Resolved: In the United States, students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a communi

I negate the resolution Resolved: In the United States, students should be granted two years of free community and technical college. Contention: Giving free tuition to college students subsidize free college tuition for the wealthy. There is already a program called the Pell Grant program that provides free college tuition to lower-income students. According to author Michael Horn of CNN, "At $3,300, community college tuition is well under the $5,730 currently available in Pell Grant aid to low-income students". Lately the Pell Grant Program has ballooned in size. A review of the program by Duke Cheston and Jenna Robinson shows that, "Although the program started out as a way to provide college access to low-income students, Out of the 16.4 million undergraduate students enrolled in college in the United States in 2010"2011, 58 percent received Pell grants. The problem is that this program is not effective at actually churning out college graduates. Postsecondary Education Opportunity, a research newsletter dedicated to access to higher education, estimates that among high school students with family incomes in the bottom quartile who continue on to college, only 19.9 percent have completed degrees by age twenty-four. That is a decline of 2 percent from 21.9 percent in 1970. Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars to throw students not prepared or willing for college into college, and these students tend not to finish. This, in turn, wastes time in an economy in which time is essential. And, because, according to CNN, tuition costs are only 40% of all college costs, students are ending up in an estimated annual $4,950 of debt, even with supposedly "free" college. We have already tried giving free tuition to students, but it does not work, and this new proposition would simply aggravate the problem by restricting schools to community and technical colleges, and by giving free tuition to those who don"t even need it. Contention 2: Guaranteeing all students free tuition to college would result in an undercutting of the working class who don"t have time to go back to college, a decrease in the value of an associate"s degree, and an increasing of debts students undertake while being costly to the middle class. A PBS article by three authors explains this concept. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the premier government source for information on jobs, shows that only 27 percent of jobs in the U.S. economy currently require a college degree. By comparison, the Current Population Survey, a monthly survey of 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, shows that 47 percent of workers have an associate degree or higher. The BLS projections to 2022 are even more depressing. They suggest that the number of overqualified and underemployed college graduates will only get worse. People with associate"s degrees will end up working lowering income and less skilled positions. This will not only prevent them from using their degree, but it will also take jobs away from those whose circumstances will not allow them to go to college. Credential inflation will undermine the working class, because it in turn creates artificial competition for working parents. They do not have enough TIME to go back to college and spend two years in a community college instead of working or only working part time, but they will suddenly be competing for the same jobs against people with college degrees. Their wages will drop and they will most likely lose their jobs and not be able to maintain their family. According to the New York Times, college graduates have seen a bump in employment, and high school or lower graduates have seen a drop in employment rates. But these college graduates are not getting "good" jobs. They are getting jobs that previously did not require a college degree, such as receptionists or file clerks."High-skilled people can take the jobs of middle-skilled people, and middle-skilled people can take jobs of low-skilled people," said Justin Wolfers, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. "And low-skilled people are out of luck." "Low-skilled" people who don"t have an associate"s degree make up 53% the workforce. This undermines American system, and will GUT the breadwinners who have worked hard to maintain both a family and a steady job with a high school (or less than) degree. Contention 3: Granting two years of free community or technical college will discourage Americans from entering the military. In 1984, Sonny Montgomery proposed a GI Bill to encourage military service even in times of peace. This GI Bill allows serviceman and women to receive educational benefits after they are discharged from at least 90 active days of duty. This bill was made in order to encourage military service, and it turned out to be a great success, as many veterans used the bill to enter higher education. Military recruiters routinely promote its benefits as a way to attract and enlist the best and brightest young adults: in 1996, 95 percent of new armed services recruits were high school graduates and 94.8 percent of eligible recruits chose to enroll in the education program. And, according to the Department of Defense themselves, "Bonuses and incentives are instrumental to the Services' recruiting efforts.The bottom line is that incentives, when applied efficiently, are often the difference between failure and success in recruiting America"s all-volunteer force." Military Recruiter Cheri Depenbrock states that "Recruiters say they now hear a mixture of reasons for enlisting, with a growing number looking for benefits such as education." According to the National Conference for State Legislature, more than 900,000 veterans and military service members received education benefits between 2000 and 2012. And according to NPR, the generous educational benefits proposed in the Post 9/11 GI Bill helped more than 860,000 veterans go to school. There was a 42% increase in education benefits, between 2009 and 2010, due to the new Post 9/11 GI Bill. However, if two years of free community or technical college are granted to students, the incentive to join the military will decrease. Education is a key role in recruitment, and if they do not have this benefit to recruit soldiers, enrollment in the Army will be impacted severely. Although many of those in the Armed Services have a lot of patriotism, the turning point is often on education and health care, which will both be subsidized if this plan takes effect. People would be able to go get a degree without joining the military. This will greatly decrease hegemony, and decrease US" ability to fight religious terrorism. As stated by the LA Times, the United States has already made significant gains against terrorism. We have worked to prevent another large-scale attack like 9/11 and have decimated the core of al Qaeda leadership. However, the threat has evolved. The al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen actively plots against us. In Syria and Iraq, the terrorist group we call ISIL has slaughtered innocent villians and killed hostages. Some of these people include Americans, and ISIL has spread its barbarism to Libya where they are murdering Egyptian Christians. Without additional military help, we will have a limited ability to stop these horrible organizations.