Well, I mean teachers from kindergarten to 12th grade are paid with taxes because " education is important " so why not give people who don't have the ability to pay so many thousands of dollars in text books alone a chance to get better jobs ?
College is not necessary. Trade school and Jr college are both viable options. Military service is an option. Entering the workforce right out of high school is an option (and should be more of an option, unfortunately NAFTA and other fed trade rules are allowing our manufacturing jobs to be sent over the border).
They would just raise the price higher so you would pay around the same amount even though it was a lower percentage. If you are really trying to save $ do the first 2 years at community, work during it and save, then finish the last 2 at a university
Actually, we have that in Estonia. You usually study for free(only if you are learing in Estonian, Bachelors and Masters in English aren't free) but if you fail at a course then you have to pay for the failed course. Usually the tuition is paid by the Ministry of Eduacation and Research
As most governments do with many things
They're taxes
Police are paid with them, so are firemen, teachers, and mail men. Yet no one has a problem with this.
But when it gets to only a little bit more for free healthcare and continued education ( two VERY important things ) people wanna throw a bitch fit and say it isn't their problem
If taxes didn't pay for things that they already do, we'd be paying for every time we called the police, public school would be as expensive as private school, and that's a lot of money for things that are necessary for people to live well, which is why we have taxes in the first place.
Okay so let's say we raise taxes and have free education, free healthcare, and I'm assuming we are primarily using income taxes because those are everyone's favorite. There is not a whole lot of incentive for me to work hard to get a good job and make more money if I, since I am making for money am put in a higher tax bracket, since I am in a higher tax bracket I am taxed even more. The amount of money I am paying in taxes will increase substantially because education and health care are expensive. The higher level job you get, the more you pay in taxes, this cycle continues until there is very little incentive to work hard at all and try to get up the methaoprically ladder. This system of free health care and free education sounds amazing on paper and in theroy but in reality it just doesn't work
And before everyone gets all mad and assumes I'm advocating for no taxes and anarchy, lemme clear it up. Some taxes are needed, like the ones you said before (I.e. Police, teachers) but it's a thin line. If you tax too much it discourages working hard and trying to move up. Furthermore, I agree that education and healthcare are very expensive and something should cnage about that, but it is not the governments job to do so. They are not our parents, we continually give the government more and more power assuming they have our best interests are heart, but that is rarely true; just look at today's politicians (Trump or Hillary for example)
They're taxes
Police are paid with them, so are firemen, teachers, and mail men. Yet no one has a problem with this.
But when it gets to only a little bit more for free healthcare and continued education ( two VERY important things ) people wanna throw a bitch fit and say it isn't their problem
If taxes didn't pay for things that they already do, we'd be paying for every time we called the police, public school would be as expensive as private school, and that's a lot of money for things that are necessary for people to live well, which is why we have taxes in the first place.