Public college education in the United States should be tuition-free.

Glad to be here, I just finished reading your arguments and now I am ready to post mine. First off, the government does have an obligation to the taxpayer, but is not obligated to allow this type of free higher education. If the constitution intended for taxpayers to have tuition-free public universities, wouldn't we have just had tuition-free public universities. Why would they forget to put in a mandatory obligation if they intended it? Second of all, college is not meant to be a free right of being a citizen. It is suppose to be place of higher learning that not all people get into. You are suppose to be able to work hard during high school to meet the college's requirements, fill out an application, apply, and enter a place that is meant for people who are smarter and will be the people in society that will make sure that our civil and natural rights are carried out. Taxpayers pay for these universities so that the best can get an education and not just some person who is not interested in learning after high school. Then there is equality of opportunity. College is not part of the basics in ensuring equal opportunity. The idea is that you learn in grade school in high school and those who are willing to put that extra effort to get a higher education can get ahead. Besides, college does not guarantee success. Having a knowledge of majors that are more likely to guarantee success, working hard, and giving your best effort is what guarantees success. On your next point of attainability of college because of costs can be easily fixed. Colleges just need to trim out all of these useless classes that do not grant success at all such as Philosophy, Arts, and Music. College is meant to be a place to train the greatest minds in the country for the real world and help them succeed in their career goals, not just some place where typical losers can go, not have any responsibility, spend four years singing and dancing, and wind up with a bunch of debt that will leave them very poor and probably will not ever be able to be paid back. With the importance of education, like I have said before, college is not for everyone. Simply going to college does not guarantee success. Right now almost half of all graduates with a bachelors degree are in jobs that do not require the degrees they have obtained. Simply going to college will not make you a better person, you need to be able to set goals and achieve them. Success in getting a good job and working hard is what makes you a better person. Education is an important thing but look at it this way. Most of these people that do not vote, get pregnant when they are teens, and do drugs have chosen their lifestyle. Putting them in college does not help them in their life. These kind of people slacked off in high school and will probably slack off in college. I like to think of college like having a baby. Only a few qualified and intelligent people should really do it but everyone does because it is fun. On the economic impact, how does college guarantee success? If they get one of the useless degrees that I mentioned earlier, they will have as much success as someone who did not even go to college. Also college is not as important as you might think. Yes, it might help you in applying for a job if they see you went to some fancy college but they just want to see you have a degree in the field you are applying. Even then just look at all the millionaires who just never went to college or just did not finish. As long as you are determined, work as hard as you can, and stay focused on your goals you will reach success sooner or later. As for the student-loan bubble, that can easily be fixed. Too many people go to college, never finish or get a degree that will not help them in life, and wined up with a bunch of debt that they will never be able to pay back. This then makes the tuition go up even more as they need to balance out the money the college's are not getting back. Its people's stupidity that causes tuition costs to rise and will eventually lead to the student loan bubble popping. That is why I disagree with you and do not think that we should have tuition-free colleges.