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"Financial aid should be eliminated. Reduce the tuition and room and board to $25,000. Everyone pays the same. Why should some people go for free while others are footing a $45,000 bill. Soumds like Obama would go for it."
I understand the sentiment from both sides of the argument - as someone who is middle class but from a family who is not. My mother grew up in Britain and my aunt grew up in NYC. Neither could have afforded school if it weren't for the fact that back then British universities and CUNY were free. Those unable to pay were able to go to university, while the middle class felt they were getting a return for all the taxes they paid.
Of course, now, in both Britain and the US, if you suggest free tuition, someone shouts "Socialist!" and the debate ends immediately...
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