Originally Posted by philly103
But To bring it back to the price of college tuition - my original point remains which is that we're capable of largely funding public universities and that we should consider college education as a necessary extension of the public education system (for those capable of meeting the entrance requirements).
It is part of the public education system, however the taxpayer money does not make the cost of tuition free at point of service, to students. To be clear, are you in favor of free tuition at US public universities?