State Colleges should be free for the students that live in that state

1) "There are countless potential college students who don't get the opportunity to go and get this higher education because of the outrageous costs"Um, not all colleges cost $140,000 for four years, in fact according to the US department of education the average cost for colleges are slightly less than $90,000 which is about $22500 a year or $11250 a semester...Now does not being able to easily pay off loans mean that students dont get to go to college at all? Nope... Close to 70% of high school graduates are currently enrolled in college, so the picture the Pro is painting saying that there are "countless" people being denied college is a sorely overdramatic description of reality. 70% of high school graduates get into a college or a university even though many of them cant afford it. Just because college is expensive, it doesnt flat out deny people from going to college, it only scares away a couple of very low income families. High school graduates can easily get into a college these days, and the numbers reflect that. Want to know something interesting? recent trends actually show that more and more american high school graduates are making their way into collegehttp://www.bls.gov...http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com...-http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com...http://www.huffingtonpost.com...So at this point let me emphasize 2 points1) 70% of all high school graduates have already gotten into college implying that financial costs is not a big setback to attendance rates2) The percentage of high schoolers getting into college despite growing tuition costs has steadily GROWN for years now"The government provides oil companies with billions of dollars to explore for oil, why can't we shift that money towards college tuition?"???? Where the hell did oil companies come from?2) "But much of our tax burden goes to fund unemployment, welfare and other programs to assist the unemployed"does 17% count as "much"? You can see by the graph below that only about 16% of all US taxes go to funding unemployment benefits and welfare This means that a fraction of our taxes go towards unemployment benefits....."One reason for unemployment is because most of the businesses are looking for employees with specific skills and talents, most of which can only be obtained through an college education."Maybe you havent noticed, but another reason that unemployment happens is because at one point the economy was really sh*tty and jobs started disappearing and people who had college educations are getting fired....."it is in the taxpayers best interest to get as many young adults, and older ones for that matter, into college to gain this knowledge"So you think that Americans who 1) Already pay too much taxes should double or triple their tax rates so that 2) the measly 16% of expenses that the government does spend on welfare and unemployment benefits would be expanded 3) To let only another 30% of the population get a CHANCE at a college degree 4) in an environment where jobs were being lost not because of favoritism for college graduates, but because of a bad economy in the hopes that 5) It might fix it when instead we could be 6) making our tax dollars more efficient or try to address more concerning education problems.....3) Pro agrees that not everything in life is guaranteed and that graduating college is one of those, other than that..."you may not have what it takes to get through a college curriculum" - Thank you"So allow students to try and fail" - Thats what I want to do, the Pro wants to take taxpayer funds to make people go to college and try or fail for free, and if they fail than they have to repay EVERYTHING"Colleges also offer vocational courses for plumbing, welding, electrical, etc. " - And taxpayers would be pretty pissed paying a 60% tax rate so that a few people could go to plumbing school"So maybe paying back the cost is not a good idea" - But you want people who end up failing college to pay for something they dont even have anymore that they were promised would be free...."Although I don't have the specifics on how to get this funding from the Federal and/or State governments" - Oh we all know where they will get the funding, from our wallets....."it still makes the most sense to me to have the American society assist in making higher education affordable and available to everyone" Higher and affordable education is a good idea, what I am questioning is your idea that taxpayers should endure 60% taxes to try do that when other solutions are available"Education should not be for the "privileged" few who can afford it, but to the masses who need it."When did 70% of all high school graduates who are going on and becoming enrolled in college count as "the few?"Number of dropped arguments,1) College is not a right2) Colleges may recruit out of state more than in state for guaranteed funding which could lead to acceptance discrimination among college applicants.3) That cutting costs may impact the quality of education one would otherwise receive4) That college kids dont always succeed in getting a degree5) That threatening kids to pay back an enormous cost of college should they fail could be seen as extreme6) That there are other alternatives to improving education if the goal is to out-compete other nations7) That taxpayers already pay too much in taxes and that if college were free, this tax rate would double or triple8) That colleges would stop focusing on perfecting education and focus more on accepting people to get oodles of government funds9) That disagreement could arise over how much taxpayers should pay, how much the government should give to schools, and how much the schools really need10) That colleges, the government, and taxpayers would viciously fight for what they think is right11) That the government may not provide the funding colleges want12) That some college majors arent very useful economically