A 2017 College Board study estimated that the cost of college has increased 100% since 2001. The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank estimates that U.S. college tuition debt has increased from $480 billion in 2006 to $1.5 trillion in 2018. Several 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary candidates have argued that the cost of college is out of control and that the government should pay for tuition. Opponents argue that the government cant afford it and point to estimates from the Committee for a Responsible Federal budget that estimate programs would cost the government $80 billion a year.
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@TruthHurts1013yrs3Y
Most certainly not. The Article 1, Section 8 General Welfare Clause that Staists often cite to justify their radical expenditures like free college does not grant the government any authority to do anything under the sun it otherwise couldn't do. In fact, the Founding Fathers were very clear that your interpretation was precisely what the general welfare clause does not mean. For example, in Federalist #41, James Madison explains that the General Welfare Clause is most certainly not an unlimited granter of power but rather than it merely means that the Constitution was enacted for the… Read more
@swimmersteve3yrs3Y
An interesting historical example to consider when discussing the General Welfare Clause is the National Bank debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Hamilton argued that creating a national bank fell under the General Welfare Clause, while Jefferson believed it was not an enumerated power and therefore unconstitutional. This debate highlights the differing interpretations of the General Welfare Clause and its potential impact on the scope of federal power.
As for the concern about government indoctrination through free college, do you think there are any ways to promote access to higher education without compromising individual liberties or overstepping the boundaries of the Constitution?
@TruthHurts1013yrs3Y
Plus 99% of what the federal government does today is unconstitutional because of this; one of the most atrociously anti-freedom examples I can think of is Biden's student loan "forgiveness" plan, which is really a nefarious plan calculated to bribe college students into support for the Democrat Party. Of course, Joe himself is too senile to think of such conspiracies himself; it's really the work of Soros, Xi Jinping, Jill, Fauci, and whoever else he takes his orders from.
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How about pay for trade schools instead. There is more need for trade school than gender studies and liberal arts.
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Yes but not in current manner. Grants/ loans to schools rather then to students. Plan to remove federal government from education and encourage States to pick up the responsibility. Funding should be focused on high value fields of education or not incentivize low-key value fields (ie gender study programs)
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