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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (864531)	6/11/2015 2:45:28 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

I believe any American who can do the work should be able to attend any college he can out-compete others for. Regardless of thier wealth. It's what's best for America.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (864531)	6/12/2015 12:00:52 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578452

No, they are not anywhere near to being free. Their classes are not as expensive as private colleges but they are still expensive. I'm fine with community colleges being close to free as possible and state schools being more affordable. Fine. Make just the state universities and CCs free. The point still stands that the US is a first world nation that presents like a third world one. America has the best universities in the world. People from all countries do whatever it takes to send their children here. I'd rather our colleges accept these kids than some entitled writer moron who later defaults on his loans and encourages others to do likewise. Okay. There you go again; running off on tangent.........who from foreign countries, attends US universities is not the issue.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (864531)	6/12/2015 1:19:35 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

>> I'd rather our colleges accept these kids than some entitled writer moron who later defaults on his loans and encourages others to do likewise. It is a really bad precedent to set, for sure. Don't like your bills? Don't pay them. No different the other utopia they want, I suppose. OTOH, I want the student loan program KILLED and the university system along with it. It is a substantial waste of resources and I do believe most students could get better educations without spending a nickel if they were driven to do so. (I find I'm taking more and more online courses and I get far more out of them than I did the graduate level courses I took at three different schools). The current system isn't working and the student loan programs looks like a, if not the, culprit.