been taking part in the past few decades.

 @93V5T7VIndependent from Vermont  answered…3yrs3Y

Zero percent interest loans. Public and Private scholarships and grants. Colleges should lower tuition, (but not mandated by government). "Loans can be guaranteed / backed" by government, but funded by private institutions.

 @93V2YMN from Pennsylvania  answered…3yrs3Y

Community Colleges should be free for up to 2 years and with a 2.5 - 3.0 gpa to stay on the tuition free.

 @98RWQ3R from Georgia  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes and no. If the person needs a boost but can pay for it without having problems then no, the citizen should pay for it to learn responsibility. Yes if they want or need to go to school and can't pay.

 @97J3ZZY from Texas  answered…3yrs3Y

No, but still provide finical aid for low incomes and provide more scholarship opportunities

 @9767Z85 from Texas  answered…3yrs3Y

No, the government needs to get out of public education.

 @36DLLNTLibertariananswered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only after reworking the current budget to allocate funding to universal college.

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