Free public college is a natural extension of America's tradition of free public schools. It's clear

[reformist2]

Nobody would ever talk about a 15-year old having to pay money to go to public school, just so they had "some skin in the game." We shouldn't abide such nonsense talk about "skin in the game" when it comes to a 20-year old who needs to go to college to get the education they need.

[daleanime]

1. With the current and future employment picture.....

we should be pushing everyone who's interested at all into college.

[ladjf]

2. I went to a public University in Mississippi during the 1950's. There was only a very small tuition

fee, about $100 per semester, as I recall.

[speaktruthtopower]

3. Professors

used to be poor. The wide availability of student loans let colleges charge more, and they get away with price fixing among themselves as well.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Salaries for professors are stagnant, and job security has vanished.

Try blaming someone else.

Calilfornia had virtually free colleges until Reagan took over, and changed the rules by fiat. It had nothing to do with affording the cost, only with political ideology.

[firebrand80]

4. I commend Bernie for bringing this to the table

But I think we're far from figuring out how this would actually work.

-What is "Wall St. Speculation?"
-Doesn't taxing an activity discourage it?
-How do we control tuition costs?

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. A 15-year-old is a minor and a 20-year-old is an adult

[reformist2]

6. Makes no difference. It takes that long to fully educate a citizen these days.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Where does it end? Free Masters Degrees for everyone? Free PhD's too?

[reformist2]

9. Where does "what" end? You make it sound like providing free education is a burden.

[frylock]

15. Free Cadillacs? Free Obamaphones?

Where does it end?

[kennetha]

8. 70% of Americans don't have college degrees

Why should a blue collar worker be forced to pay higher taxes so that Donald Trumps kids can go to college for free? College is not compulsory the way high school is.

[reformist2]

10. Yeah, you go with that argument. Hillary will get about 5% of the college-age vote that way.

[peace13]

11. Aaa..the proposal is a tax on Wall Street trades to finance the education.

That tax won't affect many blue collar workers but a public financed education will affect the child of that worker.

[kennetha]

12. That's to finance

his healthcare proposal.

[peace13]

13. Nope ...Wall Street speculators.

Google it, I don't have time for the link.

[frylock]

16. Is Trump immune to paying taxes?