It is when you consider that full freight at college is higher than your annual income.
The point is that the first thing these kids are being taught is that they don't have to work as hard as kids whose parents make $46,000.
What baloney. What they will be taught is that the University values them enough as students that they want to ensure they can stay in school despite weak finances on the part of their parents.
They don't have to learn life lessons like working to contribute to their education or paying back debts.
So the University is going to just give them free money for travel, books, food, apartments, having fun, laundry, etc.? I think not.
The point is those who come from families making a dollar more than $45,000 will have to find jobs and take out loans in order to pay for the now-inflated tuitions to cover those who are considered "poor".
Umm, they specifically raised more endowment money to pay for this program. Tuition doesn't even come close to paying for these places anyway - much of the money comes from research grants.
You also don't seem to comprehend how college financial aid works. Even as tutition goes up, financial aid also goes up, so that people are not forced to quit college because of finances. It is done on a sliding scale with regard to actual needs based on individual circumstances.
In any case, if I run a university, and I did want to give away tution free to one group of people, and make others pay more, what is that to you, as so-called Libertarian? Can I not do as I wish with my university and money?
Well said.