>>Bill, we're both old school (ok, i'm a tad younger-old-school, haha). We know there's no such thing as a free lunch.
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>For sure
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>I, along with millions of other GI's, went through school on the GI Bill.
>That was hardly a freebie, especially for the WWII GI's.
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>Way back when, CCNY was free, provided you could meet academic entrance standards. (Colin Powell and some friends of mine took advantage of it.)
>Then along came open admissions and the dropout rate - and associated costs - soared.
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>I'm for forgiving loans for kids of low means, who succeed
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>However, the government should not be backing loans to schools who admit students who fail.
>Those schools, not the kids, should be eating those costs.

I certainly agree. Check this out https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/sen-rick-scott-announces-proposals-lower-cost-higher-education and see what you think. I 'm sure you know that Governor now Senator Rick Scott is a republican but did you know that he came from a lower middle income ( I don't like the term "class") family? His mother worked at J C Penny , his step-father (his father was an abusive alcoholic) was a truck driver and he had 4 siblings. He joined the Navy then went to college on the GI Bill and worked his way through Law School. Now he's worth over $250 million. Whether you agree with him or not for the last 3 years Florida has ranked number 1 in the nation in higher education.
BTW. The undergraduate tuition & fees at the University of Florida has raised from $27,321 (2010) to $28,659 (2020). Eight of those years he was governor. In state students pay less $7000 a year at North Florida, Central Florida or South Florida (combined enrollment of over 100K).