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

Alright I just got done reading your post and so these are my comebacks. First off, You say that public education did not exist at the time and the one of the philosophical leaders, Thomas Jefferson, founded the University of Virginia. Well, then why isn't the University of Virginia Tuition free? If he is one of the philosophical leaders that thought education should be free, why did he make a college that is not free? Just because it says its "public" does not mean it is free. You still have to pay a tuition and the taxpayers have to pay for all these people to go to college. You then say that they would not change their admission policies and that people can't get in because they can't afford it. Well you know that is the reason why student loans exists and while you may argue that some people can't male the payments, in most circumstances you can just adjust your monthly payments in a way that is comfortable to your financial status. Also, there are many people who do not have the intellectual skills and do not go to college who do just fine on their own. If they do not have the intellect to perceive higher careers, then what are they going to do in college? Are they just going learn how to get a job which sadly is not just taught in high school? High school is suppose to get kids ready for the real world but is sadly just a broken system that does not. We need to be more focused on fixing that so the people can be ready to get some kind of job after they graduate. You say that it is a concern of equal opportunity and that people with college degrees make more money than those who do not, but that is the thing. Many people apply to very prestigious, expensive, and hard to get into colleges thinking it will more guarantee success. This is not the case as most employers do not care where you got your degree, they just want to see that you have a degree. They want to see that you will get the job done and not just sit around boasting about how you went to some school. On the next argument, you say that philosophy is not a useless class because it can be used in other careers like law school. Honestly, I have never heard of some one majoring in philosophy and then going to law school. Most people just go to law school if that is what they want to be rather than pay more money so that you can be given this supposed edge in the field. Also I would like to know how philosophy applies to neuroscience? You then say that these majors like art and music are training the next generation of talent. Think of it this way. Look at all the famous and popular musicians out there. Do most of them have college degrees, and if so what will make them successful is their talent, not the fact that they have a degree. You then say that even if we cut costs people will still have to pay tuition and might not afford it. Well I guarantee you that we could cut them to the point where pretty much anyone can afford it, the government just does not know how to do so because of their incompetence which leads to wonder why we put them in charge of education at all. I then stated that college is not for everyone and you then said we should at least give them the option. Why should anyone pay more in tax money just so someone who should not even be in college go to college? Next, you say that people who have made bad choices should be able to go to college and get themselves out of the vortex. Why should I pay for someone else's mistakes? While you may argue that people can not be a drag on society and live in poverty. Well this is why we can not give people handouts. We need to teach people that their mistakes will have consequences and not just always catch them when they fall. If we had a society with this mentality, we probably would not even have tons of people in poverty. Finally how does going to college make you immune to bad choices. Most people who do not go to college and use drugs had no interest in the first place of going to college. They would still choose not to go even if it was free as they have chosen their lifestyle, and there is not much else we can do about it. I still stand by my statement that college is not for everyone. Why should we give access to people in labor markets that they are probably not even interested in. College is for those people who want to be in those markets. People who are not meant for those markets should not go to college and therefore why bother paying for schooling that is just going to be put to bad use. Lastly on the student loan bubble. College is meant for financial success. Why would you put yourself in debt simply because you are passionate about something that you know will grant you no success. What is most important in the end it the economy and if the economy is bad because the student loan bubble pops, then you and your dreams will suffer as well as most would rather buy food and clothes in bad economic times rather than go to a play or other things that do not grant financial success that people decide to pursue in college. We need to be focused that the loans do not go up rather that to adopt a system that will just cause us to pay more for people who may not stimulate the economy in any way. I have made my points and will wait for to write back.