Free Public College Research Paper

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Free public college is something to dream about, however it is an unrealistic and flawed policy. America is a world with limited resources. If “education shouldn’t have a price tag, then neither should food, clothing, housing” (Borowski). There is a cost to goods and services. The vast majority of college professors are not going to work for no pay. Obama’s free college plan would save nine million students $3800 per year, but it would cost taxpayers $34.2 billion per year. Making college free, would just shift the cost to different people. Currently approximately twenty million students attend public colleges. If college were to be free, enrollments would increase, further multiplying the cost of “free” college. Taxpayers are already funding