Apparently, in these people's "minds", "public" is synonymous with "free".
Why shouldn't they think that? They spent 13 or more years in “free” indoctrination camps ( Opps! government single-payer schools) with Marxist trained teachers.
Remember! Any child in a government single-payer school risks learning that the same voting mob that gives them “tuition-free” schooling is also powerful enough to give them **lots** of “free” stuff!