pros and cons of for profit education

[davewill]

I hope you know that FREE tuition is paid for by taxpayers? Because nothing is free - somebody has to pay for it.

And since the government caused the tuition inflation, then how can you say that if they just paid for tuition directly, that schools would automatically lower prices? That doesn't make sense to me at all.

If you want to discuss single-payer healthcare, I hate to point out that we have this in America for military/vets - it's called the VA. They have done such a fabulous job running that, I really can't wait until we ALL get that fantastic level of care. Thanks, but no thanks. We can come up with something better.

You didn't read what I wrote, there would be nothing "automatic" about it. You have to regulate the costs. Well end up spending less than we do now and get better outcomes. Your suggestion is just a return to a free market for education, which promotes inequity and a less educated workforce as opportunity dries up. We can't afford that in an era where there are so few middle class jobs that don't require higher ed.

You apparently don't know much about the VA, either. It outperforms the private sector on outcomes and satisfaction.

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It's only problem is Congress' unwillingness to fund it properly. After all you can't fight wars and create huge numbers of disabled vets and expect not to have to pay for it. Big surprise that increasing caseloads without increasing resources accordingly produced longer wait times.

However, that's always been the Conservative plan, starve programs until they break, then "drown them in the bathtub." We'll be back to the days of the robber barons in no time.