Poll: Where do you stand on free tuition to state colleges and universities

[alcibiades_mystery]

41. Yes, I have applied for FAFSA and I pay monthly on my (very modest, admittedly) student loan

I have about two years left on it.

The way we run higher education is indeed very broken. The problem is that Bernie's plan is laughable. It's laughable. He needs to gather people who actually understand the financial aspects of higher education and work through an actual plan. Mind you, Hillary's plan has its own array of problems, which I'd be happy to go over with you, but in this thread, I want to emphasize that if you read Bernie's plan, it is a fucking joke. Not because of the way he plans to fund it, which, as unrealistic as it is, at least collects the revenue he proposes to then spend at the federal level. Fine - supposing you ever manage to pass that tax. Let's assume you do. You still need 33% contribution from the states on a voluntary basis. Do you even realize how dumb that is? The trend in even blue states (say, Pennsylvania) is for cutting higher education budgets to the bone. Never mind shitheads like Scott Walker, who have decimated state expenditures on higher ed. Now, Bernie's plan says "You are not allowed to cut a single dollar from your CURRENT expenditures. Oh, and you have to now pick up 33% of this NEW bill!" It's moronic.

Now, you say, well, what's YOUR plan, alcibiades_mystery? Huh? What's your plan?

Well, I don't have a plan. It's a very difficult problem. Here's the thing, though. Bernie doesn't have a plan either: he has a moronic proposal that he's demagoging the shit out of.